1999- 2000 A Higher Perspective

This yearbook is a new venture for the Upper School at York.

A short five years ago, there were only 7 students in an inaugural grade 9 class. Now, that first year is about to graduate from grade 13 and have also complete International Baccalaureate.

In the past few years there have been many firsts for our school. With these steps forward, there has been a great deal of success.

There are now over 100 students in the Upper School, creating a critical mass. Many of these students are demonstrating leadership skills which are shaping the future of the school.

We are grateful for the ingenuity, energy, creativity, and diligence that this first yearbook committee have displayed.

Thanks to David Borsook, Jessica Kaplan, Mark Rupert, Ashley Snowden Coles, Cameron Crockatt, Alanna Silver, Bryna Traister, Daniel Jensen-Golden, David Steinbach and Bart Mothersill, and to Ms. Elliott who has put a great deal of effort into guiding the process.

Sincerely, Barbara Goodwin-Zeibots Barbara Goodwin-Zeibots Head of The York School

As the one who sees prospective students to York and their families, I have an insatiable curiosity about what brings them through the doors here at 1320 Yonge Street!

Virtually everyone has heard about York's wonderful academic programme and the incredibly gifted teachers who deliver that programme in so many innovative ways. Others come because of our strong emphasis on art, music and physical education, many come because we are a co-ed school and a surprising number of people love the idea of our mid-town Manhattan-style location.

We are marking the Millennium with our first IB graduating class and, for many of our admirers and supporters, the International Baccalaureate diploma is undoubtedly the best preparation for and the best guarantee of success at any university anywhere in the world. We develop research skills, teach problem-solving and encourage critical thinking ... and I've heard us described as "hip" and "urban chic" ... what an incredible combination! There are probably as many reasons for choosing York as there are families who are already part of the school.

Enjoy this year's Upper School yearbook, remember to congratulate David Borsook, Ms. Elliott and the entire yearbook staff for creating order out of chaos and have the best summer ever!

Marilyn Andrews Marilyn Andrews Vice-Principal/Director of Admissions

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It is increasingly apparent that the speed at which technology advances at one time a gallop, then the speed of a locomotive, and now the speed of light itself - is matched by the speed at which our lives fly by.

Fortunately, technology has left us with one machine that allows us to capture the time that has gone by; namely, the camera. In these pages you have the opportunity to stop the clock and re-enter the past, not to change it, but to celebrate it, to savour it, and to reflect upon it.

There is, indeed, a great deal to celebrate about the past year of the Upper School at The York School. 1999 - 2000 marks the first year of an Upper School graduating class. We applaud our seven intrepid graduates who have proven to both this community and the international community, that they have "made it". We wish them all success in whatever endeavours they happen to take on.

What then will we savour? Running from a sauna into the freezing waters at Camp Kandalore with the Grade 9's during January. Shaving the heads of teachers and students during United Way week. Playing football in front of the Capitol in Washington, DC. Stomping on balloons in the MPR. Getting a win at Rosseau Lake College. Hitting the shops In New York.

Parading mascots. Enslaving teachers. Take a moment, and smile again.

Finally, we must reflect. Take stock of what you have accomplished.

Cherish the friendships you have made and developed. Take pride in the challenges you have met and overcome. Your time at The York School is of great value - to you, and to others who have shared this daily life with you. Reflect upon, and recognize the amount you have given of yourself, and the memories and experiences you take away. 路 Thus, I encourage you to take time and open the pages of a history in which you are the principal player. You may laugh, you may shudder in disbelief, and you may ponder what might have been, but by celebrating, savouring and reflecting upon you past, you will come to realize the infinite array of possibilities that beckon you in the future.

With best wishes, David Hamilton David Hamilton Head of the Upper School

"It's only 6 tests. How hard can it be to take 6 tests?"

(9 year old sister of an IB student) The "Group of Seven" might have a quick answer for that question! It was a chaJlenging year for the IB2's as they finished off their OAC's, prepared for IB exams and sent off applications to universities. It was no less so for the IBl 's, as they jumped feet first into the deep end, some swimming nicely, others treading water for a while.

