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pickering college

w i n t e r 2016

PILLARS

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table of contents

Head Shots

The Pillar Years

Student Life 10

Residence Life 16

Athletics 17

Experiential Learning

Why Co-Ed? 22

Thank You to Donors

Middle School’s Roots Stretch Back to the ’40s 48

Alumni News 50

What’s Your Morning Meeting? 56

Alumni Events

Alumni Reunions

PCA News

Holiday Home Tour

Upcoming Events 62

Camille Kiffin, Grade 12, “Portrait of Colour” - acrylic on canvas Karen Ji, Grade 12, “-40” - polymer clay, wire, tin foil, acrylic paint

ne of my favourite stories that I have shared with the students many times in Morning Meeting goes something like this:

Once there were three bricklayers working beside a road. A woman walked up to them and asked the first bricklayer, “What are you doing?” He answered gruffly, “I’m laying bricks.” Then the woman asked the second bricklayer, “What are you doing?” The second man replied tiredly, “I’m putting up a wall.” Then the woman asked the third man, “and what are you doing?” The third man put down the trowel that was in his one hand and put down the brick that was in his other hand. With his face beaming, he looked her in the eye and said, with great enthusiasm and pride, “I’m building a cathedral.”

It’s a great story because it makes one think of attitude and perspective and vision and optimism and passion; all great messages for students and adults. As I write this note I think of it because it emphasizes the important work that lies ahead of our school this year. We are hoping that in a few short months, construction equipment will be arriving at the school to begin an unprecedented building period in the school’s history. Phase 2 of the Campus Master Plan, the construction of the new academic building—The Centre for Creativity and Innovation—will get underway. This building will house all students and teachers, from Kindergarten to Grade 12, in a state-ofthe-art, sustainable, accessible, 21st century learning environment. We can hardly wait for the building to begin. However, in reality, the building started long before anyone currently at Pickering ever arrived. For almost 175 years we have been building a community. The most important thing we do is work with individuals that we shape into the whole that defines that community. Our students are like raw stone, ready for the sculptor’s hand. Despite the sometimes tough exterior, each one is unique and has the possibility within to be shaped into almost anything. Those who work at Pickering are the sculptors tasked with slowly, gently, lovingly working the stone, to reveal its true purpose until each becomes a work of art. Sometimes it requires great strength, sometimes it requires a gentle touch. At all times it requires vision and passion to find what will turn the raw stone into a masterpiece. I believe, passionately, that we are building a very special place here at Pickering; that we have laid the foundations and that we have a great school about which each of us can be proud. We now stand on the cusp of establishing a new place for Pickering College—a place that will be remembered for years to come as a community of learners who grew into great leaders determined to change the world; a community of learners surrounded by caring, compassionate adults whose words and deeds looked for and revealed the inner light and crafted those learners into greatness. This is the task that we must all take up with renewed vigour as the new term and the New Year begins.

Peter Sturrup, Headmaster

Head Shots

THE PILLAR YEARS

GLOBAL LEADERSHIP PROGRAM CONNECTS MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS TO THE REAL WORLD

At Pickering College, our goal as educators is to help our students to figure out who they are and what they are capable of achieving. In Middle School (Grades 6-8), this journey is defined by our commitment to offer our students the opportunity to master subject content, to gain a sense of autonomy and confidence, and to find meaning in what they are learning. The Middle School program—The Pillar Years—is tailored specifically to meet the needs of students ages 10-14. Young adolescents are, by nature, curious and

adventuresome. Over the course of Middle School, students follow the program’s four pillars: Adventure, Wisdom, Community and Freedom. The Freedom pillar represents their choice in determining both the topic and medium of their completely self-directed final project. The Pillar Years are designed around the concept that it is relationships and experiences that motivate youth. Early adolescence is a time when young people need the opportunity to take risks; they want to collaborate with one another; they need to sense the relevance of what

environmental stewardship and global citizenship. Grade 8 took on a water documentary project that asked them to identify a concern, to storyboard the idea and then collaborate to develop a creative and effective message to help others to appreciate the complexities of their issue. It is interdisciplinary projects like this that form the Global Leadership Program’s “Pillar Pursuits”—activities or projects that connect the four pillars of the program. An example of a Pillar Pursuit for the Adventure Pillar is the recent weeklong mitten-making workshop, where students crafted mittens from wool and deer hide. Workshop facilitators Dave and Kailyn Marrone from Lure of the North helped students to gain a greater appreciation for handcrafting as well as for Canada’s First Nations peoples. This workshop became a jumping off point for faculty members Donna Doyle and Ethan Bishop to explore First Nations topics in Art and in History to deepen students’ understanding. These handcrafted mittens will keep students warm during the Grade 8 trip to St. Donat, Québec (January) and during the Middle School’s dogsledding trip (February) as well as help them to develop confidence, skill and an awareness of what they are capable of making with their own hands.

they are learning; and they acquire skills and knowledge best when learning is active and experiential. “The Middle School years are a transitional time as students begin to understand and develop their identity physically, emotionally and socially,” says Janet Downer, Director of Middle and Senior School. “Through our Global Leadership Program, each student explores two central questions, "Who am I?" and "What can I do?" Students discover themselves through an academic program that is active and action-based, with a focus

on outdoor education, public speaking, community engagement and leadership.” Students are led to question how their studies drive them to think, act and care as they explore real-world contexts and exhibit their work. Several courses have large culminating tasks that focus on not only making interdisciplinary links but also on bringing learning into the classroom and the community. For instance, students recently worked on a water project that examines a local lock system, but also learned about

Collaboration is a critical piece of the Global Leadership Program in Middle School. Students benefit from learning from their peers in Senior School; in late November, the Grade 11 leadership class led Middle School students in a fullday Changemakers Conference. With guest speakers, workshops and breakout sessions, the conference program aimed to expose students to experiences that build awareness about the importance of taking an active role in our communities continued...

THE PILLAR YEARS

and helped to develop the skills necessary to create positive change. Guest speakers included Mike Pearse, the director of Camp Tawingo, who delivered a keynote address about how even just a little change can make a huge impact. Students were then treated to an incredible open mic session where Patrick DeBelen, a Canadian awardwinning spoken-word artist, led them through creating and delivering spokenword pieces. The students’ laughter, emotion and enthusiasm were hard to contain at this inspiring conference! “Our Global Leadership Program gives students an advantage in a rapidlychanging world context,” says Julia Hunt, Director of Global Leadership. “The workplace is very different from what it was a generation ago. We are dealing with a global world requiring different skills that are collaborative, innovative and creative. Because of our program, Pickering’s students will be prepared.”

MIDDLE SCHOOL MENTORSHIP Middle School students now benefit from a mentorship program that places students in a mixed grade group with a faculty member as their mentor. Every other week, students share their personal pursuits with their mentor/mentor group, as they make connections between the things they feel passionate about, what they are learning and school life. The mentor groups also offer students the ability to both provide and receive guidance and support in their journey towards the Middle School culminating project at the conclusion of Grade 8, in which they answer the questions, “Who am I?” and “What can I do?”

DEBATE HELPS CREATE THE INTELLECTUAL FRAMEWORK OF POTENTIAL GLOBAL LEADERS Teachers at Pickering College challenge students to become agents of change— courageous, ethical and positive change. As a Middle School public speaking and debate coach, I encourage students to act as change agents who speak the truth to communicate ideas. Middle School debate and public speaking runs as a co-curricular program on Friday afternoons. Twenty enthusiastic students stay late and defer their weekend to participate in this program, motivated by a strong sense of purpose, a notable strength of the Global Leadership Program. In debate meetings, students address wide-ranging implications of a policy or principle, and I challenge them to deconstruct issues with an open mind and to question received opinions. This analytical exercise helps create the intellectual framework of potential global leaders. Students work closely with a partner, independent of their coach. In my role as coach, I guide their learning rather than control it. This guided learning is supported by student collaboration. Our students live in a diverse, globalized world. They must work together with critical minds to incorporate a global perspective. I ask students to collaborate in a formal setting. We practice parliamentary debate after all, and you cannot ask a group of Grade 6, 7 and 8 students to take the role of mature parliamentarians without attaching importance to the exercise. One of the most compelling aspects of this program is that it prepares our students to share their ideas in competitive tournaments with other students across Canada. The journey of creating agents of courageous, ethical and positive change begins with affirming the values of our school. Debate success hinges on good communication. If the project to create agents of change begins with supporting Pickering College values, the success of a positive agent is ultimately nurtured through debate and the effective communication of ideas. –Ethan Bishop, Middle School faculty

MIDDLE SCHOOL LEARNING IS ACTIVE AND ACTION BASED LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES • Student committee • Athletic council • Student ambassadors • Youth Engagement Organization (YEO) • Community service

INSPIRED STUDENTS • Outdoor education • Interdisciplinary projects • Drama productions • Music concerts • Character development

OVERNIGHT CURRICULAR TRIPS • Ottawa, Ontario (Grade 6) • Québec City and Tadoussac (Grade 7) • St. Donat, Québec (Grade 8) • Middle School national exchange (see page 10) • Service trip to Ecuador

STUDENT LIFE

SUPERMOON In September, approximately 70 students, staff and family members came out to view the ‘Supermoon’ lunar eclipse. Despite the cloud cover, everyone had fun watching the sky, roasting marshmallows and catching up with friends. Thank you to Gord Rife, amateur astronomer, for the photo he took of the eclipse from Pickering College around 10:00 p.m.

YAO/YEO DONATE TO FOOD PANTRY Thanks to everyone’s generosity, YAO/YEO was able to deliver over 1600 items to the Newmarket Food Pantry. An additional $400 was collected and donated from a dressdown day as well as from donations.

MIDDLE SCHOOL EXCHANGE A Middle School interprovincial exchange brought four students from Collingwood School in Vancouver to Pickering College in October. The students billeted with families of our students Grace Still, Maria Vallance, Jake Mevissen and Sydney Berger. The students spent the week attending classes at PC as well as exploring Niagara Falls, the CN Tower, Canada’s Wonderland and attending a production at Young People’s Theatre. Later that month, Meghan Beswick, Sydney Berger, Grace Still and Maria Vallance travelled to Vancouver with Mrs. Downer to experience life at the Collingwood School. Our students were hosted by their exchange partner’s familiy during their stay and they also had the opportunity to discover Vancouver. Some of the sites they enjoyed were the Vancouver Aquarium, Capilano Suspension Bridge, Grouse Mountain and Whistler.

HEADMASTER FOR A DAY Through a live auction item won by her parents at the 2014 Gala event, Grade 6 student Michaela Morra became Headmaster for a Day in late September. Along with greeting students in the morning, visiting classrooms, being interviewed on CHOP FM, working in the Headmaster’s office and speaking at Morning Meeting, Michaela made sure there were special treats for everyone at lunch. She and her family also had the opportunity to have dinner with both Mr. and Mrs. Sturrup.

STUDENT PROFILE The Lives We Lead is a fictitious story about a group of friends in Grade 11 who are facing difficult families, fear, heartbreak, abandonment and uncertain futures.

ALEXANDRA EGI, GRADE 12

PUBLISHED AUTHOR

Alexandra’s love of writing pushed her to challenge herself to write a novel, inspired in part by some of her own reallife experiences. “I have experienced bullying, a childhood friend of mine had an eating disorder and just looking around at different people in the media and in general—teens and what we struggle with—I wanted to bring more understanding to what people might be going through. That’s really what drove me,” she says. Her hope is to raise awareness and help people to be more understanding of others by ending the social stigmas associated with things such as eating disorders and bullying. “People need help and we should be more willing to give it to them—and if it wasn’t as stigmatized I think we would,” she explains. The writing process itself took a little over a year and a half and she worked with a writing mentor, Canadian author Isobel Warren. What surprised Alexandra most about writing a novel is that the writing process itself was not as linear as she thought. “When I first started out, I went online and was trying to figure out how to create a plot,” explains Alexandra. “From what I read, everyone has their own unique style, which I didn’t quite understand until I really got into it. At a certain point I had all of the bigger plot points written out and those were more exciting to write. It was the more common everyday parts in between that were more challenging.” Alexandra’s book The Lives We Lead is available online through her website, www.alexandraegi.com, or Amazon.

