1985 Perspective (Perspective '85)

W1th the publicat1on of Perspective "85, York Montessori adds yet another milestone to its record of excellence and innovation.

A great deal of time and hard work has produced our first yearbook, under the enthusiastic quidance of Susan Charron and Barbara Lister.

Years from now. this ijrst Grade 8 graduating class, will reminisce about their exciting and unique days at YMS. and will remember that t:!ach of them pla.yE'd ar1 linpcwtant 1role in F'er·spective ''85.

As I think about this past vear, I am encouraged by a number of other events which have also been milestones in the history of York Montessori.

The core of a Parent's Guild was begun, with the organization of our 50's Sock Hop in early November and we looked forward, with great enthusiasm, to more and more social activities.

The YMS Hockey Team ach1eved tremendous success by reaching the finals in an Independent School's Hockey Tournament at Appleby College in J a.nuai'"V. In ?:1p1r i l, our Pa.tppetr ·'t' Evening, conc:ei ved by David Turney, provided us with wonderful memories and~ later in the month, our first Sci enc:e F air was liel d..

It was vo~ell r·ec:ei ved by both pa.1rents and student participants, and favourable comments from the judging committee has en c ouraged us to continue with plans for next year.

Finally. our recent admission to the Canadian Independent Junior Headmaste r 's Assoc iation was of great importance to York Montessori.

We are the onl y Montessori school in Canada to belong to this national body. and we look Forward to a longterm involvement with other independent schools, particularly in the areas of curriculum, development, sports activities, music, drama and art.

As you can see, Perspective "85 has something for everyone, and se1rves to remind all of us of the enthusiasm and dedication, the school sp1rit and the fun which still prevail at York Montessori.

It is evident as y ou v isit our classrooms or leaf through the yearbook t~hat: we have esta.I::Jlis:.l·led F-1. ~t-JI.:mdelrful school spi1rit in the 20 ·yeal~s s:i nee 'r'cw· k t·kmte:.solr i bE!1:;) an. Entliusi ;::a.sm. academic e:·: cell ence, dedicat1on~ moral awal- eness and pure fun permeate our environment~ and our Grade 8 graduates will take this spirit with them as they begin their secondary education.

We wish them well and congratulate them on the production of F'e1rspect i ve • 85

ANNE PEDDIE Do blondes have more fun? Well~ go dawn to the Level l's and find out.

She welcomes the munchkins into Y.M.S. with such enthusiasm.She sets them an the road sa they're looking forward to the next 7 years.* In her spare time~ you can find her in the kitchen~ making marmalade and chili sauce far Madame <but~ we want some too~).

Then~ once school is out, she's sure to be off travelling to distant lands

*Ann is a true, blue Mantessarian with years of experience in casa classrooms.

So, watch out, Day School, bane up on those practical life skills ••• Ann is watching~

BARBARA GALBRAITH If she's nat here, she ' s there; if she's nat there, she'll be teaching Scottish dancing~ Her claim to fame is that she's Mr. Galbraith's wife, and the mather of Fiona.

If it weren't far her and her husband~ we might not have had a Science Fair~ Barbara has the impassible jab of teaching the the feisty, fearless level 2's.

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Besides being a great choreographer and dancer~ Pat is an excellent and dedicated teacher.

Everyone's heard the expression, ''Three's a crowd'', but Pat manages to send them off to Level 4 well-behaved and uncer control.

Pat has a wonderful personality, great taste in clothes and a pas1tive attitude~ control.

Pat has a wonderful personality, great taste in clothes and a positive attitude~

VALERIE ALLEN

Valerie joined us th1s vear and has been a great help to Pat Jerred and her band, and Hazel and her band 1 Resident scientist for the lev el 3"s~ cooking and sewing are her expertise.

When not at school pushjng levers, She's busy at home preparing for Bea v ers.

We'll really miss her, wl1en she moves to Waterloo~

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read my palm. sing me a s ong~ Rodrigoe is her name, v路 oqa. is her路 game.

Barbara will never let vou feel down , She'll wipe that frown right off y ou r crown!

Presentation after presentation~ I wish someday there"d be a cancella t ion!

Who stays patient all the time~ Unless she sees a classroom crime?

Barbara~

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Mrs. Pittet has been with us since 197 8 - the y ear the school s tarted - as a luchraom supervisor. She quic k l y worked her wa y up to assisstant teacher in Barbara R. ' s classr oom.

We asked Barbara a bit about her and this is what she said: She ' s interested in plants and 1s a fantC:l.st1c cooL. she looks beautiful in pastels a.nd wishses lle1~ hail- lrl<:~.s longer.

She's an e x cellent speller and Barbara couldn " t manage without her.

Whe speaks softly and loves delicate thjngs.

Scary Mary~ the level 5 teacher, ls very funny. as you will see.

She is a Weight Watchers" graduate with a new look (other teachers get the hint?>.

Move over Brooke Shields- Calvin's calling Mary!

Mary has a few words for you: "Time's passing; are you?"

"Fish or cut bait!"

"Short and sweet like a roasted maggot" "A moment on the lips, a lifetime on the hips!"

"Wt1omp i ng things together" "Lolly-gagg1ng" The eleventh commandment in Mary ' s class is: "I=<EREAD TH'y' WRITING!"

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She's a fantastic helper in the Grade 6, 7 ~and 8 class.

We meet with her on Mondays for grammar and on Thursdays for Cultural Studies and still more qrammar.

Tuesdays and Wednesdays were spent in Patti's class.

Whaf else can we say? We couldn " t manage without y ou 1

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Patti is a hard working teacher. who is in charge of this year's Grade 6 class.

She always manages to make presentations and other lesons interesting~ different and a lot of fun.