There were the "ups" - late nights creating the Group 4 Project, performing Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme for the patrons at Timothy's, the New York trip, information sessions with university reps, field trips to Barrie, the ROM and the McMichael GaJlery, tree-planting along the Don River, "Toque Tuesday". But there were the inevitable "downs" exams, tests, Internal Assessments, essays, Extended Essays, and never enough time ....

We took the IB path with great anticipation, and some trepidation. Students and teachers together faced the hurdles of two of focussed work, leading to the final exams in May. What pressure, but what an accomplishment! Our students can be confident that they are wen prepared for the next phase of their education.

Barbara Lister

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UPPER SCHOOL STAFF Sally Barr Jane Bishop Nancy Bunyard Annette Carter

Margaret Cathers Daniel Curran Jennifer Elliott Gerald Feeney

Robin Fulford Liz Gilbert David Hamilton David Kupec

Lois Lewis John Lindsay Barbara Lister Michael Nease

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Elizabeth Needham Kevin Pitt

Casey Sears Bart Snow

Carolyn Steele Cathy Wong II

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GRADE 9 A Blair Aronovitch Carlie Brand Alan Breuer Daniel Copeland

Amanda Goldstein Andrew Keith Sydney Kert Cassandra Kleinman

Lindsay Magrane Emily McCay Rishi Mehta Bart Mothersill

Deborah Perkins-l..eitma Keefer Pitfield Jonathan Rosen Jason Ross

Anna Rupert Julia Sharp Daniel Walderman

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GRADE 9 B Kaitlin Barber David Borsook Christina Dong Ellsabeth Aynn

Michael Frankel Susan Heath Daniel Jensen-Golden Undsay Kincaide

Diana Kyung Marianna Lamas Hart Lambert Adam Mandell

Jacqueline Porter Rachel Ross David Steinbach Tanya Tay

Mischa Thesberg Nathan Tolkin Andrew Webster

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GRADE 10 C Ali Akbarali Graeme Ash Robert Battista Azra Dhalla

Lauren Dill Christopher Dube Lauren Gibson Avery Haviv

James Legge Adam Levine Jonathan Mirsky Jason Simon

Laura Trmko Shana Valo Matthew Wong

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GRADE 10 P Ben Cadesky Jill Colvin Joseph Cuffaro Kyle Galloway

Sophia Keshavjee Nelina Khatau Mamie Mandel Mark Masters

Lindsay Mourant Galen Reynolds David Richardson Ori Rubin

Emily Sharp Daniel Sutkiewicz Michael Valo Lollis-Phillippe Vanier

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GRADE It Andrea Buczko Ashley Snowden Coles Cameron Crockatt Ben Davis

Suzanne Ennis Teymour Graham Jessica Kaplan Matthew Kaplan

Robert Kleinman Adrian Lo Michael McGregor Laurence Payne

Mark Rupert Alanna Silver Bryna Troister

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GRADE 12 I 181 Marie Claire Bark Adrian Bloy Adil Dhalla Ira Glasner

Lisa Gutierrez Kathryn Lenard Brendan Menzies Eric Morgan

Ward Pitfield Jeremy Shier Caleb Tarshis Samantha Thompson

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Semi Formal 1999

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Fine Arts Night On April 28, 1999 the York School hosted It's first Fine Arts Night at 1320 Yonge Street. The night was filled with amazing artwork by the grade nine, ten, eleven and the181 students. The grade nines presented autobiographical group collages, their photomonage study, silk screen-prints, pictures of the human figure, and their examination of pop art. The grade tens presented many things Including their work on mask sculptures, active/static abstract line designs, their study on contour line landscape, dream drawings, student dream Illustrations, and dream paintings. Some of the many fascinating projects the eleven's worked on were soapstone caiVings, their study on life drawings, and they presented their paintings on Masonite board. The 1B1's displayed various works they did over the past year.