STUDENT LIFE

NATURE WALK Kindergarten students went on a nature walk with their Grade 4A learning buddies to complete an activity to represent each number from 1-8. The students enjoyed getting to know each other better as they collaborated to complete the task.

EXPLORING AT BLUE AND SILVER Grade 3 had the opportunity to visit PCâ€™s Blue and Silver for a science class. The students had to locate and collect three different types of soil; sandy loam, loam and clay loam. With a little help from Mrs. Demarco and Mr. Lewis, their visit was a success. Grade 4 visited Blue and Silver for an outdoor education experience. Students learned about animal habitats as Mr. Lewis and Mrs. Romkema guided them in an investigation of the farm, field and forest environments. Mrs. Doyle and Mr. Au Yong led the students in a nature photography activity that encouraged students to see nature from different perspectives.

GRADE 1 GOES ON THE AIR The Grade 1 class visited CHOP FM for an introduction to the radio station. They learned about the sound booth and were very keen to understand how the foam insulation on the walls helps make the room soundproof. Each student had the opportunity to go on the air to broadcast a live station I.D. While one student was in the broadcast booth the other children were in the room beside listening to the radio station and critiquing how the student spoke while on air. This was a terrific opportunity for the children to give feedback to their peers about their public speaking skills.

FIELD WORK IN A STREAM Focusing on safety and accuracy, the Grade 11 Physical Geography students strapped on hip waders to collect, record and calculate data, creating a profile of the Humber River, which is one of the main Toronto drainage basins south of the Oak Ridges Moraine. The data collected by students was used to calculate average depth, current speed, cross sectional area and discharge of the river and a profile was recorded on an Excel spreadsheet back in the classroom. Follow-up work included looking at the Sinuosity rule for meandering rivers, hypothesizing why this rule generally works but why sometimes it doesnâ€™t. The field work was a good example of cross-curricular links (Geography and Math).

STUDENT PROFILE Canoeing and kayaking at summer camp led Mandy Coleman to a love of paddling sports. The Grade 12 student said it was her camp counselor who encouraged her to try out for the York Region Dragon Boat Club back in 2013.

MANDY COLEMAN, GRADE 12

WARRIOR ON THE WATER

As Mandy explains, “In other paddling sports, it is typically the physically strongest teams that will win; however, a team also needs to move in perfect synchronization, with each member matching the exact technique of their teammates in front and behind them. When you are paddling the last stretch of a 2 km race, everything from your head to your toes is on fire, and the only thing you want to do is stop paddling. You know that this is not a possibility, not only because you would be letting yourself down, but more importantly you would be letting down the 19 other people in the boat who are also exhausted.” During the summer she practices up to four times per week, with each practice lasting up to three hours. This dedication earned Mandy a spot on the Women’s National Team in the U18 Division in June and during training camp she clinched a spot on the mixed team. Training leading up to the World Dragonboat Championships this past August in Welland, Ontario was a gruelling three to six hours per day.

The women’s team received two gold medals and one silver while the mixed team brought home four gold medals. Mandy hopes to join the University of Waterloo Warriors Dragon Boat Team in the fall of 2016.

STUDENT LIFE

KENYAN BOYS CHOIR ENCORE Pickering College welcomed back the Kenyan Boys Choir for a performance at a full-school Morning Meeting. The Kenyan Boys Choir is one of that country’s most celebrated youth groups, showcasing the rich diversity of African music and culture. The Kenyan Boys Choir recently kicked off the We Day 2015-2016 season with an appearance at We Day Toronto.

CANADIAN STUDENT LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE Senior School students Gabi Macias, Hannah Floyd, Adam Starr, Lauren Jenkins, Charles Hsieh and Nicole Shouldice, accompanied by Noeline Burk, Head of Arts, travelled to Halifax, Nova Scotia, to represent Pickering College at the Canadian Student Leadership Conference (CSLC). The theme of this year’s CSLC was “Leadership 360: When Giving is Receiving.” The students were kept busy with educational and engaging workshops, keynote speakers and activities that had everyone giving their all. Workshop topics included being quick on your feet, overcoming adversity and following through on commitments. In addition to these fully-packed, fun-filled workshops, our students also attended a variety of keynote addresses, where they heard powerful speeches about life-changing events and impressive journeys to becoming a leader.

MASTER CLASS IN JAZZ The Senior School Jazz Band/Repertoire class had an early Thanksgiving treat when they had a guest teacher, trombonist Christian Overton. He led the music students through their paces in ensemble and as soloists, encouraging them to be supportive of one another in the group and “show some swagger” in their solos. The students responded with enthusiasm and admiration for their talented guest conductor, arriving early so they would be prepared for their 7:30 a.m. start time. Originally from Sudbury, Ontario, Christian Overton is one of the most in-demand trombonists and composers in Toronto—from jazz and rock to salsa, R&B, theatre and everything in between. Christian is well-known for his project The Composers Collective Big Band, in which Senior School teacher Patrice Barbanchon is a lead trumpet player.

STRONG FINISH AT INTERNATIONAL DEBATE COMPETITION PC students Patrick Prochazka (Grade 10), Sterling Mancuso (Grade 11) and Margaret Montgomery (Grade 12) represented the school at the International Independent Schools Public Speaking and Debate Competition at the York School in Toronto. The Polikon Society (Pickering College’s debate team) members competed against 151 competitors from schools all over the globe, including England, Scotland, Australia, Hong Kong, China, India, Peru, Bermuda, the United States and (across) Canada. Margaret, Patrick and Sterling competed in cross-examination and parliamentary debates, performed interpretive readings, and executed impromptu and extemporaneous speeches in a number of rounds. In the category of Extemporaneous Speaking, Sterling Mancuso came in first place overall.

STUDENT PROFILE Sterling Mancuso is fast becoming a political veteran with his second major election now under his belt.

STERLING MANCUSO, GRADE 11

A PASSION FOR POLITICS

The Grade 11 student’s passion for politics led him to become involved with the local NDP association in preparation for the 2014 Ontario provincial election. After it was over, he stayed on as a volunteer, eventually becoming the Youth Officer for the federal NDP association in Newmarket-Aurora and helping with the local NDP candidate’s federal election campaign. As a volunteer, Sterling canvassed doorto-door for the NDP as well as put up signs and helped in the campaign office. He liked to challenge himself by setting goals for getting a certain number of supporters or signs placed on lawns. “I do enjoy door knocking, which can be a scary experience the first time you go out,” Sterling says. “Anything can happen when you go up to that door— the key is finding out what each person’s issue is and how I can convince them to support the NDP. It was a challenging job, especially in this riding, but it was a fun one, too.” Sterling says he was surprised by the number of voters who appeared to be undecided when he knocked on their doors and who didn’t seem to have any issues of concern. But that’s where his skills in impromptu speaking gleaned in Pickering College’s Polikon Club served him well. “I definitely improved in my ability to start conversations with strangers as the election went on and, as I got better at it, I started predicting what people would say,” Sterling says. “It’s very similar to the skills needed to succeed in debate and impromptu speaking, so it’s very complimentary.”

RESIDENCE LIFE For the Thanksgiving long weekend some of our boarding students went to Niagara Falls to spend the holiday visiting the Falls and seeing many of the area’s attractions. At Morning Meeting in October, Tony Zhang, Ami Matsuda and Kenya Kimata shared some of the history of their home countries of China and Japan. We learned about the National Memorial Day in Nanjing, China and heard stories from the Second World War including when the atomic bombs dropped on Japan.

Halloween celebrations included a pumpkin carving contest and door decorating of each Family Head. The Families competed in the Residence Fall Games to earn Proctors Points towards the end of the year Proctors Games Cup. Students had the opportunity to take self-defence classes through Robinson’s Karate School. They learned about the importance of being prepared, avoiding potential risks and always being aware of their surroundings. Kristen Hamilton, Leo Pita Leca and Ethan Howarth presented to the Senior School in Morning Meeting in each of their countries of Barbados, Curaçao and Bermuda. During the November midterm break, students went rock climbing at Of Rock and Chalk, an indoor rock climbing facility in Newmarket.

ATHLETICS

With the turn of the season came the end of our Fall Athletics. The Pumas had great success on the field and court overcoming adversity to win and being gracious in their losses. One of the most heartwarming moments of the fall season was watching the U12 Co-ed Soccer team win their first CISAA Championship. After a successful season, the final tournament for Division III was hosted on the fields of Pickering College. In a close game watched by many parents and fans, Pickering was triumphant in the end over De La Salle College. At the conclusion of the championship game, one student eagerly asked, “When is our next game?” He was delighted to find out that it had just been played and that they were the gold medal winners!

Our Senior Boys’ Soccer team travelled to Montreal for the CAIS Soccer tournament

hosted by Lower Canada College. They played confidently and were strong in the round-robin play. They were tied to go into the Championships for either the Silver or Bronze division, and chose to play in the Bronze division. In a very muddy game on a rain soaked field, the boys were defeated by one goal. Despite the loss the team was immensely proud of their accomplishment. This was one of the best finishes they’ve ever had at this tournament.

Our Senior Girls’ Soccer team competed at the CAIS tournament in Richmond Hill hosted by Holy Trinity School. After competitive play, they realigned into the Silver Division. They made it to the finals where they were defeated by Greenwood College School by just a goal. Ms. Matthews was very pleased with how the girls played showing tremendous heart and effort. In the regular season, many of our teams experienced the thrill of making it to the finals and faced the challenge of dealing with defeat. It is when a team deals with the disappointment of losing that they can learn the most. Each of the coaches remarked that their players were true to Pickering College values and played with their best effort, displaying teamwork and great sportsmanship. The goal for Pickering College athletes is to develop skills so that they can be lifelong participants, to be challenged and to enjoy being active. It is without a doubt that this was accomplished in the fall making everyone who participated the real winners. It is the thrill of the game, not just the victory, that we are after as Pumas. Congratulations, coaches and athletes!

EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING

THE GLOBAL LEADERSHIP PROGRAM New this September, and created with authentic learning for Global Leadership in mind, are the Global Leadership Program days, a yearlong experiential learning program for each Senior School grade. The program is built around several Teacher Advisor Group (TAG) meetings taking place throughout the year and five off-timetable days. The aim is to provide students with experiential opportunities to develop the skills needed to be successful in the Global Leadership Program. Each grade has its own theme: Grade 9 focuses on sustainability, Grade 10 explores culture, Grade 11 experiences innovation and Grade 12 synthesizes prior learning into the university-level Capstone Project. The Global Leadership Program days are built around a combination of workshops, speakers, excursions, mentors and simulations for each grade. Learning through experience is highly effective and embeds key skills and knowledge through authentic participation in meaningful activities. The first GLP days took place in October. The remaining three days are set for February 19, March 6 and April 1.

GRADE 9s CREATE INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS FOR MAKING PC MORE SUSTAINABLE. The Grade 9 GLP days centre around coming up with an innovative idea to help make Pickering College more sustainable. Students are tasked with designing an interdisciplinary project that combines research through their curriculum in both Science and Geography with the opportunity to hone their presentation skills in both English and French. In addition, students enrolled in the business technology course will draw up a business plan and evaluate the financial feasibility of their project. Over the year, students work with mentors to refine their idea and design their prototype to the specifications of actual school information. Groups will present their ideas to The Pumasâ€™ Den where they will have to convince a panel that their idea is both sustainable and feasible. The winning team will potentially see their innovation implemented in the school. Over the first two GLP days, Grade 9 students launched their interdisciplinary project with a sustainability trailblazer scavenger hunt around PC. They then applied these ideas to our school and narrowed down a topic in groups. On the second GLP day, to further their understanding of sustainability practices, students visited the Kortright Centre to engage with their model sustainability house and explore the organic farm. Early in 2016, students will participate in design thinking, prototyping, storytelling and pitching workshops before their final panel presentation in The Pumasâ€™ Den.

