Grove News Fall/Winter 2007
Calendar of Events 2007 For details please refer to our school calendar at www.lcs.on.ca and click NEWS MARCH
MAY
31
12
Trustees’ Day
25
Grove Society Annual General Meeting Regatta Day
The Ties That Bind Gala
APRIL 5
Grove Society Meeting
26
19
Victoria Pub Night
JUNE
20
Vancouver Pub Night
5
Grove Society Pot Luck Luncheon
17
Grade 7, 8, and 9 Parent Reception
13
Grade 8 Graduation Dinner
24
Grade 10, 11, and 12 Parent Reception
16
Closing Grade 12 Graduation Dinner
Class Reps Workshop Toronto Pub Night
20
Andy Harris Cup — Grove Golf Tournament
MAY 4
School Trustees 2006—2007 Board Chair Jock Fleming ’74
Janet Cudney ’94
Chris Hadfield
Paul Mason
Nancy Smith
Jack Curtin
John K. Hepburn ’68
James Matthews ’58
Scott Smith ’87
Past Chair Marilynn Booth
Susan DeNure
Paul Hickey
Scott McCain
Amanda Soder ’98
Mary Armstrong Gr.12 Cindy AtkinsonBarnett Nicole Bendaly ’93 David Bignell Gerry Bird Walter Blackwell ’56 Gordon Blake Marilynn Booth Scott Campbell Brian Carter* Andrew Clarke ’85 Richard Cohen Gr.12
Peter Dunn ’62
Howard Hickman
Andrea McConnell
David Thompson
Andrew Durnford ’85
Tim Hyde ’77
John McRae ’70
Stuart Thompson ’91
Michael Eatson ’83
James Hyslop ’85
Val McRae
Ann Tottenham
Stephanie Edwards
Alan Ingram
Betty Morris
Tim Ward ’62
Bishop George Elliott
Warren Jones ’88
William Morris ’70
Gordon Webb ’72
Ann Farlow
Angie Killoran
Christopher Ondaatje
Jamie White ’79
Jock Fleming ’74
Janet Lafortune
Travis Price ’85
Chris White ’91
Romina Fontana ’94
Kathleen Leonard
Tony Pullen ’63
Terry Windrem
Bill Gastle ’68
Nicholas Lewis ’77
Sean Quinn ’82
HRH Duke of York ’78
Bruce Gibson
James (Kim) Little ’53
Kathleen Ramsay
Janice Green
Laleah Macintosh
Douglas Rishor
Directors in Bold
Jennifer Gruer
Bubs Macrae ’33
Gretchen Ross
* Honorary Alumni
Terry Guest
Don Maguire
John Ryder ’77
David Hadden*
Kevin Malone ’77
John Schumacher
Front Cover: (L-R) Kane Miller and Philip Switalski in the school play, The Man Who Came to Dinner.
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Editorial Belinda Schubert ’99 I’m still not sure what exactly a “beat poet” does, but Grove students seem to enjoy it a great deal. Working in the library at Lakefield was a unique opportunity
variety of arts at Lakefield? Stories
for me to go before a judge in
like those of James Hyslop ’85
Criminal Court and speak to the
(p.23) and Jess Perlitz ’96 (p.14)
sentencing of a client, I came with
suggest the value of Lakefield’s
a tool box of skills learned from Ms.
emphasis on exploring a broad
Stamboulie (debating), Dr.
range of experiences.
Grasmuck (band), Mr. Milburn (literary journal) and Mr. Watt
for an alumna of The Grove to get
Paul Mason points to the value of
to know the next generation of
this when he describes the benefits
alumni. It struck me that the range
of Lakefield’s Drama Program to
of arts programs had doubled since
students: “In any profession they
my time as a student at The Grove.
enter—all these folk need to know
In addition to the bands and choirs
how to project their voices, how to
of my past, students are now
speak clearly and expressively, how
participating in beautiful dance
to listen carefully, how to move
performances, submitting pictures
quietly, how to be still” (p.17).
(English Literature). I hope that as you read through this issue of the Grove News you will find yourself remembering the special contribution that involvement in the arts has made to your life.
Belinda Schubert ’99, a freelance writer and editor, is currently
for photography contests, taking part in the art club and yes, doing
As a graduate of The Grove, I am
attending law school at UBC. She
“beat poetry.”
one of thousands of living exam-
graduated from Princeton in June
ples who benefited from this type
2003 with a degree in English
of education. When it came time
Literature.
Why would there have been such an increase in the number and
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The LCS Philosophy Rigorous and Demanding yet Relaxed and Flexible
Richard Life, Associate Head of School Lakefield College School is a founding member of the Canadian Educational Standards Institute (CESI). CESI is the accrediting body of Canadian independent schools. In order to maintain accreditation, each CESI school engages in a thorough process of self-reflection and review by a visiting committee every seven years. Lakefield is being evaluated by CESI during the current academic year. CESI requires schools to provide the visiting committee with an up-to-date statement of their educational philosophy. In the paragraphs that follow, I am pleased to share with our school community my best effort to explain Lakefield’s philosophy of education. I am indebted to the students and staff members who have provided input and advice on the development of this statement. I would be pleased to receive your comments, via e-mail sent to: rlife@lcs.on.ca
Lakefield College School offers an enriched liberal arts
Lakefield’s classroom dress for students is informal.
curriculum within the Western educational tradition,
The standard of professional dress for Lakefield’s
which emphasizes the holistic development of each
teachers and administrators is casual. Lakefield has no
individual. In our mission statement and in our state-
bells to announce the change of classes. Lakefield’s
ment of values, we put our emphasis on the develop-
teachers are encouraged to adjust their instruction to
ment of the individual potential of our students in the
meet the needs of individual students. Lakefield
intellectual, physical, and moral realms. Our words are
students are encouraged to participate in a wide range
unique in these statements, but the values we express
of co-curricular activities (e.g. sports, arts, community
are in the mainstream of Canadian educational
and international service projects) even if these activi-
thought.
ties take them away from class for considerable time. Above all, Lakefield values relationships far more than
This having been said, Lakefield has made philosoph-
codes of behaviour.
ical choices about the structure and delivery of curriculum, which have a real impact on the learning
Philosophical choices involve both benefits and costs.
culture of our school. Lakefield’s academic curriculum
Lakefield is a warm and caring community and many
is rigorous and demanding; but Lakefield’s academic
students achieve their best here, because they trust
culture is relaxed and flexible. If one were to construct
and respect their teachers (and vice versa). The cost,
a spectrum of educational philosophy, one might put
of course, is that Lakefield is not the best school for
at one end the view that students learn best in a
students who require enforced structure and codes of
formal environment with structured instructional
behaviour in order to do well. Moreover, Lakefield’s
methods, while at the other end the view that students
flexibility and emphasis on co-curricular activities
learn best in a relaxed environment with flexible
does take students’ focus off their studies at various
instructional methods. Lakefield tilts deliberately
times. Quite frankly, it is Lakefield’s philosophy that if
towards the “relaxed and flexible” end of the spectrum.
playing First Team sports, or being in a school play, or spending three weeks on a service project in the Third
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World costs a student one or two percent on his or her
sity. These are the families for whom a Lakefield
academic average, the cost is worth the benefits of the
education works.
experience—many times over! As John Dewey noted, “The process of being a child is, Lakefield recently conducted a study of the attitudes
in itself, an education.” Lakefield provides a safe and
of parents whose children were admitted to Lakefield.
loving environment in which “kids can be kids.”
The goal was to find differences between the parents
Lakefield offers a rich and varied curriculum and co-
who accepted Lakefield’s offer of a place for their
curriculum, through which students are challenged
child, and those who chose to place their child in
and enabled to reach their individual potential in
another school. The most significant differentiating
mind, body, and spirit. By choosing to cultivate a
factor was that those parents who chose Lakefield
relaxed and flexible school culture, which affirms the
were more inclined to allow their child considerable
essential value of “being a kid,” Lakefield helps young
decision-making independence, and were also more
people to learn about themselves, to find their own
inclined to value their child’s current happiness
soul and to follow their own heart.
equally with their child’s specific direction for univer-
(L-R) Grade 12 students, Cassi Hammett, Christine Forest, and Nick Pullen with Associate Head of School, Richard Life
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Trustee Update From Planning to Implementation Jock Fleming ’74 Chair, Board of Directors
achieve their individual potential in mind, body, and spirit.
I wish I could remember all of my marks in Calculus or
This next year will be one of implementation. Over the
English, but I can’t ... what I do remember is standing
past number of years a great deal of planning has
on stage with my knees shaking and heart pounding,
taken place: the update of our five-year plan Securing
desperately trying to remember my next line! The
our Future, the introduction of the new foundation
theatre was always one of my favorite areas at the
governance structure as outlined in Endowing Our
school. A couple of my classmates (John Jarvis ’74 and
Future, and Towards Tomorrow, a document that
Bill Hope ’74) went on to become world-class actors
provides a road map for the future success of the
and continue to practise their craft today.
school’s foundation. Every year our board has a
Many times during the late evening in my last year at the school, a few of us would head down to the Grove House basement, where there were a couple of potter’s wheels (in the early 1970s the art room wasn’t large enough to house them). The boiler in the next room was noisy but kept things quite warm as we threw clay on to the wheel. Unfortunately, I never could get the tall urn to stand up straight. I am sure Al Pace ’77 (www.pacepottery.com) could give me some pointers. Whether it’s the stage, art room, or bellowing out the
retreat to review the past year, discuss long-term planning, and set a few key objectives for the upcoming year. We conducted this year’s retreat at the school on December 7th and had a special presentation from Dr. Jim Christopher, the current President of the Canadian Association of Independent Schools (CAIS). He provided us with many insights to the demographics of North America’s student population, long-term trends in education, and highlighted the many challenges that independent schools may face.
school hymn in chapel, the arts at The Grove have
This year the board will focus on four strategic areas:
always been an integral part of the student experience
the financial viability and construction of the Student
and clearly represent one of the pillars that make the
Recreation Centre; the continued support and imple-
Lakefield difference. These pillars, or values as we
mentation of the marketing plan; the ensurance of
more often refer to them, are the guidelines that the
sustainable leadership with the school’s management
trustees of the school are proud to protect.
team; and the start of a process to develop a vision for
Your board of directors and school trustees have been
the next strategic planning period.
active over the past number of months. The board
Our school has a strong balance sheet and is in very
had four areas of focus over this past year: the transi-
good financial and physical condition. We have an
tion of the new governance structure for the founda-
outstanding management team, dedicated faculty and
tion; the support and development of the Learning
staff, an energized student body and an extremely
Commons; helping the management of the school
motivated group of volunteers. All of this makes The
develop and implement a focused marketing initiative;
Grove a very successful and special place. Thank you
and the investigation of new programs that could
for your support.
generate additional revenue by optimizing the school’s plant, financial, and intellectual resources. We were successful on all fronts, while enabling our students to
(Opposite) Christine Davidson (Gr. 9) and Emily Koller (Gr. 8) take a moment to enjoy the sun outside the Bryan Jones Theatre.