Anyone going into Grade 6 can look forward to a year of learning about themselves and how they ~''-'OI~ ~=:.

She l~.::wel 'y' sl1outs and .1. s ve1~y under-standing.

Patti has been an active member of VMS functions, such as being coordinator or the successful Science Fair~ and helping out at the Puppet Play.

Patti's passions are poetry~ Art and theatre. that she is an overall wonderful person.

We can honestly say

These pa.st two ':lE·c:u-s have been a •;}reat e:·:peri ence ~ filled with fun~ hard work and determination in every way.

You have an outgoing and fun-loving pesonality.

Your humour was very much appreciated on those long, hot days.

You are also very generous .•• you know what we mean ... and extremely energetic in the way that you love running~ tennis~ skiing and cooking.

Unfortunately~ you found out how dangerous Cuisinarts are~ You have a laving family in Montreal, where you like ~o visit every chance you get and, of course, REHTAEH in Toronto, who loves to come to the park with us an Fridays.

We greatly appreciate your caring about us and our futures.

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P.S. You can book your fun-filled summer straight from June 14th to September lst~ if you know what we mean~ BARBARA LISTER Madame - after all these years, we thought she was strict and ruthless. but we found her soft spot - her Alice in Wonderland clock~ ~esides beinq a qreat French teacher, she has shown proficiency as a sta~f a~visor for the newspaper, yearbook, official hockey team driver~ and dan•t forget, she has Michael and Scott as sons.

After all those ather French teachers and chaos, we can honestly say she is: loveable, sweet, beautiful, caring, sexy, but unphotogenic~

P.S. -It's PRIS~ nat prendu.

P.P.S. - Don•t forget - Je vais tuer Rupert <that's the futur proche, Rupert) P.P.S.S. - Guess who d i ctated this note and slipped us $25 under the table'?

We welcome to V.M.S. a new face~ lladame Hauer.

Here are some sayings we are accustomed to hearing~ Who hasn•t done their homework?

Detention!

Daniel~ stop talking!

Madame is hard working~ kind~ generous and a homework giver.

Besides that~ she"s a great French teacher!

DA'V I D TUPI\IEY lauch up this tree; oh and maybe a more subtle colour for the sky; those tones are wonderful; how about a different brush; that needs a blue wash with maybe a touch of red in it!

David is a very creative, tidy~ skilled~ amd accomplished artist.

He has brought out artistic talents in each of us and improved them through the years of our art classes.

H8 has a great personality and makes art classes lots of fun, but unfortunately~ he knows what discipline is.

David is very involved in VMS~ artistic side and without hm we would have missed out on a lot of th1ngs. including: our play productions every year; the puppet evening; Science Fair logo; visits to the Casa classes from David for a day; the photography weeks; and of course~ our weekly art classes .

Lois Lewis OK boys, your turn:

Alright then

Daniel~

just mouth the words!

Lois is a very talented pianist~ singer and theorist.

We enjoy her classes and look forward to Mondays and Wednesdays~ although we have a funny way of showing it.

She put together an amazing choir that placed second in the Peel Festival.

Lois also managed to put together our successful production of Pinocchio in just 6 weeks.

Yes~ Katie is a budding musician at heart~ and hopes to be the lead in next year•s show~ even though she"s only 18 months old. l'lrs. Fowler-: OK class, do the long circuit!

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Fowler~ Fowler~ Fowler~

'I fo1rgot my shoes.

I hurt my leg.

I have a big~ BIG stomachache'

Where are your jogging pants?

You don•t have a stomachache!

Why are you late?

Who are you?

Now the good part: Even though we don•t mind beinq fat~ Mrs. Fowler keeps our muscles toned in more ways than one, such as jogging, badminton, basketball~ sit-ups~ push-ups, curl-ups~ baseball~ hockey and skipping.

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If Mrs. z. wasn•t Mrs. z.. who 1n the wo r ld would she be? If she"s not busy in her office, thinking of ways to improve our school, she"s turning our school into a tourist centre; but~ we don•t mind.

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Marilyn has"always been there- in sickness or in health and even when you just need a break and want someone to talk to.

You can always hear the clicking of her typewriter as she runds off memos, newsletter~ etc.

Marilyn also has a good sense of judgement.

She al~ays ~ee~~ to know when you're not really sick, but you just w~nt to ~ go hame and catch your favourite soap.

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But she helps us out, When we're in doubt, To hunt the shelves about!

She"s our helping hand!

She likes to jog and go to an exercise class after school. but best of all. she loves to read mystery books ..

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RUPEFH HARDY Rupert's a real dude now that he's got his contacts ••• he's revealed those blue sexy eyes.

As you can see, his body is built for sports and he's very much involved with them.

His grin will brighten up you day, what else can we say? Have fun next year ••• wel"ll miss you, Rup!

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We think that your future is headed towards science.

Instead of an absent-minded professor,you"ll probably end up with a bachelor in science.We wish you all the best in your forthcoming years.

P.S.what did you have for lunch January,2, '81.

ANDREW LAN.GS

We haven't quite figured out his sense of humour yet, but he sure keeps us laughing.

Andrew is very keen on sports, especially soccer.

We don't thin k we've ever seen Andrew in a bad mood and the smile has never been wiped off h1s face.

You can always count on Andrew to qo fetch vou something - he's great on his feet!

The best pa1'·t. abo•_".~tt Andt- ew . is his "legible" handwl~itin•J· See you later!

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Andrea is extremely funny, bright, and Just generally great to have around. You can count on her special brand of humour (sarcasm) to keep you ~oing through the day.

Many of us ~hared those crszy inside jokes with her.

We loved to read her shoes especially when there was a new message.

Tennis •.skiing, cr"eative v-Jrit:ing, and singing ar~e jU !5t same o·f her "ma.ny" talents.. !A.Ie know how much you lave spend i nq those ~--Jeekends in the countrey.

