KCS Annual Report and Donor Tribute 2021-22

Our Mission

To be the defining force in developing lifelong learners by stewarding a learning environment that inspires us to reach our ultimate potential.

Table of Contents

Message from the Chair of the Board

Message from the Head of School

Message from the Director of Advancement

Board of Directors and Committees

Message from the Treasurer

Message from Assistant Head, Academics

Four Doors of Learning

Health and Wellness

Message from Head of Senior School

Message from the Parent Network Co-Chairs

Donor

Decade of Giving

Message from the Chair of the Board

With the ever-changing landscape and the challenges of the past two years, our community should feel proud of our resilience and what we have accomplished together. This past school year, we continued to follow health and safety protocols established by our federal/provincial governments and supported by Toronto Public Health. Our ReEntry Task Force, led by Governor, Alan Bowman, continued to work with School Management on these protocols throughout the year. Along with Derek Logan’s strong leadership, the KCS community benefited from the high caliber and unwavering commitment of our faculty and staff, and the flexibility of our students who adapted to these shifting protocols.

At the Junior School, despite the restrictions over the past two years, your generosity with your time as volunteers was remarkable. Parent Network (PN) volunteers enriched our school culture and students’ time at school in many ways, from Magoo lunches or running an on-line book program, to welcoming new

families, and organizing staff appreciation events. It was delightful to hear how much our community enjoyed re-connecting throughout the spring at various events including parent social events, KCS Has Talent, Grade 8 Graduation, Closing Ceremonies, and at the end of year BBQ. Kate Fidani, Natalie Nudds and Aneta Gauthier co-chaired the Junior and Senior School PN this year and did a fantastic job. You have made the school a better place for our children thank you!

During 2021-22, KCS brought our new branding, “expand possible”, to life with our first class of Grade 9 students. With construction of the new facility at 2183 Lake Shore Blvd. West having just begun, Head of Senior School, Andrea Fanjoy, and team delivered the Grade 9 ‘Bridge Year’, teaching from a temporary site in Bloor Street West. The dedication to providing these KCS families with this innovative, place-based experiential learning speaks volumes about the type of school KCS is and the people who make up this community. Thank

you all for the trust you put in our team of faculty and volunteers to deliver the first CAIS accredited high school in the west end of the city. Throughout the year I enjoyed hearing about what our Grade 9 students were doing and realized that they were paving the way for future senior students, including being the first to represent the high school in alpine skiing and swimming, leading a beach cleanup at Humber Bay Shores for our Grade 7 students, and choosing audacious Path projects, that include learning how to fly a plane!

The Join the Journey campaign that launched in 2020-21 continued this past year. To date, $4.2 million has been raised to support the construction and renovation at the KCS Senior School. This also includes the school’s first $1 million donation from an anonymous alumni family.

We are grateful to the Senior School Founders to date who have joined our journey in support of Phase 1 construction being completed this fall.

Fundraising, and the opportunity to become a Senior School Founder continues, with construction of Phase 2 starting in the summer of 2023.

On behalf of the KCS Board of Governors, I do want to thank you for your ongoing support. It has been my great privilege to serve as the Chair of the Board of Governors. I am confident that the incoming Chair, Tiffany Jay, will continue to deliver on our slogan ‘expand possible’ here at KCS.

Lastly, I would like to thank all members of the KCS community for your ongoing commitment, passion, and the effort you all make every day to make this an exceptional school community that I am so proud to be a member.

BRONWEN EVANS KCS Board Chair

To date, $4.2 million has been raised to support the construction and renovation at the KCS Senior School.