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So, What Exactly Is The Grove Society? Occasionally we hear that not
New and current parents learn
to connect and establish new rela-
everyone in the LCS community
about LCS through Grove Society
tionships with one another so that
understands what the Grove
meetings, where they hear about
we can all contribute to the
Society is. We thought we’d take
what’s happening at school
vitality and excellence of LCS. The
this opportunity to let you know a
directly from the faculty and
sole purpose of the vast majority
little bit more about the mission
students. Also, special speakers
of events is to bring the whole
and purpose of the Grove Society,
discuss subjects relevant to
community together. A few
and how you can get involved.
parents, such as community
events, such as Grove Golf and the
service projects, exchanges, Duke
spring gala, also help to raise
of Edinburgh Awards, policies on
funds for student bursaries and
drinking and drugs, and how to
capital needs of the school.
First of all, if you’re reading this, you are almost certainly a member. The Grove Society is made up of all alumni, current and past parents, current and past faculty and staff, and the graduating class of LCS.
support students as they face university admission. Parents report that Grove Society meetings are tremendously helpful and give them a better understanding of all
In the past, these groups were
the opportunities and challenges
separate. Alumni were represented
of a Lakefield education.
by the Alumni Association, parents by the Grove Guild. A few years ago these organizations merged
We are all encouraged to become involved in the Grove Society. Please take the opportunity to come to events when you can, or if you’d prefer a more hands-on role, to participate in the many volunteer opportunities that are avail-
For alumni, the Grove Society is
able. The members of the execu-
the link to the entire alumni
tive are listed online at
community—welcoming new
www.lcs.on.ca through either the
and became the Grove Society.
members and reintroducing
parent or alumni portals. Feel free
The key purpose of this amalga-
existing alumni to classmates and
to contact any of them for more
mation was to keep all of the
friends through pub nights and
information on how to become
different constituents of the LCS
reunions, both at the school and
more involved.
community connected to the
around the world. The alumni
school. This is primarily accom-
network is extensive and boasts
plished through various events
numerous benefits for all who are
throughout the year, such as the
involved.
Fall Fair, the Christmas Luncheon at the Haddens’, galas, and the
The mandate of the Grove Society
Grove Golf Tournament, to name a
is primarily to promote opportuni-
few.
ties for alumni, parents, and staff
We look forward to welcoming you to future LCS events. Stephanie Edwards, Chair, Parent Outreach & Communication Amanda Soder ’98, Chair, Alumni Outreach & Communication
In This Issue School Highlights
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A View From the Trenches: Grade 10 Orientation—The WWI Re-Enactment
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It Came From Her Imagination—Stephanie Edwards, LCS Parent
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“The Real Essence of Art”— A Compendium of Articles on The Arts Debating—Preparing Our Students for The World and The Worlds
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Shane Smyth ’96—Debating Champion
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Literary Arts
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Stephen Smith ’85—Literary Journalist & Novelist
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Visual and Applied Arts
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Jess Perlitz ’96—Artist With a Mission
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Drama and Dance
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Laura Lawson ’00—Performance Artist
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Music—Instrumental and Vocal
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Marcus MacDonald ’86—Discipline and Love
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The Technical Crew
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James Hyslop ’85—Writer & Director
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Creativity in Costuming: The Art of Megan Watson—LCS Volunteer in Action
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Foundation Update—$31.5M Raised to Date!
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Scope of New Recreation Centre Project Grows
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The Gift of Life Insurance—Innovative and Easy
28
The Class of ‘81 Fund—Inspired by Friendship
29
Honorary Alumni—Outstanding Members of The Grove
30
Events, Class News, Marriages, Births
31
In Our Memories
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Editor: Tracey Blodgett; Layout & Design and Copy Editor: Christine Vogel; Contributing Editor: Belinda Schubert ‘99; Editorial Committee: Jeanne Armstrong, Heather Avery, David Hadden, Richard Johnston, Richard Life, Sarah McMahon, Tom Milburn, and Karen Denis. Contributing Photographer: Simon Spivey. Please address correspondence to the Communications and Constituent Relations Office: Lakefield College School, Lakefield, ON, K0L 2H0 705.652.3324 Ext.333 tblodgett@lcs.on.ca
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School Highlights John Boyko’s Latest Book LCS faculty member John Boyko has published his third book entitled, Into the Hurricane: Attacking Socialism and the CCF. The book invites Canadians to think of the ways in which their political opinions and options are manipulated today by considering how they were manipulated yesterday. Into the Hurricane asks Canadians to
Congratulations to Nick Pullen for successfully reaching the finals in two out of three of his events (and coming extremely close in the third). His scores qualified him for one of ten spots on the Canadian National Team to compete at the World Individual Debating and Public Speaking Championships in April 2007. Six of those ten were selected at this competition.
consider the hurricane that
The “Internationals” included 200 of
destroyed the CCF (Cooperative
the strongest public speakers from
Commonwealth Federation Party)
across North America and Great
that was attempting to bring forward
Britain. Nick’s achievements are
the ideas so many now consider our
exceptional!
birthright. To view these and other news stories According to Jack Layton (leader of
at LCS, visit www.lcs.on.ca and select
Canada’s NDP), the book is “a bril-
NEWS (click “More News” and search
liant and refreshing account of the
by date to find specific stories).
troubling lengths to which power elites sought to suppress the CCF vision of a more equitable Canada. Boyko accurately reminds us why it is no coincidence that Tommy Douglas [leader of the CCF party] was voted the Greatest Canadian." The book is available in major bookstores across the country.
Young Debaters Argue Their Way to the Top Nick Pullen (Gr.12), Vanika Chawla (Gr.11), and Laura Wilson (Gr.10) represented Lakefield with strength at the International Independent Schools’ Public Speaking Championships in October.
Opposite (Top Row) L-R: Debaters Nick Pullen, Laura Wilson, Vanika Chawla, and their coach Manal Stamboulie at the International Independent Schools' Public Speaking Championships this past fall; Cast of the fall school play production of The Man Who Came to Dinner. (Middle Row) L-R: Canadian folk musician Sarah Harmer (aunt to Matt Ryder Gr.10), along with producer Andy Keen (cousin to Nick Pullen Gr.12), visited LCS in November to play music and promote their documentary on the environment (released to TVO and the CBC); John Boyko with his new book Into The Hurricane released this fall. (Bottom Row) L-R: Patsy Harper, RN, OHN, retired after five years of being an enthusiatic, caring, and involved member of the the Health Services team; The LCS Girls’ Varsity Hockey Team (who along with the Boys’ Team) won bronze in the High School Division of the American Cup in Lake Placid.
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A View From the Trenches Grade 10 Orientation—The WWI Re-Enactment John Boyko The young soldier stood poised at the ready with a heavy rifle cradled in tired arms, an elbow on the parapet, gazing blindly, desperately through the darkness of no man's land before him. Flashes of haunting light betrayed the ghosts of trees and broken land as booming artillery
The young person could be any
uniforms and proudly sewed
soldier on either side of the First
platoon badges to their tunics. It
World War's western front. Or he
was then on to the Peterborough
could have been one of Lakefield
armouries where drill Sgt. Kyle
College School's Grade 10
and his staff trained the raw
students on a rainy night last
recruits. Then, with dusk
September, participating in The
approaching, and the booming
Grove’s new and unique orienta-
sound of battle echoing over unfa-
tion experience—the First World
miliar fields far from the school,
War Re-Enactment.
soldiers moved from the safety of the buses and marched up a
exploded before and behind him.
It began on Monday morning with
He had already survived a gas
students gathered in the theatre,
attack by reacting quickly,
moved by a film documenting
donning his mask, and waiting for
Grove students who fought and
It was dark. And the rains came.
the orange cloud to dissipate.
died in the war. Attestation papers
Undaunted, one platoon
And now he stood. Adrenalin
were signed and an oath to the
embarked on an unnerving
filled his veins. And he waited for
king sworn. Split into four
march, found a wounded soldier,
the order to go over the top.
platoons, students were issued
and bore him back to camp on a
narrow, wooded trail, and established camp.
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stretcher to learn of war time
secured a listening post. Finally,
horseback to inspect the troops
medical practices. Another
they went over the top. After just a
and oversee a competition.
platoon was told of, and shown,
few tentative steps a flare turned
Canadian military artefacts and
night into day and the platoon
discussed battle tactics. A third
froze. Machine gun fire rico-
was on leave in a log cabin
cheted as mortars and rockets
serving as a Belgian café where
created a deafening din, but with
they enjoyed hot chocolate and a
the return of darkness the
snack while singing songs of the
advance continued, only to be
day. At the same time, the fourth
stopped again by a second flare.
platoon marched to the front.
The platoon withdrew to the safety of the trench, then to the
Through the rain and the crashing
rear lines.
cacophony of battle, soldiers scur-
Students were assured at the outset that the exercise was not meant to glorify war but to honour those who served. They were told that the exercise’s three goals were to have fun; get to know one another better through a shared experience; and, since the First World War is the opening unit in the Canadian History course in which they were all
ried into the trench, filled sand
Tuesday morning saw a return to
enrolled, to learn a little about the
bags to re-enforce the line, and
the front line for a “stand to,”
war—to bring history to life. All
trained with clumsy, slippery gas
more re-enforcement of the
three goals were accomplished. In
masks. The thunder of artillery,
trench, and the writing of
the written debrief that ended the
machine gun fire, and the screams
emotion-drenched letters to those
two day experience the most
from the enemy line grew louder.
at home. Platoons practised drills,
common expressions students
A gas attack came and the masks
and then stood proudly as
offered were awesome, fun, fasci-
saved the day. Volunteers
“General Currie” (A.K.A. John
nating, coolest, intense, and
ventured into no man's land and
Runza, pictured below) arrived on
fantastic.
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“But I had a dismaying thought. In this high-tech, time-crunched, results-obsessed world, do adults still appreciate how important imagination is?”
