Mulgrave Annual Report 2016-2017

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2 016 2 017 OUR REPORT TO THE COMMUNITY

I N S P I R I N G E X C E L L E N C E I N E D U C AT I O N A N D L I F E

Contents Message from the Head of School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Message from the Board Chair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Mission, Vision and Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Who We Are . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Strategic Plan Update 2016–2020 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Our Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Our Divisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Curriculum and Academic Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 University Acceptances and Programmes of Study . . . . . . 16 Mulgrave School Alumni Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Creative & Performing Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Athletics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Outdoor Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Student Life: Service and Leadership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 GEx & International-Mindedness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Mulgrave Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Thank You, Mulgrave! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Governance & Leadership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 The History of the Name Mulgrave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 1

Letter from Our Head of School, John Wray Dear Members of the Mulgrave Community, Every year, we produce our annual report to the community and see it as an opportunity to highlight our collective achievements and celebrate our successes. What I most enjoy about the process is the chance to reflect on the myriad ways we come together to provide our children with the best possible support and educational experience.

We are embarking on the second year of our strategic plan, Making Mulgrave Everything We Can Be, and it is exciting to see how much we have already been able to achieve. Our commitment to making a Mulgrave education more personalised has resulted in the hiring of more outstanding teachers and the development of additional academic options. Our IB curriculum has also been enriched by the integration of high-level, modern life skills, including research skills, critical thinking, and creativity. As part of our efforts to make education more applied and international, we developed our GEx service learning programme, sent a group of students to Ladakh, India and encouraged our students to participate in authentic action across all grades. Finally, as we John Wray

extend our Mulgrave education through enhanced co-curricular opportunities, we have been able to provide our students with the following: 62 Upper School clubs, 51 LEAP elective options, and 40 Junior School co-curricular activities. This includes our three new Junior School Sports Academies that have been such a great hit. And that is just for the fall!

It is one thing to believe that what we are doing is exceptional, but it is another to have that belief

Head of School

validated. This past year, we reached a significant milestone as the outcome of a synchronised visit from the International Baccalaureate Organisation (IBO), Canadian Accredited Independent School (CAIS) association, and the Council of International Schools (CIS) resulted in Mulgrave becoming the first Canadian school to receive CIS accreditation. This was a rigorous exercise that measured Mulgrave against the highest national and international standards and is a remarkable achievement; one that we should all be very proud of since it elevates our international reputation and visibility.

We did, indeed, have an outstanding 2016-2017 academic year, and so I hope you will enjoy perusing this snapshot of all we accomplished. As we immerse ourselves in this next school year and continue to work together to ‘Inspire Excellence in Education and Life’, I look forward to sharing many more moments that we can celebrate as a community.

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Letter from Our Board Chair, Harry Wierenga Dear Members of the Mulgrave Community, This fall marks the start of Mulgrave’s 24th year, and I am proud to say that I have been an active member of this very special community for 22 of those years. All three of our daughters are Mulgrave graduates, and we have had the pleasure of witnessing firsthand the positive effects of a Mulgrave education. Our gratitude for that runs deep, and so I am very pleased to be able to give back to our community as Chair of the Board of Directors, serving our families as our Board sets the strategic direction of the school.

The success we have achieved in such a short time is remarkable, and I hope that you’ll join me in congratulating all of the people who have played a role in transforming Mulgrave into the school it is today, from our founding families to our newest community members. As is Mulgrave tradition, however, we will never be complacent and will always find ways to improve and optimise the education we offer. We have again reached new levels of success in the IB Diploma and retained our number one ranking in the BC Fraser Institute rankings. Our students have again Harry Wierenga

gained places in some of the world’s most competitive universities and received honours in athletics, the performing arts, and service. We have broken ground on our West Wing Extension and look forward to witnessing the tremendous impact that these new learning spaces will have on our students. We know that it will be significant and that the benefits will extend to students from the ELC to our Senior School. Since we all have something to gain, I hope you will join the early MPower donors in providing the support we need to see this project to fruition. I thank

Chair of Mulgrave’s Board of Directors

you, in advance, for your participation and generosity.

Above all, I would like to thank every Mulgrave stakeholder for the dedication you have shown to our mission and vision. Mulgrave’s very fabric is defined by the people who live out our purpose, which is to provide our children with an unparalleled educational and highly rewarding personal experience, and every student, teacher, parent, staff member, and alum contributes to the strength and diversity that characterises our school.

Please enjoy this annual report and the smiling faces you’ll find inside. It is only a glimpse into all that epitomises a Mulgrave education, but even that peek gives you a sense of the strong and accomplished community we are fortunate to call our own.

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Mission, Vision and Values MEETING OUR MISSION

OUR VALUES

Inspiring Excellence in Education and Life

At Mulgrave we believe:

The Mulgrave report to the community celebrates our achievements and demonstrates how we meet our mission through the education we provide. This annual publication is distributed to current parents, alumni, alumni families, staff, and local community leaders. The 2016–2017 report covers the school year starting in September 2016 and ending October 2017.

This report contains only a small selection of our collective achievements. We hope you enjoy reading it and welcome your feedback.

• Individual values are based on personal integrity and acting with respect towards others.

OUR VISION By inspiring excellence – the continuous pursuit of personal best – in education and life, Mulgrave strives to equip lifelong learners to thrive in a culturally diverse and interdependent world and to embrace, with passion and confidence, their responsibility always to do their best to support others and to make a difference by serving their communities, both locally and in the world at large.

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• Our sense of community and friendship is founded on humility, empathy, commitment, and inclusion.

• Lifelong learning is built upon curiosity, creativity, and innovative thinking.

• A global perspective and environmental and social responsibility are central to becoming true world citizens.

• All members of our community strive for balance and understand that achieving one’s personal best should be enjoyable.

Who We Are

THE MULGRAVE DIFFERENCE • Highly skilled, committed teachers who provide our students with exceptional individual care

Mulgrave is a co-ed, secular International Baccalaureate (IB) World School predominantly serving the Northshore of Vancouver.

• Low student-to-teacher ratios allow for personalised, highquality teaching and learning

As an independent day school with a reputation for academic excellence and for providing a broad, holistic education, we offer the IB curriculum in Pre-K through to Grade 12 in a spectacular West Vancouver setting:

• A broad, holistic education that focusses on the development of the whole child

• Primary Years Programme (Pre-K to Grade 5)

• The IB Continuum of programmes that not only develop modern skills and knowledge, but also ensure students can acquire conceptual understanding and high-level analytical skills

• Middle Years Programme (Grade 6 to 10) • Diploma Programme (Grade 11 and 12) Academic, athletic, artistic, and service & leadership opportunities comprise the four strands of a Mulgrave education, and they are enriched by a robust outdoor education programme that strengthens our students’ connection to and respect for our natural world. Our well-being is celebrated, but giving back and making a difference through both local and international projects are integral elements of the Mulgrave experience.

• The best developmental progression of learning that provides students with the essential skills and personal qualities for happiness and success in life • A rich array of co-curricular opportunities that feed students’ passions and pique their interests • A close-knit community with a shared purpose to provide our children with the best possible education • A beautiful learning environment that actively supports student achievement • An innovative school with a growing reputation for its leading practices within Canada and beyond 5

Strategic Plan Update 2016–2017 The strategic plan Mulgrave 2020: Making Mulgrave Everything We Can Be was approved by the Mulgrave Board of Directors in May 2016.

