Annual Report 2017-18
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Message from the Head of School To the Ashbury College Community,
On a strategic level, various priorities have kept us busy this year—not the least of which is preparing for the construction of the new Centre for Science & Innovation, which began to unfold this summer. The new space will consolidate our science and innovation offerings in one location in state-of-the-art premises. Support for this project has been strong, and led by our board and foundation, as well as our parent and alumni community. We are excited to see our programs thrive in this new space in 2019. We also have also made strong headway with our financial assistance program, effectively doubling our offerings over the next two years—all part of our campaign which will continue into the next school year. Thank you to all who have supported this campaign to date.
Once again, the success of our school year is thanks to the dedication of our faculty and staff, who both challenge and support our students each day, our leadership team and the many volunteer groups who are so instrumental in supporting our work—Board, Foundation, Guild, Parents’ Committee and Alumni. Je souligne les exploits réalisés par les élèves au cours de l’année 2017–2018. Je tiens de plus à féliciter tous les jeunes qui ont persévéré tout au long de l’année pour atteindre leurs objectifs personnels; sans oublier l’implication des adultes qui les ont accompagnés dans leurs multiples projets scolaires. Bravo à toutes et à tous! Probitas, Virtus, Comitas. Norman Southward Head of School – Directeur PAGE | 1
Junior and Senior School Closing ceremonies in June capped off a successful school year for 2017–18 and reflected Ashbury’s dynamic environment of teaching and learning. The student experience remained wideranging, where academics are duly complemented by outstanding opportunities in sport, arts, internationalism, and service to others. Full school life reinforced the sense of character and life-long learning that we seek to instill in students.
Message from the Board Chair program where parents from around the world trust us to take good care of their children. We are proud of our students as the vast majority are accepted into the university programs they are focused on. They leave us with the fundamentals of a strong education they can build from in whatever endeavour they follow.
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As Ashbury College looks forward to its 128th year, we continue to be proud of our students from 58 different countries, who are focused on academic excellence, their community, ethical character development, well-rounded personal growth, and opened-minded internationalism. In order to deliver tangible outcomes on these core values, Ashbury is focused on worldclass teaching, continuous improvement, strong board oversight, and governance.
We want to thank the leadership team, which is always focused on the future. We thank the countless number of volunteers that keep Ashbury a hub of continuous activity. We thank the building and administrative staff who make everything work, day in and day out. Lastly, as we enter the fifth year of our strategic plan, we have an outstanding group of volunteer Board members who are engaged, knowledgeable, keen and committed to making sure Ashbury is on the right track.
We are proud of our committed and caring teachers who influence their students, both in terms of future areas of study, and to become individuals of character who care about their communities and friends.
To borrow from a well-known quote, “it takes a community to raise a child.� We have a large and robust community helping us raise these young people.
We are proud that our school continues to have strong enrolment, high retention, and a very strong boarding
Richard J. Dixon Chair, Ashbury Board of Governors
Message from the Foundation Chair Ashbury continues to advance its successes, and the Ashbury College Foundation has followed suit. Our community is dedicated to supporting our students, both now and in the future, and we all benefit from that generosity. As Ashbury moves to its final year of its current strategic plan, one of our priorities remains expanding access to students of merit and potential by means of financial assistance. Last year, Ashbury College provided 50 mission-appropriate students an average of over $10,000 in assistance, based on families’ demonstrated financial needs. We continue pursuing our goal of having 10% of the student body on meaningful financial assistance. None of this success would have been possible without the hard work of many volunteers and staff and most importantly, your support of the school.
James Baxter ’83, Chair Ashbury College Foundation
$1,216,425 in annual gifts recieved
$12.5
million endowment fund PAGE | 3
Thank you,
Our ground-breaking ceremony for our new Centre for Science & Innovation officially launched this exciting 14-month project and celebrated what it will bring to science, innovation, and financial assistance programs at Ashbury.