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8. D. SIGEL She's bright~ bubbly and very excitable.

We all consider her a very close friend~ but no-one can qet close her when Mickey's around!

Her â&#x20AC;˘ h.er scan ~ d 0 ,_1t l~.n a crowd - we're all so jealous of her red hair ma~es curls!

8. D. is our local weather person - when she gets a headache~ we take out our umbrellas and get ready for a downpour.

8. D. is an all around fun person.

We'll miss her and her lunches a lot.

Good luck in the following years. <P.S.: A message from B.D. - i f one more person asks her how she got her name~ they better start writing their will!)

ANDREA SMITH Andrea, we must say, is the most creative of us all!

She's famous for her stories and especially for her amazing art work.

If she doesn't get a 99, she gets 100.

We know that Andrea will be a real beauty; how could she not be with those long slender legs, deep brown eyes and silky brown hair.

She's very intelligent and has become known as the class ambassador in I think weâ&#x20AC;˘ve said it all we wish you good luck! peacemaking.

DANIEL TANNENBAUM We would never have made it through the year without you and your FANTABULOUS humour.

We"ll never forget the memor1es you ' ve given us.

We wish you luck and happiness in your skateboarding future.

We like your friend Mr. Furley - Sheeesh' Can't vou take a joke 7 !

Have an amazing time at Forest Hill -we ' ll miss you!

CLASS PHOTOGRAPHS

Level 1 Back Row:

Lindsay Anderson~ Mary Catharine Lennon~ Peter Schindler, Pamela Royce~ Tyler Walker. Cameron Scace, Vanessa Ast, Alixe Paisley Front Row: Falan Austin, Karin Bestig, Maria Quattro, Jamie Spratt, Andrew Wylie~ Emma Kassirer, Julian Taylor, Alexis Griffith-Greene

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Nicholas Wagner~ Hugh Eastwood, Noah Charney~ Carla Scheffold, John Duncanson~ George Lembesis, Michael Shanahan, Lindsay Gallimore, Barbara Galbraith Front Row: Rachel Wege. Meghan Bauer, Katherine Fleet, Natalie Cowman, Markus Bestig, Cynthia Warrack - Onvskiew,Ian Furlong, Angela Wagner

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Da v id N af tolin~ Christv Ni chol, David Beddinqton. Tory Ful Jer, Sc ott Lister

Level 4 Peter Gottlieb, Meghan Cherrv~ Robert Price~ Douglas Pa1sle y , Janna Imr1e, Ben Ferrel, Michael Finglod~ Jay Bryant, Barbara Rodrigoe Front Row: Andrew Walker, Bronwyn Anderson, Andrew Dowman, Jamie Schwarz, Jonathan Royce. P.J. Lennon~ Kathryn Fuller, Rees Pepperell

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Michael Lumbers~ Jessica Mann, Greg Goldsack. Jessica Weqe, Jessica Hardy, Alexander Innes, Ted Glendening, Noel Gamble~ Mary Courne y ea Front Row: Ted Crysdale. Allison Doyle, James Beddington. Jeremy Mcintosh, Jaime Allen, Eric a Lenczner. Cameron Reid

Level 6 Gustaf Creutz, Marc Munk, Chris McDonagh, Geoffrey Dover, Melinda Anderson, Greg Filzmaier, Dennis Courneyea, Patti Smith Front Row: Claire Campbell. Robbie Imrie. David Temple, Lianne Furloq. Stephen Nichol. Tim keelev. Romana King Back Row:

Level 7-8 Back Row:

Nicky Zeibots, Kyle Roberts~ B.D. Sigel~ Daniel Tannenbaum.

Melissa Hobcraft, Andrea Smith, Paul Andrews, Svlvia Sharpley, Rupert Hardy. Scott Stubbins, Sam Finqold, Susan Charron rront Row: Mike Lister. Elizabeth Gottlieb, Ignacio Blanco. Mark Gambhir. Andrea Lenczner, Andrew Langs, Barbie Sturdee, Lee Krelstein

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Andrew~ B D., Jessica M.• and Christian are our able leaders working together as a team to keep the munchkins in order.

We are very glad to say: WE HAVE MONEY!!! (not much, but some) We'd like to thank our housEmates for helping us gain so many progress points and for putting us in 2nd place!

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SEWING Lookout Polo~ Roots~ Beaver Canoe~ and Ralph Lauren •cause here comes the level 8 sewing class.

Every Monday after lunch a few 8s took off in the beginning of the fall to Mrs. Kinoshita•s house.

Somehow they were a little more interested in her modern knowledge of designers• clothes than in s~wing.

The four great sewing machines were lent to us~ so we"d like to thank Mrs. Imrie, Mrs. Kinoshita~ Mrs. Holwell <Paul Andrews• generous grandmother) and YMS. As the first group was finishing their hour and a half~ the second group was on its way.

By the end of the day~ Mrs. Kinoshita had had enough~ we•re sure~ but thanks to her~ we have 8 great new designers on their way.

Andrew made a blue and white striped shirt with a little help from B.D. who was Andrew for the day since he couldn't make it.

Andrea Lenczner made a white terry cloth bathrobe~ which we must say turned out well~ but at the end she had to hand stitch it because her material was sooo thick!

Sylvia wouldn't have finished her pyjamas~ if it weren•t for Mr.s.

Kinoshita because Sylvia and her machine were having personal problems.

Rupert also made a white terry cloth bathrobe and got the same material as Andrea L.~ so he had mush of the same problems as she did.

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Melissa made a dark blue terry cloth bathrobe - bathrobes were a big hit!

It turned out so well that she gave it to Alex for his birthday.