The Music Department presented two concerts, during the evening.

The first was a vocal music concert by the upper school Jazz choir, Including such songs as "You're Gonna Be Ufted Up" (J. Estes) and a medley from "Les Mlserables" (Boulilil and Schonberg). The second concert of the evening featured performances by a variety of Instrumental groups at The York School. The grade nine band performed Grand March (arr. M. Nease) and The Clarion Call (Larry Clark). The grade ten class performed Abide With Me (Traditional), Processional (German Traditional), and School Spirit March (W.T. Purdy). The grade nine Clarinet trio played March (C.P.E. Bach). The last performance was by the Jazz Band. They played Jumpln' Junction (Carl Strommen) and Sing, Sing, Sing (Paul Cook).

The third segment of the evening was drama and they performed "The Obedience Experiment" by Robin Fulford. The night was a great success and was enjoyed by all!

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The Obedience Experiment The Obedience Experiment was York's outstanding production In the 1999 Independent School Drama Festival held at Elmwood School In Ottawa. We had fabulous feedback from the students, staff and adjudicator. The play Is recreation - almost In cartoon form - of Stanley Milgram's famous social psychology experIments of the early sixties. In these experiments, Milgram discovered that most people would violate their ethics In order to obey the authority they are under.

The Obedience Experiment was written and directed by Robin Fulford, designed

by Wendy White and featured the following cast: Rachel Kozlebrockl and Samantha Thompson as Dr. Kon: Adll Dhalla and Ira Glasner as Mr. Black: Sam Gherrl and Matt Kaplan as Mr. Hardcaslle: Ashley Coles and Sarah Watson as the Dreamers. Dawn Malr and Daniel Zacks were production assistants.

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The 1999 Terry Fox Run Many of you know Hans Zlmnoch - tall, blond, athletic - who was a student here for 9 years. Many of you will not have known his older sister Natasha, who was diagnosed with Leukemia when she was In Grade 6. She fought her disease determinedly, while faced with countless stays In hospital, undergoing radiation treatment, chemotherapy, even a bone marrow transplant. At the same time Natasha kept up with homework and assignments - a life raft of reality In the surreal world of tubes and tests and medical mysterIes. She was an excellent student, a dancer, and was just beginning to love to play basketball. She died In 1995, In the summer before grade 8.

The year before Natasha died. The York School held Its first Terry Fox Run. Mrs. Uster and Miss Van Tassell decided the school could show support for Natasha by doing what we had a reputation of doing well - cross country running. Natasha participated In her wheel chair, and the school, much smaller at that time, raised $4,000. Since her death the event has continued In her memory, this year contributing $17,000 to cancer research. Darrell Fox, who came to know the Zlmnoch family, and who Is an Incredibly busy man, always takes the time to visit us and accept our donation to the Terry Fox Foundation.

Natasha and her place In this school are permanently remembered In "Natasha's Garden", first located In front of the old Sheldrake building, and now at the comer of Yonge and Farnham. To participate every year In the Terry Fox Run Is to honour Natasha, and keep her alive In our hearts.

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New York City Trip

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On November lOth, the students In grades 11-13 departed for a fun-filled trip to New York City.

Unfortunately many of the IB2s couldn't come due to their extremely heavy workload. For the rest of us, It was an amazing trip.

We visited the Guggenheim Museum of Modem Art and the Museum of Moving Image. We all picked up some great stuff from SoHo, South Street Seaport and 5th Avenue. On our guided bus tour of Manhattan, we stopped In Greenwich Village and Harlem, which hardly seemed "ghetto," we saw Times Square, the old Studio 54, Radio City Music Hall, and the MlV studios.

These were only a few of the many sights we saw In the Big Apple. A gorgeous view of the New York City skyline was enjoyed from the very top of the Empire State Building. Ragtime was a delectably well done (In our opinion) musical: some hated It, some loved it. We experienced the culinary delights of the Harley Davidson Cafe and the Hard Rock Cafe. The Hard Rock was clearly the better of the two!