Message from the Head of School

This past year, was again, like no other we have ever seen. It was not like 2020-2021, with so many closures and learning from home, but it was still a year we will never forget. Our cohorts were still in place (although we moved from 4 cohorts to 3 cohorts in Grades 1-8), masks were mandatory for most of the year, and first term was very strict about distancing and activities. It was a year of hoping that the pandemic would soon end, and we could all go back to “normal”. By the end of second term, I think we all breathed a sigh of relief when we heard singing and instruments being played again, in-person assemblies returned as did inter-school athletics, and we were able to end the year with inperson Closing Ceremonies for the first time since June 2019. I want to thank our faculty, staff, students, and families for your continued adaptability, commitment to learning no matter what the circumstances, and your patience. It has not been an easy two years, but as always, our KCS community always followed our three school rules by showing respect, manners and trying our best.

In 2021-22, the Board of Governors worked with the KCS community in consultation with many constituent groups, to develop our new KCS brand and tagline, Expand possible. We wanted our brand to reflect our mission: “To be the defining force in developing lifelong learners by stewarding a learning environment that inspires us to reach our ultimate potential”, to remain focused on the Four Doors of Learning, and reflect the whole school, which soon will be JK-12. The new tagline, logo, colours, and style are a modern representation of our innovative approach to teaching and learning.

It certainly is interesting that 33 years ago, Kingsway College School was started in a similar manner. Back then there were 50 students, Grade 1 and two split classes for 2/3 and 4/5. New grades were added until it was a full 1-8. Now we have started this year with Grade 9, will add Grade 10 in the fall of 2022 and then Grade 11 and 12 in the next two years. Our new branding has incorporated the Four Doors of Learning, reflected that KCS offers an

exceptional education embodying the three school rules: Respect, Manners, and Try Your Best, and added what we always have known to be true of KCS; that expand possible is who we are.

We also began construction of the new Senior School facility this year. Phase One will open in the fall and our Grade 9 and 10 classes will be in their new home. This year, our inaugural Grade 9 class was provided as a Bridge Year at Centauri Arts in Bloor West Village. I want to thank our Senior School faculty for making this a reality. COVID-19 really did create significant changes in our timelines, but again, the KCS community met the challenge and provided our Grade 9 students with the experiential place-based learning that we know is the future of education. Thank you to our donors, parents, students and families for your trust, your investment and all your efforts. This has been and continues to be a journey that we have wanted to take for over a generation.

As I was reflecting on the past year and the tagline Expand possible, I started to really think about all the amazing things that we have accomplished

in the past decade. Our students have benefited so much from the generosity of this community. I stepped back to look at those projects and again, thank those who made them possible. A friend of mine wrote this to me in a card last summer:

“The gift we give ourselves as a society is our children’s quality of education. Our responsibility is to invest in this gift to the best of our ability so that the future that awaits, a future filled with unpredictability and uncertainty, is met by courageous and creative young minds ready to make a difference.”

As with so many projects that make KCS the great school it is today, the efforts of those who came before benefit those that follow. Along with the annual reports, we are also thanking a decade of donors and highlighting the projects accomplished in that time. I do hope that you will take some time and read our 2021-22 Annual Report and Donor Tribute.

DEREK LOGAN Head of School

I want to thank our faculty, staff, students, and families for your continued adaptability, commitment to learning no matter what the circumstances, and your patience.

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KCS is truly a school like no other. It is a school that allows students to reach their ultimate potential through our Four Doors of Learning; academics, arts, athletics, and citizenship, while always teaching our three rules to live by: respect, manners, and try your best. KCS is helping our students succeed in school, while becoming good people in life.

Students being able to expand what’s possible at KCS happens in large part thanks to investments from our community. So many dollars have been donated to ensure that our students receive the very best

experience. Just in the past decade,

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As with so many projects that make KCS the great school it is today, the efforts of those who came before benefit those that follow. A culture of philanthropy is so important at KCS. Our current families, alumni and their families, Board members, past Board members, grandparents, and staff all have made such an impact with their generosity.

wanted to use this year’s Annual Report to highlight some of the many achievements from the past decade made possible by our incredible community. This is another way for us to say to all of those who have given to KCS this year, and in the past decade, thank you. Our current students and our future students are provided enhanced learning experiences and facilities because of your contributions to KCS. So again. Thank you.