It established ambitious goals to further develop our already outstanding education programme.

We aim to make our education more:

Whole School Level

• Personalised (learning, curriculum and support) (so that all students can achieve their potential academically and ultimately create a range of university options)

• Completed further work to refine the curriculum from PK-12 to ensure better progression from one grade to another

• Enriched with 21st century skills (so that students can further systematically develop these key life skills for the future that will differentiate them from other academic high flyers) • Applied to authentic real world contexts (so that students are able to apply their skills in authentic contexts and further develop an understanding of concepts and ideas in a real world setting) • Extended through enhanced co-curricular provision (so that students can pursue their interests and passions, further develop their skills and establish lifelong interests and commitments) • International (so that students can live and work happily and successfully in a range of cultures and countries) to prepare our children to lead fulfilled, successful and meaningful lives in the rapidly changing, international world mid-21st century.

In the first year of our new strategic plan, we have been able to begin work on a number of long-term changes, as well as implement more immediate improvements. We have been working on a number of fronts but included here are some of the highlights from various divisions of the school.

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• Made improvements in the ways in which teachers use assessment data to improve learning • As a pilot, introduced improved feedback to students, required them to engage in this feedback, and made it available to parents • Further introduced the teaching of 21st century skills alongside the concepts and content being taught in the Unit of Inquiry and MYP/DP subjects • Achieved International Certification from the Council of International Schools (CIS) for our work in developing students as global citizens

In the Senior School (G10–12) • Improved DP subject - choices through the introduction of Higher Level Economics and Philosophy courses • Introduced Character Education as a subject to focus on key life and learning skills

In the Middle School (G7–9) • Introduced the GEx Programme for students in Grade 7, 8 and 9 with wide choices, locally and overseas for service learning

In the Junior School (K–G6) • Worked on making our lines of inquiry more student-determined and on developing in our students the self-management skills and knowledge to do this effectively • Expanded the Associate Teacher scheme into G3 • Further enhanced the co-curricular programme, especially in athletics for K–G4

In the Early Learning Centre • Introduced a more rigorous literacy and handwriting scheme • Focussed on developing student action as a result of inquiry • Promoted the use of mother tongue in learning activities

Other Highlights • In the fall, Mulgrave received outstanding accreditation and evaluation reports from the Council of International Schools and the International Baccalaureate.

• Our parents contributed generously to our MPower capital campaign, and this allowed us to commence work on the new West Wing Extension.

• We launched our international brand: Mulgrave School, The International School of Vancouver.

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Our Community The Mulgrave community is known for its unity and tireless efforts to make our school the best it can be. Shared values and a common purpose strengthen our ties as we all strive together to provide our children with an exceptional, holistic education that will not only prepare them for university but that will also encourage them to become happy, deeply satisfied individuals and responsible, contributing citizens.

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FACULTY AND STAFF There is no doubt it is the quality of teaching and learning that underpins any student’s success at school, and Mulgrave is blessed with an outstanding teaching faculty. They are dedicated and skilled IB teaching professionals who are passionate about education and who work daily to improve their craft.

They care deeply for the well-being of their students and place a strong emphasis on developing positive relationships in order to facilitate personal and academic growth.

STUDENTS

PARENTS

Inspiring excellence in education and life is our mission. We go to great lengths to ensure our students receive the personalised guidance, care, and support they need to find their passions, become lifelong learners, and grow into their roles as stewards of a changing world. Our students continually inspire us, and we are grateful to them for the many gifts and talents they generously share with our school, local, and global communities.

Parents are essential to the success of our school. They are key partners in the achievement of our common goals. With their invaluable support and input, we strive collaboratively to help our students reach their true potential. Whether involved as organisers for our many community-building events, as magicians behind our theatre productions, or as reading and art helpers in the classrooms, our parents share the Mulgrave vision of inspiring excellence in education and life. We are incredibly thankful for their outstanding participation and support.

MVP The Mulgrave Volunteer Parents Association (MVP) helps coordinate all parent volunteer, social, and fundraising activities with the school. Working together with staff and parents, the MVP’s primary goal is to enhance Mulgrave’s sense of community and foster a broad-based spirit of participation. We are so appreciative of their generous donation of time and energy year upon year. The MVP is comprised of passionate, dedicated individuals who radiate warmth and inclusivity, and they make our school a better place.

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Our Divisions EARLY LEARNING CENTRE (PRE-K 3 & 4)

• IB Primary Years Programme (PYP) – outstanding preparation for formal schooling • Highly trained and experienced teachers and assistants • 1:8 teacher to child ratio • Focus on developing socialisation and basic learning skills in a play- and inquirybased environment

• Termly field trips around the community and guest speakers to support learning and development • Wonderful purpose-built facility • Specialist teachers for PE and music • Introduction to Mandarin Chinese

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JUNIOR SCHOOL (KINDERGARTEN TO GRADE 6) • Caring and nurturing teachers – small class sizes

• Teacher associates in G4-6 and in specialist classes

• Two fully certified teachers in all K-3 classrooms

• Specialist teachers for PE, Music and additional languages (French and Mandarin) • Director of Teaching & Learning and curriculum coordinators to enhance student learning

• IB Primary Years Programme (PYP) as the core academic programme

• iPads in Grade 2-6 classes to provide technologyenhanced learning

• Dual-stream Mandarin programme: native and non-native speakers

• Extensive co-curricular programme, both before and after school

• Engaging and dynamic learning environment

• G6 follows the MYP curriculum to ease the transition into Middle School

• Inquiry-based approach to teaching and learning • Focus on developing a wide

range of 21st

century skills

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MIDDLE SCHOOL (GRADES 7–9) • IB Middle Years Programme (MYP) as the core academic programme • A range of personalised course offerings through the Learning Enrichment and Personalisation (LEAP) elective programme • Strong pastoral care and mentoring through a 1-to-1 advisory programme • A Life Skills course that teaches a range of metacognitive skills, including a strong focus on social-emotional learning • All students develop MYPassport, a summative digital portfolio, which supports the intentional focus and growth in areas beyond academics (leadership, intercultural skills, selfmanagement, creativity, action, and service) • Well-rounded education with a focus on personal growth 12

• Established bring your own device (BYOD) technology integration with a focus on the development of digital literacy and citizenship skills • A comprehensive offering of cocurricular activities to support growth, development, and exposure in arts, athletics, leadership, and service • A Global Experiential Learning Programme in which students expand their educational experiences, further develop their real-world and intercultural skills, and engage in meaningful and impactful service learning • Extensive leadership opportunities for all students to develop their leadership potential

SENIOR SCHOOL (GRADES 10–12) • IB Diploma Programme (DP) in Grades 11 and 12 • Outstanding preparation for university and beyond • Focus on developing critical thinking, research, social, communication, and self-management skills, alongside rigorous diploma course content

• An IB Core requirement to engage in global issues, interdisciplinary learning, and committed social service • An innovative ‘advisory’ pastoral structure to help build independence and offer 1-to-1 support

• An innovative Character Education course provided for Grades 10-12, aiming at developing life skills beyond a classroom environment • A growing Enrichment Programme of lunchtime lectures, distinguished speakers, and interdisciplinary expeditions/trips • Personal university counselling services and regular Canadian, UK, and US university fairs • Comprehensive leadership opportunities in a variety of contexts (academics, creative arts, athletics, and service)

• A comprehensive programme of extra-curricular activities, focussed on the personalisation of learning experiences and co-led by students and teachers • Emphasis on four strands: Academics, Arts, Athletics, and Service, enhanced by an outstanding Outdoor Education programme • Students graduate with a prestigious double qualification — the IB Diploma and BC Dogwood Certificate

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Curriculum and Academic Performance

GRADE 4 & 7 FOUNDATION SKILLS ASSESSMENT

Mulgrave offers the International Baccalaureate programme to all students. We believe the IB is the best education available today to help prepare our students for tomorrow.