It was hard to say goodbye to New York, and many of us fell In love with the city that never sleeps.

Laurence Payne and Andrea Buczko Grade 11

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Grade 1 O's Washington Trip

From the Capital Building to the Monuments, from the "wonderful" hotel to the bus's septic tank exploding, these were some of the many events which outlined the grade 10's trip to the United States capital, Washington DC. It all started off with a 12-hour bus ride, driving through various states and seeing many different people. For example, while in Pennsylvania we sam some Quakers.

Then we finally arrived at our luxurious hotel, the Quality Inn Iwo Jima ...

The next day was really busy. We played football in an area called "the Mall", went to the Hirschom museum, ate at the "Old Post Office", took a picture in front of the White House, went on a drive-by tour of the embassies and went to a dinner theatre showing of "West Side Story". I guess the highlight of this day was when the bus's septic tank broke and Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Kupec and the bus driver had to repair it.

On our third day, we went to most of the Smithsonian museums, and then went to Georgetown. The last day was pretty relaxing compared to the others. We went to the Newseum, toured the National Museum of Art, spent three hours in a mall, and then took another 12-hour bus ride back home. That long bus ride signaled the end of our adventurous, exciting and very interesting trip!

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At the end of January, the grade 9's went to Camp Kandalore for four days of winter camping.

Everyone met at the bus, well prepared for the long bus ride and the following kilometer long walk in the cold to the camp. We had packed our extra blankets and our long johns...

We expected freezing cold cabins, and some of us weren't disappointed- at least, not initially, but some cabins turned into saunas overnight! We found out we had to use outhouses and the water froze for the showers.

Some of us were a little nervous to go to sleep the first night, so we joked that we would "sleep with one eye open", but after that night, we found falling asleep no problem at all since we were so exhausted from all the activities of the day.

We had lots of fun mattressing on the mattress slide. A lot of us jumped into the lake and then spent time warming up in the sauna. We learned how to cross country ski, and we can all say that we completed a trail. The repelling down a thirty-foot verilcal cliff had to be one of the highlights, while snow shoeing came a close second. The evening games had to be some of the best around, including stones and sardines. The Inuit blanket toss was great, and the food was surprisingly good.

Our cabins were great, and everyone was pleased with their roommates. Things to remember include the "man-eating giraffe," Uz's boots, Blair, Julia, Anna and Carlie's sweltering cabin, hockey on the lake, and of course, never ending comments about missing the Superbowl - but we did get to see the highlights on the bus ride home. flbanks Kandalore staff!)

Everyone was pleasantly surprised with how much fun the trip was. Thanks to the teachers who came with us, Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Curran, Ms. Elliott and Mr. Undsay.

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SENIOR BOYS CROSS COUNTRY TEAM

udmen", "Supermen" and "The HUI ers", but there was a single per ading force that pushed us to run fur r and faster: that when you pass e finish line you experience unparalleled high known only to us.

Back Row: Daniel Zacks, Jeremy Shier, Ben Freedman, Keny Hundey, David Richardson, James Legge, Front Row:Mr. Feeney, Galen Reynolds

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UNDER 16 GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM

Back Row: Mr. Hamilton, Lauren Gibson, Sydney Kert, Emily McCay Front Row: Azra Dhalla, Shana Valo, Laura Timko, Nelina Khatau Absent: Undsay Magrane

UNDER 20 BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM

Back Row: Mr. Hamilton, Kerry Huntley, Ira Glasner, Galen Reynolds, Adil Dhalla, David Richardson, Mike McGregor Front Row: David Saxe, Adrian Lo, Brendan Menzies, Laurence Payne, Ben Freedman Absent: Ford Shirriff

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UNDER 16 GIRLS VOLLEYBALL TEAM

Back Row: Jackie Porter, Ms. Sears, Liz Flynn Front Row: Lindsay Kincaide, Emily McCay, Suzie Heath

UNDER 16 GIRLS BADMINTON TEAM

thougli this was an Un er 16 team, our members ranged from Grade 7 to Grade 11. Some girls had many years of experience to share, whlle others were newly introduced to this sport. They worked hard to Improve their skills, and played to the best of their ability in every competition. We won some and lost some, but in the end we all were winners. The coaches enjoyed working with the girls and appreciated their enthusiasm! Thanks for the multi-grain bars and the fabulous juice boxes - and remember...