GRADE 11s EXPERIENCE MODELS OF INNOVATION AND DESIGN Grade 11 students are participating in a number of excursions and workshops to explore the concept of innovation and how they can begin considering innovative solutions to global problems. The Grade 11 year serves as an introduction to the concepts students will explore through their Grade 12 Capstone Project. Students have the opportunity to consider their interests and skills, and begin to identify the area that they would

GRADE 10s EXPLORE IDENTITY, CULTURE AND THEMSELVES Grade 10 students participate in a number of excursions and workshops on the concept of culture and how different cultures influence our school community. Students are investigating what local cultures value, and analyzing evidence to support their interpretations. Being able to understand subtle cultural values is a skill we feel is important for our future global leaders. The students began their year-long investigation by defining culture and its related ideas in a whole-grade workshop. They then explored downtown Newmarket on foot, taking photos of evidence of cultural values. A highlight of the day was lunch at one of the Main Street restaurants where they analyzed the different ways culture is conveyed through menus, artifacts, decor and design. Later in October, they participated in a full-day workshop that centred on First Nations culture and context, presented by the organization Canadian Roots. They also had the opportunity to speak with Dr. Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux, Vice Provost (Aboriginal Initiatives) at Lakehead University. Later this year, they will explore Quaker values and will round out their cultural investigations with the application of their cultural analysis skills to neighbourhoods in downtown Toronto near Kensington Market. A walking guide will demonstrate variations of cultural evidence to the students and ask them to think critically about concepts of culture, connecting to their year-long learning.

like to do their interdisciplinary research on in Grade 12. In October, students began working through the topic selection of their Capstone Project through a self-diagnostic game where they had to identify their priorities in the human, environmental and global spheres. Afterwards, they learned about international law from an RCMP officer, sustainability initiatives from the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority, social enterprises at Blue Door

Shelters and innovative thinking practices at Treefrog web design. On their second GLP day, students travelled to VentureLab in Markham where they learned about major innovative developments in all sectors, programmed robots to travel through mazes, drew up a business canvas and learned about next steps for young innovators. Later this year, they will travel to the MaRS Discovery District in Toronto, one of the largest innovation hubs in the world,

where they will explore how to take their idea through the design process to prototyping in a series of workshops led by Future Design School. Their third GLP day will see them refine their Capstone Project topic and generate solutions in teams, creating a mini-exhibition by the end of the day. Finally, they will serve as critical friends to the Grade 12 students who will be presenting their Capstone Projects to expert panels.

GRADE 12s SYNTHESIZE LEARNING FOR THEIR INTERDISCIPLINARY CAPSTONE PROJECT Grade 12 students are using their GLP days to focus in on their Capstone Project and to prepare themselves for the academic rigour of university. On the first GLP day, students explored innovative programing at post-secondary institutions. They visited a combination of universities, including Laurier, Guelph, Waterloo and Western. They were very enthusiastic about the campuses, and really enjoyed meeting up with recent alumni at the universities. Later in October, with a view of refining exhibition technique, the students looked at effective presentations and storytelling at the Aga Khan Museum with a view of using some of these techniques in their own Capstone presentations in May. For the remainder of the GLP days, students will be grouped into related interests for bespoke workshops to help them refine the research process, produce research at the university level, defend their topics through Cross-X debates, engage with local experts and mentors and prepare engaging panel presentations. As every topic is unique, the supportive programming for each student differs depending on the areas for which they require support. At the conclusion, students will celebrate their accomplishments with PC parents, alumni, guests and friends as they watch the finalists in the panel presentations and congratulate the students in their GLP award exhibition and reception.

As you leaf through the pages of The Pillars, you get the sense that Pickering College is a very special place. What makes us unique and different is reflected on every page of the news of our current students and is woven into the lore and the memories of our alumni. When you look at all of the things that set us apart from other independent schools, some of the most important elements are our Quaker values, our small class sizes, our trailblazing Global Leadership Program and lastly, our co-educational learning environment. Quakers have always advocated for co-education, not only because of their belief that men and women are equal but because they believe they need to study the same subjects. When Pickering College opened in 1842 it opened as a co-educational institution. Although Pickering College has undergone many transformations over its 174-year history, it has remained committed to providing students with the best possible education. And that’s why Pickering College chooses to offer co-education, as our students learn, grow and become global citizens. Citizenship is promoted best through a school that embodies as rich a diversity possible—that’s what makes a democratic society. Schooling is about social emotional development, as well as academics, which is why both citizenship and democracy are pre-disposed to co-education. Diversity of any kind, when it is integrated into our educational environment, is the essence of real-life education and is at the heart of character development. By providing students with realworld situations it opens their minds, dispels myths as well as it

fosters understanding and builds cooperation. Co-education provides that. In their futures, students will find themselves employed in situations where they will be exposed to a variety of differing viewpoints and where they will need cultivated and informed skills in order to contribute meaningfully. By offering them a co-educational environment, Pickering College’s students not only will have the solid academic performance, they will be able to interact with anyone and learn about real equality— gender, racial, linguistic and cultural—as boys and girls learn to relate to one another and work together. It’s not enough to merely offer a co-educational classroom— we must be proactive in creating learning opportunities that address gender-specific stereotypes. You’ve probably heard the notion that boys and girls learn differently. Though there are sometimes differences between how boys and girls act in common situations, there is no hard evidence to support the notion that their learning is based strictly on gender. As Lise Eliot, PhD, argues in her book Pink Brain, Blue Brain (First Mariner Books, 2009), “the argument that boys and girls need different educational experiences because ‘their brains are different’ is patently absurd. The same goes for arguments based on cognitive abilities, which differ far more within groups of boys and girls than between the average boy and girl.” (page 305)

THE BEN EF IT S O F CO- EDU CATION AT PICKERING COLLEGE

WHY CO-ED? There is no such thing as a male brain, or a female brain. Brain sex differences are small and statistical, not large and categorical. –Lise Eliot, PhD, Associate Professor Neuroscience Chicago Medical School of Rosalind Franklin University

Today, we observe that learning tendencies are mostly social, not biological. For example, “boys are often raised to be more competitive. They are taught to learn more competitively and girls pick up on that,” says Kim Bartlett, Director of Teaching and Learning at Pickering College. “In a co-ed school, both genders learn from one another’s strengths.” Physiological differences do exist in the early elementary years; boys tend to take more time in learning speech as opposed to girls, for instance, who can take more time mastering numeracy. There may be notable differences present at birth and during early development but in most instances this evens out in adolescence. However, Pickering College teaches students in a variety of ways, so that gender stereotypes are not reinforced. With a focus on individualized learning, both genders realize they can do anything and are equipped with the best skills. In a co-educational environment, students benefit from diversity and learn to confidently express themselves around the opposite sex. This experience better prepares students for the postsecondary level and in the workplace, to work cooperatively and to achieve success as good global citizens. In a study that examined schools that focused on attempting to develop good citizens, through service learning and citizenship programs, the question was asked “what is a good citizen.” Dr. Joel Westheimer, University Research Chair in Democracy and Education at the University of Ottawa, and one of the study’s authors, arrived at the conclusion that there are ultimately

three different types of citizenship that the authors’ labeled “personally responsible,” “participatory,” and “justice oriented.” Personally responsible citizens are what most schools are turning out—they are good, law-abiding citizens who, for instance, donate food to a food drive when there is a need. Participatory citizens are active members of organizations and understand how things are accomplished in a democratic society—they are the type of citizen who will help to organize a food drive. The third citizen type, the justice-oriented citizen, is where Pickering College focuses. This citizen asks the tough questions and are the reason social change happens. They explore why people are hungry and aim to solve the root cause. During his presentation, Co-education Amid Controversy, at the York School in January 2014, Dr. Westheimer told an audience of independent schools that co-education is the most conducive environment for a justice-oriented citizen as it gives students an opportunity to explore and prepare for a diverse and democratic society. He also said if a school’s goals are broader than success on standardized tests, they should care not only about whether students learn to read and write but also about what is worth reading and how students can use what they learn to change the world. Our Global Leadership Program, combined with our co-educational environment, offers Pickering College students the best possible education. As boys and girls learn to interact with one another they are ready to take on whatever the future holds and succeed.

ALUMNI MENTORS Both Lisa Harun â€™97 and new PC Corporation Member Thomas Tam â€™95 acted as mentors for Grade 9 business students. As entrepreneurs and business owners, Lisa and Thomas brought some practical, real-world suggestions to the classes as students began to tackle their Grade 9 Global Leadership project focused around creating sustainable solutions for Pickering College to be presented in front of a panel at the end of the year. Thank you Lisa and Thomas for kick-starting their year so successfully!

LEADERS-IN-RESIDENCE PC welcomed Radha Bhardwaj (pictured above) and Stephanie Lau from Blue Door Shelters as Leaders-in-Residence. They spoke about some of the innovative practices Blue Door Shelters uses to target the root causes of homelessness. Highlights included a Q&A session in Junior School Morning Meeting, a psychological interpretation in Sociology and using their practices as examples for Capstone Projects in Grade 12 English classes.

Thank You to the Pickering College Community 2014â€“2015

Welcome Greetings from the Headmaster, the Chair of the Pickering College Board of Directors and the Chair, Pickering College Association.

What a privilege it has been this past year to be part of the Pickering College community. There has been an abundance of deep and caring effort in every facet of service to the school, in so many ways, by so many. The progress of the Global Leadership Program, the growth in opportunities for student engagement, the number and commitment of volunteers, the efforts of hardworking staff —and the generosity of so many thoughtful donors. Donations from individuals, foundations and companies celebrated in this Thank You To Our Community resulted in over $1.6 million raised this past school year (2014-2015), with additional funds pledged to the Light The Way transformational campaign. The tangible results: a newly renovated Harry M. Beer Dining Hall, more scholarships and bursaries for deserving students, new technologies in the classrooms and cutting-edge teacher training, to name just a few. Thank you. Thank you for paying tribute to the good experience you had as an alum or that your children had if you are an alum parent of this fine school. Thank you to the current parents and grandparents who support their students’ education today, and look to their alumni experience tomorrow. Thank you to the staff who give their all, every day, for the benefit of every child, as well as donating financially to their school. Thank you to our friends in the community, and to those corporations who are our sponsors. Thank you for your trust and your understanding that a Pickering education “pays it forward” to a world that could benefit from Pickering values and our deep sense of service. We look forward to sharing more with you about the progress of the Global Leadership Program, as well as Phase II of the Campus Master Plan. Through your support, Pickering becomes “greater, better and more beautiful.” Thank you.

Peter Sturrup Headmaster

Kelly Mason Chair, Pickering College Board of Directors

Donna Fordyce Chair, Pickering College Association

Thank You for Your Generosity Thank you once again to all of our parents, alumni, staff, Board and Corporation, grandparents, alumni parents, past Board and Corporation, past staff, foundations and sponsors. Your philanthropic and event support for Pickering College demonstrates to all your commitment to the school and this community.

1,625,756

392,232

WAS RAISED IN 2014-2015.

ANNUAL GIVING AND SPECIAL EVENTS

ANNUAL GIVING AND SPECIAL EVENTS WERE AHEAD OF BUDGET AGAIN THIS YEAR. NEW COMPONENTS TO OUR OUTDOOR EDUCATION PROGRAM, INCREASED SCHOLARSHIPS AND BURSARIES, INCREASED TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, CLASSROOM IMPROVEMENTS AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES WERE AMONG THE INVESTMENTS IN OUR STUDENTS, THE RESULT OF YOUR DONATIONS.

963,915

IN 2014-2015, OVER $963,915 WAS RAISED IN CAPITAL DONATIONS, RESULTING IN A BEAUTIFUL DINING HALL RENOVATION.

269,609

WAS RAISED LAST YEAR TO SUPPORT

ENDOWMENTS BRINGING TOTAL ENDOWMENTS AT PC TO OVER $5.3M.

THE GIFT OF

TIME GENEROUS PC VOLUNTEERS DONATED

THOUSANDS OF HOURS TO ACHIEVING THE SCHOOL’S GOALS.

41,800

GIFTS IN KIND VALUED AT APPROXIMATELY $41,800 WERE

RECEIVED, INCLUDING FABULOUS FRED HAGAN PAINTINGS, AND GOLF AUCTION ITEMS.

*Please refer to the 2014-2015 Report Card for more detail on Pickering College’s financial position. The Report Card is available online through the PC website, www.pickeringcollege.on.ca or you may contact Kim Bilous at 905-895-1120 ext. 260 or kbilous@pickeringcollege.on.ca to receive your copy.