It is through an IB education that we can equip our students to become true global citizens, and develop the skills and qualities they need to thrive in their future lives.

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DIPLOMA PASS RATE

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2017 Mulgrave

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52.5% of students scored over 35

CLASS OF 2017

24 Students will be attending university in the

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IB EXAM RESULTS

37 Students will be attending university in

96%

2017

% OF STUDENTS SCORING 35+

Our results for 2016—2017 are strong overall and continue a trend of high performance in key areas.

A brief overview of examination results is provided.

AVERAGE POINTS SCORE & % OF STUDENTS SCORING 35+ AVERAGE POINTS SCORE

ACHIEVEMENT RESULTS

Junior School Fraser Institute 2016-2017: Mulgrave is ranked number one in the province for the fifth year in a row.

CANADA USA

5 Students will be attending university INTERNATIONALLY 3 Students will be taking a

GAP YEAR

GRADE 10 & 12 PROVINCIAL EXAMINATIONS Under the new BC Ministry of Education guidelines, our Grade 10 students are no longer required to write provincial exams. Our Grade 12 students all met provincial requirements through their IB courses.

A new set of provincial exams for graduation are being rolled out over the next two years.

The International Baccalaureate aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable, and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect.

IB DP RESULTS Mulgrave’s IB Diploma examination results were yet again the best in school history and continue the trend of improved results year-on-year. Sixty-one students presented as Diploma candidates and wrote the full range of IB examinations in May 2017. Ninety-eight percent (98.3%) of our diploma candidates achieved the full IB Diploma.

2017 highlights include: • Highest average point score of students who passed the full diploma (34.8 points from 34.4 in 2016)

• Maintained the highest % of students in Mulgrave history to achieve 40 or more points (14.8% in both 2016 and 2017) • Highest % of students in Mulgrave history to achieve 35 or more points (54.1 from 51.8% in 2016)

• Maintained highest average grade achieved by students passing the diploma (5.4 in both 2016 and 2017) • The average school grade exceeded the worldwide average in 89% (25/28) of the subjects taught at Mulgrave (89% in 2015) • Twelve students (19.7%) achieved a bilingual diploma in Persian (3) and Chinese (9) (18.5% in 2016)

All of our statistics from this year are considerably above worldwide averages and represent a further strengthening of Mulgrave’s already high academic standards.

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University Acceptances and Programmes of Study The Class of 2017 is an ambitious, caring, and tenacious group of students who demonstrate a genuine curiosity about the world. Their Mulgrave education has prepared them to be true global citizens and has instilled in them the humility, knowledge, and confidence to make a difference. Strong in knowledge, armed with solid values, high-level skills, and great determination, they are ready for the journey ahead. Their academic achievements and investment in their passions have earned them acceptances from the following universities:

CANADA Acadia University Bishop’s University Capilano University Carleton University Dalhousie University Emily Carr University of Art & Design Langara College McGill University

PROGRAMMES OF STUDY McMaster University Queen’s University Ryerson University Simon Fraser University University of Alberta University of British Columbia – Okanagan – Vancouver University of Calgary

University of Guelph University of New Brunswick University of Ottawa University of Toronto University of Victoria University of Waterloo Western University Wilfrid Laurier University

DePaul University Dartmouth College Duke University Elon University Emerson College Emory University Hamilton College Maryland Institute College of Art Marymount Manhattan College New York University Northeastern University Northwestern University Oberlin College of Arts & Sciences Rice University Santa Clara University

School of the Art Institute of Chicago Skidmore College Stanford University The New School – Parsons School of Design Tufts University University of California – Berkeley – Davis – Los Angeles – Santa Barbara – San Diego University of Chicago University of Michigan University of North Carolina School of the Arts University of Pennsylvania

University College Maastricht University of Aberdeen University of Bath University of Edinburgh University of Glasgow

University of Manchester University of Oxford University of St. Andrews University of Warwick Yokohama National University

Number of students.

2016 (58)

2017 (65)

UNITED STATES American University Amherst College Art Center College of Design Bates College Boston College Boston University Brandeis University California College of the Arts California Institute of the Arts Carnegie Mellon University Case Western Reserve University Chapman University Claremont McKenna College Colby College College of William & Mary Colorado School of Mines

Science

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Engineering 5

Social Sciences/ 27 Liberal Arts Business

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Fine Arts

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Kinesiology

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Medicine

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Specialty 11 Programmes*

* Dual Programmes, Media Studies, Physiotherapy

UNIVERSITY PLACEMENT Number of students.

2016 (61)

2017 (69)

INTERNATIONAL Australian National University Durham University King’s College London Newcastle University University College London 16

CANADA 37

INTERNATIONAL 5

USA

GAP year

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Mulgrave School Alumni Association Community at Mulgrave is the heart and soul of our school.

From admissions to graduation, we foster relationships with families and students who come from all over the world, providing our alumni with a thriving network both locally and internationally. Having cultivated strong bonds throughout their time at Mulgrave, parents, alumni, and students are able to tap into this network for guidance

and mentorship. In our short alumni lifespan, our graduates have excelled in a variety ways in their educational studies, career pursuits, and philanthropic endeavours. With an Alumni Association formed in 2012 and an Alumni Advisory Board appointed in the spring of 2017, a dedicated group of graduates are working to provide a supportive framework to ensure we create meaningful experiences for our alumni to connect and engage with the school, their peers, alumni families, and staff.

HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE • The establishment of Mulgrave’s first Alumni Advisory Board with a leadership team made up of teachers, faculty, the Head of School, and alumni ranging from the Class of 2004 to 2014 • A trip to Ontario to connect with our Toronto and London alumni – this included campus tours, pub nights, meet-ups, and dinners with Mulgrave’s Alumni Relations Manager and Senior School teacher, Hazel Chee • Mulgrave’s Class of 2006 10-year reunion • The 6th annual Alumni Basketball Game & Winter Social, held at Mulgrave • The publication of our third edition of Cypress Magazine, Mulgrave’s annual alumni magazine • The annual Alumni Summer Kickoff held at Mulgrave, featuring a rugby game with current students challenging our alumni From top to bottom: Samantha Tsuruda, 2006 Daniela Martin, 2015 Antonia Kolic, 2008 Matthew Pallone, 2008

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Creative and Performing Arts at Mulgrave

UPPER SCHOOL • Senior School Production of Against Progress • Fall Fusion Concert • Cross-Divisional Choral & Band Nights (G5-12) • Upper School Holiday Concert • Gastown ‘Yule Duel’ • Middle School Production of Fantastic Mr. Fox • G10-12 Canadian Rocky Mountain Festival (Banff)

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• A variety of guest instructors gave in-house workshops on music, dance, and theatre from around the world

JUNIOR SCHOOL & ELC

• G7-12 Kiwanis Choral Festival

• Junior School Production of Once Upon a Cautionary Tale (retellings of traditional fairy tales)

• Inaugural Music in the Garden Festival

• ELC to Grade 6 Winter and Spring Concerts

• G7-9 Artsapalooza

• G2-6 Music Recitals

• Zoom Film Festival

• Goh Ballet Recitals

• G7-9 Whistler Con Brio Festival

The arts are a universal form of human expression and a unique way of knowing that engage us in affective, imaginative, and productive activity. Learning through the arts helps us to explore, shape, and communicate our sense of identity and understanding of the world, while providing opportunities to develop self-confidence, resilience, and adaptability. 2016–2017 highlights include:

• G11 Visual Arts students collaborated with artist Amy Heustis on a six week new media Vancouver Biennale project exhibited in Group 6 show

• Participation in BCSFF (BC Student Film Festival) • DP Group 6 Arts Exhibition featuring interactive displays and performances • Visual Arts students featured in ISABC, West Vancouver Memorial Library, and Ferry Building Shows • Visual Arts students entered various competitions, winning various prizes including Sears design competition (1st prize), Scholastic Arts awards, Google, Converse, etc.

Titans Athletics

2016–2017 UPPER SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS

Mulgrave offers a rich variety of athletic opportunities that enable our student-athletes in G3-12 to flourish in a number of individual and team sports. Through competition in the North Shore Secondary School Athletics Association (NSSSAA), the Greater Vancouver Independent Schools Athletic Association (GVISAA), Independent Schools Athletic Association (ISAA), and the Independent Schools Elementary Association (ISEA), our coaches support our studentathletes as they strive for athletic excellence and personal best.

Strong emphasis is also placed on sportsmanship, leadership, teamwork, character development, and respect for others.

Lower Mainland/Howe Sound Zone Championships • Sr. Girls Basketball – Gold • Sr. Boys Basketball – Gold • Sr. Boys Soccer – Bronze • Sr. Boys Volleyball – Bronze ISAA/ISEA Championships • G7A Boys Basketball – Silver • G8 Boys Basketball – Gold • Jr. Boys Soccer – Silver

2016–2017 JUNIOR SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS

GVISAA Champions • Jr. Girls Volleyball – Gold

Our Junior School students participated in the following sports events in the ISEA (Independent Schools Elementary Athletic Association) league:

Provincial Championships • Sr. Girls Basketball – 2nd • Sr. Boys Basketball – 14th • Swim Team • Cross Country Team

Individual Accomplishments • Charlotte Armstrong – 33rd in the province for Cross Country • Jordan Henderson – Named to 1st Team All Star in Basketball • Nelli Larjava – Named Top Defensive Player in the Province

Fall Season • G3-6 Cross-Country Running • G5 and 6 Girls Volleyball • G5 and 6 Boys Soccer Winter Season • G3-6 Swimming • G5 and 6 Girls Basketball • G5 and 6 Boys Basketball Spring Season • G5-6 Boys Rugby • G5 Girls Soccer • G6 Girls Soccer • The G6 Girls Soccer team played in the ISEA tournament, competing against teams with G6 and 7 players, and took first place.

WELL DONE! Over two decades, the supportive Mulgrave community has raised more than $300,000 for the Terry Fox Foundation and the Heart and Stroke Foundation through our Terry Fox Run and Jump Rope for Heart programmes.

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Outdoor Education Mulgrave offers a vibrant Outdoor Education programme that engages all K-12 students in experiences outside of the classroom. We value the opportunity for students to make links between outdoor education and their classroom learning experiences. For this reason, we offer activities throughout the year for students to engage in these experiential learning opportunities.

• G4-5: Camp Elphinstone and Fircom • G6: Loon Lake, Maple Ridge • G7: Camp Potlatch, Sunshine Coast

Through multi-sensory learning in nature-based contexts, Mulgrave’s Outdoor Education programme builds resilience in its students, along with an appreciation for our natural surroundings, and the skills to actively participate in, and advocate for, our remarkable local region.

• G8: Choice Options: Marriot Basin – Backpacking Squamish – Mountain Biking Squamish – Rock Climbing Sechelt Inlet – Kayaking Alouette Lake – Canoeing

FALL CAMPS

• G9: Choice Options: Garibaldi Provincial Park – Backpacking Squamish – Mountain Biking Squamish – Rock Climbing Gulf Islands – Kayaking Pitt Lake – Canoeing

Starting with an overnight ‘camp’ at the school for Grade 3, the programme is designed to take students through a progression of physical and mental challenges which are authentic and age appropriate. The ability to face and overcome such challenges helps build self-esteem by demonstrating to participants that they can thrive in a variety of physical and social environments.

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• G3: Camp Mulgrave

• G10: Multi-disciplinary trip to Good Hope Cannery Rivers Inlet

SUMMIT LEAP PROGRAMME

DUKE OF EDINBURGH’S AWARD

This elective programme strives to provide students with the opportunity to develop a broad understanding of outdoor skills and knowledge. Through a two-year progression, students will advance from basic skills and experiences through to the application of more advanced skills and knowledge to the expedition environment in a safe and competent manner.

Founded in 1956 by Prince Philip, this worldwide programme of distinction allows youths to develop a sense of responsibility to themselves and to their community. At Mulgrave, students actively participate in adventurous journeys at all three award levels. These trips are planned, organised, and implemented by the students.

Summit 1 • Activities participated in: hiking, canoeing, rock climbing, snowshoeing, skiing, mountain biking, kayaking, stand-up paddle boarding, orienteering • Year-end Expedition: Indian Arm – Kayaking

Summit 2 • Activities participated in: expedition skill development, trail building, wilderness first aid, avalanche awareness, kayaking, kayak rescue skills, rock climbing, winter camping skills

2016–2017 School Year Adventurous Journeys: Bronze • Mount Seymour - Snowshoe Winter Camping • Squamish - Rock Climbing Silver • Pitt Lake – Canoeing • Garibaldi Provincial Park – Backpacking Gold • Ladakh India – Backpacking

• Fall Expedition: Garibaldi Provincial Park – Backpacking • Winter Expedition: Mount Seymour – Snow Caving • Spring Expedition: Gulf Islands – Kayaking

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Student Life: Service and Leadership PASSPORT: EXPERIENCE – ENGAGE – EVOLVE Passport is the new hub of student experiential and service learning beyond the classroom. It is the home of real-world learning via application, extension, enrichment, and engagement that we feel will give our students the breadth and depth to find their place and change their world. The Passport programme is a new summative project introduced this year in Grades 7-12, which will eventually be embraced on different levels from PreK-12. It provides students with new opportunities to engage in a range of learning and leadership experiences outside the classroom.