HALLIE MCCLELLAND CFRE Director of Advancement

Board of Governors and Committees

BOARD OF GOVERNORS

Chair: Bronwen Evans

Treasurer: Allen Church

Secretary: Tiffany Jay Alan Bowman Jamie Cameron Greg Dunn Erum Hasan Samaneh Hosseini John Hourihan Diane Kazarian John McGraw Sarah Renaud Susan Richardson Mark Rogers Anilisa Sainani

GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE Tiffany Jay (Chair)

Erum Hasan Samaneh Hosseini Derek Logan Tracey Primmer Susan Richardson Jill Whelan

SENIOR CAMPUS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Andrea Fanjoy Derek Logan Hallie McClelland Anne Marie Jarman Nigel Newton Susan Richardson (Chair) Greg Dunn (Chair) Mark Rogers

STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE

Yazan Alsukhon Andrea Fanjoy Duncan Fulton Navsheer Gill Derek Logan Hallie McClelland Matina Mosun Brad McCamus John McGraw (Chair) Sarah Renaud Susan Richardson

ADVANCEMENT COMMITTEE

FINANCE COMMITTEE

Allen Church (Chair) Julie Bui Scott Connell Andrea Fanjoy Ian Heynen Anne Marie Jarman Diane Kazarian Derek Logan Hallie McClelland Nigel Newton Mark Rogers Anilisa Sainani

COVID RE-ENTRY TASK FORCE COMMITTEE

Alan Bowman (Chair) Andrea Fanjoy Navsheer Gill Tiffany Jay Derek Logan Hallie McClelland Matina Mosun John McGraw Nigel Newton Beth Shiferaw

Piyush Bhatnagar Jamie Cameron Caroline Gesualdi John Hourihan Asif Hussein Tiffany Jay (Chair) Derek Logan Hallie McClelland Anne Marie Jarman Nigel Newton Sarah Renaud

ALUMNI COMMITTEE

Jamie Cameron (Chair) Marianne Bulger Emily Burkart Caroline Gesualdi Derek Logan Hallie McClelland John Mason Sarah Masotti Susan Richardson

Message from the KCS Treasurer

This past year may be best summed up by the phrase ‘transitioning with purpose’, as the school navigated the restrictions imposed by the pandemic and emphasized a return to a more familiar learning experience for staff and students.

Fiscal 2022 was significant in that it marked our first year of operating both Junior School and Senior School campuses. The school managed to post a modest operating surplus for the year notwithstanding the significant investment in both faculty and infrastructure made in preparation for opening the Senior School this past September.

Junior School operations saw greater in-person learning and interactions, outdoor trips and athletic activities, various celebrations, and graduation ceremonies, while maintaining adherence to the recommended health and safety practices. Emphasis was placed on engaging learning experiences and reinvigorating the community spirit both within and outside the school.

Construction commenced in the autumn of 2021 transforming the interior space of the newly acquired Senior Campus property located on Lakeshore Blvd. The realization of this vision,

decades in the making, is a testament to the continued financial support and commitment of our community.

I want to also acknowledge the contribution by the members of the KCS Finance Committee. The dedication, insight and commitment of these people are invaluable in assisting the school, especially as it transitions to two campuses. I feel especially confident for the future as Mark Rogers takes over the role of Treasurer of School and Chair of the Finance committee.

In closing, I would like to thank you, our community, for your unwavering support and commitment to the school.