"As the birds fly high, we hold our rackets o the sky!"

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Back Row: Tanya Tay, Sydney Kert, Jessica Kaplan, Margot Killoran Middle Row: Ms. Wong, Diana Kyung, Shana Valo, Laura Timko, Zoe Fallis, Jodi Goldberg, Mrs. Lister Front Row: Andrea Nesbitt, Azra Dhalla, Lauren Dill, Alexandra Rosenblatt

ALPINE SKI TEAM

Back Row: Ms. Moffat, Cameron Crockatt, Jeremy Shier, Mr. Lindsay Front Row: Tom Dovey, Adam Levine, Richard Nesbitt, Liam Cohl

SKI AND SNOWBOARD CLUB

Back Row: Mike McGregor, Suzanne Ennis, Adrian Lo, Laurence Payne, Andy Keith, Adil Dhalla Middle Row: Mr. Kupec, Jonathan Rosen, Bart Mothersill, Keefer Pitfield, Matt Kaplan, Mark Rupert, Ben Davis Front Row: Lindsay Mourant, Emily Sharp, Daniel Copeland, Samantha Thompson, Julia Sharp, Anna Rupert, Blair Aronovitch

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THE VOICE

Members: Kyle Galloway, Avery Haviv, Jonathan Mirsky, Matt Wong, Phillippe Vanier, Mark Masters In the olce It Is the goal of the staff to speaJ{ out as the Voice" o e stui:lents. This year we have taken a number of student opinion polls so that we could give the "Voice" of the student body. With new editors Phillippe Vanier and Avery Haviv, the Voice has a goal to get one Issue out about every two weeks. Voice writers are required to have at least one article per Issue. The Voice this year has been very successful and hopefully this success can continue next year.

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

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Members: Ms. Carter, Rishi Mehta, James Legge, Lindsay Kincaide This has lieen esty International's Hrst year at the Yo School ancfifhiS been a Jiuge success! Thanks to all of the hard work and dedication put forth by York students and Madame Carter we have achieved a lot this year. Our activities range from raising awareness about human rights to earning money for Amnesty charities by selling Valentine's Day kiss-a-grams. This club has been so successful because York students really seem to care about the rights of others. lnank you York for a fabulous first year and hopefully there will be many more to follow!

JAZZ BAND

Back Row: Kyle Galloway, Laurence Payne, Mark Rupert Middle Row: Mrs. Bunyard, Daniel Jamison, Sam Chown, Mr. Nease Front Row: Matt Wong, Andy Keith, Lindsay Kincaide, Hart Lambert

ifrwnpets, trom路 nes, sax, , piano at come toge er in e Jazz Band. We meet every day five and after school on ifuesdays. Some o our favourite songs that we have performed are: The ifwist, Killer Joe and Stand by Me. We have also visited a school in Oakville and presented a successful concert.

THE GREEN CLUB

Back Row: Mr. Kupec, Cassandra Kleinman, Emily Sharp, Lauren Gibson, Liz Aynn, Bryna Troister Front Row: Sidney Kert, Alanna Silver, Lauren Dill, Suzanne Ennis, and Andrea Buczko

e Green C u a ows us to a w ge an question ilie environmen and economl aspects of today's society. Those of you who bebeve that the green club only discusses trees, ~lants and pollution are seriously misled. Although the above are commonly incorporated, of equal importance is the way the club provokes thoughts of Issues in society and challenges m. The Green Club is an essential aspect to the school and Mr. Kupec does an excellent job of running it. We find the issues discussed interesting and surprising and we look forward to every day 7.