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Members of the Ashbury community raised a toast with sparkling apple juice at the ground breaking of the new Centre for Science & Innovation. From left to right: Rebecca Muscat, Senior School student; Lee Goodwin, Facility Management & Engineering; Norman Southward, Head of School; Richard Dixon, Chair of the Board of Governors; Rachel Baxter, Campaign Chair; John Lindgren, Campaign Chair; Davie McRobie, project architect; Dr. Libby Boulianne, Head of Senior Science; Kathleen Bai and Ella Wilson, Junior School students.
Ashbury students launch weather balloon to stratosphere Four Grade 11 students launched a weather balloon on a mid-June morning 100,000 feet into the atmosphere to collect data and images of the curvature of the Earth.
“We basically wanted to see if we could send something into space,” says student William Waters. “But we also wanted to show that scientific exploration is about more than just robots.” Waters says the group’s longer-term goal is to provide their experience as a model for other students, and schools, who may be interested in developing a launch of their own. “We learned a lot doing this and we could share those lessons with others,” he says. The students—Waters, Alec Donovan, Mohamed Ebsim, and Brandon Just—launched the balloon from Ashbury’s athletic field. The flight took several hours, eventually landing in Lac des Deux Montagnes, Quebec. All the equipment was recovered and the students are reviewing the data collected.
The balloon, built entirely by the students, had a GoPro camera on board to capture 180° footage of the launch. Additional equipment, purchased with help of Ashbury donors, recorded data such as temperature, air pressure, and provided a gas analysis.
Photo: From left to right: Mohamed Ebsim, teacher Adam Drenth, Brandon Just, Will Waters and Alec Donovan just before the launch. PAGE | 5
The students initiated the project as a way to test their own construction and scientific collection skills, but also to inspire STEM-related curiosity in younger students as the school continues construction of its new Centre for Science & Innovation.
Ashbury in 2017-18 2017 Graduates’ Programs of Study
37% Science & Engineering
36% Arts & Social Sciences
21% Business
6% Fine Art
Top University Choices United States UK & Int’l
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McGill University Queen’s University
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Carleton University University of Toronto
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15 14 14
75% Over 75% of the graduating class offered scholarships
Class of 2018
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2018 IB RESULTS: Average Diploma Points: Mean Subject Grade: Diploma Pass Rate: 42 students received the full IB diploma
Ashbury 33.00 5.23 95%
World 29.87 4.81 78%
Student Demographics 109 Boarders 182 Junior School 532 Senior School 53% Male 47% Female
Percentage of Students on Financial Assistance 10
Admissions worked throughout the year to attract 714 students to the school
109 boarding students from 30 countries
8 6 4 2 2015-16
2016-17
2017-18
Goal
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Strategic Plan Focus Areas in Year 4 Teaching and Learning
Personal Growth & Character Development
Access to Ashbury Financial Assistance
Community Connections
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Resources & Sustainability
A.T.L implemented school wide