ALLEN CHURCH Treasurer of KCS Chair of the Finance Committee

Financials

Academic Revenues

Ancillary

$11,252,644

Academic Expenses

School management, the Finance Committee, and the Board of Governors continue to monitor expenditures through budgeting and financial planning that are focused on financial sustainability. Accompanying charts provide financial highlights of school operations including a breakdown of KCS’s academic revenue and expenses. More detailed financial information on the financial operations of the school is provided in our audited financial statements which are available on our website at https://www.kcs.on.ca/about-us/publications

FOUR DOORS HIGHLIGHTS

Message from Assistant Head, Academics

Our Four Doors to Learning program provides all students the opportunity to develop the skills required for lifelong learning. Integrated across our Four Doors program, our approach to teaching and learning supports all learners to take responsible risks, build curiosity, and ignite a passion and drive to learn. During the 2021-2022 school year, the student experience continued to evolve in response to the pandemic, with opportunities across the Four Doors expanding, resulting in enhanced school experiences across the grades. Our focus on the Habits helped to anchor our approach to teaching and learning in ways that helped to inspire creativity, employ flexibility and resilience, and ultimately fuel our passion to deliver a school experience that goes beyond the classroom and into our community. On the next couple of pages we share with you some of our Four Doors to Learning highlights from the 2021/22 school year.

DR. MATINA MOSUN Assistant Head, Academics

• The Grade 6 students kickstarted the year with an “All Hands In” activity by drawing things they felt made them unique. The hands represent the importance of what each individual brings to the class and that having all hands in is important. They also learned the importance having a growth mindset.

• To acknowledge Orange Shirt Day, Grade 3 students read a book with Ms. Cutting about Orange Shirt Day and did a deep dive activity. Two Grade 7 student leaders (Liesl K. and Vivian L.) created a self-directed inquiry for students to learn about Orange Shirt Day and challenged us to visit Indigenous artwork in our community such as “The Three Sisters” at 1532 Dundas Street West, or the Violeta Parra mural at 615 Dundas Street.

• Grades 7 and 8 participated in virtual sessions from the National Centre for Truth & Reconciliation. The Intermediate students learned from author, Monique Gray Smith, and from water protector, Autumn Peltier.

• Grade 8s organized a student vote. Student Vote uses the election as a teachable moment and enables teachers to bring democracy alive in the classroom. This hands-on learning program empowers students to experience the voting process firsthand and cast ballots for the official candidates running in the election. In Canada, 90% of parents said the Student Vote program gave their children an opportunity to learn more about politics and the world around them.

• Our Grade 5 students helped to lead and organize our annual Terry Fox Run.

• Grade 5 - 8 students prepared and participated in the Beaver Computing Challenge from the University of Waterloo. The Beaver Computing Challenge is a problem-solving contest with a focus on computational and logical thinking.

• Students in Grades 6 to 8 participated in the Math League Contest.

EXTERNAL EXPERTS AND SPECIAL EVENTS

• Virtual clubs were offered once a week. These included learning about different animals and pets; different artists; design, chess, entrepreneurship; and podcasting.

• Study Spot joined the Grade 6s for two workshops regarding developing study skills to assist with success on tests and homework planning.

• Holocaust survivor, author, and inspirational speaker, Elly Gotz, presented an emotional and informative talk virtually to the Grade 7 and 8 students and teachers. (Courtesy of the Advancement Office and former parent Kerry Grogan)

• Grade 7 students had a virtual workshop with professional writer and poet, Sennah Yee. From Toronto, she writes poetry, prose, and film criticism.

• Grade 8 students had a virtual visit from writer Anna Yin, a former Poet Laureate for Mississauga.

• Through the Scientist in the School program, Senior Kindergarten students explored gravity by using hands-on materials to make their own helicopters, balancing birds, magic tricks, and cars. Grade 1 students participated and learned about structures. Grade 2 students built simple machines and developed their observational skills as they made objects move. The students investigated pulleys, wheels and axles, and inclined planes.

• Sami Jo Small, 3-time Olympian, 5-time world champion, and women’s hockey school owner spoke to the whole school at our weekly assembly. Key take-aways included: Be a bit

better than you were yesterday; You don’t get to choose your role, but you get to choose how you play it; Find the person who believes in you and be that person to someone else.