Leadership Giving Thank you to our Circle of Friends members who have given $1,000 or more during the fiscal year.

Pillars Circle ($10,000.00 +) L Brian Blackstock ’56 L Vanessa and Donald Carson CRFC Community Radio Fund of Canada L The Egan Family Foundation L Beth Egan L Beverley and John Hagias The Mazinaw Co. Ltd. L Mirella and John Morra Jill and William Powell L Jim Spring ’47 State Farm Canada L Lisa and Peter Sturrup The Waters Family Silver Circle ($5,000 - $9,999) L Charles Beer ’59 L Dawn and David Beswick Christina and Salvatore Bianco Jennifer and Ronald Carlton Eleanor and Troy Cumiskey L Debbie and Adam Floyd Peter Lau ’82 L Kelly and Malcolm Mason Donald McLaren ’76 Margaret McLaren Jeff Mooney SMC Project Realization and Management Inc. Serpa BMW L Kim Bilous and Darren Slind L Ronald Veale ’63 L Daniel Weinzweig Blue Circle ($2,500 - $4,999) Richard Blackstock ’63 CIBC Greg Dopulos ’68 Yun Jae Park and Kyuje Han Hanson Brick L James Harrison ’47 Heather King Marilyn and Dennis McLaughlin Lori and Jim Pedersen Ashley and Matt Powell Xiaojun Wu and Guorong Ren L Christine and James Ritchie L Gerry and Anita Smith Family Foundation at Toronto Foundation L Anita and Gerry Smith L Linda and Mitch Stevenson Deneine Drover-Stubbs and Stephen Stubbs Jiage Guo and Chenggang Sun VR Mechanical Solutions Inc.

Circle Members ($1,000 - $ 2,499) Elan Moore and Andrew Abramowicz L Philip Allan ’71 Aramark Canada Ltd. Artists Salon & Spa Margalit Gavrilov and Kourosh Asgari Auto Group North Avenue Realty Inc., Brokerage Rick Bagshaw Fanny Cheng and Yue Xuan Bao L Toby Hatch and Joel Berger Annamaria Bianchi Bloomsbury Fine Cabinetry Laurie and Marshall Blondy Kirsten Nicolson and Brad Boland Charmaine Bowen Magdie Buder C21 The Home Team, Richard Gibb and Eryn Richardson Century Craft Custom Builders Inc. Chelsea Carlton Interiors Inc. Lesley and Robert Coleman Susan and David Cooper CoreMicro Technology Inc. Cornerstone Insurance Brokers Ltd. Spiro Danigelis Laurie and Corey DiCarlo Liqun Qu and Guozheng Ding Jianhong Xu and Leiqing Ding Qian Li and Liang Dong Kim Plato and David Eby Ecclesiastical Insurance Office plc Audrey Joe-Ezigbo and Joseph Ezigbo Pamela and Brian Fabian Diane and Brian FitzGerald Nicholin Choi and Alan Abraham Fong L Wayne Ford Sales Limited, Canadian Tire, Newmarket L Sharon and Wayne Ford Formula Brands Inc. Doug Gleed Michelle Zhang and Bin Gong Hasina and Shameem Iqbal L Beverly Jackson Bev Jahnke L Jonathan Knaul ’87 L Jill and Michael Krstajic L Wendy and Nick LaValle Zhao Hui Li Pamela Pan and Jie Luan Shirley Ji and Gary Luhowy Michael Mackenzie ’45 Therese and Nick Marchese L Mason’s Masonry Supply Ltd.

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Veronica and Paul Mason Mary McClenaghan-Martin Metroland Media Group Ltd. Nicolee Hathaway and Pierre Mevissen Mei Kwong and Kar Mok Gillian and Graeme Montgomery Nancy and Bruce Moody Liza and Roman Moskaltcov Jackie and Kieran Mulroy Katherine and Terry Munro Neal Brothers Foods Newmarket Huskies Track Club Carol Nicholls Sookie Ha and Sang Soon Park Prep Academy Tutors Kathy and Ian Proudfoot Shirley and Robert Prittie Willa Wang and Alex Qiu Robert Rayner ’62 Re/Max Realtron Realty Inc., Anita Kotsovos Re/Max York Group Realty, Cowen Sales Representatives Jayson Rose ’84 Diane and Sean Sexsmith-Brosseau Weihong Shi Corianne and Anthony Simpson Bo and Orest Sochaniwskyj Spicers Canada Limited St. Marys Cement Inc. (Canada) Sherry Barclay and Kevin Still Katharine Parsons and Peter Strawbridge Xinhua Zhao and Xu Sun Zankhana and Amitkumar Upadhyay Roger Veale ’61 Danielle and Gerry Visco Thomas Whealy David White ’88 Betty Ann Widdrington Cindy Widdrington Stephen Widdrington ’83 Dianne and Eric Wong ’78 Vivian Lee and Lei Yan Bing He and Xi Yuan Alexander Zetzl ’05 Joan and Bert Zetzl Qin Chen and Huangsong Zhang Lu Chen and Jigui Zhang Janice Jiang and Joseph Zhang Yue Tang and Haohua Zhao Alla and Vladimir Zykov

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Parent Support Thank you very much to current PC parents who supported the 2014-2015 Annual Giving campaign.

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Lori and John Cork Eleanor and Troy Cumiskey Andrea Darvay-Canavor and Jeffrey Canavor Spiros Danigelis Lisa Jeppesen-Dhanjal and Prabh Dhanjal Laurie and Corey DiCarlo Liqun Qu and Guozheng Ding Jianhong Xu and Leiqing Ding Qian Li and Liang Dong Audrey Joe-Ezigbo and Joseph Ezigbo Pamela and Brian Fabian Pamela and Simon Falcon Diane and Beric Farmer Catherine Farquhar John Fisher Diane and Brian FitzGerald Debbie and Adam Floyd Nicholin Choi and Alan Abraham Fong Gloria and Michael Forde Donna and Allan Fordyce Shelley and Jamie Frank Karen Rossi Galata and Wayne Galata Pamela and Kevin Gardner Punam and Shiva Gaur Doug Gleed Joanne and Christopher Golding

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Michelle Zhang and Bin Gong Gaitree and Deepak Gupta Beverley and John Hagias Yun Jae Park and Kyuje Han Brenda and William Hilton Tiffany and Dan Houle Susan and Gero Hundert Hasina and Shameem Iqbal Heather and Kevin Jenkins Diane and David Johnson Ian Johnston Yuki Kajiro Michelle and Ken Kavanagh Lisa Simmonds-Kim and Thomas Kim Yoko and Sadahito Kimata Heather King Denise and Joseph Kovac Mukta and Murali Krishnan Jill and Michael Krstajic Trish Duffney and Alex Lee Zhao Hui Li Pamela Pan and Jie Luan Shirley Ji and Gary Luhowy Vida Sernas and Alan MacDonald Ailene and Dan MacDougall Teri and Juan Macias

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Audrey Dehan-MacRae and Bradley MacRae Judi Rees-Mantle and Wesley Mantle Therese and Nick Marchese Kelly and Malcolm Mason Louise Massé Mary McClenaghan-Martin Carol and David McDougall Cathy and John McGill Marilyn and Dennis McLaughlin Andrea McMullen Renée and Rob Merrick Nicolee Hathaway and Pierre Mevissen Elaine Miller Mei Kwong and Kar Mok Gillian and Graeme Montgomery Nancy and Bruce Moody Mirella and John Morra Heather Smith-Morton and Barclay Morton Liza and Roman Moskaltcov Jackie and Kieran Mulroy Nicole and Thomas Murphy Carol Nicholls Linda and Raymond Nunn Sookie Ha and Sang Soon Park Noeline Burk and James Pataran Lori and Jim Pedersen

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Laurie Philp Glenor Pitters Jill and William Powell Ashley and Matt Powell Ombretta and Robert Prefontaine Juli and Paul Prochazka Catherine and Craig Proctor Cong Chen and Ning Dong Qi Willa Wang and Alex Qiu Youxia Li and Bin Ren Xiaojun Wu and Guorong Ren Rebeca Riojas-Ozturk and Sedat Ozturk Christine and James Ritchie Crystal Robinson Krystie and Matthew Robinson-Vincent Donna and David Rouselle Tara and Michael Roy-DiClemente Margaret and Rick Saarimaki Sandy and Karl Scherre Diane and Sean Sexsmith-Brosseau Weihong Shi Alana and Myron Simon Corianne and Anthony Simpson Sharon Skurnac Kim Bilous and Darren Slind Karen Burrows-Smith and Jason Smith

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Bo and Orest Sochaniwskyj Darla and Peter Somerville Margo Starr Nicole and Tony Stella Linda and Mitch Stevenson Sherry Barclay and Kevin Still Katharine Parsons and Peter Strawbridge Deneine Drover Stubbs and Stephen Stubbs Alice Sud Jiage Guo and Chenggang Sun Xinhua Zhao and Xu Sun Judy Jeppesen-Timbers and Gary Timbers Shona Torrance Yuliya Eltsova and Anton Udaltsov Zankhana and Amitkumar Upadhyay Rachel and Andrew Vallance Danielle and Gerry Visco Dianne and Eric Wong ’78 Vivian Lee and Lei Yan Bing He and Xi Yuan Andrea and Matthew Yustin Qin Chen and Huangsong Zhang Lu Chen and Jigui Zhang Janice Jiang and Joseph Zhang Amanda Gao and Weixing Zhang Alla and Vladimir Zykov

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Alumni Support Thank you very much to our alumni community for supporting the 2014-2015 Annual Giving campaign.

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Robert McBean ’68 Robert Rayner ’62 Robert Russel ’67 Herschell Sax ’64 Roger Veale ’61 Ronald Veale ’63 Duncan Walker ’69 Brian Worrall ’69

1970s L Philip Allan ’71 Louis Cardinal ’74 David Fasken ’74 L Jeremy Frape ’70 Donald McLaren ’76 Brian Meharg ’78 Brian Reynolds ’70 Christopher Rogers ’70 Eric Wong ’78 1980s Stephen Barratt ’86 Samuel Damiani ’85 Jeff Graham ’86 Stuart Hunt ’87 L Jonathan Knaul ’87 Peter Lau ’82 Peter Lyne ’83 Adam Mernick ’89 L Jayson Rose ’84 James Warren ’81 David White ’88 Stephen Widdrington ’83

1930s L Taylor Statten ’34 1940s Thomas Aikenhead ’44 Richard Arnold ’49 Richard Crowther ’47 L David Dixon ’46 L Hugh Edighoffer ’47 Hartley Greenbaum ’44 L James Harrison ’47 L Morrison Hoover ’47 Jack Houghton ’47 L Donald Hutcheson ’49 Miles Keenleyside ’47 Donald King ’46 Michael Mackenzie ’45

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John Meisel ’43 Robert Prittie ’49 Ed Richardson ’45 The Late Lyle Sifton ’48 Douglas Sirrs ’49 Daniel Sherry ’42 Martin Shubik ’43 Jim Spring ’47 George Williams ’46

1950s L Charles Beer ’59 L Brian Blackstock ’56 Bill Bryant ’58 L Richard Elston ’56 Stefan Israeler ’52 Fred Little ’56

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1960s John Bates ’61 Richard Blackstock ’63 L Robert Bryant ’60 Peter Davis ’61 Rolph Davis ’60 Greg Dopulos ’68 L David Douglas ’60 Hugh Graham ’60 Kenneth Greason ’64 Ronald Hons ’60 John Lewis ’67

1990s Robert Desouza ’96 Robert Doyle ’96 L Raymond Ng ’99 2000s Talia Black ’07 Daniel Blenich ’06 Po-Kai Liao ’02 L Amanda Lupo ’05 L Kristina Massiah ’04 Ryan McCluskey ’06 Marie Polyzotis ’08 Kurt Richardson ’02 Gareth Sturrup ’09 L Alexander Zetzl ’05 2010s Kyle Lane ’10 Aleksa MacDonald ’14 Joachim Reinert ’10

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Staff and Faculty Support Thank you very much to our school staff for supporting the 2014-2015 Annual Giving campaign.