B.D. created a white terrycloth bathrobe but hers was extra-special because of its loops to hold the belt, AND NO-ONE ELSE MADE LOOPS! Andrea Smith, we must say, was the best sewer of us all.

Though it hurts, we know it"s true.

She made an incredible nightshirt with buttons and all.

Daniel kept us very much alive with his unbelievable humour~ but he found time to make yet another bathrobe (dark blue). These are the most popular things that were said during the class: "Mrs. Dorothy!"

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A MULTI - CULTURAL DAY

The muscle-bound kids of levels 7 and 8 attempted to do the dangerous and difficult moves of Tai-Chi. Now let me tell you~ this ain't no 20 minute workout!

We had to slowly manoeuvre around the room~ a s we attempted the impossible.

After the strenuous hour~ we walked upstairs to look at the Taoist temple.

We had to remove our shoes <which produced quite a commotion).

This was a very nice experience for us all; some of us were thi.nking. of becoming Taoist!

After that day~ if anyone bothered LIS~ we warned them: "We passed a full cour-se of Tai Chi!" On that same day~ we went to the Jewish Community Centre.

We learnt all about Chanuka and other Jewish customs.

After that visit~ we decided to pop into a Japanese restaurant CSasaya).

We loved the "food until we were told what it was.

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MEDONTE SKI TRIP On March 1~ Levels 6-8 were on their way to terrorize the slopes of the Medonte ski resort.

They all arrived at school at 7:45a.m ..â&#x20AC;˘. well~ at least that's when they were supposed to get there.

The drive was quite short - only about two hours or so~ and we must say that everyone behaved very well!

When the Downhill Devils got there~ they were divided into their groups and went down a mini-hill to be tested for their skills.

From there~ they were divided into another group and were assigned an instructor for the morning.

Mrs. Smith's group didn't have an instructor because there wasn't one~ so they skied freely in the morning and had a lesson at 11:30 a.m.

There was a "free ski" until 11:30 and you can just imagine what happened!

These are just two of the incidents: Paul found a very large jump and as he went over it~ he also managed too just make it over Mr. Temple's head!

Also~ after Mrs. Smith's group got off the chairlift~ they heard an announcement on the loudspeaker saying that they needed Mrs. Fowler in the main office.

Mrs. Smith was worried that one of the hot daggers was hurt~ so she went down to the office and left 5 YMS girls on their lonesome.

It turned out that everything was okay at the office~ but Marilyn had phoned to say that there was a wedding scheduled at Sheldrake at 5:00 p.m. that day.

She wanted the kids to stay later~ so they wouldn't scare the bride and groom by letting them think that ski bums had descended on their wedding at the church.

In the cross-country capers~ the avid skiers clambered off the bus and were promptly bustled into the lodge to get their boots and skis.

Most people had no problem getting into their skis. but Dennis had a problem with his ..â&#x20AC;˘ he couldn't keep them underne~th him.

He soon got over that hurdle~ but he did have the occasional fall.

After a short lesson on going down and uphill, the skiers were divi~ into groups.

You've hea1~d of "Blazing the T1~ails?" Well. Mark Gambhir literally did!

If you were behind him~ you would . have no fear of getting lost.

You would just have to follow the blue strea' that off Mark's blue corduro~ out~il as he slid down most of the trc

HOCKE ·y·

This year~ our hockey team has done the best it has ever done in its three years of existence.

Our outstanding goa~ scorers were David Temple~ Rupert Hardy, Robbie Imrie and Alex Hobcraft~ with able-bodied assistance by Mike Lister (Mr. Assist) • At the Appleby Tournament in January~ we enjoyed 2 days of winning hockey~ losing only to Selwyn House from Montreal in the finals.

It was hard to decide which was more fun - winning so many games~ or pizza and swimming at HoJo"s!

Ne:·: t year's team will be quite different without the 8"s and many of the 6"s who are leaving.

One of the 2 dozen hockey games VMS played this season

What a team!

rtâ&#x20AC;˘s a plane~ it's a It's BADMINTON!

bird~

Smash!

Swish!

The kids of YMS jump around the gym as the birds fly over the nets.

Twenty regulars participated in this smashing sport!

Every other Tuesday the kids would sweat over the gym floor as they played rough games of badminton.

Featured was a tournament against the teachers of YMS. The teachers did well~ but the kids did better~ until they met up with Susan and Madame~ who took away the fun of winning.

They won 4 out of 5 games and now they are the champs (but not for long).

DEBATING Is T.V. too violent for children? Should whales be killed? How do we know animals are suffering from medical experiments? Should the levels of censorship be lowered? All these topics have been discussed and rebutted by the 6~ 7 and 8 classes on Wednesday afternoons from 2 to 3 p.m.

GRADE 7 - 8 ASSEMBLY Here"s to those swingng, sexy, gorgeous girls <really boys in disguise) who stepped out on stage on Friday the first of February~ early in the morning.

It"s a wonder they had enough time to take off their cold cream, wash their face, eat their bean curds~ brush their teeth with the new Colgate pump~ clean their ears, pluck their eyebrows, apply their make-up, jiggle their jewellry and swing their hips!

While the contestants were getting ready backstage, the judges were nervously getting dressed - you know, with their laid-back bathing suits~ their gorgeous clashing pink flamingo socks and red sweatshirts, their mini-skirts, Vuarnets, their flashing bow-ties, and carrying their briefcases.

All of a sudden~ at the last minute~ who should appear but an hysterical housewife, half-dressed!

She , just made it on time!

The lights went on, and the judges were introduced (like far out. like gag me with a spoon!).

The audience was intense and the judges were raring to go.

The Emcee stepped out on stage with her face lit up from her flashing bow-tie.

What a sight!

One by one the beauties stepped out on stage and showed off their beautiful bodies.