It Came From Her Imagination Stephanie Richmond Edwards, LCS Parent Reprinted with permission from The Peterborough Examiner (Outtakes, August 21, 2006)
Last May I had the unsettling
but seeing this child transform
friends didn’t share her fascina-
experience of watching my four-
herself into a divorced woman in
tion with make-believe, if they
teen-year-old daughter smoke a
love with a doomed criminal
had no interest in playing witches
cigarette, drink gin, and ask a boy
was—to say the least—mind-
or pioneers or orphans—it
if he really loved her. Now you
boggling.
stumped us both. What on earth
must understand that my darling daughter has never smoked, drunk liquor, or loved any male who wasn’t a relative or Johnny Depp. So you can imagine my shock. But can you imagine my delight? All right—she was onstage. She was playing the wife of a notorious Canadian bank robber in a
would they do all afternoon? Talk about a stretch. First she had to learn how to move—to walk in
But when children did share her
high heels, wiggle her hips, perch
passion for make-believe, what a
on a bar stool, hug her man, drag
wonderful world our home
on a cigarette, handle a drunk, be
became, and a particularly
arrested. Then she had to learn
wonderful mess: couches
how to sound: prissy, passionate,
upturned in the living room,
pensive, sad, outraged, terrified,
sheets draped over the deck,
bitter, resigned. As I watched her,
mattresses and pillows on the
transfixed, I wondered where on
lawn, pots and pans in the
earth all this came from.
sandbox, lemonade on the garage
production of Girls in The Gang,
roof, dress-up clothes everywhere.
directed by her drama teacher, the
I think I’ve figured it out. It came
abundantly talented Greg
from her imagination.
MacPherson. Over the years I have watched my daughter play everything from a tree to a nun,
Despite the chaos, I felt very privileged because I was allowed to
When Zoe was little, imagination
witness those witches and
was her favourite plaything. If
pioneers and orphans flitting about their imagined worlds.
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(Above) Onstage rehearsals for last year’s production of Girls in the Gang in the Bryan Jones Theatre—a perfect venue for the engagement of the imagination by actors and audience alike.
Now, watching my daughter and
couldn’t create; they would be
Consider this: if George W. Bush
her peers perform roles onstage
limited to serving up stale imita-
could truly imagine what it’s like
they have only glimpsed in books
tions. A rich fantasy life is pretty
to be the mother of a dead young
and movies—and do it so
much a prerequisite for their
soldier, if Osama Bin Laden could
convincingly—it’s obvious their
chosen fields.
truly imagine what it’s like to be the sister of an immolated suicide
ability flows from the deep well of imagination. But I had a dismaying thought. In this high-tech, time-crunched, results-obsessed world, do adults still appreciate how important imagination is?
But what about the rest of us? Chances are, only a handful of our kids will use ‘imagination’ to earn
our own—isn’t it possible that
their living. And probably none of
awareness could create a more
them will use it as successfully as
empathetic world? A more
J. K. Rowling or Frank Gehry or
connected world? A wiser world?
Tim Burton. So why encourage Sure, everyone agrees creative
imagination? Isn’t it the real world
types need robust imaginations.
we should be teaching our kids to
Directors, screenwriters, play-
understand—only reality that
wrights, novelists, artists,
matters?
composers, musicians, choreographers, dancers, performers, designers, architects, inventors, chefs—of course they must be able to imagine. Otherwise they
bomber—if every one of us could truly imagine a reality other than
For what it’s worth, I think reality cannot be fully grasped without imagination.
One thing is certain. If we want our kids to create a better world— they’ll have to imagine it first.
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Debating .
includes Canadian Association of Independent School members), the Ontario Student Debating
Preparing Our Students for the World and The Worlds
League, and the International Independent School League.
Stomach butterflies, sweaty
down their fear—and learned lots
Students interested in politics and
palms, rapidly beating heart, a dry
of skills and strategies for effective
global issues can also dedicate
mouth: all are symptoms of the
speech-making along the way.
their rhetorical and intellectual skills to the Model United Nations.
anxiety most people feel at the thought of speaking in public. It is the most widely acknowledged fear in the Western world, yet public speaking at its best can move an audience to tears, sell products, persuade and motivate, and inspire change. A comfortable, confident public speaker can glide through corporate presentations, toasts to the bride, eulogies, and an occasional Robbie Burns evening—not to mention an LCS Chapel speech. Manal Stamboulie, faculty leader of the LCS Debating Program, readily acknowledges the benefits of being a strong public speaker. She has built a debating program that is meant to provide every student at LCS with some publicspeaking experience. While the program has both competitive and non-competitive aspects, its primary focus is to encourage student participation. LCS
The Debating Program runs from September to June, and about
In these forums, LCS students
sixty to seventy students partici-
compete with vigour, intelligence,
pate actively each year. Students
and wit, debating on topics
meet once per week to play
ranging from Canada’s participa-
speaking games, complete speech
tion in the war in Afghanistan to
exercises, and engage in
the virtues of ethanol. We have
impromptu and formal debates.
often had students compete inter-
The meetings focus on presenta-
nationally, and Shane Smyth ’96
tion skills: students learn about
was a finalist at The Worlds. This
tone and emphasis, body
year, Nick Pullen has earned a
language, facial expressions, and
place on the Canadian National
movement of arms and legs.
Team, and will take part in the World Debating Competition in
A favourite game is “Double-
April at Bishops-Diocesan College
Speak.” In this exercise, students
in South Africa.
are shown flash cards with single words, usually nouns, and must
Debating is a Lakefield co-curric-
invent and tell a story incorpo-
ular institution, bringing out the
rating words that are flashed at
best in those who participate. As
them. Students have only ninety
Ms. Stamboulie notes, “There is
seconds for this task. The results
room in Debating for whatever
are often hilarious, and students
students want out of it, whether
become increasingly comfortable
that be keen competition or
at speaking to an audience
personal development of confi-
through this form of improvisa-
dence.”
tional humour.
students can gain a solid level of
HEATHER AVERY
comfort with speaking, while still
For those students who want to
in the safe cocoon of The Grove
use their newly honed skills in a
environment. Consequently, when
broader arena, many opportuni-
they are required to deliver a pres-
ties are available. LCS belongs to
entation or a speech for university
several debating leagues,
or work, they have already faced
including the Fulford (which
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something that he would be inter-
the things I enjoyed. I also did a
ested in trying out. It would be a
lot of music, sports, and drama—
great next step for a young man
and so I feel that is one of the
who was experienced in acting.
greatest things Lakefield has to
(Shane’s pre-Grove acting experi-
offer: giving students the chance
ence included a brief appearance
to try different things.”
on a Nickelodeon program called Who’s Afraid of the Dark). For Shane, debating married the opportunity to make arguments and discuss important issues. Paul
Shane graduated from Princeton University in 2000 where he studied public policy and international affairs in the Woodrow
Mason, who was the coordinator
Wilson School. He worked for the
of the program at the time, saw a
Boston Consulting Group in
talent in Shane and encouraged
Toronto for two years, and then
him to continue.
worked for Telus Corporation
Upon arriving at The Grove, Shane
Toronto in pursuit of his law
was actively involved in the life of
degree. In the fall of 2006 he
the school. He was Head Student
joined Shearman & Sterling LLP, a
in his graduating year, was
New York Law firm, based in
treat them greatly and they will show
involved in drama, concert band,
Toronto.
themselves great.” RALPH WALDO EMERSON.
concert choir, and participated in
Shane Smyth and his fiancée Aurora Ratcliffe
Shane Smyth ’96—Debating Champion “Trust men and they will be true to you;
before he went to University of
hockey, soccer, sailing, and tennis.
Is the natural next step from debating success and law school,
Cited on his grad page in 1996,
For all of his achievements, his
to a political career? “I have
Emerson’s quote (above) contains
debating career is the first thing
thought about it, but it is certainly
“words to live by,” according to
his former teachers recall about
early in my career. It is something
Shane Smyth ’96 ... even for today.
him. Shane achieved great success
I keep in the back of my mind and
through the debating program. He
may consider doing down the
Shane came to the LCS debating
placed first at the North American
road, but I don’t have any concrete
program in Grade 7. After
High School Parliamentary
plans at this point. Certainly,
watching senior students he
Debating Tournament in Victoria,
public service is something that is
admired participate in model
B.C. in 1994, which qualified him
always interesting to me, so maybe
debates, he thought it might be
for the World Championships held
one day,” Shane shares.
in Nicosia, Cyprus in 1995, where he placed second in the world in
For now, he is content to continue
Persuasive Speaking.
learning and enjoying the law. We will continue to follow as Shane
He tells us, “Lakefield gives you the
continues to achieve greatness.
chance to try different things and I found out that debating was one of
TRACEY BLODGETT
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Writing . Literary Arts
students have a first-class show-
Guiding students through much of
case for their work.
this journalistic-style work has been veteran Toronto Star reporter
For most students who are inter-
Judy Steed, a friend of the school
ested in writing, it’s an opportu-
and weekend Lakefield-area resi-
nity to express themselves about
dent. Ms. Steed, one of Canada’s
something they feel passionately.
most respected reporters, actually approached Lakefield herself
Mention the word “writing” in a
“I like writing because it lets me
school setting, and it tends to
access the creative part of my
conjure up the image of students
brain that otherwise lies pretty
She was impressed by the quality
sitting at rows of desks, churning
dormant,” says Literary Journal
of the work generated by students.
out the latest essay or assignment
Senior-in-Charge Felicia Ross. “It
“I was amazed by their passionate
for an English or History class.
gives me the opportunity to put
curiosity. I learned a lot about
my incessant thoughts into words
popular culture, their ideas and
as eloquently as possible. Writing
interests. It makes me feel good
can be really liberating because it
as an adult to know this genera-
gives you absolute control over
tion is so interested in social
something.”
issues as well.”
an important and creative way to
“Personally, I think writing has
Look for stories in the e-news and
express their individuality.
become my creative outlet,” says
this year’s In a Grove, available on
Grade 11 student Karine Gauthier,
Regatta Day!
While that will always be part of the educational process, Lakefield College School students have found that both inside and outside the classroom, writing is
Students are, of course, given many opportunities to express themselves creatively in English and other classes, but in recent years, a variety of opportunities
several years ago.
who has had several pieces published in In a Grove.
TOM MILBURN
“Everything that I want to say but can’t, or even things that I never will have the chance to experi-
have enabled Lakefield’s young
ence, I can put into words and
writers to show off their work on a
create my own world.”
broader stage. Another outlet for student writing These opportunities have resulted
and publishing has been the
in victories and honourable
weekly online school e-news.
mentions in contests such as the
Many students have made contri-
Conference of Independent
butions over the years on a wide
Teachers of English (CITE)
variety of topics, including news
province-wide writing contests
and updates, and opinion pieces
and the University of Buffalo’s
on everything from current music
high school poetry contest. And
to fashion to world issues. Alumni
now that Lakefield’s annual
including Emily Ames ’05, Hilary
student-produced Literary Journal
Bird ’06, and Michael Wilson ’06,
has evolved into In a Grove, the
have found a much broader audi-
new poetry and art journal,
ence for their opinions.