It is also a place to unveil, highlight, and recognise successes and achievements across school, community and beyond, locally and globally, within a broader set of areas: Leadership, Personal Health and Wellness, Global Intercultural, Creativity, Activity, Service and Academics and Projects. This showcase of learning will also become part of their annual Record of Achievement (RoA).

Through the evidence students share, they will illustrate their learning in the skill areas we believe are vital to prepare our students to lead fulfilled, successful, and meaningful lives in the rapidly changing, international world, mid-21st century.

DP CAS CAPSTONE: CREATIVITY, ACTIVITY, SERVICE & MORE At the heart of Mulgrave’s service and leadership initiatives is the CAS Capstone programme, an integral part of the DP curriculum that inspires students to become engaged in local and global creative pursuits, citizenship and student voice, physical activity and wellness, and service learning and volunteerism.

The DP CAS Capstone requires all Grade 11-12 students to engage in a personalised, authentic service learning project, develop an ongoing personal health and wellness plan, and embark on a global-local CAS (Creativity, Activity, Service) community engagement initiative during their two-year Diploma Programme, as part of a culminating Mulgrave and IB ‘social good’ learning experience.

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our project work with the Council of International Schools (CIS); and expectations of the new DP-CAS guide and the BC Ministry of Education Graduation Transitions requirements. It also fits within a larger framework of the Mulgrave Passport, which seeks to engage students in a broader, deeper, and authentic range of critical 21st century skills and experiences beyond CAS, including leadership and intercultural awareness. Finally, the CAS Capstone incorporates our commitment to getting students out into the real world where they can explore different personal and/or professional interests and extend their graduation portfolio for university applications.

As students engage in CAS Capstone commitments, they participate in service as leaders who actively build community by connecting with others and striving to become compassionate, altruistic global citizens.

Some of the local and global partnership organisations with whom we are involved: • WE Charity and Me to We

• RainCity Housing

• BC Children’s Hospital

• Terry Fox Foundation

• Backpack Buddies from the Community First Foundation

• West Vancouver Streamkeepers

• Books for Me!

• World Partnership Walk: Aga Khan Foundation

• Cinderella Project • Kids Help Phone • Students Rebuild • Qmunity • Project Backpack: Directions Youth Services Centre • Hollyburn Family Services • Insight Global Education • Esther’s Echo • North Shore Harvest Project • Heart and Stroke Foundation

“We talk a lo t about Mul gr ave having an am azin g sense of communit y, but I don’t th ink th at its tr ue war mth real ly sets in until af ter you’ve joined an init iative. Th e lesson s th at Mul grave ha s taught me through the Se nior Serv ice Action Counc il an d Theatr e Depar tment are immea su rable.”

Ava Thompson

LEADERSHIP

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A familiar adage states: “Leadership is about action, not position.”

At Mulgrave, leadership is not a title, nor is it exclusive. Our goal is to open doors and get students involved in learning to lead from different places and spaces of interest. Leadership encompasses a broad spectrum of student engagement across the strands in arts, athletics, student voice, service, outdoor education, school clubs, community volunteerism, and other school partnerships. This year, we again focussed on developing community engagement through enhancing student voice, building a more distributed leadership model for youth, and refining our efforts to support mental health and wellness, inclusivity, and intercultural understanding.

SCHOOL PREFECTS 2016-2017

MORE STUDENT LEADERSHIP TEAMS

1. Nicholas Belluk (Head Boy)

• Junior School Leadership Team

2. Michael Calder 3. Matthew Cho 4. Isabella Edmonds

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• Middle and Senior Service Action Councils (SAC)

5. Aria Guld

• Mulgrave Middle and Senior Student Voice

6. Daisy Harris (Head Girl)

• Arts Council • Athletics Council

7. Jordan Henderson (Deputy Head Girl)

• House Leadership Team

8. Kevin Hu (Deputy Head Boy)

• Mulgrave Emergency Response Team (MERT)

9. Jacob McKenzie Mulgrave Emergency Response Team (MERT) ▼

• Middle School Ambassadors

10. Nicole Stanton

• Global Nomads

• HeadsUp: Mental Health and Wellness Team

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GEx Global Experiential Learning Expeditions: Educate. Engage. Change.

The Global Experiential Learning Expeditions (GEx) is a new, comprehensive global engagement and service learning leadership programme for all students in the Middle School. In Grade 9, the pilot programme focused on a service learning ‘week without walls’ that took place over the week before the May break. The programme also includes critical pre- and post-experience leadership and learning modules. All G9 students were required to participate in an innovative multi-grade global or local GEx Expedition. A select group of G7-8s also had the unique opportunity to pilot a GEx Expedition to Thailand over the March break, and all our G7-8 students embarked on a GEx Engage week of experiential learning at school beyond the regular curriculum and classroom, facilitated by our educational partners. This year, the focus was on social entrepreneurship, design thinking, and global citizenship.

In 2017-2018, the GEx expedition programme will be launched for Grade 8 students.

The goals of this innovative initiative are to enable students to expand their educational experiences beyond the classroom, develop and apply real-world skills, and engage in meaningful and impactful global-local learning. The GEx Expeditions and Engage programmes embody our school commitment to social good and

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the ethos of service, which is at the heart of the IB and Mulgrave’s vision and values. We want our GEx expeditions to nurture student self-awareness and understanding about others, generate action on collaborative global or local projects, and develop important dispositions as global citizens such as open-mindedness, empathy, humility, innovation, and intercultural understanding.

When students return home or to school, they are ready to put their learning into practice as true world citizens. Mulgrave’s GEx programming is supported through our partnerships with Me to We, Insight Global Education, Educational Excursions, and The Next Big Thing.

In 2017, students in Grades 7-9 had the opportunity to engage in global service learning in Tanzania, Costa Rica, Thailand, and Fiji; we also embarked on a GEx Local project with UBC Farm and Quest Food Exchange. As well, a group of 28 Senior School students travelled to Ladakh, India for a three-week service learning adventure. In partnership with the Himalayan Health Project, the team spent a few days performing vision and dental screenings for more than 400 people in the village of Sakti. They also trekked through the Himalayas and spent time learning about local culture and tradition.

International-Mindedness At the centre of a Mulgrave education is our desire for students to become true global citizens. We want our students to acquire the personal and social intercultural competencies and dispositions that will allow them to thrive and be happy wherever in the world they find themselves. In addition to embracing a whole school approach to teaching global citizenship, we offer opportunities for students to immerse themselves in other cultures through language, foreign exchange programmes to France and China, GEx service learning expeditions, and more.

Language Learning Speaking more than one language enables students to form cross-cultural bonds by facilitating empathy and better communication. With this in mind, Mulgrave has designed a comprehensive language programme with specialist teachers in French, Mandarin, and Spanish.

We are proud to offer a strong language programme that helps support our mission and vision to equip lifelong learners to thrive in a culturally diverse and interdependent world.

Service Learning and International Experiences Through the global-local GEx Expeditions we offer, our students have the opportunity to experience life outside of their immediate community and Canadian contexts. This allows students to learn important lessons about ‘our own backyard’ and the socioeconomic and geopolitical factors that affect our world.

The sense of empathy, connection, and intercultural awareness that results from these new and diverse experiences further enables young students to develop a global perspective and empowers them as future stewards of our world.