Science & Innovation program development
Professional development for faculty and staff
Student services & learning support programs
Pathway programs & university guidance
Character development initiatives & chapel
Marketing financial assistance opportunities for students
Goal of 10% of students on meaningful financial assistance
Strategy to accelerate financial assistance in three years
Continued partnership development
IT architecture introduced for course management system
Raise Ashbury’s presence in the National Capital Region
Summer & rental analysis completed
Create new student internship & service opportunities
Centre for Science & Innovation project development
Experiential learning
Refugee sponsorship initiative
CAIS standards review process
BOARD OF GOVERNORS 2017–18 Mr. Richard Dixon Chair of the Board
Ms. Lori O’Neill Vice Chair of the Board
Mrs. Meena Roberts Past Chair of the Board
TERM GOVERNORS MS. Andie Andreou Mr. Ion Aimers Mr. Terry Blake Dr. Benjamin Chow Mr. Richard Emmerson
Dr. Melissa Forgie Mrs. Zahra Jadavji Mrs. Cathy McLean Dr. Nicholas Ng-A-Fook
Mr. Andrew Nichols Mr. Kevin Pidgeon Mrs. Menisha Sharma Ms. Victoria Shore Ms. Kathryn Tremblay
SERVING LIFE GOVERNORS Mr. Martin Parizeau Mr. Chris Teron ’76
Mrs. Jean Teron
Mr. Stephen Woollcombe ’57 Mrs. Debbie Weinstein
LIFE GOVERNORS Mrs. Cynthia Baxter Mr. Claude Bennett Dr. Christopher Carruthers Mr. John Kelly
Mr. Frederic Martin Mr. Timothy Murray Mr. Robert Paterson Mr. David Pigott ’79 Mr. Gordon Pimm
Mr. E. Ned Rhodes, Jr. ’55 Mr. James Smellie Mr. Anthony Tattersfield Dr. David Zussman
EX-OFFICIO (VOTING) OFFICERS
HONORARY GOVERNOR (NON-VOTING)
Ms. Melynda Leyton, Chair, Parents’ Committee Mrs. Karen Haebe, President, Ashbury Guild Mr. Rob Hall ’83, President, Alumni Executive Mr. James Baxter ’82, Chairman, Ashbury Foundation Mr. Norman Southward (non-voting), Head of School
The Rt. Rev. John Chapman Anglican Bishop of Ottawa
FOUNDATION BOARD MEMBERS 2017–18 Julie Fine ’90 Dennis Laurin John Lindgren Charles H. Maclaren ’71 James MacMillan ’03
Sean Murray ’82 Jeremy Ouseley ’09 Tim Orr Hugh Scott ’88 Philip von Finckenstein ’89 PAGE | 9
James B. Baxter ’82 (Chair) Aik Aliferis ’79 Kathy Boate ’99 Kevin Bon ’92 Alex Graham ’82
We thank our donors and partners for their ongoing support of our programs over the past year.
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Founders Circle $10,000+ Anonymous Anthony and Rosemary Nichols Ashbury College Guild Bill and Jean Teron Brown’s Fine Food Services Inc. Charlie Maclaren ’71 Chou Hu Ho and Yen Lin Hsu Doherty & Associates Co. Ltd. Donald and Meena Roberts John, Jennifer, Nikola ’09 and Sonya ’11 Ruddy Jun Xu and Ya Qi Michael Potter The Mital Family Philip and Beata Garel-Jones The Sachs Family Tina and Graham Fallis The Waters Family Ying Wang and Linda Wu Governors Circle $5,000+ Alexander and Wanda Fallis Alice Hunt The Benloulou Family David ’79 and Janet Pigott David and Rosie Laquerre James ’83 and Sarah Baxter Jeremy Tyler ’63 Dr. John and Gloria Connelly Richard and Michelle Dixon Richard D. Emmerson and Jeewon Lee Yihao Yang and Fang Fang Chen