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Jill Abramowitz Ria Angelo Kristen Arkell Alex Au Yong Patrice Barbanchon Kimberly Bartlett Kim Bilous Graham Birt Ethan Bishop Talia Black ’07 Jean-Michel Bombardier Charles Boyd Noeline Burk Claudia Chavez Gordon Chiu Andrea Cleland Teresa Clune Chris Collingham Anna Cook Steve Cope Naomi Côté Chris Coyne James Cumming Sylvia Da Silva Michael Daleman Michael Davis Rachel DeBrouwer Marc delaBastide Sarah Demarco Janet Downer Christina Drake Miranda Dubois Jessica Ellis Catherine Farquhar Kait Finlay David Fiscaletti Jay Fletcher Stephanie Forgie Shelley Frank Alexis Furlan Emma Gardner Dean Gessie Joanne Golding Alexis Hamilton Scott Hammell Wilfred Hickey Susan Hundert Julia Hunt Heather Ioannidis Sheila Johnson Stephen Johnson Ian Johnston Wendy Keegan Shannon Kelly

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Elaine Kliem David Kohyar Keith Kupsch Jesse Ladouceur Myriam LaFrance Penny Lawson-Cameron Patti Lewis Tom Lewis Sandra Liem Weiping Lu Amanda Lupo ’05 Laura Mason Paul Mason Arnold Massey Erin Matthews Lisa Maunder Carol McKnight Kumail Meghani Karen Meisel Renée Merrick Jennifer Middleton Shirley Moffett Evan Morrison Nicole Murphy Rosanna Naccarata Khoeun Pang Stefan Pape Mark Penaflor Laurie Philp Leila Picazo Stephanie Pickering Helenka Pollakova Lindsey Rife John Robertson H. Romkema Jessie-May Rowntree Alana Simon Sheri Simon Jason Smith Kim Smith Heather Smith-Morton Kelly Stenton Gareth Sturrup ’09 Lisa Sturrup Peter Sturrup Heather Suters Sarah Szolopiak Dan Thompson Nancy Wade Bo Wang-Frape Mike Weiler Maria Wolscht Nicky Wood Steve Wood

Annual Giving Campaign Supporters Thank you to the Alumni Parents, Former Staff and Faculty, Corporation Members, Grandparents and Friends of our school who supported the 2014-2015 Annual Giving campaign.

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Barbara Allan Altered States Interior Design Paula and Gus Badali Karen Heese and James Barber Lucy Baumunk Tim Beers Wayne Bender Gina Benvie Tracy and Kevin Beswick Donna and Michael Bingham Darlene and Peter Blenich Shirley and Brian Blondy Laurie and Marshall Blondy The Blondy Family Linda Blondy Glass Leslie Pine and Bob Brier Cathie and Robert Buckley John Campbell Danielle and Marc Caron CRFC–Community Radio Fund of Canada Cathy and Paul Climpson Melissa and Michael Daschbach Andie and Kevin Desforges Marcia and Wayne Dettloff The Egan Family Foundation Beth Egan Marta Carrancio and Carlos Eizaguirre Jaime and Michael Elliott Linda and Tom Fodey Susan Hamlen and Robert Foote Lorena Edith Barriga Rodriguez and Alberto Garcia Arroyo Carole and Mark Garron

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Chantal Gionet Edward Gooderham Carol and Peter Grys Lisa and Martin Hambrock Elizabeth Hempen The Houle Family Claudine and Roger Hubbard Michelle Hudson Institute of International Education Beverly Jackson Bev Jahnke Sandra and Philip Kaszuba Louise and Ed Kilroy Marie Knaul Wendy and Nick LaValle Laura Purves and David Lehto Stephanie, Tom and Katie Lindley John Lockyer Kathleen Lyne Jane and Don Lynes Lisa and Dave Marshall Veronica and Paul Mason Yvette and Robert Massiah Jeremy Mathieu The Mazinaw Co. Ltd. Margaret McLaren Linda and John Mills Jeff Mooney Newmarket Huskies Track Club Carrie-Ann Nihmey-Smye Julie Dowling and John Nitsopoulos Kathy and Paul Oushalkas Martha Perry

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Phillips Collection Cindi and Anthony Polyzotis Alison and Bill Powell Garrett Powell Nancy and William Prittie Kathy and Ian Proudfoot Till Quinn-Rabot and Joseph Rabot Wende and Alistair Riswick Karen Levert and Anthony Roodenburg Bonnie Brenner and Earl Rudner Ranee and Bruce Shipley Sheila and Derek Sifton Dawn Smith Gerry and Anita Smith Family Foundation at Toronto Foundation Anita and Gerry Smith Anita Tyler The Waters Family Daniel Weinzweig Linda and Jack Wenstrand Mr. and Mrs. John Wetzel Thomas Whealy Betty Ann Widdrington Cindy Widdrington Charles Williams Rebecca Troth and Christopher Wright Liisa and Milan Yazdani Jane Zavitz-Bond Joan and Bert Zetzl Lu Chen and Jigui Zhang Yue Tang and Haohua Zhao

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Event Sponsors & Partners Thank you to everyone of you who planned, participated in and/or contributed to the 2014-2015 Pickering College signature events.

Floral Designers ADM Design Incorporated Black Forest Garden Centre Blooming Wellies Flower Boutique Cassidy’s Flowers & Gifts Flowers by Terry of Aurora Grand Entrance Design Katherine Joy Interiors LRB Interiors McFee Landscape Maintenance & Construction Yorkshire Garden Services

10TH ANNIVERSARY PICKERING COLLEGE HOLIDAY HOME TOUR, PRESENTED BY STATE FARM CANADA Over 1000 tour goers lined up to visit seven fabulously decorated homes in Aurora and Newmarket on November 21 and 22, 2014, featuring the talents of some of York Region’s best florists, decorators and designers. The reason was the season…and the celebration of the 10th Anniversary Pickering College Holiday Home Tour, presented by State Farm Canada. Over 150 local businesses and organizations helped Pickering College mark this anniversary year. Guests were treated to a delightful journey of holiday sights, sounds and flavours from local businesses, restaurants, event sponsors and more. The Friday Night Tour’s highlight included a sold-out VIP Design Tour with Cobi Ladner (past editor of Canadian House & Home and owner of CobiStyle). On Saturday, at the popular Seasonal Boutique & Café, the room was filled with guests wanting a book signed or a meet and greet at the Design Talk with Frankie Flowers of CityLine & Breakfast Television. The Tour raised over $78,000, benefitting Pickering College and the Pædiatric Oncology Clinic at Southlake Regional Health Centre. 10TH ANNUAL HOLIDAY HOME TOUR AND SEASONAL BOUTIQUE – NOVEMBER 21 & 22, 2014 Sponsors Atec Signs L Mason’s Masonry Supply Ltd. Metroland Media Group Ltd. Select Art Galleries State Farm Canada L Tim Hortons,The Floyd Family Home Sponsors Artists Salon & Spa Auto Group North Bloomsbury Fine Cabinetry Century Craft Custom Builders Inc. Neal Brothers Foods Inc. Prep Academy Tutors L Wayne Ford Sales Limited,Canadian Tire, Newmarket

Realtor Home Sponsors Cowen Representatives, Re/Max York Group Realty Inc. Emily and Christopher Fusco, Avenue Realty Inc. Richard Gibb and Eryn Richardson, Century 21 Shirley Ji, Century 21 Anita Kotsovos, Re/Max Realtron Realty Inc. Marilyn McLaughlin, Royal LePage Interior Designers/Decorators ADM Design Incorporated Design Line Studio Inc. Katherine Joy Interiors Lori Pedersen Home Staging + Styling LRB Interiors Urban Barn, Newmarket Wendy Neal Design

Advertisers The Abramowicz Family Arcadia Academy of Music Best Climate Heating & Cooling Inc. Bradford Jewellery & Gems Canvas Gallery Case Electrical Services College Manor Veterinary Hospital Crystal White Cleaners Doug Thompson Contracting Dr. Myrna Wong, Optometrist Europa Travel and Tours The Falcon Family Georgia Hardy Tours Gole Eyeworks Hair Blvd. Hempen Fine Jewellers Ltd. Intentions Yoga Studio Inc. Jones Pools Knappett Jewellers Ltd. L Wendy LaValle Massage Addict Newmarket Mastercut Property Services Andrea McMullen and Family Millview Farm Shop Molisana Bakery L The Morra Family Northern Wide Plank Flooring L The Prittie Family Ravensbourne Custom Finishing Remedy Drug Store Company The Rouselle Family L The Saarimaki Family Salon Massimo Inc. Simcoe Upholstering The Sochaniwskyj Family L The Stevenson Family Terra Brook Homes Inc. The Royal Wood Shop Todd Pools Ltd.

11TH ANNUAL SPRING LUNCHEON – MAY 14, 2015 It was the Bees Knees at the 2015 Spring Luncheon this year! This 1920s-themed party pulled out all the stops with flappers, dancers, 1920s music, goldfish, pearls, feathers and more. Thanks to the hard working Spring Luncheon committee, guests were spoilt with lots of door prizes, gifts, shopping and a fantastic meal. This social event brings together PC moms, alumni-moms, alumnae and guests each year for a fun-filled afternoon. Donors Michelle Al-jbouri Aramark Canada Ltd. The Arts Music Store BF Bakers, Artisan Bakery & Cafe Lee Brown The Cedar Grill (Authentic Lebanese Cuisine) Cobs Bread Aurora Gateway Linda Condy David Howard’s Music Studio Shannon and Alan Duffy Frank Ferragine The Fresh Tea Shop L Joanne and Christopher Golding L Lisa and Martin Hambrock Kitch 82 Caterers & Consultants Inc. Cobi Ladner Mercedes-Benz Newmarket Merk Photography Nature’s Emporium Wendy and Chris Neal Neal Brothers Foods Inc. Nino D’Aversa Bakery Jeremy Phan Photography Phillips Collections L Laurie Philp The Piano Studio Sarpa Amanda Stassan Supperworks Treat Yourself Cakes & Catering

Holiday Home Tour Committee Andie Desforges, Co-Chair Pam Falcon, Co-Chair Suzanne Altman Pamela Fabian Donna Fordyce Sandra Liem Andrea McMullen Karen Meisel Elan Moore Liza Moskaltcova Lori Pedersen Nilgen Perez Krystie Robinson-Vincent Donna Rouselle Vida Sernas Lisa Shirriff Bo Sochaniwskyj

Event Contributors AMD Solutions Co., Foxy Leggings, York Region Arbonne International Inc., Lisa Laceby bb2 Design, Brenda Beckett Beaners Fun Cuts for Kids The Blenich Family Catch the Spirit Photos by Rhonda Jennifer Creeggan Echoes in the Attic Angela Gingl Hair Blvd. KIBO Natural Body Care Products L Wendy LaValle Gloria McMullen Mom’s Inspired Creations Snapdragon Designs Soul of a Gypsy Jewelry Stella & Dot Talis Spring Luncheon Committee Krystie Robinson-Vincent, Chair Anna Cook Donna Fordyce Deana Ho-Yan Andrea McMullen Mirella Morra Juli Prochazka Ellen Rosen Sandra Scherre Linda Stevenson

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GRANDPARENT AND SPECIAL FRIEND DAY 2015 Primary students were thrilled to welcome their Grandparents and Special Friends to a fun-filled afternoon. With a heartfelt speech on the importance of the special relationship between students and their grandparents and the invitation for grandparents and friends to become involved with Pickering College, Grandparent Rep and Board Member, Ajit Khanna warmly welcomed our guests. The Springfest concert followed the afternoon, highlighting the many talents of our younger musicians and bands.