Judy Steed Toronto Star Reporter and classroom volunteer
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Stephen Smith ’85—Literary Journalist & Novelist
have a just-about-finished book that may be, I’m not sure, a novelmade-of-stories or a collection of
Anyone who reads the literary
linked stories. It has no publisher.
pages of Canada’s national news-
I’m trying to find one.”
papers will be familiar with Stephen Smith’s byline—it serves as a signal that what follows will
“What are you doing at present?” we wondered.
the schoolyard talking to her friend
be both insightful and elegantly
“I’m working on a book about the
Ellie, The New Yorker, Thai food
written. But when the Grove News
culture of hockey and vice-versa.
menus, flyers that come through
caught up with him recently we
It’s called Ear to the Ice, I think.
the door.
found his thoughts were focused
This one does have a publisher.
on creative rather than critical
Then I also have another novel
writing.
that’s beginning to assert itself. It’s set in old Toronto. It has fires
“I had a novel I was writing for a long stretch of years that was going to be called Invasion
and wild animals of the forest and adultery and a battle. A historical novel, but full of lies.”
Behaviour. It wasn’t working. It
“But I think you’re probably asking more about older influences, back when I didn’t realize I was being influenced. I used to steal my dad’s New Yorker for the cartoons and then I accidentally started to read the articles. I’m still reading, though I have my own subscription
was falling apart on every side,
Asked what influences were
bits of it blowing away, staining
particularly important in shaping
the furniture, making a mess. I
his work, Stephen considers for a
had another one, after that. I was
moment. “I’m going to have to
cially military. Also I’ll say, as far
going to call that one The Patron
invoke the present tense on this
as fiction, I have a shelf here by my
Saint of Sorry—but it slipped out
one,” he says. “My influences are
desk, above the shelf with the
of the tent at night and went off to
ongoing and everyday: newspa-
dictionaries, the shelf for neces-
die quietly in the blizzard. Now I
pers, CBC radio, my daughter in
sary novels. In an emergency, if I
now. “I also read a lot of history, espe-
have to get out of the house fast, they’re close enough that I can grab them and go. That’s how essential they seem, for me.” What advice might he give a young writer? “I loved working in a newsroom, especially at The WhigStandard in Kingston. Reporting news is a very worthy preparation for many kinds of writing. Writers don’t need to be told to read, so maybe I’d say read everything you can.” Stephen Smith’s literary journalism Stephen Smith ’85 researching his latest topic—an abandoned outport in Ireland's Eye, Newfoundland
is first-rate. I know that I, and many others, will put his first novel at the top of our to-read lists. PAUL MASON
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Art .
Visual and Applied Arts Art at Lakefield College School is
not limited to one specific type of student, and a walk through room #5 illustrates this to even those visitors unfamiliar with the long and storied history of the program at The Grove. While looking at the impressive collection of paintings, drawings, collages, prints, and photographs on display in and around the art room, it is clear that the inclusive nature of the Art Program is one of the greatest themes underscoring the continued success of the discipline at LCS. “This room has always been, and continues to be, owned by the students,” confided art instructor Linda Warren. “It is a place for them to learn about the language of art that is around us, all of the time. It is a language that helps us make choices and feel a certain way.” The Grade 9 and 10 options for Visual Arts are encapsulated by an ‘open’ course in Grade 10— requiring no previous experience in art. The emphasis is on creativity, not background—and this starts with a simple discussion of the right and left hemispheres of the brain and their respective roles in
Self Portrait by Mike Kim, Gr. 11
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patterns and concepts found
school’s entry into the
activities may vary—contour
within M.C. Escher’s work in
Peterborough Festival of Trees
drawing, color theory, painting
Grade 11 art overlaps with the
during November of 2006.
with watercolors, jewelry making,
student’s understanding of the
a study of art history—but the
tessellations of Grade 11 mathe-
theme remains the same: a
matics.
feeling good about both the end product and the effort to produce it.
open to all students) participated in an exhibit during the Spring of
commitment to creative problemsolving and an emphasis on
The LCS Photography Club (also
By Grade 12, the emphasis shifts
2006 at the Kawartha Artists’
to the student as the ‘art maker.’
Gallery, and Visual Art students
Students (in consultation with Ms.
have their creativity showcased
Warren) create a proposal using
during the annual Art Show on
specific criteria to design, plan,
Regatta Day at The Grove.
Grade 11 can be characterized as
produce, and evaluate their
more of a transition course.
project—a model that closely
These courses and clubs (including
Students use their “foundation
parallels first-year university art
art instruction at the junior school
skills” and are pushed to realize
school structure.
level), point clearly to the popularity and longevity of art at The
that on many levels, art communicates ideas—a concept that is
The LCS Art Club is open to all
Grove. This success stems from the
currently being looked at in a
students. Members participate in
fact that art has traditionally been,
cross-curricular project involving
origami and jewelry workshops,
and continues to be, highly acces-
the use of the Grade 11 art and
tile-painting, and collage-making.
sible to a wide cross-section of
Grade 11 mathematics courses to
Ms. Warren and her students were
students at Lakefield.
explore the “true language” of
also involved with making
each discipline. For example, the
Christmas decorations for the
JAMES MCGOWAN
Jess Perlitz ’96—Artist with a Mission Jess Perlitz ’96 (left) lives in the Toronto studio where she writes and makes her sculptures and drawings. It’s a small space, but the limited square footage doesn’t constrain her dreams. Today, she tells us, she spent time at one of Toronto’s long-term care facilities—a city home for the aged. “I’m running three classes right now,” she says. “Under the name of Upwards Art, I bring art programming into facilities in Toronto where art programming would otherwise not exist. Today I helped the residents make a welcome sign and some paintings of dogs, a beach, Detroit, flowers, and abstract explosions. “Since forming this non-profit community arts organization four
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years ago, I have begun to realize
of-a-kind shirts. People ordered
that it is part of my art practice.
them by downloading a question-
I’m trying to address a system that
naire, then answering 21 ques-
has some major problems and I’m
tions about the person they were
doing it quite directly and in a
buying the shirt for. They mailed
way that takes a great deal of
the questionnaire to me, and I
thought and reordering of my
interpreted the answers and
assumptions. That is what I’m
painted and sewed onto a t-shirt.
grappling with all the time in my
In the end I made 365 shirts for
own creative work.”
people all over the world. I did it
And what about that creative work, we wonder? What is she working on now?
to pay the bills, but also to address the larger capitalist system in which we all live. I am trying to make work that has
Theatre. Drama and Dance
Ask any of the 31 students
“I’ve been making large sculptures
importance, worth, and success
enrolled in the Dance Program
that explore points of interaction
measured on an entirely different
why she loves it and she will say,
between people: how we commu-
scale.
nicate with each other, how we interact with the space around us, what our expectations are from
“I wear a Lakefield sweatshirt as I work. Lakefield gave me the room
those things. I’ve been making big
to pursue what I was interested
work—bigger than me at least,”
in.
she laughs. “Recently I’ve been
“It’s so much fun!” In its fifth year, the class’s dedicated, enthusiastic and talented dancers are already preparing for the Dance Showcase, February 22-24, 2007. Libby Dalrymple, dance coach, has
“Lakefield encouraged me in my
worked hard to ensure that dance
questioning. I was provided with
is accessible to students of all
the support there to use my anger
levels. “In addition to improving
and confusion—and there’s a lot
their fitness and body awareness,
of both in high school—to do
students learn new dance tech-
“I’ve also been making a bunch of
something constructive with
niques, learn how to choreograph
steel talk-tube sculptures. Two ear
them. That’s different from acting
and perform as well as learn
pieces connected by a hollow pipe
out of anger, and I think it’s an
are acoustically sensitive enough
important thing to get help with.
to carry sound over an amazing
What I learned was to use it as a
distance.
way to make this world a better
making large fiberglass and plaster forms that become containers for the viewer to stand in.
place.”
this enhances the girls’ selfesteem,” said an excited Dalrymple. “I am so inspired by their energy and creativity. Kids who are shy blossom on stage,”
“The other big project that I just wrapped up had me making one-
different cultural dances. All of
PAUL MASON
she says proudly.
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Becki Worsfold, a Grade 11 student, enrolled with no previous dance experience in Grade 9. Becki was uncomfortable and self-conscious in front of people. “I am very shy,” she says. “I wanted to get over my fear of performing in front of people.” Just two years later, she is looking forward to getting up in front of people during the Dance Showcase to do a belly-dance solo! Sitting across from Becki is Mika Watanabe, also in Grade 11. Mika started dancing ballet in Japan when she was three. She loves to dance and was very excited to join the dance program and learn new dance styles. Even though Mika loves dancing and performing, she hates talking in front of people. “It’s so hard for me,” she says, “but it’s totally different when you’re dancing. It’s a good experience to dance in front of your friends.” JaMin Kim, a Grade 10 student, agrees that the opportunity to dance with and for your friends is LCS Dance Student, Olivia Kim
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Laura Lawson ’00— Performance Artist
amazing. “My confidence has
One of the great strengths of these
grown so much. I can dance in
productions is the broad range of
front of people now,” she says
students who participate. While
proudly. Krys Byers, a Grade 11
the Lakefield stage attracts
“For me, my dance and my
student with extensive training in
seasoned performers, many
theatre—it is where my heart is. I
many forms of dance, found that
students who have never been
feel so fulfilled doing it and when
dancing in front of people helped
involved in theatre before coming
you are doing what is your heart’s
her make new friends. “People
to LCS make the leap of audi-
true passion, the universe starts to
know who I am now because of the
tioning for a part (onstage or back-
align for you—that’s how it feels,”
Dance Showcase. People say, “hi”
stage) and never look back. The
says Laura Lawson ’00.
to me because they recognize me.
inclusive nature of the program
It’s a really nice feeling.” Because
encourages a wide array of
of the positive experience that
students to venture outside their
these girls have had in the Dance
comfort zone and play an active
Program, they hope to continue to
role. Grade 12 student Greg
dance recreationally and, for
Soltermann made a leap of faith
some, professionally, once they
Ontario. In her Grade 10 year she
this fall when he auditioned for
leave LCS.
returned to her home town of
the first time and landed the chal-
Peterborough, feeling the need for
lenging (and hilarious) role of
a more balanced education. “I had
Banjo in The Man Who Came to
danced so intensely since I was
Dinner. “It was the strong encour-
very young, and felt that I needed
agement from my parents, friends,
something more,” she recalls.