Wow!!

Some wore bathing suits, some wore tops and shorts, but one only would be the winner!

As the show progressed~ they performed and exhibited some rare talents!

The end was very near.

The judges had made up their minds and the winner was selected.

Finally the moment came, and with a drum roll~ out stepped Myrtle the Turtle with a crown and some warm flowers to present to the new Miss VMS "Ida No".

As the audience went back to their classes, the contestants went back to the dressing room.

Many were disappointed, but the judges knew that true, true beauty lay in Ida No!

Bat.hi nq beauti f:~s

What a good-looking group of dolls~

The crowning of Miss YMS

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PUPPET PLAYS

Watch out~ Gepetto!

YMS students turned the art room into a puppet factory and created some larger than life puppets.

All of YMS' students were busy fashioning these fabulous puppets out of scraps of discarded material.

It was a - magical moment to see these scraps take the form of monsters and such in the hands of the puppeteers.

The parents were treated to a rare theatre night when all of the classes performed their plays.

Level 1:

Stick puppets;

Level 2:

Shadow puppets;

Level 3:

Hand puppets; "In the Rosebush" and "The Further Adventures of Mrs. Frisbee"

Level 4:

Marionettes:

Level 5:

Banraku puppets <half life-sized): "A Midsummer Night's Dream"~ Act 1~ Scene 1; a modern version of "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

Level 6:

Shadow puppets: "Cats Save the Day"; Archl.e the Dinosaur Saves the Day"; "A Lesson for Oliver"

Level 7:

1'1ar i onet tes:

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Banraku puppets (hdlf life-sized>: Woma.n"

"How We Know About Animals" amd "Tuktu" "Little Badger路 and the Fire Spirit"

"Anansi a.nd His Sons"; Snake"

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"The Invisible Gl.ant" "The Funny Little

At the beginning of January, levels 5, 6. 7~ and 8 started to set their minds on chemistry, physJcs, bioloqv and psychology.

They had the help of a few friends such as Mr. Galbraith, Patti Smith~ Mary Courneyea and Susan Charron.

They couldn"t have done it without them, thank you!

Every Monday at 2:00~ all the levels met in Susan's and Patti's room.

They got into their groups and researched their interesting topics until 3:00.

As the weeks went by they showed great progress. Then, of course~ on April 11~ it was time to brag and show off what they had completed.

Later the kids got called out one by one to talk to the judges.

The judges gave constructive criticism while they took notes.

At 7:00 p.m. all of the students involved came with their parents.

At first~ they got a view of the fabulous exhibits, then they found out who won?!

Honourable mention: Erica Lenczner for the 5's and 6's, and Melissa Hobcraft for the 7's and B's; Jessica Wege won 3rd prize for the 5"s and 6's, and Rupert Hardy for the 7's and B"s; Melinda Anderson received 2nd prize for the 5"s and 6's, as did Andrea Smith for the 7's and B"s.

Now for the moment you've all been waiting for ..... .

FIRST PRIZE:

Jessica Mann (5"s and 6"s) Barbie Sturdee (7's and B's)

For you people who didn't win. there's always next vear!!

Toi top off the evening. Bob McDonald, as well - known science enthusiast, spoke on "v'acatj ons in Space" and le路ft ever-yone thinking about ne:-:t spl~inq br~?ak - vJill it be l'lc-H路路s in l'lar路cl1?

PI 1\lOCCH I 0 ACT I - In the Beginning ...

Practices have just started and Pinocchio promises to be a great play this year.

Michael Lister will have no problem trying to portray a boy who lies~ the problem is making his nose grow.

It might seem a little odd that Gepetto <Ben Ferrel) is shorter and three years younger than his son Pinocchio, but that's show biz for you!

The classroom scene is a little rowdy. We tried to make it as realistic as possible!

Luckily this year we have the honour of having Mr. Innes directing our play. Now nothing can go wrong!

Our local opera expert- Mrs. Dover - gives advice to our enthusiastic singers and performers.

Lois is trying hard not to over-exert herself~ but her hectic schedule is keeping her on her toes - it's a dirty job~ but someone's got to do it!

Thanks, Lois!!

ACT I I - All the world's a stage ...

One month later~ Pinocchio is coming along quite well.

Rehearsals have started~ although it is sometimes hard to get everyone together.

The stage crew is a little over-anxious to get started on the play.

Scott~ Nicky~ Paul~ Kyle~ Ignacio and the rest will have to wait their turn.

Costumes~ makeup~ sets, etc. will be done by parents and eager students~ of course under the direction of our ever-talented art teacher~ David Turney.

As for the instrumentals~ we have the "great honour" of having Lee Krelstein on percussion, joining Lois and Rita on piano.

ACT III - THE PLAY'S THE THING!!

"Pinocchio~ F'inocchio~

Pinocchio, you are a happy toy! you look just a real live boy!" â&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘.

Pinocchio~

And so began opening night, May 13~ at the Ignatieff theatre.

The audience filed in as the lights were dimmed.

Following the overture~ Pinocchio waited patiently to come alive~ but Gepetto <Ben Ferrel) was nowhere to be found.

Rumour has it he was creating more puppets in his downstairs workshop - alone!

After what seemed like hours on stage~ he calmly appeared and slipped into his part.

Scarynose de Bric-a-Brac~ the wicked magician~ and the puppet cast were a real show-stopper!

You could hear the audience chuckle as the donkeys paraded hee-hawing on stage~ and then upon exiting~ lost one wheel from their cart!

The Fox (Barbie Sturdee) and the Cat (Jessica Wege) did a superb of being sly~ crafty~ wicked and gleefully greedy!

Our lighting expert~ Paul Andrews~ stunned the audience with his display of fluorescent colour during the magical forest scene.