16TH ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT, JUNE 18, 2015 Golfers at the 16th Annual Pickering College Golf Tournament, presented by Serpa BMW enjoyed a spectacular day at Silver Lakes Golf and Conference Centre on June 18, 2015. The beautiful sunny day could not have been more fitting with this year’s Caribbean Carnival theme! Having a theme was a fun new addition with decorated carts, a steel drum band and even island snacks. Alumni, parents, staff, students, sponsors and friends of PC arrived to the warm welcome of our wonderful volunteers and our 102.7 CHOP FM reporters, Brendan FitzGerald ’14 and Mike Kelly ’14. Sincere thanks to the 2015 Golf Committee for their hard work in putting this event together, and to Mr. Mitchell Stevenson for his excellent leadership. Thank you to Mr. Quinn Ross ’94 for a phenomenal job as the event live auctioneer. Thanks to the support of our golfers, sponsors, and special guests this event raised over $68,000! These funds have been directed to the Dining Hall renovation and purchase of updated kitchen equipment. Well done everyone! The winning foursome of the Tournament included James Quinn-Rabot ’14, Mark Sochanjwsyj ’15, Evan Lynch and Conner

Michaud. We look forward to seeing you all for the 2016 Tournament on Thursday, June 23, 2016. Title Sponsor Serpa BMW Dinner Sponsor SMC Project Realization and Management Inc. Multi-Media Sponsor VR Mechanical Solutions Golf Cart Sponsor Hanson Brick 19th Hole Sponsor L St. Marys Cement Inc. (Canada) Theme Sponsor CIBC Lunch Sponsor Cornerstone Insurance Brokers Live Auction Sponsor Formula Brands Inc. Silent Auction Sponsor MIAD Information Systems Ltd. Beverage Cart Sponsor Chelsea Carlton Interiors Inc.

Entertainment Sponsor Noran Industries Ltd. Trophy Sponsor The Bianco Family Course Pack Sponsor L Kathy Proudfoot Beat the Kid Sponsor Doug Gleed

Oak Ridges Retirement Community Office Imaging PowerEdge Group L PHA Project Management Inc. Robins IDA Pharmacy L Rogol Electric Company Limited Terra Brook Homes Inc. L Tim Hortons, The Floyd Family Today’s Taxi Underpar L Valley Mill Developments Ltd.

Closest to the Pin Sponsor Serpa BMW ‘Drop the Ball’ Sponsor Formula Brands Inc. Duracell Power Station Duracell PowerProducts Hole in One Sponsor Serpa BMW In the Circle Sponsor McDonald’s Restaurants of Canada Putting Contest Sponsor Permacon

Hole Sponsors L Advertek Graphic Solutions ANB Canada Inc. Apple Suites Aramark Canada Ltd. BMO Bank of Montreal CIBC Wood Gundy, Christopher Lane Destination Travel Group Inc. Diamond Groundskeeping Services Ltd Dol Turf Restoration Ltd. L Ecclesiastical Insurance Office Gole Eyeworks Jarislowsky Fraser Limited, Global Investment Management L Mason’s Masonry Supply Ltd. Miller Waste Systems Inc. L Morel Benefits Consulting Services Ltd. Newmarket Office Equipment Ltd.

Donors Virginia Hackson Keith Kupsch Ailene and Dan MacDougall Anonymous Gift-in-Kind Donors Apsara Samudra Restaurant Arrow Promotional Avenue Motor Works Best Western Voyageur Place Hotel L The Beswick Family Betsy Blackall Bradford Greenhouses Lois Brown M.P. Newmarket-Aurora Noeline Burk BWG Dental Centre, Dr. Rebeca Riojas-Ozturk Calypso Cruises Cameron’s Brewing Company Coconut Court Beach Hotel, Mark Blades ’83 and James Blades ’83 Coral Sands Beach Resort The Crow’s Nest Pub & Restaurant Deerhurst Resort Dave Emerson Eye Care Optical Flying Monkeys Craft Brewery Gloria and Michael Forde Formula Brands L The Frank Family The Franklin Club L Gates and Boards Ski & Snowboard Shop gatherings | Floral Studio Grey Goat Pub & Grill Hair Point Unisex Hair Design The Heights of Horseshoe Helix Media Web Management and Media Production Hempen Fine Jewellers Ltd.

Wendy Hutton Industrial Alliance Financial Group Jarislowsky Fraser Global Investment Management Ted Jarvis Jennifer’s Hair Boutique Junk Bunk L Jill and Michael Krstajic LA Fitness La MexiCanada Restaurant Michael Lee Miller Waste Systems Inc. The Nam Family Newmarket Tire Carol Nicholls Old Flame Brewing Co. Lori and Jim Pedersen Pickering College 2014/2015 PC Boarding Students Rawlicious Dr. Rebeca Riojas-Ozturk The Roy-DiClemente Family Serpa BMW Silver Lakes Golf & Conference Centre Bo and Orest Sochaniwskyj L Linda and Mitch Stevenson Mary and Robert Stevenson David Sud Sunnybrae Golf Club Thai Spring Rolls Worth Interior Design Young Drivers of Canada

Golf Tournament Committee Mitch Stevenson, Chair Joel Berger Kim Bilous Charles Boyd Adam Floyd Shelley Frank Thomas Kim Malcolm Mason Karen Meisel Graeme Montgomery Jim Pedersen Rebeca Riojas-Ozturk Kevin Still Alice Sud

L The “Lamp of Learning,” as found in the Pickering College crest, recognizes those who have given for the past five or more consecutive years. 41

Ways to Give At Pickering College we are inspired that our community—parents, alumni, Board and Corporation, staff, family and friends alike—demonstrate their pride in and commitment to our Spirit of Community by donating so generously to the school. With the Campus Master Plan underway, your continued support is more important than ever, to ensure a robust future for Pickering College.

We are very grateful to Brian ’56 and Richard ’63 Blackstock for formally donating the wonderful Fred Hagan oil painting of their father, PC Teacher and Director of Physical Education and Director of Firth House Reg “Blackie” Blackstock, which hangs proudly in our Dining Hall. Pickering College is developing a significant collection of Hagan’s work. A noted artist, Fred Hagan taught here for many years before moving on to teach at the Ontario College of Art. We are very grateful to the alumni and friends of the school who have been donating to our art collection.

There are many ways to make a gift to Pickering College: Gifts of Cash, Cheque or Credit Card: You can choose to make a one-time gift or a monthly gift. Gifts of Securities and Mutual Fund Shares: You can reduce your capital gains tax by donating appreciated securities to PC. It’s a wonderful way to benefit both you and the school. Matching Gifts: Many companies offer a Matching Gift program. Please contact your HR Department to inquire whether a Matching Gift is possible. Monthly Giving: Giving monthly is easy and convenient. Your monthly donation can be charged to your credit card (to earn those points!) or you may charge your school account. This is a great way to have your manageable monthly amount make a large impact every year. Commemorative/Tribute Gifts: Through your donation, you may choose to pay

tribute to someone special. This gift can be made in honour of a teacher, advisor, coach, or friend who has had a positive influence and made a difference in your PC experience. Tribute Gifts can include: Dining Hall Chair and Table Dedications, wherein an engraved plaque is placed on each chair and/or table that is dedicated. A wonderful gift for alumni, for current students, or teachers. Learning Commons Tribute Program, wherein PC families can honour students’ birthdays or other special occasions by making an investment in library resources. Grad Gift: The graduating class independently decides upon an area of the school they wish to support each year. The money raised is directed towards their chosen area/department as well as the establishment of an endowment fund in benefit of future PC students. International Gifts: PC uses FRISBE (Friends of Independent Schools and Better Education) who facilitate dona-

tions from U.S. alumni and friends to Canadian Independent Schools. They are a licensed U.S. non-profit organization and will issue you an IRS tax receipt. We are happy to send a Canadian charitable tax receipt to donors residing outside of North America. Gifts in Kind: Gifts in Kind can include auction items for events, services to assist our school operations, or gifts of art and property. Planned Giving: Please join PC’s Firelighter community by making a gift to PC as part of your estate planning. You will have the comfort of knowing that you are ensuring that the Spirit of Community, so profound in Pickering College, lives on for future generations. For further information about PC’s Firelighters or any other method of making a gift to Pickering, please contact Kim Bilous, Executive Director, Development at kbilous@pickeringcollege.on.ca or 905-895-1700 ext.260. So simple. So necessary.

Light The Way Pickering College is underway with a bright new phase in its remarkable history.

We are deeply grateful for the service of the members of our Pickering College Board of Directors and Corporation. Their gifts of expertise, insight and time are backed up by their generous donations, and their work as ambassadors and advocates for the school. Board of Directors 2014–2015 Charles Beer ’59 Christina Bianco, Treasurer Adam Floyd Ajit Khanna Jonathan Knaul ’87, Vice-Chair Kelly Mason, Chair Mirella Morra Ian Proudfoot Linda Stevenson, ex-officio Roger Veale ’61 Stephen Widdrington ’83

The implementation of our school’s Campus Master Plan is underway, most notably with the completion this past summer of the renovation of the Harry M. Beer Dining Hall. In the next phase, we will build a centre for teaching and learning, with academic and social space for students from JK to Grade 12. We are building a campus that supports our students and unique approach to teaching, and allows the Global Leadership Program to flourish. We intend to pay for these necessary improvements through a combination of financing, new revenue generation opportunities and fundraising. The Light The Way campaign has been quietly working with some very generous members of the Pickering College community, and by the end of last fiscal (June 30, 2015) almost $2M had been raised in direct donations and pledges for the campaign. As of the end of the calendar year 2015, nearly $3.5M had been raised against our overall goal of $10M. Listed here are the generous individuals who have invested in or pledged their support to the future of Pickering College, through the Light The Way transformational campaign. Thank you! Light The Way Campaign Supporters – to June 30, 2015 L L L L L L

In Memory of Henry Aguayo ’48 Charles Beer ’59 Dawn and David Beswick Christina and Salvatore Bianco Vanessa and Donald Carson Eleanor and Troy Cumiskey Beric and Diane Farmer Beverly Jackson Rekha and Ajit Khanna Heather King Kelly and Malcolm Mason Veronica and Paul Mason Mirella and John Morra Lori and Jim Pedersen

Ashley and Matt Powell Juli and Paul Prochazka L Kathy and Ian Proudfoot L Kim Bilous and Darren Slind L Gerry and Anita Smith Family Foundation at Toronto Foundation L Anita and Gerry Smith L Jim Spring ’47 L Lisa and Peter Sturrup Jiage Guo and Chenggang Sun L Roger Veale ’61 The Waters Family Shanshan Li and Lei Yan Anonymous

Corporation Members 2014–2015 Charles Beer ’59 Dawn Beswick Christina Bianco Brian Blackstock ’56 Angelica Blenich ’04 Charles Boyd Paul Clubbe ’61 Scott Cowling ’97 Janet Downer Karen Dubeau Beth Egan Beric Farmer Adam Floyd Andrew Gordon ’02 Andrew Grant ’92 Beverly Jackson Ajit Khanna Jonathan Knaul ’87 Christopher Lane Ailene MacDougall Kelly Mason Blake Melnick ’81 Mirella Morra Glenor Pitters Bill Prittie Ian Proudfoot Brian Purdy ’56 Doug Reed ’58 Edward Richardson ’45 Ed Rynard ’70 Jason Smith Norm Smith Linda Stevenson Peter Sturrup Roger Veale ’61 Jim Waters Karen Whetstone Stephen Widdrington ’83 Jane Zavitz-Bond

L The “Lamp of Learning,” as found in the Pickering College crest, recognizes those who have given for the past five or more consecutive years.

If you would like to speak to someone further about the many ways you can support Pickering College, please contact the Development Office:

(905) 895-1700 Executive Director, Development and Parent & Alumni Relations Kim Bilous kbilous@pickeringcollege.on.ca Manager, Special Events Shelley Frank sfrank@pickeringcollege.on.ca Alumni Ambassador and Former Faculty Charles Boyd cboyd@pickeringcollege.on.ca Alumni & Parent Relations Coordinator Anna Cook acook@pickeringcollege.on.ca Development Administrator Karen Meisel kmeisel@pickeringcollege.on.ca PRIVACY OF INFORMATION: A COMMITMENT FROM PICKERING COLLEGE: Pickering College is committed to protecting the privacy of your personal information. When you as a parent, student, alumnus or other individual provide personal information to the school, such as your name, address and telephone number, it is shared with the Development Office so that we may communicate with you through various publications and so that we may solicit your financial and volunteer support. Information in the Development Office is stored in a confidential database located on-site at Pickering College. Under no circumstances is the information rented, sold or given to any organization outside Pickering College. Access to the information is restricted to authorized staff members. For further information on our commitment to protecting your privacy, please contact Kim Bilous at 905.895.1700 or e-mail privacyofficer@pickeringcollege.on.ca. Thank you. DISCLAIMER: Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy and completeness of the listings in this report. We regret and apologize for any inadvertent errors or omissions and ask that corrected information be provided to the Executive Director of Development, Pickering College, 16945 Bayview Avenue, Newmarket, Ontario, L3Y 4X2 â€” advancement@pickeringcollege.on.ca Registered Charitable Registration Number: 11909 2815 RR0001 Thank you to alumnus Heward Lee â€™78 for this wonderful illustration!