Heads of School Circle $1,000+ Anonymous In memory of Alexander (Sandy) Miller ‘06 Andrew ’91 and Kristen Nichols Dr. Benjamin and Nancy Chow Benjamin Merkley ’95 and Véronique French Merkley Brian J. Scott ’67 Bruce and Kelly Mutch C. Winston Bennett ’99 Chengli Zhang and Shuyan Liu Douglas Boeckh and Joseline Beaulieu Michael and Fiona Amanya Gowling WLG Greg Kozlowski and Leslie Miles Ion Aimers Jacques and Donna Shore Jeff ’82 and Tara-Leigh Mierins Jingru Fu and Liang Ping Deng John ’82 and Martha Drake Kathleen Munro Collins on behalf of the Munro family in memory of Ildi Munro Kathy A. Boate ’99 Ken and Jacqueline Guarisco Kevin Bon ’92 Drs. John Kokkinakis and Montserrat Bouvier Lan Li and Gang Deng Louise, John ’75, Daniel ’78 and David ’85 Arnold Dr. Maneesh and Menisha Sharma Maxway Education Group Limited Mei Xie and Yong Huang Dr. Michael Hodgins and Catherine MacNeill Hodgins Drs. Ming Zheng and Tianbing Wang Dr. Minh Leha and Anh Tuyet Nguyen Ned ’55 and Liz Rhodes Nobutaka Hayashi and Natalie Piche Padme Raina Patrick and Dr. Chigozie Maidoh Pierre Boulet and Louise Roy Qi Zhou and Dr. Lei Yue Qiang Zhao and Meixia Gong R.T. Kenny ’48 Randy Hicks and Laurie LeGallais Ray Bertrand ’82 Rick and Catherine Hunter Rob Tamblyn ’82 Rouben Khatchadourian and Wendy Davenport Scotiabank Stephen and Kerry deBlois Stephen Perry and Rhoda Barr Stephen Woollcombe ’57 Tim Orr and Lori O’Neill Viren Doshi and Esperance Niyonkuru Yan Ping Deng and Chuankun Lai Ying Deng and Xiaoyan Ma
Housemasters Circle $500+ Anonymous Alan Gill ’62 Alex Milroy Andrew Beamish ’82 Baoer Yang ’18 Baoguo Li and Xia Yuan Bing Jiang and Youfang Qiu Bob Kenny ’72 Bruce Hillary ’57 Bryan and Cathy McLean Chris ’76 and Dr. Louisa Teron Darrell Heckmann and Janice Lewery David Fair ’48 David Graham and E. Ann Moran Dmitrii Antonenko and Kristina Matyuka Donna and Obbe Vermeij Forum for Young Canadians Grant McDonald and Carol Devenny Dr. Greta Dervish Hang Bui and Nghia Doan Holiday Little and Nathan Sheaff Hugh ’88 and Sally Scott Jeffrey Gillin ’90 John H. Gill ’52 Juhong Bai and Kai Zhang Julie Fine ’90 Jun Yan Wang and Hong Wen Xu Karen McAndrew Kevin and Lyne Lloyd Kyoung Oh Long Xiao and Tao Liu Martin Parizeau and Sheryl Green-Parizeau Mike Pennell and Janet McKeage Ming Gao and Fei Lin Nabeel Alkhatib and Dr. Salwa Ezdahmad Neil Charbonneau ’94 Norman Southward and Dr. Anna Rumin Olusegun and Olaposi Williams Paul Kadziora ’80 Peter Copestake ’74 Peteris Ustubs and Aina Anna Ustuba Richard P. Rossy ’67 Ross and Mary Ann Varley Roy, Dorothy, Jillian ’90 and Julie ’92 Napier Ruixian Yuan and Bo Kuang Sarah Connelly ’95 Shuyan Geng and Jingmin Liu Tam and Jan Matthews Thomas and Sylwia Favret Ulrich Haastert ’96 Wan Ho Dr. Waleed Al-Nassan and Ghada Abdo William ’57 and Joan Birbeck Dr. William and Julie Henson Xiaohua Ye and Ken Bao The Yau Family Ying Zhang
Donors Anonymous Aimy Bryden ’98 Alexandra Akman ’18 Andie Andreou Andy and Stephanie Young Anjelien Slater Anthony Paish ’50 Armen Ashekian ’97 Rev. Arthur MacRae ’49 Dr. Ben Hérique Bill Palamar Brad Hampson ’82 Brendan MacGillivray Brian and Catherine Dickson Brian Morrison ’82 Brian Storosko Bruce Weiner ’71 Cameron Morrison ’12 Cathy, Joshua ’99 and Stuart ’03 Gray Chapman, Victorine and Illesha ’10 Uko Chikako Yamamoto ’18 Christian Ringwald ’18 Christopher H. Wirth ’82 Dave Beedell ’80 David and Barbara Saville David Leigh ’75 David Nesbitt ’82 David Tamblyn ’80 Debin Wang and Lingling Chen Derek Taylor and Fiona Robinson Donald Cook ’88 Doron and Nadine Caspi Edgar Rechnitzer ’86 Elena Smirnova ’18 Eliza Bianchi Emiliano Conde and Isabelle Oppenheim Emily Amano ’18 Erik Carey ’80 Erin Johnson Gary and Geri-Lee Godkin Dr. Gary and Stacey Kay Dr. Genevieve Audet George MacLaren ’57 Gerry Wharton ’52 Grace Watt ’18 Graham Dickson ’94 Gregory Black ’06 The Greigs Guy and Elspeth Blondin Harrison Niznick ’08 Dr. Herman van Roijen ’82 Hongyi Wan ’16