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SCRABBLE CLUB

Members: Blair Aronovltch, Carlle Brand, Julia Sharp, Anna Rupert, Adam Levine, Mark Rupert, Jessica Kaplan, Ashley Coles, Rob Kleinman, Cameron Crockatt, Bart Motherslll, Nathan Tolkln, Tim Graham, Adrian Lo, Andrew Webster, Mike Valo, Shana Valo, Rob Battista, Lauren Dill, Joseph Cuffaro, Ben Cadesky, All Akbarall, David Borsook, Jake Ross

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Is partlcu ar c u6 rings out e lri everyone. Every week, we sit In groups of four and play scrabble In order to Improve our vocabulary, but even more Importantly to form friendships with se we don't know. Mr. Curran and Mr. Pitt add enjoyment to all the fun..l filled classes. We all look forward to days when we have Scrabble Club because we always know that we won't be bored at all.

MEDIA STUDIES

Members: Mamie Mandel, Jake Ross, Alan Breuer, Jonathan Rosen, Shana Valo, Lauren Gibson, Lauren Gibson, Michael Frankel, Mariana Lamas, Amanda Goldstein, Rachel Ross, Daniel Walderman, Nathan Talkin, Andrew Webster, Deborah PerkinsL.eitman, Andy Keith, Diana Kyung, Tanya Tay.

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Members: David Richardson, Chris Dube, Graeme Ash, Galen Reynolds, Mike McGregor, Ben Cadesky, Ali Akbarali, Daniel Sutjiewicz, Rob Battista, Lauren Gibson, Ben Davlsm, Sophia Keshavjee, Emily Sharp, Lindsay Mourant, Nelina Khatau, Shana Valo, Lauren Dill, Tim Graham, Joseph Cuffaro

DEBATING

Members: Mamie Mandel, Mark Masters, Jake Ross, Michael Frankel, Marianna Lamas, Laura Timko, Azra Dhalla, Jill Colvin, Amanda Goldstein, Daniel JensenGolden, Daniel Walderman, Jackie Porter, Christina Dong, Kate Barberm, Liz Aynn, Emily McCay, Andrea Buczko, Hart Lambert, Mike Valo, Susie Heath.

e e6ating c u as a a very succ an , year. y or mer lawyer Mr. Hamilton, the group did everything from improvisa on (where a person is given a topic and must discuss it with n preparation) to cross-examination. All of the members debating ere much improved by the end of the year.

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UPPER SCHOOL CHOIR Back Row: Robert Kleinman, Mrs. Lewis, Chris Dube Front Row: Suzanne Ennis, Azra, Dhalla, Laura Timko, Jill Newman

CONCERT BAND Top Row: Chris Simpson, Avery Haviv, Jonathan Rosen, Emily McCay, Dave Steinbach, Alan Breuer, Kyle Galloway, Andy Keith, Ben Cadesky, Mischa Thesberg, Matt Greyson Middle Row: Mrs. Bunyard, Ali Akbarali, Susie Heath, David Borsook, Laurence Payne, Jason Simon, Mike Valo, Undsay Kincaide, Mr. Nease Sitting Row: John Mirsky, Rachel Ross, Darin Tay, Tanya Tay, Rishi Mehta, Harry Knazan, Jackie Porter, Diana Kyung, Shana Valo Bottom Row: Hart Lambert, Nathan Tolkin, Rob Battista

DANCE WITH MS. WONG Cassandra Kleinman, Lindsay Magrane, Sydney Kert, Carlie Brand, Andy Keith, Anna Rupert, Blair Aronovitch, Julia Sharp and Ms. Wong

GUITAR CLUB Back Row: Mr. Kupec, Matt Kaplan, Adrian Lo, Keefer Pitfield Front Row: Daniel Copeland, Laurence Payne, Adam Mandel Absent: Jason Simon, Adam Levine