Middle School ’s Roots Stretch Back to the ’40s

While Middle School students have attended Pickering College since 1842, it was in the 1940s that the school’s exceptional programming for this age group really began to flourish. Students between the ages of 12-15 were part of the “Prep Department.” They lived in Firth House with faculty dedicated to their education and well-being, who provided specific age-appropriate learning and development opportunities. Diversity in the programming offered many experiential learning opportunities. The Prep Department took excursions to Toronto for shows, sports, arts and culture. They explored places like Holland Marsh to study agriculture and local biodiversity, and Limberlost in Muskoka to study meteorology, take nature hikes and go skiing and tobogganing. While the boys joined in the greater school athletic events such as Quaker Relays and Sports Day, they had their own athletic teams playing hockey, soccer, baseball, field hockey, track and field and many more. Outside of their physical education classes and co-curricular requirements, each boy was expected to spend time outside on the vast farm of Pickering College—running, playing, while “other

times, as long as we have been outdoors for a while, we may read, play chess or listen to our radios and records.” –Voyageur yearbook 1965

Taking them further out of the traditional classroom, boys experienced hands-on learning in the arts and crafts shop, where they learned to use tools for woodworking and were taught how to make birdhouses, bows and arrows, and more. Outside classrooms took place on the farm, working with the animals, or in the bush where they built shelters, made fires or simply explored nature. The Prep Department provided leadership opportunities with their own House

Committees, boys elected to the positions to assist the staff with house duties throughout each term. Students could join the editorial staff of the “Pickering Prep Press” to create their newsletter distributed a few times a year. The Prep Department held their own assemblies, created and ran their own clubs like the Model Railroad Club, Drama, Choir and Debate, celebrated yearly events with banquets and dinners, weekly chapel meetings, and acknowledged students’ achievements with presentations of the Rogers Cane (Prep) and Garratt Cane awards. The Preparatory Department program, created uniquely for this specific age group, ensured that the developmental and emotional needs of the students were met. Experiential and hands-on learning addressed the fundamental need for children of this age to explore, play and learn through doing, while still providing a solid foundation in core subjects. Opportunities to lead, participate and create their own experiences ensured the development of confidence, maturity and leadership skills which, when combined, ensured a smooth transition to the Senior School and marked positive changes for these boys.

ALUMNI NEWS

James Brown ’69 is pictured here hiking the land alumnus John Meisel ’43 donated to the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority in the Kingston, Ontario, area. Brian Purdy ’56 and his company MEDIA-IMAGE Communications Group recently picked up two awards for their work Engagement at the Forty: a silver award at the 21st Annual Communicator Awards, and another silver award from Worldfest International Film Festival Awards.

William Hsieh ’01: After obtaining a degree in Psychology from UBC in Vancouver, William went on to a diploma program for translation and interpretation for a year. He was recruited by the Chinese radio station in Vancouver midway through the program but realized his true calling was medicine and began his training in Poland. “After another four tough years, I finally moved back to Taiwan with a Diploma in Medicine. First I put my military service issue aside after serving in a military training center as an assistant doctor, and this May I completed my one-year internship at Mackay Memorial Hospital in Taipei city.” William passed his Medical License exam in July.

Don McLaren ’76 (son of Doris and Keith McLaren) welcomed a granddaughter, Eva, in October 2015.

Isabelle Payne ’98 and her husband welcomed their son, Meyer Alexander on August 10, 2015.

Mark Chen ’96: “I am currently working for a company call ET GROUP based in Toronto and my job title is Design Associate, which means I manage the AutoCAD drafting department in our company.” Mark is pictured with his wife, Ya Ju Yang and daughter, Annabelle Chen.

Amber Preston ’01 married Ferguson Bellows on July 11, 2015. Charles Boyd performed the ceremony and several PC Alumni were present at the wedding. Amber has been teaching at Huron Heights Secondary School in Newmarket for the past eight years.

“On July 23, my lovely son Andre was born. He is healthy boy with a big smile always on him, I named him En-Chi in

Jason Carmichael ’02, through his work at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, is partnering with Pickering College to bring a youth concussion education series to Newmarket in the spring.

Thomas Bryant ’66 Pickering—the college, the staff, the students—had a major impact upon my life. Thank you Harry Beer, Keith McLaren, Doc Purdy, Phil Shaus, and Eric Veale (to name a few). I was the youngest of three brothers from Kirkland Lake to attend PC. I earned my teaching degree through Queen’s University and was a secondary school teacher in the Kingston area (retired 2001). Connie (Heidt) Schira ’03 married Jonas Schira at the end of September 2015. They celebrated in an old winery and spent a sunny autumn day together with their families and closest friends—like Nicola Diels ’03 and her lovely baby girl Mira. Since they met in PC in 2001 Nicola and Connie are still in touch and often talk about the “good old times” back then. Connie is currently in charge of the press and public relations for one of the oldest art societies in Germany, which was established in 1818. Together with her husband she is renovating the old house she inherited from her grandmother close to her hometown; they plan to move in by the end of this year. Together they travel a lot, so she would love to visit Canada in the near future!

Life is awesome! Three healthy and happy kids and three grandchildren, 44 years of marriage, cottage, golf, curling, dancing, volunteer work, travel…

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Chinese (as grace and prayer). In the past three months I have been a stay home dad to my son. Life has been treating me well with all the blessings. Pickering was the place where I was put together from piece to piece and I couldn’t be who I am today if it wasn’t for the education from book to life I received at PC.”

ALUMNI NEWS

James Yu ’09 is in first year at Cornell University for medicine.

Andrew Kemp ’04 and his wife Camille welcomed their son, Grayson, on September 13, 2015.

Alexandria (Burrows) Russell ’10 was married in Nassau, Bahamas, to Alex Russell on May 31, 2015.

Mac Remington ’09: “After studying operations management at JMSBConcordia, I successfully completed the brewing course at UC Davis and was hired as a brewer at Creemore Springs. I am now also a certified taster for Creemore. I will be relocated downtown by Creemore in a month, to assist with the start-up and operation of a micro-brew pub in the city centre for a year or two. Planning to take some brewing courses in Europe as well.”

Charity Ip ’05 and her husband Gilbert welcomed Brandyn on September 6, 2015.

Kristen Kennedy ’05 at her work at the Oak Ridges Retirement Community. The Oak Ridges Retirement Community became involved with the PC Golf Tournament as a hole sponsor last year. Thanks Kristen!

Andrea Miranda ’10 married Nito Correa.

Alexandra Yustin ’10 graduated with a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Education from Brock University with her Primary/ Junior qualifications. She is currently an Associate Faculty member this year in the Residential Life Boarding Program as well as supply teaching in the Junior School.

Jason “Smiley” Wells ’91 "After a few years studying Architecture abroad I decided to return home to Freeport Bahamas and learn the family business in construction. I am now Vice President of Reef Construction Ltd. and also own a roof truss manufacturing plant and supply my product to contractors throughout the islands. It has been very exciting over the years and I even find time to get out fishing once in a while.

Mike Scott ’12: “I am currently working at Investors Group as a financial planner; I am pleased to be in the top five per cent of new consultants. I help people achieve their financial goals through investments, insurance and mortgages. In addition, I recently became engaged and look forward to getting married to Haley Morris in 2017.” Mike has volunteered to be the Class Rep for 2012! Mike will be helping the Alumni Office stay in touch with his class and encouraging classmates to attend alumni reunions and events. Thanks Mike!

I met my wife, Monica in 2008 and we married in 2011. Oliver Gomes and John Gouthro also attended this special day with us. I still think of the good times at PC and I am proud to say Pickering College staff and fellow students on the Hilltop helped shape who I am today."

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Sarah Gardiner ’11 and Ashley Harrison ’11 recently travelled to Australia. “We have done a trip of the east coast starting in Sydney and going up to Cairns. The country is absolutely gorgeous and each town has something unique to offer! Sydney was a little wet and chilly when we first arrived—if you look closely you can see Ashley is wearing her Pickering College rain jacket! We are currently in New Zealand on the last leg of our journey and then we will be heading home to go back to work.”

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PASSINGS On behalf of Pickering College, our very deepest sympathy is extended to all the family members of our Pickering alumni, faculty, staff and friends who have passed away. Barrie Brawley ’43 May 14, 2014 Phil Coupey ’57 June 25, 2015 Edmond Creed ’40 August 13, 2015 Peter Houghton ’73 August 23, 2015 Edward Lau ’81 August 15, 2015 James MacLean ’65 June 9, 2015

Maresa Lee ’12 is currently studying Gerontology at George Brown College. In September 2015, Maresa won the gold medal for the deadlift in the junior women’s raw (drug-tested) category at the World Powerlifting Congress amateur championships (90-kilogram division). Maresa completed a record-setting lift of 325 pounds, combined with a squat of 292 pounds and bench press of 137 pounds, for a total of 754 pounds. Maresa is now “training and preparing for CPF (Canadian Powerlifting Federation) Nationals in Amherst Nova Scotia where I hope to protect my world record there. My goal is to maintain qualifying to worlds even though I can’t go this year as it’s in Russia, but I want to prove to myself that I am able to do it, and if it doesn’t work out then I have something to work towards for AWPC Worlds 2017 which will be in the US.”

Donald J. MacMillan ’53 November 16, 2015 Bob Moffat ’44 June 15, 2015 John Mutch ’64 March 14, 2013 David Robert Kent (Willis) ’56 October 26, 2015 Chris Smith ’77 October 1, 2015 Fred Thompson ’44 August 25, 2015 Maria Mathews Mother of Rosanna Naccarata, Hilltop Shop and Hilltop Skating volunteer October 21, 2015 Mie Matsumoto Our sincerest sympathies to So Matsumoto ’12 on the passing of his mother

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Pickering College was happy to have alumni Victoria Downer ’14, Nicole Wolscht ’13, Andrew Murphy ’14 and Alycia Hubbard ’12 working at the school over the summer of 2015.

AN ALUMNI FAREWELL Alumni gather to support one another in all circumstances, happy and sad. On October 24, many alumni in Hong Kong gathered for a Celebration of Life for Edward Lau ’81 who passed away very suddenly. Wonderful tributes were given to a man who truly appreciated his friends and family, and the time at Pickering that brought so many friendships together. The alumni were able as well to provide comfort to Edward’s family, including brothers Peter ’82 and Winston ’83. A scholarship has been established in Edward’s name by his friends.

My bequest to Pickering College comes out of gratitude for all of that. I have been up to the college a few times in recent years and PC may look somewhat different, some of it shiny and new, but in conversation with the Headmaster and current staff members I recognize the same core values that were central to the school when I was there. The plans for the future at PC are far reaching and will provide the next generation of students with important global perspectives, encouraging purpose and meaning, while remaining true to Pickering’s Quaker roots which were so important for me. I believe that providing a gift that will allow others to participate in that is very much a gift worth giving. I’m grateful through my bequest to contribute to that ongoing vision and vibrant formative experience.“ Please consider joining Ron as a Firelighter by making a gift to Pickering College in your estate planning. This simple act can leave a powerful legacy. Contact Kim Bilous at the school for more information: kbilous@pickeringcollege.on.ca, 905-895-1700 ext. 260.

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RON VEITCH ’69, PICKERING COLLEGE ALUMNUS, CORPORATION MEMBER AND “FIRELIGHTER” “Unlike some of the passages of my life, the influences of my time at Pickering College have made a lasting impression. Perhaps my identification and bond comes from the few lifelong friendships with students and faculty that I began while there. The gratitude I feel for providing me with the academic foundation that saw me through graduate school and on to a successful career. On my arrival at Pickering I had been a dismally unsuccessful and unhappy high school student. The dedication to providing a stimulating quality education and the demonstrated integrity of Headmaster Harry Beer and the faculty turned me around. Some of the Quaker values and principles that were instilled in me and which have echoed throughout my life have been a source of guidance, notably at times which were most difficult.