Like the Dance Program, the Drama Program encourages a wide range of students to get involved. In addition to the school’s two major productions (one in Fall and
Laura was introduced to the world of dance at a young age. In her earlier dance years she attended the National Ballet School and the Quinte Ballet School in Belleville,
and Mr. MacPherson that gave me not only the courage to audition
She and her mother visited
but also the confidence to perform
Lakefield College School and were
in front of the whole school.” Greg
immediately drawn to the campus.
credits that supportive environ-
“I came for an interview and was
ment for his motivation to work
astounded by the people I met, the
hard and succeed in his role:
energy of the space, and what the
“With such a friendly environment
school is about. I remember
during the play, I found myself
feeling that I would do anything to
eager to read over the lines to
be a part of Lakefield. It meant the
“Only a tiny percentage of our
learn them, not wanting to let
world to me.”
students will ever perform profes-
down my friends.”
one in Spring), Drama classes are a popular choice for students who want to improve their confidence and presentation skills. Drama classes help prepare students for theatrical performance but also for life. Drama teacher and director Paul Mason explains:
sionally. We rightly celebrate their achievement, but we are more interested in building the confidence and skills young people will need in any profession they enter: how to project their voices, how to
At the time of her arrival at LCS,
The Dance and Drama Programs at
there was no formal dance
LCS share the common goals of
program—as there is today.
preparing students to take creative
Instead, she was introduced to the
risks and ensuring that the performing arts are accessible to all students.
speak clearly and expressively, how
world of music and drama. She was inspired by music teacher and advisor Stephen Grasmuck who helped her to find her voice as a
to listen carefully, how to move
LORRAINE BROWN
performer. She also credits the
quietly, and how to be still.”
LOUISE PAOLI DI PRISCO
guidance of teachers Mike Chellew
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and Paul Mason in support of her career at the school. “All of a sudden there was drama and there was music and I was no longer bound to simply point shoes—I had a much bigger voice.” She attended Ryerson, where she completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting. In addition to performing in various projects, including Cirque du Soleil, she began a non-profit dance program for underprivileged children in Toronto. She also returned to LCS to conduct dance workshops. When she finished at Ryerson, she was invited to be the Artistic Director for the Centre for Performing Arts in Peterborough. She embraced the opportunity to give back to her hometown, by bringing the relationships and skills fostered in Toronto to the Peterborough arts community. She later turned her attention back to Toronto to continue her growth as a performer. She began working on a collective with fellow artists, completed the film Save the Last Dance II, and did a season touring with the Ontario Ballet Company. Recently she appeared in Wagner's Ring Cycle at the Four Season's Performing Arts Centre with the Canadian Opera Company. Her most recent project was the film Hairspray, filmed in Toronto this fall (due out Summer 2007). She is the founder of The Rise and Fall of the Picket Fence, a project bringing together various artists
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“creating cross-collaborative and multi-sensory works for performance” for the urban community.
Music .
Instrumental and Vocal
Today, she is continuing to learn
“Music can be enjoyed through
It all starts with music class. In
and grow as a performer, director,
listening or creating; everyone
Grade 7 and 8 Music, students
and teacher. She continues to
listens to music, but not enough
gain important musical knowl-
teach, to work with Picket Fence,
create it. The Lakefield Music
edge, appreciation, and experi-
and to nurture her relationships
Department encourages and
ences, which they will carry with
provides many outlets to create
them. John Kraus, who teaches the
music,” says guitarist Karl
Upper School Music classes (and
Patrontasch, a Senior-in-Charge of
directs three of the four ensem-
Music. And it’s true. One of the
bles at LCS) reflects:
with the performing arts community. “I am trying to bring people together, link them up, and I am really trying to have them do what they are innately driven to do— and providing the canvas for that to happen.” TRACEY BLODGETT
main goals of the Lakefield College School Music Department is to provide opportunities for all students to experience the pleasure of making music.
“It is a thrill to be able to watch as our students’ understanding of the world comes into play as we discuss the evolution and the changes that have occurred in music over time. Add to this the students who choose not to study music as a course, but who choose to participate in our co-curricular ensembles. It is here that they further their performance skills and evolve into confident, proud members of our performing ensembles.” Concert Choir and Concert Band are two co-curricular ensembles that enjoy a varied membership: some have rich musical experience, and others are novices. It is gratifying to see how these ensembles allow more experienced musicians to mentor others. For 90 minutes every Monday evening, the choir and band say good-bye to worries about tests and assignments and sing or play their hearts out. (Opposite) Laura Lawson ‘00 (Left) L-R: Jerry Hogan, Gr.10, Jordan Muise, Gr.11
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Lorelei and the Jazz Ensemble
competitive ensembles, Lorelei
because they are just plain fun.”
Consort and the LakEFFECT Jazz ensemble. Both ensembles have earned successive invitations from MusicFest to attend National Festivals. The Lorelei Consort is an advanced choir of approximately 20 mixed voices. The LakEFFECT Jazz Ensemble performs demanding instru-
The Music Department encourages
When one meets Marcus
students of all levels to take
MacDonald ’86, one is struck by his
pleasure in the challenges of making
dramatic appearance: tall, bleached
music. Emily Ewing (Grade 11) is an
blond hair, black leather boots,
active trumpeter at the school, in
coat, and gloves—perhaps unex-
the community, and in her church.
pected for an LCS alumnus. When
Emily reflects on the value of
you get to know him you realize he
performing music, "Music has given
is a kind, gentle, articulate man.
me opportunities to participate in
mental jazz music. These ensem-
ensembles where everyone has to
bles provide a place for advanced
work together as a team in a
musicians to polish their skills.
performance setting. This provides
Tyler Bishop (Grade 11) is in his third year with both the Lorelei Consort and the LakEFFECT Jazz Ensemble, where he plays alto
Marcus MacDonald ’86— Discipline and Love
valuable life lessons, such as cooperating with friends and coworkers, which will help me as I enter the work force later on."
Meet his alter-ego, Baron Marcus, the owner and lead singer for the Goth Band Vampire Beach Babes. Marcus’ classmates are very surprised when they meet him today. “They were pretty shocked when we met at our reunion this past September. I was a pretty mild,
saxophone. He enjoys these
Music is about beauty, proficiency,
quiet, kind of a ‘geek’, back then,”
ensembles because they “inte-
communication, confidence, and
he remembers.
grate many people that may have
camaraderie. I am proud of
never become friends. This is a
Lakefield College School because it
Marcus is effusive about the impact
great thing, because it helps
embraces these qualities, and
LCS has had on his life. “Lakefield
everyone get to know each other
encourages students to do the same.
College School gave me the tools to
better.” He adds, “I also enjoy
SARAH YOUNG
“Baron” Marcus MacDonald ’86
be able to pursue my dream. Lakefield enables and empowers students to know that all the resources in the world are available to them. Just about anything is possible. Lakefield did that for me for sure.” He recalls an incident with housemaster Doc McCubbin that had an impact on him. Having broken the house rules, he anticipated the ‘hammer’ to fall, but he was surprised to receive concern instead. “It was a life lesson that I took with me ... that discipline and love can be combined. That follows me today with my musical industry career. The music industry requires two things ... discipline and love. Without those you are never going to make it.” After earning his undergraduate degree in Philosophy at Trent University, Marcus interned at BMG
Records in Toronto where he
called HM Fist and then in 1997,
learned he had an affinity for
he began the Vampire Beach
database development. He
Babes, a project band with semi-
formed his own company in the
regular members. He describes
early 1990s, and in 1997 he part-
the band as a “gothic pop band
nered with a friend and formed
with industrial influence. There is
M7 Database Services to allow him
an influence of dark rave about
more time to pursue his music.
us—electronic ... dance-club-
Backstage The Technical Crew
Behind every great performance is a great production crew, and LCS is no exception.
related stuff; a sense of humour
As anyone who has ever worked
He was not involved formally with
with a twang guitar which is our
backstage will know, a tremendous
the music program while at LCS,
signature sound.” VBB has
amount of activity goes on behind
but he took advantage of the
achieved success in Canada, the
the curtain—a full-scale perform-
availability of the piano. “I would
UK, and Germany. In 2006, they
ance requiring choreography just
sit there several hours each day
completed a US tour and recently
as practiced and as tightly
just playing on that piano—
opened in the UK for The Damned
rehearsed as what the audience
improvising, playing the sounds—
(the first professional punk band).
will see on stage.
basically teaching myself. My
“We feel now that we have been
parents suffered through trying to
welcomed into the circle—we
put me through formal lessons
have finally broken through,”
drama teacher directs a hierarchy
Marcus shared.
of assistants in “supporting” roles:
and I failed so miserably. I was
stage manager, backstage manager,
left in a world where I didn’t have any technical skills for music, but my heart would be filled by it.”
But Goth has such a dark, negative reputation, some argue. Marcus disagrees, “I think that every
His first performance was in
community has good and bad
Grade 11 and the name of the
people. In a nutshell, Goth can be
band was Party Moose and the
a really healthy way to reconcile
Melba Toast. “We were very well
popular culture and mysticism.
received,” he recalls. “Then we
The irony is that most Goth
were blown off the stage by
people are kind-hearted, articu-
another band that featured Sebastian Bierk ’86 on vocals,
For each drama production, the
late, and bright, with a good sense of humour.”
two assistant stage managers, technical director, and assistant technical director. There is the properties manager and crew, costumes, makeup, and set construction. It is not only actors who win Academy Awards on Oscar night, they go to costume and set designers, for musical scores, and technical effects. A tour backstage of the Bryan
who of course later became world-
Where is Baron Marcus in ten
renowned rock singer, Sebastian
years? “It is an easy question to
Bach [Skid Row]. So needless to
answer because I so love what I
say we were trounced.”
am doing: continuing to work on
whole world of technical opportu-
the music, and my beloved data-
nities for students with strong
base company and who knows ...
interest or skills in sound, lighting,
maybe a family ... imagine seeing
and digital technology.
Marcus’ first professional band was The New World Disorder (1991), a punk rock band with a cult following in Toronto. Later he pursued a solo industrial project
me on the soccer pitch!” TRACEY BLODGETT
Jones Theatre reveals a full backroom of technical equipment—a
During a production the technical crew rolls into action in the last
week of rehearsal—the week before
and sound, but the full mechanics
the production opens. This is a
of designing and construction of
training week during which stage
complete theatre sets.
managers and support crews learn their responsibilities. On opening night, the reins are handed over from the Director to the Stage Manager.
credit to Andrew Ball for opening the door and “grooming” him in technical theatre. Mike has since followed suit, “mentoring” Kane
Working backstage provides oppor-
Miller (Gr.11) and Philip Switalski
tunity to exercise organization,
(Gr.12). Mike formed a company
leadership, and time management
called Meet the Dude Productions
skills. It also gives students the
and employs both Kane and Phil to
chance to experience teamwork—
work with him on local gigs.
the camaraderie and sense of togetherness, adrenalin, and satisfaction of being part of a team. Much like in sports, the crew—technicians, costumes, makeup, and properties—must work together in a coordinated effort towards one goal.