Pinocchio's nose~ a creative challenge to the make-up artists~ successfully stayed in place and grew with each lie he told.

The costumes~ the music~ the sets~ props and make-up made this show on of VMS" best musical productions yet.

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DRAMA There were 29 kids who were pic~ed for a Drama class~ because they showed such dramatic and talented skills.

Last fall~ every Monday and Wednesday, from 1:30-2:30. these 29 kids would disappear to the Hearth room, for an hour of strenuous drama.

There were 5 people from Level 3, 6 people from Level 2, 4 people from Level 4, 4 people from Level 5 and 10 people from Levels 6, 7 and 8.

There were two groups - a senior and a junior group.

The junior group was made up of Level 3"s and 2"s and the senior group was made of Levels 4 - 8.

The teacher was called Charlotte and she was always carrying a tape recorder (according to an anonymous informer).

One snowy Friday, we were delighted to see the Drama group do the assembly.

They were doing facial ~ x pressions , mirror images and statues.

Some tried to convince the teachers that they had to leave the room.

All succeeded except Meghan Cherry, who could not get past Madame, who insisted on her staying for the rest of the assembly.

BAND

Toot, toot~ squeak, aaaaagh! #@$%&?!! - are the noises that you can hear outside of the art room on Thursdays at 2:30!

You"ll know it"s Hazel and the band by the beautiful sounds they produce.

In the fall, the band held a concert for the Smilers who greatly appreciated it.

At Christmas~ the band played a big part in the show we put on for the parents.

We were all looking forward to the Easter concert they put on.

It was worth it, and for all you early risers, there was an Easter sunrise service at 6:00a.m. in Sherwood Park â&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘ The brass section greatly appreciated the help and guidance of Dr. Ian Gallimore~ who devoted Monday afternoons to T2LS and other great jazz classics!

Don"t blow it and forget your instrument on Thursdays!

Toot!Toot!It"s Hazel Boyle!

It"s Hazel at the stand, As she conducts the band~ My is she ever loyal, That"s Hazel Boyle!

Tom"s her 3 year old son, He is really fun!

Woodwind,recorder and brass, Boy,do they ever have class!

Thanks Hazel for all you"ve done!

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THEY Step aside Enquirer because those wild and crazy 7's and B"s from Susan Charron's class have put together 4 incredible issues of the Y.M.S Times.The strict editors~Paul and Barbie orginized the crew.Everybody has done their job right except for a minor mistake by Sam<one of our trusty reporters)who failed to report on the level 2 â&#x20AC;˘ s. Later vJe got a threatening note saying: "We are going to protest in front of Mrs. Zeibotâ&#x20AC;˘s office if nothing is done about this problem''.We discussed this problem thoroughly and came to the conclusion that we would put the note along with their report in the next issue of the Y.M.S Times,and Sam humbly apologized.

Our production staff <Rupert~ Elizabeth~ Mark~ Nicky~ and Mike) a superb job of setting up the newspaper.

The reporters on the other hand <Daniel~ A~drew~ Samuel, Lee and Kyle) were found sleeping on the job many times <Andrea Smith excepted!).

Snap!

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Gotcha!! B.D. has caught all the special events of this wonderful school year as she is the school photographer.

We also have a few special reporters (Scott~ Iggy~ Andrea L. and Sylvia).

We want to give a big thank-you to the organizers of this outstanding newspaper!

Susan and Madame Lister.

Hope there are lots more great issues~ even after the level B's are gone!

EDITORS

PROCRASTINATION THE THIEF When Christy was doing her homework~ Procrastination, the thief~ came and asked her~ "Why are you doing your hornevmrk? Don't you know that you have two hours to finish it?"

"Yes~ but my mother said that if I do it now I will not have to do it after dinner~" Christy replied.

"Heck with your mom.

She has nothing to do with YOUR homework.

So why don't you sneak outside and play?'' whispered Procrastination.

"But my uni·form," Christy cried, "my mom said ••• " "Heck with your mom," said Procrastination~ "now just go outside and play."

Procrastination's face was turning redder and redder. "Now go outside Christy," he kept saying.

She went out and when she got back it was~ oh no~ oh gasp~ SIX 0' CLOCI< ~ ! !

Christy ran upstairs and when she got there Procrastination was gone!!

The ne>:t day when Christy got to school her· teacher said, "OK everyone, get your math homework and sit down on the green rug." Christy sat down with her homework.

The teacher said, "NovJ open yoLtr book to page 131." Christy opened her book to that page.

Her teacher said, "Christy, what is the answer to number 1?"

Christy did not say a thing.

Her teacher said~ "Christy, have you don~ your ho~ework?"

"Well, no," said Christy~ "a guy called ••• I can't remember his name~ but he said that I didn't have to do it."

Christy's teacher said, "And what happened to your uniform?!!"

"That guy said that I did not have to change."

When Christy looked to the corner of the room~ she saw Procrastination laughing.

by Lindsay Ast (level 3) GREED Greed is when you find gold and you want to keep it.

PATIENCE Patience is when you are chasing your cat and he won"t slow down.

LAZINESS Laziness is when you love to go to school and you don't want to get out of bed.

RAGE Drew was red with rage.

HATE Hate is when you have to listen to sombody boast

BEAUTY Beauty is looking at a nice flower.

DISGUST Disgust is cleaning Thumper's cage.

HUNGER Hunger is when I can't wait for

lunch.

BRAVERY

Bravery is throwing yourself in front of a wolf.

HAPPINESS Learning is happiness.

CRUELTY Cruelty is when you drop a dictionary on sombody's head.

Poems by Ale:-: Khasnabish

Daddy~· ,J e nn y , J es s1 c a. a.nd I went to Elunsh i ne on Du tholiday.