Community Celebrations Mulgrave’s sense of community and friendship is founded on empathy, inclusion, and humility.

Our values are rooted in an understanding of our own and our First Nations’ cultures, a global perspective, and a commitment to social responsibility. Through events like Nowruz/Navroz and Lunar New Year celebrations, global lunches, as well as exhibits and performances focussed on art and music from around the world, our community comes together throughout the year to learn and celebrate. As a result, we strengthen our ties to each other while equipping our students to thrive in a culturally-diverse world.

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Mulgrave Statistics MULGRAVE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL SOCIETY STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION HIGHLIGHTS

June 30, 2017

Assets Cash and short term investments

$ 15,860,369

Account receivables

437,022

Prepaid expenses

727,214

Property and equipment Total Assets

55,784,149 $ 72,808,754

Liabilities and Net Assets Accounts payable and accrued liabilities Deferred revenue

$ 2,297,256 18,437,447

Bank loan

3,132,000

Bonds payable

2,347,834

Family deposits

8,232,842

Value of interest rate swap

27,326

34,474,705 Net Assets Total Liabilities and Net Assets

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38,334,049 $ 72,808,754

MULGRAVE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL SOCIETY STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS AND CHANGES IN NET ASSETS HIGHLIGHTS

NUMBER OF STUDENTS BY DIVISION (As of September 2017)

ELC

June 30, 2017

2016

2017

Revenues Tuition and fees

$ 19,472,432

Grants

2,503,260

Fundraising and donations

3,536,857

Other

3,439,135

28,952,135 Expenses Amortization Interest on long term debt Other operating expenses Salaries and benefits Unrealised change in swap liability

JUNIOR SCHOOL

439

MIDDLE SCHOOL

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SENIOR SCHOOL

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ADMINISTRATION

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NUMBER OF STAFF BY DIVISION (As of September 2017)

$ 1,551,249 272,966

ELC

5,521,469 16,006,859

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2017

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23,343,017

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MIDDLE SCHOOL

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UPPER SCHOOL

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5,609,118

Net Assets, Beginning of Year 32,724,931 Net Assets, End of Year

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(Middle/Senior School)

Excess of Revenue over Expense

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STUDENT RESIDENCE (As of September 2017)

$ 38,334,049

WEST VANCOUVER 2016

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Thank you, Mulgrave!

Thanks to the outpouring of support from our Mulgrave community, 2016–2017 was highlighted with the launch of the MPower campaign and breaking ground for the future West Wing. The campaign will create both new and transformed physical spaces, designed around our strategic educational priorities of making a Mulgrave education more personalised, enriched, applied, extended, and international.

Every single gift is meaningful and appreciated. Thank you for investing in the future, empowering Mulgrave students who will become global citizens and leaders.

Throughout history, successful educational institutions have at their heart a culture of philanthropy, and we are optimistic the Mulgrave community will continue to innovate and inspire through generous donations.

In the following pages, we express deep gratitude to those who have made donations to Mulgrave, received during the period July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017.

FOUNDATION BOARD

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Tony Allard

Dave Lede

Brenda Blue

Tom McIntyre

Michael Cytrynbaum

Bjorn Moller

INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES Anonymous (13)

Jesse & Elizabeth Calderon

Shi Ting Ci & Yanyan Wu

Kevin Ershad & Armine Galstyan

Andre Hachey & Linlin (Lin) Zhang

Phillip Abrary & Charlotte Henriksson-Abrary

Ron Carere & Wendy Jones Carere

Kathryn Clark

Kevin & Andrea Faw

Lee Hardy

Juliette Carr

Jeff & Michelle Clay

Karim & Farzana Fazal

Richard & Ailsa Harris

Jamie Caton

David Crerar & Julia Lawn

Jianguo Feng & Yuhua (Sisi) Fan

Morag Harris

Jonathan Cawkell

Robert & Carolyn Cross

Jessica Ferguson

Imtiaz & Fatima Hassam

Chen Kuang Chang & Mei-Huei Shea

Jifeng Cui & Wei Hong (Iris) Li

Rod & Sandra Fergusson

Howard & Fiona Haugom

Rhonda Altman

Michael & Barbara Cytrynbaum

Ben & Kathleen Ferraro

Amir & Raheema Hemani

Gavin Anstee

Charles & Eve Chang

Ling Jun Dai & Yue (Yolanda) Jin

Ricardo & Diana Ferreira

Stephen & Jillian Henderson

Brian & Joie Anyon

Maurice & Jennifer Chaplick

Jeff Darcy

John Flanagan

James & Leslie Heppell

Bashar & Ruba Arafeh

Robert & Grace Chasmar

Ellen D’Atri

Dean & Jay Fleming

Michael & Andrea Herz

Hamed Arbabioon & Neda Jaber-Ansari

Richard (Siu-Hoe) Cheah & Yvonne Chan

Craig Davis & Sarah Lee

Douglas Forster & Silvia Heinrich

Roland Hinmueller

Jonathan & Kristin Awde

Hazel Chee

William & Julie DeCooman

Michael & Catherine Frewin

Kelly Hofmann

Payam Deljoui & Roshanak Rahmanian

Thomas Frick & Caroline Wong

Harry & Darlene Hole Frank & Katherine Hoogendoorn

Surjit & Mukhdeep Dhillon

Fangming (John) Fu & Qin (Queenie) Liu

Miklos Dietz & Judit Dietz-Blasko

Xuming Fu & Ting Tang

Loretta DiGiacinto

Pegi Furanna

Nicole DiGiacinto

Ning Gan & You Li Zhang

Gendong (Dean) Ding & Hongyue (Nancy) Nie

Hong Gao & Ming (Michelle) Yang

Saleem & Zahra Ahamed Feroz Ali & Sabrina Khan Tony & Kim Allard

Glenn & Gina Ayrton Ke Bai & Ye (Jessica) Hu Jinling (Kim) Bai Wagner & Claudia Barreira Rhonda Beaupre Yewbnesh Belayneh-Steck Qian Jiang Bian & Jingying Tang Michael & Suzanne Birch Adam Blandford-Morrow Maurice Broschart Paul & Alexandra Brun Rebecca Brunswick-Werner Ronulfo Buno Natassja By Keith & Mary Francis Calder

Zhi Hong Chen & Feng Gui (Teresa) Chang Jun Chen & Jinghui Chen Yijian Chen & Peizhen (Jenny) Liu Xudan Chen & Yiqing Shen Kang Chen & Dongmei Zhao Xu Chen & Hong Chen Xinguo Chen & Jian Qiu (Cindy) Chen Ya Jun Chen & Mei (May) Ji Xin Chen & Rong (Adriana) Li Louise Chen Gang (Alex) Cheng & Yao (Betsy) Chen Kemal & Gulmira Chetinelli Haiping Chi & Fang Wang Kai Lo (Carol) Chien