WHAT’S Your MORNING MEETING? Morning Meetings are some of the fondest memories for alumni. Alumni return to share their advice and encouragement, along with thought-provoking topics and reflections.

SHANNON MCMASTER ’01 Shannon McMaster ’01 was a third generation PC student, one of the first girls back at Pickering College and attended with her three siblings. An entrepreneur, Shannon has owned many businesses from the young age of 17, including an import shoe company and Fleet Clean, a mobile pressure washing company. Her path led her to Spain and ultimately to British Columbia where she studied business. She has recently returned to King Township, is the proud mother of Georgia (who is a year-and-a-half) and currently operates a designer consignment studio, The Purple Door, with her sister Kelsey McMaster ’00 (pictured above).

The Purple Door supports the Olive Branch for Children charity, supporting at-risk children in Tanzania. Shannon passionately believes in corporate social responsibility and is living every moment instilled with the values taught at PC, to make the world better and more beautiful than she found it.

ALUMNI EVENTS ALUMNI FILM PANEL The Alumni Film Panel this year consists of: Brian Purdy ’56, Adam Shully ’78, Adam Bradley ’98, Mike Barbuto ’00, Francis Coral-Melon ’06 and Kate Niemuller ’11. These accomplished alumni have volunteered to work with the Grade 11 and Grade 12 film classes, acting as mentors, advisors and providing feedback on their projects throughout the school year. Five members of the panel came to PC in November to preview the students’ first-term projects and offer technical and professional feedback. Afterwards they broke into their assigned groups to brainstorm about the students’ next project and offer some logistical and practical suggestions. Many thanks to this fantastic group of alumni who are making such a difference in the classroom!

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as they see the traditions continue and the successes of our students, they are also among our greatest supporters. They enjoy each other’s company immensely and this year had the treat of lunch in the Headmaster’s House. Sitting in the Meeting Room brings back memories from days gone past for all of our alumni. As alumna and guest speaker, Shannon McMaster ’01 said in her address to the students on October 1, “PC is the place where our values are instilled and these values are what we carry through our lives day-to-day.” One of the most shining examples of PC values was former Headmaster Harry Beer, a man fondly remembered for his integrity, compassion and respect for all. On October 3, the Beer family, alumni and friends celebrated the dedication of the Harry M. Beer Dining Hall and the unveiling of Harry Beer’s “Leading Light” banner, honouring his contribution and inspiration to us all.

REUNION WEEKEND & 1842 AWARD CEREMONY Reunion Weekend is a time when friends greet each other after years of separation, alumni embrace favourite teachers, former soccer team members reunite with their coach, advisees meet with their former advisors and best friends reconnect at the place where their friendships started 5, 10, 25 or 75 years ago. Reunion Weekend is the time of connection.

Our alumni from the 1940s return to Pickering College each year. These men were Joe’s Boys—students and charges of Headmaster Joe McCulley. They were at the beginning of the “great experiment,” challenging traditional education and creating the community of people dedicated to service to others, who strive to be more than they were. These boys paved the path which our students continue to journey today. And

These same values were reflected in the acceptance address of James Brown ’69, the newest inductee to the Class of 1842 during the Reunion Weekend dinner, following the Dining Hall dedication. We look forward to celebrating more Alumni Connections throughout the year. Special mention goes out to the Class of 2006, the Class of 1991 and the Class of 1966—it’s your anniversary year in 2016! We will be in touch!

1980s REUNION When Karo Yiu ’85 said he was going to swing through Toronto on his way home and was sorry to have just missed Reunion Weekend, PC classmates and friends jumped at the chance to connect with him. PC was pleased to host its own “Thanksgiving” dinner in the newly renovated Dining Hall while they got caught up on each other’s news. Pictured above are: Adrian Cheng ’85, John Beer ’85, Stephen Rudberg ’82 with his son, Peter Dobbs ’87, Charles Boyd, Karo Yiu ’85, Mark Davidson ’85 and Keith Singer ’88.

JAMES BROWN ’69 REFLECTS AT 1842 AWARD CEREMONY “Earlier Peter pointed out one key word in Pickering’s Global Leadership Program, that’s the word light. Our Pickering emblem’s lamp has light from that flame symbolizing knowledge. So there is only one other word I would have you and our Pickering students remember from tonight. That word is love. For to me, love is the foundation that lamp sits on as Pickering Lights the Way. If there is anything at all that I left Pickering with it was a reaffirmation that love really was the center of a good life and a good world. When in doubt or despair, whether weakened or triumphant a quiet moment can bring forth that love inside to keep us grounded. You sent us off in 1969 with a pledge to make this world, this planet, a better place than we found it. Allow me to paraphrase that Athenian Youth Pledge of some 2,000 years ago. It charges us to act with honesty and courage. To stand by each other in our moments of suffering. To stand up for our common ideals be it together or as often happens alone. To respect and obey our laws. And these next two I feel we desperately need today more than ever. To do our best to incite respect and reverence in our leaders who are prone to annul or set them at naught. To strive unceasingly to quicken the public’s sense of duty and privilege of engagement in all these things. AND THUS transmit this world, this planet, this global society to each successive generation of our children, not less, but greater, better, and more beautiful than we received it. Now that is what I would call an act of love. It is also a great call to action.” –James Brown ’69, Recipient of the Class of 1842 Award

BARBADOS Director of Senior School Janet Downer met up with alumni Angela Poechman ’03, Yann Arminjon ’03 (who are recently engaged to be married) and Erica (Edgehill) Carter ’01 in Barbados at Coconut Court in November. She was in Barbados to attend the CAIS Boarding School Recruitment Fair. Mark Blades '83 graciously hosted the PC alum at his resort, the Coconut Court Beach Hotel, located in the historic Garrison area of Hastings, Christchurch. The Blades family are well known for their efforts to preserve the environment, being the first hotel on the island to recycle. They have been very active with environmental causes in Barbados and the Coconut Court Beach Hotel received the Travelife GOLD award for sustainability in tourism.

PCA UPDATE The PCA is committed to continuing the wonderful programming that brings parents together and supports the school. With our many committees and activities, this first term of school has flown by! Coffee Socials (the third Wednesday of every month) have provided great social opportunities for parents to meet and mingle. Guest speakers have included Julie Axford, Director of Dining Services, and Holiday Home Tour sponsor Karrie McFee, McFee Landscape & Maintenance, who led a mini workshop about decorating for the holidays. Grade lunches are well underway and we have settled on a new favourite restaurant, The Ground Burger Bar on Main Street in Newmarket, owned by Grant Buckley ’01. Thank you to our new Class Rep Coordinator, Nicolee Hathaway for

taking on this role and assisting with all the communications for our Class Rep program! The PCA Speaker Series started this year’s program with guest Shyamala Kiru (pictured above with PCA Chair Donna Fordyce) who is a psychotherapist, marriage and family therapist, media expert and public speaker. Shyamala explored strategies for parenting children in this age of social media and bullying, and helping to build resilience in our children.

The Ghost Tour was a thrilling evening with many parent volunteers assisting our senior students to turn into ghouls and ghosts with fantastic makeup. The PCA was pleased to have the opportunity to thank all of our volunteers, including the Board and Corporation members, at the Pickering College Annual General Meeting and Volunteer Thank you Reception in November.

IT’S A GALA YEAR!

SAVE THE DATE FOR A GALA EVENT TO REMEMBER

SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 2016 COCKTAILS 6:30 PM DINNER 8:00 PM EGAN HOUSE, PICKERING COLLEGE For gala tickets and information, please contact: Shelley Frank, Manager, Special Events, 905-895-1120 ext. 403 60

2015 HOLIDAY HOME TOUR

The 11th Annual Pickering College Holiday Home Tour, presented by State Farm Canada, was a resounding success once again this year! Six sumptuously decorated homes filled with welcoming volunteers, music and good cheer made it an event to remember. Some of York Region’s finest interior and floral designers shared their immense talent, inspiring our guests to begin planning for their own holiday celebrations. The beauty of the design work was complimented by outstanding entertainment and delicious food provided by local restaurateurs, businesses and studios. This year’s tour offered our guests new features such as transportation. Guests who preferred to focus on the tour and not the drive were able to book doorto-door transportation from one of two locations in Aurora and Newmarket. The Seasonal Boutique also offered an

expanded café space and enhanced menu for our boutique shoppers and visitors from the Newmarket Santa Claus Parade. The Friday night VIP event, sponsored by Hallmark Lind Group Realty Ltd., was sold out. VIP guests enjoyed had the opportunity to share ideas with Sharon Grech, in-house colour and design expert for Benjamin Moore & Co., and design expert on CityLine. Following the wine and cheese reception, guests were ushered to their waiting limousines for a guided tour of the homes. On Saturday, shoppers had a wide variety of gift items to choose from at the Seasonal Boutique. After perusing the 43 vendors, guests were treated to a design presentation by Frank Ferragine a.k.a. Frankie Flowers. Frankie is the garden expert and weather anchor for CityTV’s Breakfast Television, he’s a contributing writer for Canadian Living, an author and he writes a weekly

column in the Toronto Sun. Frankie was a charming presenter providing useful tips for new and seasoned gardeners alike. Giving back to our community is important to Pickering College. This year we were pleased to direct 10 per cent of Holiday Home Tour proceeds to support Habitat for Humanity’s Newmarket build. Our students, staff and school families are committed to making a difference locally and internationally. Thank you to the many 11th Annual Holiday Home Tour sponsors and supporters for helping to make this event such a success and for making it possible for us to give back to our community!

SAVE THE DATE!

JUNE 23, 2016 Polish your clubs, warm up your swing and get ready for the 17th Annual Pickering College Golf Tournament on Thursday, June 23, 2016. Tournament to be held at Silver Lakes Golf and Conference Centre.

UPCOMING EVENTS FEBRUARY – JUNE 2016

Wednesday, February 17 Wednesday, March 2 to Friday, March 4

Re-enrolment Deadline 7:00 p.m.

Tuesday, March 8

Junior School Morning Meeting, Senior School Lunch

Winter Athletic Awards

Thursday, April 14

7:00 p.m.

Honour Society Reception

Saturday, April 30

6:30 p.m.

2016 Gala

2:00 p.m.

Grandparent and Special Friend Day

4:00 p.m.

Junior School Springfest

7:00 p.m.

Senior School Springfest

11:00 a.m.

PCA Spring Luncheon

6:30 p.m.

Artstravaganza (Arts Night)

Thursday, May 12

Wednesday, May 18 Friday, May 27

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Sports Day Spring Athletic Awards

Tuesday, May 31

Junior School Morning Meeting, Senior School Lunch

Thursday, June 2

9:45 a.m.

Closing Meeting for Worship for Senior School

Friday, June 10

8:30 a.m.

Closing Meeting for Worship for Junior School

Tuesday, June 14

2:00 p.m.

Kindergarten Graduation

Wednesday, June 15

4:30 p.m.

Grade 8 Closing Ceremony

Thursday, June 16

7:00 p.m.

Grade 12 Grad Celebration

Friday, June 17

11:00 a.m.

Grade 12 Commencement Ceremony

Thursday, June 23

Senior School Drama Production

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Golf Tournament

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FEBRUARY 27, 2016

Hockey Day ON THE HILLTOP HOCKEY GAME IN PC ARENA LUNCH AND REUNION IN STAFF LOUNGE 1986 CHAMPIONSHIP HOCKEY TEAM REUNION OFFICIAL RE-HANGING OF THE 1986 CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM BANNER

ANNUAL ALUMNI REUNION AND HOCKEY GAME AT PC FRIENDLY, NON-CONTACT, FULL-EQUIPMENT GAME FOR ALL LEVELS. PLAYERS MUST RSVP TO SECURE THE ICE. HOCKEY GAME IN PC ARENA, 12:00 P.M. - 2:00 P.M.

Not just for hockey players! REUNION AND LUNCH IN THE STAFF LOUNGE, 2:00 P.M. â€“ 5:00 P.M. EVERYONE IS WELCOME! CEREMONIAL SIGNING OF THE ORIGINAL 1986 HOCKEY TEAM BANNER INTO THE ARCHIVES AND HANGING OF THE NEW BANNER.

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