• As part of the Blue Spruce program, Monique Gray Smith visited with KCS students. Monique Gray Smith is a Cree, Lakota, and Scottish award-winning author of several children and youth books. Her book, When We Are Kind, was nominated for the Blue Spruce Award.

• As an end to the Silver Birch Express program, the Grade 3 and 4 students met the author, Mike White, of the Silver Birch nominated book Mellybean.

• One of the nominated authors for this year’s Red Maple Award, Eric Walters, provided students with a virtual presentation about his book The King of Jam Sandwiches.

• Over 37 KCS students surpassed the expectation of the total number of Forest of Reading books read.

• A special performance at the end of the year by Laura Griffin (JK-2 PE teacher) and her team.

“You don’t get to choose your role, but you get to choose how you play it.”

- SAMI JO SMALL, 3-time Olympian, 5-time world champion

STUDENT-DRIVEN LEARNING

• Senior Kindergarten students created decals for the Kindergarten classroom windows. They learned some science vocabulary such as reflective, transparent, translucent, and opaque and used flashlights and materials to help learn about these terms. They recorded their observations on some charts resulting in a decal drive that was opened to the whole school.

• The Grade 4 students learned about gorillas living in zoos. Upon completion of their novel study of The One and Only Ivan, they took on the challenge of creating and presenting their own gorilla enclosure design. This project helped develop students’ research, writing, and oral presentation skills.

• The Grade 9 students chose water pollution as a project subject and combined the science curriculum with learning about issues like micro-plastics in the water. They organized a beach cleanup at Humber Bay Park near the Senior School for the Grade 7 students.

• The Good News Newspaper published two more issues featuring the work and illustrations of young KCS journalists.

• KCS published our 11th student-authored book. The Young Authors of KCS (YAKCS) program partners determined writers with awardwinning authors for expert guidance and feedback. Books are published and housed in our library and the Library and Archives Canada.

• KCS students in JK and SK used our e-portfolio, Seesaw, to capture and share evidence of their learning in photo, video, and word.

• Grade 6 students were challenged to think of a business idea of their own and create a plan and presentation incorporating vocabulary and concepts learned throughout their Economy and Trade unit in social studies. Students then presented a Dragon’s Den-style business pitch to their classmates, the Dragons, who asked questions, provided feedback, and decided whether or not to invest.

The KCS Student Entrepreneurship Program (StEP) helped Taylor M. realize the publication of her “KCS Cookbook” and sell copies to the KCS community with proceeds going back to the Daily Bread Foodbank and back into the fund.

• Wake Up with the Arts out on the plaza.

• Band instruction to Grades 7 and 8 returned in the spring complete with instrument PPE.

• 2022 Wakelet featured works around the theme, What Makes you Proud.

• Christmas Concert was online.

• Grade 5 - 7 Drama classes participated in improv workshops facilitated by Simon McCamus who works with Second City Comedy. Students engaged in a series of improvisation games and activities designed to strengthen listening and communication skills.

• Grade 1 students read the book Love Monster by Rachel Bright. It’s a story about a monster that sets out to find someone to love him just the way he is. After quite a big search, he had nearly given up! Sometimes, when you least expect it, love finds you. After reading the story together, the students created their own Love Monsters.

• The Royal Canadian Legion, in partnership with schools across the country and with The Legion National Foundation, promote remembrance and support youth education through their annual poster and literary contests. 9 KCS students in Grades 5 - 8 were awarded 1st and 2nd place in recognition of their writing or artistic renderings in the Royal Canadian Legion Remembrance Day Art and Literacy Competition.

Sometimes, when you least expect it, love finds you.

• Students in Junior Kindergarten to Grade 2 learned about the dragon dance tradition in their dance unit in physical education class. They constructed a dragon’s head and learned why the dance is performed for the Lunar New Year, what the colours of the dragon represent, and that the dancers were often martial artists who studied Wushu which allowed them to do the more dynamic tricks. They also learned that teamwork and focus help to keep the dragon alive.