Sunshine is a sk1 resort in Alberta.

We went in a qondola t o get up tD the ski-hills and the lodqes.

One of the lodges was-called "Ski School".

I went to sign up for a lesson and Jessica went too.

I didn't really want to go, but 11om said "They are really good skiers, so you should go".

There 7 children in my class. but Jessica wasn•t one of them.

Fitrst. I went on the chaitrlift called Strawberry Chair and I made 2 friends.

One girl"s name was Sarah and the other•s was Meghan.

She looked like my sister's friend, Abby.

As soon as we got off the b: b:newpaper l · lom,Ti"~l ~

chairlift, Meghan fell and I fell too.

Sarah skied off and Our i nstructotr she fell! picked us up and showed us how to ski down Strawberry Hill.

Next we went on the Angel Chair and we fell down again when we oct off.

This time our instructor did not pick us up so we had to get up by ourselves.

We turned the wrong way, so the instructor brought the rest of the class to us.

One child was on his shoulder, another on the first child"s shoulders and the instructor was carrying 2 more!

They skied down the hill just like that and Meghan, Sarah and I hcid to follow him all the way to the bottom of the hill.

Since he couldn"t get the children unstuck, that was the end of the class for the day.

He skied home , children and all!

by Rachel Wege. to t•lr-s. Pi ttet

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THE MAGIC SWORDS

This is a story about a. boy, , Daniel.

He lived all alone,~ a cabin near the waterfront.

Daniel had a magic sword which he found after a good spirit and a bad spirit had a battle.

The spirits blew up and their swords flew up into the air.

One sword (belonging to the bad spirit) curved down into the land of shadows.

The other sword came straight down into the earth and Daniel pulled it out.

People had warned Daniel not to go to the land of shadow? because it was a very dangerous place and many wild things lived there, but one day he was bored and he wandered in.

As he "RRRROORR" and when he looked up he saw a Cyclops with 3 eyes!

He had a spiky tail and gills and he was covered with green slime.

Daniel and the Cyclops took out their swords and battled for a long time.

The Cyclops wounded Daniel in the hand, but Daniel took one last stroke and chopped off the Cyclop•s head.

Daniel was going back home when he met a magic spirit called Keato, who said, "Very well, Daniel, I • 11 <:Lure your hand and you shall come to live with me in my kingdom."

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Charlie 1 't1 ~phant est. tr··~s cwanci.

I 1 hi::ibi te dans une gl~ande ma:i son rose avec ses parents, M. et Mme El&phant.

Char·l i e est tn2s genti 1 ~ mai s i 1 a besc;i n d' ami s parce qu' i 1 est rose.

G,n,ralement~ Charlie marche dans le par·c chaque jour. Il rencontre une ,l,phante violette qui pleure.

"F'ourqu.oi pleures-tu?" demande Charlie ..

Un moment apn?s~ l'elephante violette cl~ie, ".J~= n'ai pas d'amis parce que je suis violette."

"C'est la vie!

Moi aussi, je n'ai pas d'amis!, mais Je suis de couleur rose," erie Charlie.

"Je te d~sir·e pour une amie, "Je veu:-: bien t"aider," dit Charlie. d"accord?"

"Bien!, merci!" dit 1 "elf?phante violette.

"A mon a\tis~ nous serons de bons amis!"

Aujourd"hui, Charlie et l''l'phante violette sont contents. _Qy 1'1el i nda

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CHOIR Rise and shine!

Every Wednesday at 8:00 a.m. all of the loveable choristers arrive at school in full voice??!!

There is a Senior and Junior choir that meet separately.

The Senior choir went carolling in the Yonge and Lawrence area at Christmastime.

Then they were invited back fo_r a big bash at Lois". <The hot chocolate got everywhere!)

The boys broke a record for the most people stacked on one chair!

Best of all~ the Senior choir placed second in the Peel Music Festival in April.

The Junior choir is a lively group of 35~ levels 1 - 3~ who made their concert debut at Christmastime.

The innocent faces together with the sweet voices made a lasting impression on everyone in attendance.

Both choirs have performed for the Graduation and on May 28 for th~ Smilers Club.

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This June, \' ol~~:: l''lontr:?s!5or-l trlill hc;.\• F? b ee n 1n i:..~;< i~:.t.enc:~? fol - 2 ( , vear·s' It wa.s in .June of l·=t~~5 !, tl-,;::,t .[ c a.me t-.oqether ,_,_!]th a qroup of interested par e nts and beoan o r g an1 ~ in g the first York Montessori c lassr o om at Grace Chu rc h - on ~he - Hill.

As a Montessori teacjer. I participated in the pldnning group and then began teaching in that first classroom in September of 1965 One of ou1~ Ley goals wa.s to e•;t.abll sh a t-·lont.essor· i proqr·amme which would be accessible to a wide variey of people, and to make that programme as flexible in its approach as possible.

Needless to say. we grew very quickly~ Bv the end of the first year , we needed space for expansion and a classroom in Holy Rosar y Church Con St. Clair Av e. W.) was begun.

It was at this point that Barbara Rodrigoe joined Yor~ Montessori as an assistant teacher.

The thi1~d year· of operation found us ,~eaching out in many directions.

We moved along St. Clair Ave. to S t. Michael and All Angels Church and expanded , in the north~ to St. Timothy's Anglican Church~ and in the east~ to Bellefair United Church.

As you can imagine, such rapid e x pansion meant a tremendous amount of wor k in searching for space, appropriate to a Montessori classroom, yet meeting the stringent standards of the Day Nurseries Branch; ordering Montessori materials (which inevitably arrived on Labour Day>; and hiring excellent Montessori teachers.

A number of people immediately come to mind when I think of parents who invested a t~~emendous amount. of time and ene,~gy in the eat-1 y years of York Montessori"s growth.