Ian Tattersfield ’06 Ingrid and Geoff Boyd Inma Romero Jacqui Squires James A. Kenny ’02 Jason and Jenny Shinder Jay Flesher ’82 Jeremy Ouseley ’09 Jing Zhai and Qiuran Wang John ’63 and Aline Bethune John Henderson ’65 John Palmer ’68 Jon and Monica Landon Julia Robinson ’18 Dr. Kayode and Gladys Adeleye Katherine Hales ’10 Kendal Young Kent Cook ’61 Kevin Keenan ’82 Knut Schaekel and Ulrike Schaekel Lane Rechan ’18 Lauren MacDonald ’18 Leane Gaussorgues ’18 Lillian Song ’18 Magnus Sverdrup ’18 Matthew Tattersfield ’96 Melanie Quevillon ’92 Michael and Cheryl McFaul Dr. Michael Rapp and Susan Margles Mohammed Sheikh Drs. Motunrayo and Ejibunmi Adetola Neola Duthie ’18 Nicholas Ng-A-Fook Nicholas Sullivan ’18 Nigel Macleod ’73 Noa Caspi ’18 Ole Book ’54 Oliver and Silke Mensching Olivia Taggart ’08 Paul and Nancy Amos Peter Ostrom and Anne McKillop-Ostrom Philip ’89 and Vanessa von Finckenstein Philip Pedersen and Vasiliki Marinakos Pierre Fontaine ’82 Rachael Stevenson ’07 Rachel Smith ’18 Richard Grogan ’56 Richard Maclure and Sumaya Bahar Robert and Jody Mews Robert Defries ’63 Dr. Roger Bidwell ’43 Robert Dickson ’62 Ross and Michelle Holman Ross Tavel ’93 Samantha Wiesenfeld ’18 Sara Maclure ’18 Sarah Kehoe Sergey and Viktoriya Popenko
Sharelle Samuel ’18 Shauna Monaghan Staff of Ashbury College Stephen Suh ’79 Terrence Blake Thomas Lee ’90 Timothy Coristine ’62 Valerie Favret ’18 Vicky Wilgress and Tyler Wilgress ’03 Victoria Shore ’07 Viet Nguyen ’18 W. Ross Brown ’79 and Toni Tothill-Brown Walter Grego and Lisa de Montigny Wendy Smith - In Memory of Gordo ‘82 William Dalley ’71 William He ’18 William Weeks ’51 Xiaoping Sheng and Xuan Xu Yuanling Gu and Binfam Pan Zahra and Altaf Jadavji Zhi-Ming Zhong and Lai-King Chan * Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this list. We apologize for any errors or omissions. Please notify the Advancement Office of any changes.
Thank you to our Partners
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Congratulations to our 126th Graduating Class
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Ashbury College Class of 2018
University of Toronto Carleton University Northeastern University University of Ottawa Queen Mary University of London University of Copenhagen Colgate University Queen’s University Harvard University King’s College London University of Miami Ryerson University CEU San Pablo University, Spain Western University Bishop’s University Lasalle College of the Arts, Singapore McGill University Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Norwich University Sciences Po, France University of British Columbia Southwestern Oklahoma State University California Institute of the Arts University of California - San Diego University of California - Santa Barbara McMaster University University of Waterloo Saint Mary’s University York University Goldsmiths, University of London University of Guelph Australia National University University of Michigan Wake Forest University New York University Schwäbisch College, Germany Brock University Georgia Tech Rice University Technical University of Denmark Geneva Business School University of St Andrews Florida A&M University University of Amsterdam Dalhousie University Parsons, The New School Chinese University of Hong Kong Concordia University Wilfrid Laurier University Memorial University
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... and to the global universities that welcomed them this fall.