“In theatre production you work ... to fulfill the director’s dream.” Mike enjoys the creativity offered by dance shows and other types of studio productions. After graduating from LCS, Mike followed Andrew into Ryerson University’s
When the technical elements of a
Theatre Technical Production
theatre production run flawlessly in
program.
the background, they serve to support the entire show. It’s when things go wrong that things are noticed. Andrew Ball ’05 shares, “I remember during the production of Noises Off (2004) ... the revolving stage stopped and wouldn’t move.” The set—built two stories tall with four stairwells and eight doors—had been built on top of one-inch casters. With a squeak and a squeal, the entire thing locked up. “Luckily, we were able to fix the problem with a car jack during the intermission, and everything ran smoothly for the rest of the show.” Andrew Ball ’05 above stage on the catwalk of the Bryan Jones Theatre during The Farm Show, 2004
Michael Wilson ’06 is quick to give
Technical theatre involves not only the digital technology of lighting
Kane Miller is in Grade 11 at LCS, and plays the piano, guitar, flute, viola and violin. Discipline has been a big part of the skill set Kane has learned. “To do a show, you can’t just plug in and go. Everything needs to be framed out, all the details covered. You can’t rush it. The last week before a performance, you must run the entire script, practice transitions, and build the entire set, running through the “dry tech rehearsal” and then the “full dress rehearsal.” A big hurrah for the guys behind the scenes making it all happen! KAREN DENIS
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James Hyslop ’85— Writer & Director Since graduating from the Grove in 1985, James Hyslop has forged an impressive career in the film and television industry. Among many other projects, he’s directed 35 episodes of Masterminds for Court TV and History Channel, three episodes of the Gemininominated series Forensic Factor
that the character would be in. It
Travel. Explore. See what’s out
was one of the most powerful
there in the real world. Walk
performances I have ever seen.”
through the gutters of Calcutta, sit
Maximum Capacity has been sold
on the Spanish Steps, ride the Inca
to HBO, Showcase, and Air
trail, work at a Native Outreach
Canada.
Centre. There is nothing technical about film that you can’t learn from
(A & E and Discovery), and four
“I came to film-making through
episodes of CBC’s true crime
a book or actually working in the
an unconventional route,” says
series 72 Hours.
business for half an hour. If you
Hyslop. “I was a naval officer, an
want to be a writer or director, take
advertising copywriter, and a
the money you would have spent on
bodyguard before ever directing a
film school and make a film.
James has also directed several documentaries. His subjects have included the notorious band Black
single frame of film.” “Take the opportunities that
Sabbath, the Inuit, life on board a
Asked what advice he might give a
nuclear submarine, polar bears,
young person interested in the
and mountain climbing. He is just
same field, James pauses a
finishing a documentary for the
moment. “I’m the poster boy for
National Geographic Channel and
not going to film school,” he even-
the BBC called Underworld City—
tually replies. “I have lots of film
Montreal, which covers the
school grads working on my sets,
alliance between the Hell’s Angels
pulling cables or getting me a hot
and the Mafia in Quebec.
cup of tea. Get out and live life.
Dramatic films are a large part of James’s professional life. “The one project that continues to resonate both with myself and, by all reports, audiences, is a film I did five years ago called Maximum Capacity,” says James. “It’s a story about the father of the accused and the father of the victim trapped in the courthouse elevator during jury deliberations. “We had very limited production resources, so I set the majority of the film [which James also wrote] in the elevator. I was blessed with two gifted actors, Eugene Lipinski and John Bourgeois, who really became the characters. In one very emotional scene, John summoned up the image of his daughter dying to find the space
Lakefield provides,” Hyslop concludes—“Round Square, community service, the music, art, and drama programs—and always keep them in your life. If you do, you will always have a story to tell.”
PAUL MASON
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Creativity in Costuming The Art of Megan Watson—LCS Volunteer in Action Karen Denis Megan Watson lives on an acreage near Lakefield with her gregarious Bernese Mountain dog, Griffin. The
construct hundreds of costumes,
Ms. Watson’s relationship with
with ideas wrought from costume
Lakefield College School began
books and historical pictures—is
when her eldest son entered the
something else.
school in 1996. Bea Quarrie, who
parent of three alumni, Oliver
Megan attended the University of
Barker ’01, Eliot Barker ’03, and
Guelph to obtain her degree in
Gemma Barker ’05, she is a volun-
Drama, studying history and liter-
teer, professional costume maker,
ature to give her exposure to
and as talented as she is generous.
period costume.
was directing at the time, asked Megan to sew a costume for Paper Bag Princess. Thus began the volunteer career and relationship between Megan Watson and Lakefield College School.
Her gift to Lakefield College
With Stratford Theatre Company,
School for the past seven years
she was Maggie Smith’s personal
has been her time, skill and
Dresser. She also worked with
expertise, her love, her energy, her
Rod Beatty, Sedrick Smith, and
MacPherson. Greg introduced the
creativity. As Mr. Hadden says, “It
Jennie Phipps. But this was only
archetypal Renaissance characters
is just unbelievable.”
seasonal work. Compelled to
from Italian street theatre to the
Megan also works with LCS teachers Paul Mason and Greg
move on, she worked for Young
drama curriculum—The Clown
To sew and create an outfit is one
People’s Theatre, The St. Lawrence
(Harlequin), The Shylock, the Fey
thing—to design, craft, and
Centre, and the CBC.
Prince, and The Pompous Fat
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Man. In 2004, Megan completed
When finances and time allow,
exemplary—and she has an
the magnificent set of Commedia
Megan combines teaching with
absolutely wonderful rapport with
del’Arte costumes that are used by
costume making, working with
our students.”
new troupes of budding actors,
students who show an interest.
year after year.
Under Ms. Watson’s tutelage, students like Gea and another
Beyond costuming for theatrical productions, her skills are also in high demand for costumes to enhance curriculum studies. She created, for Teacher John Boyko, costumes of Abraham Lincoln, Sir
Grade 10 student, Alison Cameron, have learned to sew. The pride of success and accomplishment is evident when the girls speak of the
And her dedication to the school is evident. When the school was looking for a location on which to build the trenches for the Grade 10 World War I Re-enactment, Ms. Watson immediately offered her property.
costumes they sewed. For Megan, it’s all about the kids,
John A. MacDonald, lawyers’ robes,
Not only do the students rely on
and all the Civil War Re-enactment
Megan, but so do the staff. “I don’t
opportunity to stretch as far as they
uniforms.
know what we would do without
can go ... so they can take it and
Ms. Watson,” says MacPherson.
run,” she says.
Professional costume maker and designer, yes, but Ms. Watson is so much more. Gea di Prisco, a Grade 12 drama student and backstage manager, calls Ms. Watson “the strength of the cast and crew who work on
about “... giving them trust, and the
“She is my right hand ... she gives the kids something you can’t put on
The direct involvement with the
paper.”
students is what Megan loves. To see a child who has never been on
“Megan’s work has been an extraor-
stage get into costume and become
dinary gift to this community,”
the character—this is why she
declares Mason. “Her designs are
does it.
beautiful, her sense of craft
stage and behind the set.” With her caring manner, she has earned the trust of the students. They know she will be there for them, offering emotional security and support. She is a friend and “den mother.” She is there, cheering them on, pumping their confidence, and rejoicing in their successes. “Ms. Watson’s dressing room becomes a small refuge,” observes Gea. “She ... always has time to listen, laugh, and share stories— her patience outlasting anyone you’ll ever meet. She orchestrates small miracles every day … unlikely friendships form under her watchful eye, and unfriendly situations that erupt she quickly defuses … all while teaching everyone the finer details of costume design and props.”
(Opposite L-R) Megan Watson, Alison Cameron, Gea di Prisco, and Krys Byers (Below) Megan Watson and Alison Cameron
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Foundation Update—$31.5M Raised To Date! David Hadden, CEO LCS Foundation Rudy Massimo, Director of Advancement In 2002, Lakefield College School launched its new strategic plan entitled Securing our Future, a $30M initiative to fund campus renovations, capital projects, and student financial assistance. Identified priorities included the renovation of three student residences, refurbishment of the Bryan Jones Theatre, the addition of a new student recreation centre, and the doubling of the school's endowment fund. The original goal has recently been increased to $38M to reflect the addition of other capital elements including a new outdoor shinny rink and the outdoor education wing attached to the Student Recreation Centre. As well, an expanded endowment will fund the human resources required for the new learning support program. At the time of publication, we are pleased to announce that, due to the magnificent leadership of our foundation trustees and exceptional generosity of the Lakefield community, we have raised $31.5M (83% of the revised goal) in cash and commitments. The Foundation continues to work diligently to meet the targets that have been set and to support the strategic priorities identified by the school trustees. We are grateful for the time and leadership that the foundation trustees provide in advancing the school for the benefit of our students.
Trustees of The Lakefield College School Foundation Paul Desmarais Jr. ’73, Chairman
Linda Leus
Donald Ross ’48
Emilio Azcarraga Jean ’87
Angus MacNaughton ’48
Thomas Ryder '53
Bruce Boren ’87
Jeffrey Marshall*
William Wells ’78
Jonathan Carroll ’87
Scott McCain
Richard Wernham
Brian Carter*
Bill Morris ’70
Graham Worsfold
Bryce Douglas
Rosemary Phelan
HRH The Duke of York ’78
John K. Hepburn ’68
Kathleen Ramsay
* Honorary Alumni
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Scope of New Recreation Centre Project Grows The scope of the new Student Recreation Centre for
will complete the “quad” created by the original class-
Lakefield College School has grown to include the
room block, the Desmarais Family Academic Wing,
construction of an attached $1.5M outdoor education
and the new recreation centre. The quad will be land-
wing.
scaped and used as a protected outdoor gathering area for students during the warm-weather months.
The decision to include the outdoor education wing was based on the considerable cost savings resulting
Fundraising for the Student Recreation Centre is in
from combining the two projects into one. It is antic-
full swing. At press time, more than $10.5M of the
ipated that the new wing will add approximately
$12.5M project had been raised. It is anticipated that
$1.5M to the $9.0M original project cost. In addition,
construction will begin in the summer of 2007 with
a new elevator, new furnishings and equipment, a
completion in the fall of 2008. A number of naming
larger climbing wall enclosure, “green” construction
opportunities, for donations of $50K or more, remain.
(including LEED—Leadership in Energy and
Multi-year pledges of up to five years are being
Environmental Design—Gold Certification) and
sought from our community of parents and alumni.
ground source heating and cooling will bring the total
To lend your support to this exciting project, please
project cost to $12.5M. The world-renowned archi-
contact Rudy Massimo in the Advancement Office.
tectural firm of Diamond & Schmitt is leading the project design and will oversee construction.