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VISUAL ARTS CLUB Mamie Mandel, Lindsay Mourant, Emily Sharp, Cassandra Kleinman, Katie Barber, Christina Dong, Liz Flynn, Sydney Kert, Lauren Gibson, Sophia Keshavjee, Emily McCay, Lindsay Magrane, Jackie Porter, Susie Heath, Nelina Khatau

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MAD SCIENCE CLUB Daniel Copeland, Blair Aronovitch, Carlie Brand, Julia Sharp, Tanya Tay, Diana Kyung, Deborah Perklns-Leitrnan, Anna Rupert, Amanda Goldstein, Sydney Kert, Alan Breuer, Andrew Webster, Tim Graham, Adrian Lo, Ms. Eliott and Ms. Wong

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1999-2000 HOUSE COUNCIL ouse COun enjoy its m exciting, productive year ever. The six teen member council met on a wee sis to better Upper School life to best of our our abilities. And boy, did Wej ever do great! Significant achievements include: the United Way Week, Semiormal, A House Council Constitution, Redecorating the Student Lounge, Intramural sports and monthly house activities and finally the Spirit Week. ifhanks to all who actively participated! in House Council activities and most! importantly - thanks to all the House Council members for their time, dedicartlon and spirit. Yorkside!

Adil Dhalla and Samantha Thompson House Council: Back: Eric Morgan, Lisa Gutierrez, Adil Dhalla, Ira Glasner, Ben Cadesky Middle: Mr. Hamilton, Lindsay Kincaide, Jessica Kaplan, Alanna Silver, Jason Simon, Laurence Payne Front: Azra Dhalla, Sam Thompson, Rachael Koziebrocki, Shana Valo

From October 22"' to 25"', five student councU members ventured to Vancouver, British Columbia for the weekend to attend a leadership conference. The students were Adil Dhalla, Jessica Kaplan, Laurence Payne, Alanna Silver and Samantha Thompson. The objective for the weekend was to make contact with other leaders from independent schools around Canada, to come up with a mission statement for all the schools Involved In the Canadian Independent School's Association, and to have fun. We did lots of Interesting things throughout the entire weekend, including singing as a choir ("Se ya hum bah ku ken yen kwen kos"), doing gym ( or at least some of us did), going to Electronic Arts Canada (we are all a few video games and t-shirts richer), experienctng Tal Chi (we all know where our bubbling fountains are now), and of course doing a bit of work. We met a lot of Interesting people and did some Interesting things, and over aU It was an amazing experience. The five of us grew to be closer and learned more about each other and Vancouver, including "Yak Yak Yak", "Are you coming on to me?", Sushi, Forehead, Chubby, "I don't wanna walt" at the Dawson's Creek party, "Super Star", the worst movie ever starting Ramzy, the anti-stew club, and learning how to dress at a whole new level.

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YEARBOOK COMMITTEE

jo o a Is to put on paper a Important events memories o a I year, vlng nts , teams wl r victories losses, and many scenes of school life both In and out of the classroom. No small task! This was the first year that the Upper and Lower school produced two sepa rate yearbooks, and so this year's committee had the exciting prospect of producing the first ewr Upper School Yearbook, complete with many colour pages, and o course our first senior graduating class.

Since this was our first year, many members of staff were new to the whole yearbook process, and had much to learn about creating layouts and copy, selecting p ~phs. and creating an overaD product which they could be proud of. David Borsook, as assistant editor, along with Jessica Kaplan and Mark Rupert were dedi cated workers, and deserve much credit for the pages you see before you. Ott- members of staff include Bryna Traister, Alanna SUver, Ashley Coles, David Steinbach, Bart MothersiU and Daniel Jensen-Golden. To the first ever staff of the upper school yearbook. congratulations to all for a job weU done. ThJs Is the product of work and u should indeed be roud of It, both now, as a reminder of the recent J)llst, and In years to come, as a memento of yc>11 high schoo .;;;l;..;d;;;;a= .'------'

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