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Manager of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion – Introducing Ms. Raagini Appadurai

The Upper School had the opportunity to meet Raagini Appadurai in Prayers on Thursday morning. She has an extensive background in both education and consulting in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, and most recently worked as a consultant where she created customized workshops, training sessions and learning opportunities for both students and staff. Ms. Appadurai will be responsible for developing, coordinating and implementing programs which promote equity and inclusion for students, faculty and staff.

Timetabling Update for 2021-2022

Middle School:

Next year, Grade 7 and 8 students will have a hybrid timetable where some classes will be full-year and some classes will be semestered or half-year. The full-year courses are Math, English, French, and Health & Physical Education, and the half-year courses are Science, Social Science, Art/Drama/Digital Wisdom, and Music/Religious Education. Having this timetable model ensures that we are able to follow the Ministry of Education requirements about the number of contacts each Middle School student is able to have while providing a developmentally appropriate learning model for the full-year courses.

• Semester 1: Students will spend half the day with the same students for their full-year courses. A student’s Form group will be based on their full-year class groupings. For the other half of the day, students will be placed into a second class grouping and they will have their half-year classes together. Meaning, they will be in two class groupings for Semester 1: the full-year classes/Form group and the half-year classes group.
• Semester 2: The full-year courses and Form groups continue to be the same as Semester 1 for half of the day. Students will be placed in a third class grouping for the other half of the day. Meaning, they will be in two class groupings for Semester 2: the same full-year/Form group and a different half-year group from Semester 1.

Therefore, over the course of the year, all Grade 7 and 8 students will be in 3 different class groupings. Having said that, if the COVID-19 guidelines allow for more contacts, then an additional class group could be added to Semester 2 for a total of 3 different class groupings in Semester 2. 

Senior School:

Senior School timetables are developed based on student course requests. Senior School courses will be semestered next year to ensure we are able to follow any Ministry of Education requirements about the number of student contacts each student is able to have. Students may have up to four courses in each semester and these classes will have different groupings of students.

Students will be in an Advisory groups made up of the students in their grade that are in the same House. Havergal Houses play a significant role in building community and our goal is to return to using this structure for our Advisory program next year.

Dr. Robyne Hanley-Dafoe

On Thursday, May 27 we were fortunate to host Dr. Robyne Hanley-Dafoe for an engaging and informative parent webinar on resilience and wellbeing. To view the recording of the event, click HERE. 
We would appreciate it if you could take a few minutes and complete this survey to share your thoughts on the presentation and provide feedback for planning future events.

Senior Virtual Art Exhibit – June 10 – 30, 2021

You are invited to join us for the Senior Virtual Art Exhibit which you will be able to access from home. The link will be sent out on June 10th, please share it with friends and family. You will experience artwork from all Grade 12 Art & Design students. You can also access the show through Instagram @hc_artspace, where you can leave comments for the artists.

Math Contest Update – Grades 8 – 11

In February, students in grades 9, 10 and 11 participated in the University of Waterloo Pascal, Cayley and Fermat mathematics contest. The contests are open to students internationally, and are designed for students to have fun and challenge their problem solving skills.

The Pascal contest, designed for grade 9 students, had 4741 students write in Ontario. Our top finishers were:

• Sophie Zhang who ranked 55th in the province; and 
• Kelly Wang and Lillian Wei tied for 176th in the province.

The Cayley contest, designed for grade 10 students, had 3592 students write in Ontario. Our top finishers were:

• Kristin Cho who ranked 22nd in the province,
• Emma Ren who ranked 46th in the province; and
• Olivia Zhang and Yang Hu tied for 161st in the province.

 And the Fermat contest, designed for grade 11 students, had 3952 students write in Ontario. Our top finishers were:

• Penelope Park – ranked 332
• Rachel Kim -ranked 444
• Linda Gu – ranked 558

In April, our grade 8 students wrote the Gauss Contest, a challenging contest created for our middle school students. Our top three finishers were:

• Selena Wang
• Isabelle Ho
• Angelina Tseng