The students are eagerly anticipating the opening of the new recreation centre and outdoor education
The outdoor education wing will include three class-
wing and the opportunities it will present for
rooms and a faculty office on the upper level, and a
enhanced athletic activities, spirit events/assemblies,
food preparation area and equipment room, with easy
quiet gatherings in the student commons and the
access to the outdoors, on the lower level. This wing
outdoor quad, teaching, and rock climbing.
Rendering of Upper Student Commons looking onto courtyard
View from inside the gymnasium looking out at the lake
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The Gift of Life Insurance—Innovative and Easy Al Pace ’77 During the early 1980s two of my ’77 classmates, Jim
out to about two days of studio time for me every year dedicated to the Grove—time I am pleased to give.
Kemp and Hugh Rawling, chatted up the idea of
Upon my death, Lakefield College School will receive
purchasing life insurance policies for Lakefield College
this substantial cash payment without affecting my
School as a way of initiating a planned giving program.
personal estate. Now, at age 47, the policy is worth
At the time, Hugh worked for London Life Insurance
$52,000 to the school if I die, but because of the equity
and, with the blessing of the school, he set up the
in the policy it will continue to grow to approximately
necessary paperwork and began to quietly pitch the
$77,000 if I am lucky enough to live until age 80. I am
idea to a few Grove alumni.
telling this story because, after 16 years, I feel really
In 1990, I was the acting Chair of the Grove Alumni Association and felt this program was a worthwhile endeavour to consider. After talking with Hugh about how the Life Insurance Program worked, I was convinced that this was an affordable way that a guy
good about the entire planned giving experience. I could continue to support and grow the policy, but as a parent of a graduating student, I would like to support some current fund-raising initiatives like the Bob Armstrong Bursary.
like me with limited financial means could make a
Although the school currently owns a number of
significant financial contribution to LCS.
similar policies purchased fifteen or twenty years ago,
So, at the age of 31, I purchased a Life Insurance Policy and then transferred the ownership of the policy to Lakefield College School. The policy took just a few phone calls to set up with minimal paperwork. My goal was to sponsor the policy for fifteen years at which time the policy would be worth approximately $50,000 depending on fluctuations in the markets. My
imagine the future financial impact if more alumni supported planned giving with new policies purchased on an annual basis. Planned giving may not be something you have considered as a way of supporting the school but I can assure you that my experience has been both remarkably uncomplicated and personally gratifying.
monthly premium payments of $50 were automatically withdrawn and totaled $600 annually. Because LCS owns the policy, I was issued a charitable tax receipt each year for the full $600 amount. My only other reminder about the policy (besides the annual tax
Giving a life insurance policy is one way to
receipt), has been ongoing donor recognition in school
maximize your contribution to LCS. It
publications which often catches me by surprise. To
enables you to make a significant, lasting
my delight, the entire process of sponsoring this insur-
gift to the school with minimal outlay of
ance plan was entirely maintenance-free.
current savings or income. Donors often struggle between their desires to achieve
After 16 years of sponsoring the policy, I have decided
philanthropic goals and their need to
to take a “premium vacation.” In the end, the total cost
preserve their estates for their families. A gift
of my policy was $9600. I made my last $50 premium
of life insurance can eliminate this conflict.
payment on October 26. In my business world as a studio-potter, I can generate $50 by making and selling a couple of coffee mugs. So I guess you could say I created 24 coffee mugs annually for 16 continuous years in order to finance my policy. That works
For more information please contact: Theresa Butler-Porter 705.652.3324 Ext. 329 or email tbutlerporter@lcs.on.ca.
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The Class of ’81 Fund—Inspired by Friendship Ross Little ’81 Over half of the Class of 1981 returned to LCS for our 25th reunion this fall—amazed that it had been 25 years since we graduated. Each time we return, we are awed by the changes and amazed with what has stayed the same. At dinner we recounted those stories I’m sure all alumni have. This time around, however, we somewhat unexpectedly found ourselves in passionate conversation over what we could give back to the school and future students of The Grove.
(L-R) From the Class of ’81: John Rich, Keith Drummond, Ross Little, Phil Dyment, Ramsay Wells, Hamish McEwan, Peter Bassel, Robert King, Ian Macdonell, Steve Hill, David MacNicol (missing Larry Greaves, Andrew Sibbald).
With the realization that had we done something when we graduated, we would have a sizable fund to
And in five years, at our 30th, we will figure it
offer as an annual bursary or gift to the school, we
out then.
decided that this 25th reunion presented us with an ideal opportunity—at this time in our lives—to give back something for what each of us received from our Lakefield experience. Likely because each of us had gained something different, we had difficulty figuring out how and where to allocate our funds. For some it
So, for The Class of ’81 Fund, we set a goal to have $25,000 in five years with at least 25 percent participation. As we launch the fund now, we have over 50 percent participation and will easily meet our target with a number of seed donations of $1,981, monthly contributions of $19.81, and more.
would be in recognition or support of the Masters, the activities, or the curriculum. For others, it was in
On behalf of the Class of 1981 we are happy and
appreciation of specific good times we had or oppor-
proud to start this fund which we hope to see grow
tunities we were given. That evening we decided not
even greater over the years; and we happily share our
to worry about deciding what our Class of ’81 Fund
story in the hopes that it may be a modest induce-
would be for, we just decided to make it happen first.
ment to great alumni giving to come.
LCS and the Class of 2006 Win Gold CASE Leadership in Educational Fundraising Award 2007 On February 12, 2007 in New York City, the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) presented Lakefield College School with a Gold Award for Leadership in Educational Fundraising for our innovative 2006 Grad Class Bursary initiative (www.case.org). Congratulations to our 2006 grads whose enthusiasm and passion for The Grove resulted in this unprecedented grad class gift. See www.lcs.on.ca /NEWS—January 26, 2007 for the full story.
Honorary Alumni—Outstanding Members of The Grove Throughout The Grove’s recent history, individuals who are non-alumni, but have committed themselves as outstanding members of the LCS community, have been awarded the prestigious title of “Honorary Alumnus/a of Lakefield College School.”
Congratulations To Our New Honorary Alumni
Current Honorary Alumni
The Grove Society is pleased to announce that the following
Dr. Rosalind Barker
Susan Hadden
individuals have been selected to become Honorary Alumni
Neil Blair
Goodith Heeney
of Lakefield College School:
Katie Brown
Ted Ingram
Brian Carter Mike Chellew
Win Lampman (deceased)
Peter Dalglish
Jeffrey Marshall
Bob Goebel
John Milligan
Terry Guest
J. Gordon Dunlop (deceased)
Lois Keller—Past Staff, Volunteer Jack Matthews—Former Headmaster Bid Milligan—Former Head of House, Past Staff, Past Parent Ben Whitney—Former Faculty, Past Parent, Volunteer These individuals will be recognized at Closing Ceremonies
David Hadden
on June 16, 2007.
Editorial Note: On page 30 of the Spring/Summer 2006 edition of the Grove News John Dunlop (deceased) is listed as an Honorary Alumnus of LCS. The proper name should have read J. Gordon Dunlop (deceased), commonly known as Gordon .
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Grove Events This January, The Grove Society hosted over 150 alumni for the SnowBall, a semi-formal event at the Steamwhistle Brewery in Toronto (read story online, dated January 19, 2007). To read about recent LCS events, news, and view snapshots, please visit our website at www.lcs.on.ca, choose NEWS / MORE NEWS.
Guides: Lin Ward and Vicky Boomgaardt Difficulty: Class II, novice—intermediate, no portages Group size: 12 June 30—July 14 (including travel) Have you ever dreamed of paddling a pristine wilderness river and retracing the historic trail to the Klondike Gold Rush? This canoe trip through the Yukon's stunning mountain landscapes includes time for hiking, wildlife viewing, and photography. Lin Ward and Vicky Boomgaardt invite current or past parents, alumni, and staff—with a spirit of adventure—to paddle the Pelly and Yukon Rivers to historic Dawson City. For fifteen years, current parents Lin Ward and Al Pace ’77 have operated Canoe North Adventures dedicated to exploring Canada's Arctic by canoe. Together, they have guided more than 50 expeditions in the Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut including five trips for Grove alumni and students. Vicky is an experienced wilderness leader having led trips with Outward Bound Canada and in her role as a current teacher at The Grove. If you are interested, and would like to attend an informative presentation, please contact Lin Ward at info@canoenorthadventures.com
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Class News The 1960s Michael Derrick ’63 has retired from teaching after spending 27 years at Graham Creighton Junior High School in Dartmouth. He currently lives in Halifax with his wife Genia and their cat, Amber. Old Boys of his vintage will be happy to hear that Michael’s mother, Katharine Derrick is alive and well and living in Halifax. She has many fond memories of the boys at The Grove, as Michael’s father used to teach there.
Class of ’92 Back Row: Kurosh Burris, Bill Lett, Dave Stephens, Ehren Mendum. 2nd Row: Mark and Josee-Anne Wakefield; Matthew, Franziska, and Lukas Hines; Kristy Hook (Lett) and Petra Lett; Shari Stephens; Melanie and Emerson Mendum. Kneeling: Steve Hutchinson, Sonja Veal, Laura Penny. Front Row: David, Callia, and Elaine Chui (Lee); Katie (Brown), Sandrine, Marco, and Daniel Gagne; Heather, Jason and Aidan Haigh
The 1980s Randal Barker ’83 is Group Legal
appearing in, among other
Congratulations to Anil Patel ’93
Director and Group Company
productions, Saint Joan.
who, with his colleagues, was
Secretary of Resolution plc, a
The 1990s
member of the FTSE 100 index
presented with the Queens’ University Alumni Humanitarian
that comprises the UK’s largest
Crispin Barker ’92 is spending
Award for his work in establishing
public companies. Randal
2006-2007 as a visiting scholar at
The Framework Foundation. The
functions as the company’s chief
the Max Planck Institute for the
Foundation promotes volun-
legal officer and has responsibility
History of Science in Berlin,
teerism within Canadian commu-
for all legal and corporate gover-
Germany, and the Centre Cavaillès
nities. Visit their website at
nance matters across the group.
de l’Ecole Normale Supérieure in
www.frameworkfoundation.ca.
Randal and his wife, Loralie, have
Paris, France, where he is working
three children—Max (6), Zoe (5),
alongside Europe’s leading histo-
and Hugo (2)—and live in
rians of science.
central London.
Nicole (Morgan) Barton ’92 has
Patrick McManus ’88 will be a
relocated to Atyrau, Kazakhstan,
member of the Shaw Festival
where she and her family plan on
company next year (2007 season),
a two to three year stay in this city on the banks of the Ural River.