• Athletics resumed in the fall with flag football, girls’ basketball, and cross-country teams. In the winter, students participated in soccer baseball and volleyball intramurals and boys’ basketball. Finally, in the spring term, KCS participated in track and field, ultimate frisbee and our first-ever girls and boys softball teams. It was wonderful to be back to in-person athletic events.

Our students learned that teamwork and focus help to keep the dragon alive.

CITIZENSHIP

• Learning buddies took place across the grades with students visiting each other’s classrooms to share in reading and activities.

• Students in Grades 7 and 8 participated in the High Resolves Global Citizens and Leaders program thanks to funding from the Pickard/ Bulger Citizenship Fund.

• Students in Grades 3 - 5 participated in an interactive workshop provided by The Get Real. Using the power of personal stories, the workshop focused on helping to explain what racism is in an age-appropriate way.

• House Captains helped to infuse some holiday spirit into the school by challenging everyone to decorate their classroom doors.

• Grade 7 students made Valentines for Vets that were sent to Veterans Affairs Canada in Prince Edward Island. From there, they are sent all over Canada to older veterans who live in longterm care homes.

• To recognize Earth Day, the Grade 2 students listened to the story of Isatou Ceesay, an environmental advocate from The Gambia. She started an organization named One Plastic Bag to repurpose plastic bags by collecting, cleaning, and braiding them to make purses, wallets, and other items.

• Full-school assemblies returned in person in May

• The Grade 2s participated in a virtual Bhangra workshop starring YouTube Sensation Gurdeep Pandher. Students learned the Bhangra dance and about Gurdeep’s life and how he moved from a small village in Punjab to the Yukon. He brought his cultural heritage with him, and he has been seen all over the world through various forms of media dancing outdoors in the Yukon. Students enjoyed participating in this wonderful learning opportunity which was graciously donated by the Singh-Kareckas family.

Health and WellBeing Update

For over a decade, a focus on mental health and well-being has been an integral component of what we do at KCS. The importance of ensuring that we are taking care of ourselves and each other has been reinforced. Thanks to the Health and Wellness Fund, and the generous donors who keep this fund growing, we have been able to continue to grow and support the health and well-being of our KCS community. A special thank you goes to the Class of 2022 who made their Grad gift donation to the school to support this important fund.

LIBRARY RESOURCES

• We continue to grow the library resources we have available for students and families to help them better understand, learn about, and support the various challenges that they may currently be experiencing or are curious about.

Some topics or themes that were the focus of purchases in 2021-2022 include:

1. Challenging life events such as divorce, loss of a loved one, struggles with friendships

2. Building positive relationships

3. Belonging, diversity and inclusivity - LGBTQ2SI+, anti-racism, religious understanding, and books that allow students to see themselves in the main characters and themes

EMPOWERMENT PROJECT

• Due to COVID restrictions, we had been unable to have the Empowerment Project in to speak with our Grade 5 students in 2020-2021, but we were able to bring them back to lead workshops with both our Grade 5 and Grade 6 students this past year.

The program was run over four days and the workshop included seminar presentations, interactive activities, and yoga

Scientific research and practical application of tools and techniques aimed at giving the children an opportunity to take control and manage themselves in a more mindful manner

KINESTHETIC CLASSROOM TOOLS

• We were still limited in our ability to move freely about the school, so we continued to enhance what was available to the students in their classrooms to allow for movement to support their learning and focus

Purchased additional steppers and peddlers

Flexible seating such as panto chairs, wobble cushions, wobble stools

Incorporated flexible seating options for our Senior School students as well

RELATIONSHIPS AND BELONGING

• Continued to build upon our learnings from The Third Path with respect to focusing on relationship building as the foundation upon which learning takes place

• Additional learning for our staff built upon this with workshops from the Get Real Movement about anti-racism and High Resolves discussing identity and belonging

MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS

• Learning and understanding about mental health, mental health literacy, healthy living, and well-being is woven into the curriculum

• We also participated in designated days of recognition about mental health: World Mental Health Day (Oct. 10, 2021)

Let’s Talk Day (Jan 27, 2022)

Mental Health Week (May 2- 8, 2022)

MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID

• Via both virtual learning throughout the academic year and a hybrid platform in June, we were able to certify more of our faculty and staff in this Mental Health Commission of Canada 16-hour course.