Kenneth & Jennifer Dixon Tracey Dixon

James Gardiner & Nicole Tilley Nicole Garton

Carla Donnelly

Adly Georgi & Angela Hutchinson-Georgi

Farid Dordar & Sadgol Toossi

Javid Ghahremani & Sara Yasini

Richard & Sandra Durrans

Anthony & Stacey Gollner

Rob Eakin

Jason Gray & Vessa Samson

Shahriar Ebrahimi-Siaghi & Parivash Meschi

Shafiq & Fatima Gulamani

Michael & Yesica Edmonds

Hongwei Guo & Xiunan Li

Simon Horner & Laura Sexsmith Judith Horner Yi Ping Hu & Yong Fen (Jenny) Zheng Robin Hu & Corinna (Huiling) Ye Alina Ianovskaia Ender & Eleana Ilkay Zaheer Jamal & Sayrin Lalji Azim Abdul Jamal Kent Jamieson Al Janmohamed Paula Jasek Bita Jenab John Jennings & Cristina Oberti Jennings

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Yinjun (Walker) Jia & Lan (Lynn) Wang Jihua Jia Yaohua Jiang & Zheng(Jucika) Zhang Qi Jin & Zhuo Jiang Chen (Michael) Jin & Vanessa Li Andrew & Helen Joannou Patricia Jolley Martin Jones & Megan Nilsen Libby Jopson Smita Karam Akber Kassam Aly and Zenitta Kassim-Lakha Richard & Ryoko Keleher John & Molly Kewley Jae Bum Kim & Jie Yeon (Jenny) Lee Kris Klimek & Krystine Sambor Ronald Klopfer & Natalie Marchesan Alex & Sherry Klopfer William Ko & Lillian Wong Daniel Ko & Cecilia Wong Elizabeth Kok Richard Kristen Kwok Wing (Godwin) Lai & Lai Heung (Sally) Sun Rosemary Lai Shellina Lakhdhir Ernest & Angela Lang

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Armando Lara Alvarez & Tamara Gris

Qin (Jim) Liu & Jing (Jessica) Fan

Michael & Wendy Mitchell

Kaila Pilecki

Jerome Laudencia

Ning (Richard) Liu & Ling (Lily) Chen

Bjorn & Rochelle Moller

Cecile Poulin

Luke Lawson & Jane Macnutt

Kenny & Judy Lo

Michael & Elizabeth Moore

Patrick Power & Monika Sumara

Richard & Chiemi Layton

David Lo

Melissa Moore

Kyle & Amanda Prior

Claude Leduc

David Lopez

Marlena Morgan

Nadeem & Jenna Rajabali

Graham & Angela Lee

Michael Lopez

Willie & Maureen Mounzer

Irfhan & Brenda Rajani

Ian Lee

Xue Feng Lou & Lianfei Xu

Keith & Kelly Murray

Shanaz Ramji-Motani

Julie Lefeaux

Scott Lu & Hong (Helen) Yang

Bahaedin Naemi & Sonia Mahboub

Arturo & Reyna Ransanz

Yong Lei & Xin Yu (Ramona) Chen

Minwei Lu & Tingting Fu

David Nguyen & Audrey Wang

Madjid & Sally Rassamanesh

David & Teresa LePoidevin

Gang Lu & Bai (Sarah) Sun

Alan & Sarah Nicholl

Michael & Mallora Rayner

David & Fely Levy

Jun Lu & Qin (Jessie) Fan

Michelle Noble

Nicola Read

Jian Li & Ying Zhao

Gabriel Lui & Pieann Lee

Edward & Challa Reisner

Xiaoxuan Li & Xuqing Yang

David Luo & Nancy Zhang

Shameer Noormohamed & Gopi Chande

Yu Peng Li & Ning Zhang

Weibo Ma & Xin(Cindy) Liu

Li (Lorenzo) Li & Hua Ying (Stella) Liu David & Kathy Li Wenjin Liao & Min (Ivy) Dai Xudong Lin & Yu (Jane) Liao Frank Lin & Anna Chung Jason Lin & Emily Tzu Pei Chang Steven & Chi Lippman Yi Yong Liu & Ying (Cathleen) Guo Ray Liu & Athena Tseng Xiu Jie Liu & Fang Yin Yi Shi Liu & Ya Jie Wu Long Li Liu & Hong Yan (Scarlett) Liu Wei (David) Liu & Lili (Lily) Hao

Yu (James) Ma & Zhuojia (Jessica) Song

Michael Olynyk Jay & Carolina Orosa Lynn Orsmond

Wei Ren & Chengqin (Jackie) Shi Jian Sheng Ren & Rong Huang Michael Riedijk & Bernadette Fischer Martin & Christine Rinck

Gordon & Coralie MacIntyre

Jim & Trish O’Toole

Jianren Mao & Jianfeng Zheng

Lucy Owens

Gareth Ronald-Jones & Suzanne Finlayson

Luis Marin & Dilma Restrepo

Rahim Paiwandzada

David & Sue Roppel

Christian & Judith Markthaler

Dazong Pan & Jing (Maggie) Ning

Fraser Rowland & Carmen Anderson

Morven McClean

John & Claudia Pao

Jihad Saba & Kinga Szaraz

Jill McClean

Jessica Park

Kevin & Andrea Sandhu

Tim & Yulia McCutcheon

So Earn (Laila) & Young Kwan Park

Jared Sargent

Claude McLean

Xin Peng & Xin (Lucy) Lu

Rebecca Sarrazin

Jonathan McLean & Brenda Blue

Li (Penny) Peng & Yixun (Cindy) Zheng

Martin & Ann Schultz

Jonathan & Michelle Meade Bill Meikle & Susan Albert Oleg & Svitlana Menshykov

Tao Peng & Xin (Cathy) Zhang

Scott Seybold & Tammy Flynn Seybold

Heather Pez

Xuejun Shan & Yueqiu Wang

FOUNDATIONS AND CORPORATIONS Matthew & Jackie Shaw Curt & Helaine Shepard Amirreza Sherkat & Soudabeh Hakimi-Sherkat Jason & Audra Shull Adam Sidky & Kathleen Carbert Brian Snodgrass & Anita Wu Mark & Susanne Steffens Michael Steinmann & Alexandra Mauler Zsuzsanna Straub

Barend van der Vorm & Claudia Vijverberg Gregory & Diana Vance Hamidreza Vaziri Kashani & Sarira Molaie Jennifer Venance Leah Verdone Rick & Shemin Verjee Monique Vodrey Victor & Shannon Vrsnik Alison Wall

Startmen Su & Minzhi Ye

Laura Walsh & Roman Kuroyedov

Dongying Su & Su Chang

Patrick Wan & Sharon Ching

Wei Xiao Su & Jun (Jennifer) Chen

Jerry Wang & Sarah Zhang

Xue Xin Sui & Hong Xu

Ruo Yu (Royal) Wang & Ke (Coco) Zhan

Yao Sun & Zhao (Louisa) Zhang Gang Sun & Wen (Grace) Zhang Jinkun (Sam) Sun & Hui (Alice) Guan Guoming Tang & Jinru Yao Halil & Aysegul Tekin Karen Teufel Paul & Panagiota Thompson Javier Torresola & Karem Planas Hip-Ming (Herbert) Tung & Sau-Hung (Sandy) Kwong Shauna Ullman Marc van der Chijs & Zhiqi (Grace) Wang

Harry Wierenga & Janice Wells

Miao Yang & Yan Ren

Antony Wilson

Gang Yang & Xiang Rong (Grace) Xian

• Allard Foundation Ltd.