Honorary Alumnus and former Headmaster Terry Guest has been named a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order. The Royal Victorian Order was established in 1896 by Queen Victoria “as a reward for extraordinary, important or personal services performed for the Sovereign or the Royal Family.” Terry Guest has been recognized for his humanitarian work with Round Square, with whom he has recently retired as their Executive Director.
In June, Chantel Coward ’95 obtained a degree of Doctor of Psychology in Clinical Psychology with highest honours and has since accepted full-time employment at Queen’s University.
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Class News Victoria (Horton) Turner ’95, has
job as an environmental
is currently studying french in
officially become a “mompreneur”
consultant near Halifax.
Dijon, France.
with the successful launch of her stylish baby sling company, Pippalily. Pippalily was featured in The Globe and Mail, November 18, 2006—Style. You can visit her website at www.pippalily.com.
David Anthony ’98 will receive
Meghan Roach ’01 will receive her
both his MD and his Master of
C.A. from the Canadian Institute
Public Health from Columbia
of Chartered Accountants in
University in New York in May,
February 2007. She graduated
2007. His MPH concentrated on
from Queen’s University in 2005
Global Health—he has been
with her B. Comm.
Dawn Danby ’96 has co-authored
involved in the development of
WorldChanging: A User’s Guide to
emergency medical systems in
the 21st Century, (Abrams, Harry
India and Eastern Africa
N Inc.) and has spoken about
(www.emcounter.com). In the
designing for sustainability at
summer of 2007 David will begin
TEDGlobal 2005: Ideas big enough
his residency (location TBA) in
to change the world (Oxford UK),
Emergency Medicine.
Kevin Makowchik ’03, in his final year of the Honours Business Administration Degree at the Richard Ivey School of Business, UWO, was the youngest contestant among 90 hopefuls making pitches to the new CBC-
Subtle Technologies (Toronto),
The 2000s
and Unilever (Sao Paulo). A Canadian liaison for the ’02
Kate Anthony ’00 accepted a
Global Sustainable Design
position at Collingwood School in
Network (Toronto/Ontario), she
Vancouver, BC, where she will be
also researches and maintains the
teaching Grade 3.
sustainable/design/portal as a
TV reality show Dragon’s Den. To make it to this level, contestants were faced with tough questions from corporate financier Sean Wise, who traveled across Canada in search of potential candidates
resource site for product
Joel Allen ’01 graduated in the
for the show. Kevin invented a
designers.
spring with concurrent degrees in
key chain that helps prevent
Business and Health Science after
drunk driving. The device, devel-
Jennifer (McIntosh) West ’97
a “fun and quick” five years at
oped with the help of MADD
spent four years at Mount Allison
Western. He began working for
Canada, can be programmed with
studying math and geology. She
Carpedia International Ltd.
the owner’s personal information
spent one year teaching English in
(consulting) in the fall.
and the amount of alcohol
Japan and travelling, then
consumed to estimate the
attended Dalhousie where she is
Kristin Macrae ’01 received a
person’s blood alcohol over a
now finishing her MSc in Earth
Master of Science Degree with
period of time.
Sciences. She is starting a new
Merit from the London School of Economics in December 2006. She
Keith and Dorothy Scott (former Bursar) celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. (L-R) Dorothy Scott, Major Doug Munro (great grandson of Catharine Parr Traill), Keith Scott, Stephan Grasmuck, and Judy Grasmuck
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(L) Jonathan Brinckman ’78 and Amy Gage Thompsen
Sean Quinn ’82 and Libby Dalrymple
Nik Rishor ’89 and Nancy Sukornyk
Marriages Jonathan Brinckman ’78 married
members attending were Richard
Philip Craig ’91 and Petra Elaine
Amy Gage Thompsen in Portland,
“Swatty” Wotherspoon ’48,
Pedley were married on February
Oregon, on September 23, 2006.
Geordie Dalglish ’89, Peter
25th, 2006 in Kuala Lumpur,
John Lyman ’78 and Tom
Dalglish, Camilla Dalglish, Joel
Malaysia.
Stevenson ’78 attended.
Finlayson ’89, Jake Dudas ’90, Rich Lavery ’89, Fred Wood ’79,
Sean Quinn ’82 and LCS faculty member Libby Dalrymple were married on September 16, 2006. LCS community in attendance were: Terry and Sue Guest, John Paul Beaudoin ’92, Cameron Beaudoin ’88, Mitch Mingie ’82, Stephen Robinson ’82, Scott Ebenhart ’82, Doc and Jose McCubbin, Louise Paoli di Prisco, Vicky Boomgaardt, Todd Harris, and Diane Rogers. Nik Rishor ’89 and Nancy Sukornyk were married on September 2, 2006 at the A.W. Mackenzie Chapel by Father Glenn Empey. Grove community
(Top) Craig Wedding (L-R) David Craig '89, Annabel Craig '00, Hershey Beharry '92, Best Man Justin Minns '91, Philip, and Petra Elaine (Bottom) Lamont Wedding (L-R) Sue Holland ’95, Scott Ross ’95, Heather Patterson '95, Davin MacIntosh '95, Erica Chellew '95, Andrew Johnston '95, Tam Matthews, Chris Howard ’95, Jan Matthews, Jamie Lamont '93, Linsay Anderson ’95, Todd Lamont '95, Richard and Pat Life
Douglas Rishor ’57, Sigrid Rishor, Charles Rishor ’93 and Best Man David Rishor ’89.
Todd Lamont ’95 and Lindsay Anderson (photo opposite) were married on June 24th, 2006 in Lakefield.
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Julian West and Jennifer McIntosh ’97
Jennifer Scott ’98 and Mike Wellman
Andres Vergara and Daisy Surjo ’98
Jennifer McIntosh ’97 married
Daisy Surjo ’98 married Andres
Arsenault ’04, Megan Walsh ’00,
Julian West in the summer of
Vergara on May 21, 2005 in Kansas
Dave and Marg Walsh, Gerry and
2006.
City, MO. Andres is from Kansas
Sandra Bird, Katie Hadden ’00,
City, KS, but met Daisy in Hawaii
Kate Anthony ’00, Mark
when he was stationed there with
Sunderland ’00, Tara Gilchrist
the US Army in 2000. Daisy is a
’00, Leslie Najgebauer ’01.
Jennifer Scott ’98 was married to Mike Wellman on June 3, 2006 at King Valley Golf Course in King City, Ontario. Brendan Dunn ’98 and Nik Van Haeren ’98 were in
family therapist working with families through the Child Welfare System.
LCS staff member Carol Todd and Mark Jorgensen were married on September 29, 2006 at the
attendance. Carolyne Mondoux ’00 and Dave
Lakefield Legion. Many Grove
Tennant ’99 were married on July
staff joined in their celebration.
2, 2005 outside of Ottawa. Their courtship began at The Grove on September 28, 1998. Jess Arsenault ’00 and Graham Thoem (of Burlington, Ontario) were married on October 7, 2006 at Viamede Resort. LCS community in attendance included: Jill (Arsenault) Dewing ’03, Joss
(Left) Front Row (L-R) Dave Tennant ‘99, Carolyne Mondoux ‘00; 2nd Row (L-R) Heather Konecny ‘00, Ashley Royer ‘00, Robyn Hardage ‘00, Valerie Mondoux ’97, Laura Reesor ‘04; Back Row (L-R) Mark Reesor ‘99, Jenn Reesor ‘01, Mike McRae ‘99 (Middle) Graham Thoem and Jess Arsenault ’00 (Bottom Right) Carol and Mark Jorgensen and their children
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Matthew Malone
Charlotte Coates
Michelle and Peter Grose ’91 with Samantha
Births Mona and Kevin Malone ’77
their first child, a daughter,
June 20, 2006 and weighing 10 lbs
announce the arrival of Matthew
Samantha Elizabeth on January
7 ozs.
Jack Henry on October 18, 2006
10, 2006, in Aurora, Ontario. Lisa, Clint, and Aidan (4) Clarke,
weighing 6 lbs 12 ozs. Franziska and Matthew Hines ’92
welcomed Cohen Nikolas
Charlotte Grace Coates was born
welcomed Lukas Sebastian on
weighing 7 lbs 11 ozs on
on Sunday, October 22, 2006
March 17, 2006 in Toronto.
September 25, 2006, in
weighing 7 lbs 13 ozs to parents Nicole and Steve Coates ’90.
Peterborough. Lisa works in the Melanie and Ehren Mendum ’92 are pleased to announce the birth
Michelle and Peter Grose ’91 are
Communications & Constituent Relations Office.
of their baby boy, Emerson, born
thrilled to announce the birth of
Lukas Hines
Matthew Hines ’92 and Ehren Mendum ’92 with Lukas and Emerson
Cohen Clarke
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In Our Memories Donald Gordon ’45 on March 17, 2006. Brother of the
Albert Branscombe on October 25, 2006. Former
late Michael Gordon ’53.
School Bursar from 1955 to 1982.
Jeremy C. Sams ’57 on June 15th, 2006.
Donald Bark on November 5, 2006. Father of John Bark ’70.
Gary O'Neill ’65 in Campbellford on June 25, 2006. Larry Soder on November 8, 2006 at his home in Mary Rogers on August 23, 2006. Mother of David Rogers ’73. Jim Massie on September 19, 2006. Father of former
Lakefield. Father of Amanda Soder ’98 and Mark Soder ’00. Bill Hamilton ’42 on November 26, 2006.
Board Chair Marilynn Booth and grandfather of Rob Booth ’98.
Laura Gainey on December 9, 2006. Sister of Anna Gainey ’96 and Colleen Gainey ’03, and daughter of
William Errington ’42 on October 1, 2006 in
Bob Gainey.
Newmarket. Brother of Joseph Errington ’41 and the late Philip Errington ’42.
Clarence Coons ’59 on December 16, 2006 in Kemptville, Ontario.
David Perry ’80 on October 3, 2006. Son of Peter Perry ’42.
Ismay Needham, mother of John Needham ’90 on December 21, 2006 at Toronto Western Hospital.
Elizabeth Bierk on October 12, 2006 at her home in Peterborough, Ontario. Mother of Nicholas Bierk ’03
Harold Matthews on January 1, 2007. Father of
and Charlie Bierk ’05; step-mother to Sebastian
Timothy Matthews ’80 and brother of former
Bierk ’86.
Headmaster Jack Matthews.
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From the Archives This is a photo from our Archives with the caption “Chapel Choir Picture� 1965 to 1966. Can you help us fill in the missing names? Please contact Richard Johnston at rjohnston@lcs.on.ca or phone 705.652.3324 Ext. 343.
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