Among them are Claudette and Al Wingell, Moira and Ralph Caswell. Dorothy and Gene Kinoshita , and Alice and Lee Whitney. In fact~ Claudette Wingell was York Montessori's ver y first Registrar ~ By this time, Barbara Rodrigoe had received additonal Montessori training in London, England~ and had started our Sheldrake classroom.

About this time, interest grew among our Board members and myself in plans to bring Montessori to the disadvantaged in Toronto.

After an enormous amount of work and a lengthy brief to the Toronto Board of Education, we were able to secure space in Sackville Public School. at no cost wha t soeve r .

The funding for Sackvllle " s operating costs was raised by a hard-wo rk ing committee , under the chairmanship o f Lee Whitn€~y.

It was .:<. wond€~1·· -f t...d. f:Jr-oject ~'i l1icli in\tol v ed a •.:n-oup o+ :::;. and 4 yea1~ olds ch:ild!~en a.:1nd their ntothe,~ s . f<al~ baT a. F\odr-iqoe ~>'lO:l.s very involvt-=d in this project . I' U.r w•in g "" '' inl 'L Ja.J summer p!~ ocw a mme a.t Lj t t 1 e Tt- in it v Church a.ncj pr •..J •/ J d 1 1! Ci l·lolt t e s "''--'' - _ !:i aJ. n i nq 'L 1J Pa u line Wea v er, the teacher at S ack ~i l a . fh1s proiec t , which beg an in January of 1971. oper· a ted fo1·- ·3 '2v·era.l '/ 8 d.1- s. und e r- t.i ·! ;:~ .:;~u i da. n c e of Yl--1 ~:;. <£•.nd ""JC£\S finally turned o v er· to the comn1un it h v \.'. therl i t mov r~ d to Du.ndas S t.1··eet.

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Involvement of our parents in all of our locations and at Sackville became an integral p ar t o f Yor k Montessori and their contributions, over the years, have e nriched our classes immensely.

Parental involvement in our programmes bridges the gap between home and school, and cannot help but enhance each child's experiences with us.

In this, our 20th year of operation~ we can also look back on the founding of the Day School programme.

When Barbara Rodrigoe returned from five years of teaching in the Virgin Islands, we began to talk seriously about the possibility of starting an elementary programme.

We began that programme in 1978, with Barbara Rodrigoe working her magic on our first class of 19 children.

What began as an elementary programme~ up to and including Level 3, has now expanded to include Level 8 (our first graduating class).

1•1a1rilyn Andrews, our "more than years in her present role.

She through many roles in life as a volunteer, VMS Board member and as Registrar~ in 1976.

Registrar", has now spent almost 10 has moved with incredible efficiency teacher, writer, mother, parent finally replaced Dorothy Kinshita,

The loyalty and intensity with which the staff. members perform their teaching duties is almost unbelievable - it's what makes the difference at VMS! With the support of such a remarkable staff. we can only grow more successful and can continue to have a tremendous impact on the world of education!

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Don't Hlld :roar diM to !Iubin Goodwill, or tiM. Or else your ~JIIf-eld IDIJ come """'" tJ1B1 1111 olloeiJftl bJ 111mHU; JOIII" foar·J•ar-eld IDIJ' bo alii. te aame all :roar llild8 uteuuJ • IIcht; uclyour five-year-eld may start reacillll before bo 1e11 to klDdorprtea.

Barbara Katbleea GoodwiD - aa ot· tractive 29-yeu-eld who Iii<• tellllio, skilnl and small eblldru wbo ult bil quOitloas - il a teacher at Yort MoJI. teo sort NursetJ Schoo~ lhil you opor· aUq from tho basement ol Holy RoIUJ parish ball o• Sl Clair avt.

Bon ID Toronto, Bubar& attended Haver1a1 Collelo ucl majored Ia Polllleal ScieDco ucl Ec:oDomlc llbtory at TriDIIJ Colltlt. ' Aller lht sraduate4 abo wanlltd a job ID Fruco, looldllt after llx chll· dru. Whllo Ia Fr-. abo leanaed that tbo coa1d teach ID Elliii&M wllbout valllllll. u mott d~klero cu.

So Bubar& laqbt Ia a LaDdoa pov· • erty pocbt for two yean. "lt'o OIIJ to &tt a poJinl port u a permaneot auppiJ teacher," the ez. plains, "u JODI u you're wll~ to 10 to a poor secUnn of the c1ly."

TboD the landed another two·year job, Ill tho UbrUJ of Canada HoUN.

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ID tho Loodoa ac:bool ID OIIL ... sraduate4 Ill JuiJ, 1914, 11 a-.~ two-to-HVti>-Jear-elda.

Barbara retunltd to T...... ... started the York Montessori . _ , .

School Conlrary to popular belief, . . . . . _ . teachiDI is nol devaled to ........ reaclin1, wrilinl and -th 10 . . . , . ac:booler, but rather lo dnelafllll . . cbUd'o fuU persoaality.

"Adults have decided that ...... • cblld rUches I, bo wW btiiD .. ,.....• Barbara uplaiJIS. "But oomeU.. . . child b ready mucb oarller, .,.. . . . .

Ulllt to boP, "U It b bla cboll:e - U bo ~ decides bo w111ta to llltll ~ wW read."

Barbara lhara 111 apartmllllt oa C. Unllbam at. wltb a llrlfrleDd wbo II e CBC prodlletr.

On week eDda abo allil, playo '-'*, &DC! 11111111e1 to optad JIIQit of illlr oummen Ia Europe.

• But she'o llad to bo back In Tor•• "There'o lots of opportlllllty bore C. start a project like this," she sayo. "Ill Toronto you caa ralao both Intent& and fUDds."

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