Quan (Dennis) Yang & Antonia Chau

• Dave Lede Family Foundation

Ralph Wimmer Dean & Susan Winsor Michael Wong & Amy Yuen Rachel Wong James Wortman & Anne LeBlanc John & Gillian Wray Binrong (Kathryn) Wu JianLiang Wu & HanXiao Wang HengJun Wu & BinQin Jiang Sarah Wu Ben Xi & Vicky Ling Jiang Xu & Ling Wang Qing Xu & Ai (Ella) Chen

Yiping Wang & Lingyun Yao

Chongwei Xu & Ping (Karry) Yu

Jin Ji Wang & You Shang

Shaoyu Xu & Jiqing (Joanna) Yu

Cheng Wang & Wen Qiu

Yong Xu & Lin Ya Zhu

Dazuo Wang & Jian Dong

Christine Yakachuk

Yulei Wang & Lin Wang

Min Yan

Zewu Wang & Zhilan Wang

Jianjun Yang & Xiaojuan (June) Zhang

ShengCheng (Richard) Wang & Kun (Annie) Zhang Edison & Amy Washington Jianhua Wei & Yun (Jessica) Lu Kyle & Bianca Wellwood Derek & Anita White

Yong Ai Yang & Gui Xia (Angie) Wang Zheng Yang & Yueping Yang Zhangmeng (Simon) Yang & Li Zhen (Yolanda) Chen Cuilin Yang & Hao (Michelle) Liu

Yun Ye & Jin Lu

• A Life Well Lived Foundation

• Eyesonic Enterprises Inc. • Graham Lee Family Foundation

Lam (Rosa) Yip

• Harris & Company LLP

Kevin Zeng & Caroline Pan

• Heritage Law

Hui (Kelly) Zeng Wanli Zhan & Luyang Fan Hui Zhang & Hongmei Zhao Zi Zhong Zhang & Juan Li Jun Zhang & Jie Shen Shanshan Zhang & Yue Zhou Xijie Zhang and Xianmei Xu Chao Zhang & Wen Can Wang Wei Zhang & Estelle Yu Xiaolin Zhang & Sha Pei Ende Zhao & Xueqi Wu Mingxin (Mason) Zhao & Shuang (Miranda) Wang Walton Zhao & Yuna Huang Xiaojun Zhou & Dongmei Zhuang Hang (Herman) Zhou & Sha (Echo) Liu Ruhua Zhu & Min Jin Ming Zhuang & Jin (Fafa) Zhang

Every effort has been made to ensure the names listed above are accurate. These names reflect all who have made donations to Mulgrave, received during the period July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017.

If we made an error or omission, please accept our apologies and notify the Advancement Office.

Thank you.

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Governance and Leadership BOARD OF DIRECTORS

ADVISORY BOARD

The Board of Directors is entrusted to operate and run the school on behalf of the Mulgrave Independent School Society. The Society is a not-for-profit registered charity. There are fourteen parent or alumni-parent members of the Board, and we thank them for their selfless service and for the work they do to support the school.

The Mulgrave Board as of September 2017:

The Mulgrave Advisory Board was created to discuss with and advise the Head of School and the Mulgrave Board of Directors on the following: • International innovations and trends in PK-12 education • Mulgrave in the British Columbian education system

• Harry Wierenga, Chair

• Brenda Rajani

• Gopi Chande, Vice Chair

• Helen Joannou

• Harry Hole, Secretary

• William Ko

- Brad Carter

- Kathy McLaughlin

• Richard Cheah, Treasurer

• John Pao

- Brenda Rajani

- Kyle Prior

• Michael Birch

• Jihad Saba

- Chan Hon Goh

- Nabila Pirani

• Charles Chang

• Helaine Shepard

- Coralie MacIntyre

- Nicholas Belluk

• Katherine Hoogendoorn

• Malik Talib

- Daisy Harris

- Pam Goldsmith-Jones

- Dr. Claire Cupples

- Paul Dangerfield

- Gopi Chande

- Peter Englert

- Gordon MacIntyre

- Samir Manji

- Harry Wierenga

- Shae de Jaray

- Helaine Shepard

- Silvia Heinrich

- Jesse Calderon

- Simon LeSieur

- John Wray

- Tony Allard

BOARD COMMITTEES Our committees are comprised of Board members, staff, students, and parents, and they serve in the following areas:

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• Mulgrave’s broad educational provision and philosophy

• Finance

• Executive

• Building and Grounds

• Audit

• Nominations

• Governance

Members include:

The History of the Name Mulgrave Text of a speech given by Nicola Read at the opening assembly September 11, 2017 One name that we can all identify with is the name of our school – Mulgrave. We are familiar with it and we know what it means to each of us, but what do we really know about the name Mulgrave?

When I was hired to teach at Mulgrave School in September 1994, none of you students were born, and some of our teachers were in elementary school, but that year is not only important to me and you’ll soon see why. In 1994, Mulgrave School was only just beginning, but the name Mulgrave was already an important part of history both in Vancouver and beyond.

If you have ever driven up Hadden Drive in the British Properties, you might have noticed Mulgrave Place, which is right next door to the first site of Mulgrave School. That was a one-room portable classroom behind the West Vancouver Baptist Church. When our school song talks about simple beginnings – that’s what it means!

A bit further up the British Properties, you will find Normanby Crescent and these two names – Mulgrave and Normanby – are connected, so hold onto them for a moment.

In October 1931, West Vancouver agreed to sell 4,000 acres of its mountainsides to a syndicate called British Pacific Properties.

That syndicate was controlled by the Guinness Family and Grania Guinness was married to the Earl of Mulgrave, Oswald Phipps, 4th Marquess of Normanby. The Phipps family live in Mulgrave Castle in North Yorkshire, England, and there has been a Mulgrave castle on that site since the 6th Century. The name Mulgrave has history.

I’d like to tell you a bit more about Oswald Phipps. He was quite a remarkable man and one who embodied so many of the qualities that we value at our school. In 1940, he was captured at the Battle of Dunkirk and was a prisoner of war. During his captivity, he persuaded his captors to allow him to teach braille to a group of prisoners who had been blinded in action. This was quite ambitious as he didn’t know anything about braille, but with the help of a Larousse dictionary, he constructed a braille alphabet with match-heads stuck through cardboard and tried to teach them to read. He later said he was the only man in the world

who could read embossed type for the blind only by sight and only upside down.

In recognition of his successful independent efforts, he was awarded a military MBE in recognition of his work in leading the POWs. For the rest of his life, he was a philanthropist for causes in education, nursing, and particularly for the blind. The name Mulgrave has compassion.

This great man died in 1994, the year I began work at Mulgrave, and he was succeeded by his son, Constantine Phipps who is an author, poet, and entrepreneur. He is still very much involved in the British Properties, and he has visited our school twice. His name, Constantine, is shared with our JS mascot – Constantine the bear who we see in the Junior School every Friday when the house points are announced. The current Earl of Mulgrave is Oswald Phipp’s grandson John Samuel Constantine Phipps who was born in 1994.

Next time you say the name of our school, know that it has a heritage, a connection to education and to service, but just as important as what has been is the potential of what can be. The path that leads ahead. Each day, you make Mulgrave yours and the next story is yours to write.

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