DAILY BE ACTIVE TIME

• Our students had the opportunity to get outside three times per day for a Be Active activity

Message from the Head of Senior School

The 2021-2022 school year was one for the KCS history books. Thanks to the tremendous commitment of many, we realized the dream of opening a KCS Senior School. When the pandemic hit, our goal of opening in September 2021 seemed out of reach. Our new facility at 2183 Lake Shore certainly wouldn’t be ready in time. In the end, a small group of families came forward and made clear that they wanted us to find another location so their child could stay at KCS beyond grade 8. We doubled our efforts and secured a temporary home in the heart of Bloor West Village. The year began with six founding students, with one more joining us in November. Like the original founders of KCS, these students, families, and many adults in our community who made the launch of the Senior School happen will always have a special place in our school’s story. We were small, nimble, and embraced an enriched, experiential model which made for special opportunities despite pandemic restrictions. Place-based learning got us outside regularly, whether canoeing, walking the Humber Trail, winter camping, spring camping and more. Course enrichment pushed students to apply their learning in ways that made a difference testing for e-coli in the Humber River, removing invasive species from High Park, creating French infographics promoting francophone service agencies on social media, posting artwork on public infrastructure and more. Additional enrichment was infused in our program thanks to students and staff meeting with 40 external experts, including professional designers, IT specialists, a University Chancellor, the founder of a not-for-profit, an acclaimed Indigenous artist and Knowledge Keeper, an award-winning songwriter, and more. We launched the unique KCS By Design student leadership program, where students identify a challenge or opportunity of

interest, engage in a design thinking process, and address it. Last year’s group chose water pollution and helped educate Junior School students while also leading a beach clean-up of over 50 participants. Finally, our founding students were the first to experience the KCS Path Program. Each chose a topic of greatest interest - flight, Highland dance, music composition, graphic design, car design, technology, and filmmaking - and spent Wednesday afternoons independently learning about their topic from an academic, artistic, athletic and citizenship perspective. Among the many special features of Path is the Path Mentor, an adult expert for each student in the area of their topic, who offered our students tips and feedback on each student’s personal learning journey. Collectively, the students embraced their passions, leveraged their strengths, developed as leaders, and demonstrated what students are capable of when school is designed to spark it.

The KCS mission is to be a defining force in developing lifelong learners. Our school is proving to be that force by literally expanding what’s possible in education. Connecting school with the world outside it is the education that thought leaders, employers, and university presidents say youth need. Our founding students have set the stage for generations of future KCS students who will discover the expanding possibilities available to them as a result.

ANDREA FANJOY Head of Senior School

Message from the Parent Network Co-Chairs

The Parent Network has a mandate to support and advance the KCS culture while building community; both internally - among students, teachers, staff, and KCS families; and externally - among prospective families and community at large. The Parent Network exists to help make the school a better place for our children, staff, and families, and to help spread the word about what a wonderful place KCS is.

This year we continued to be faced with challenges due to the ongoing pandemic and establishing safe operating processes to best support our mandate. Despite the pandemic, the PN continued to be a vibrant and diverse group of parents willing to assist in a multitude of ways. For the 2021-22 school year, many events were unable to happen, but we were able to maintain a group of 8 Executive members, 25+ Portfolio Managers, 27 Class Parents and 32 Host Families

Highlights of some of the events and initiatives at our Junior and Senior School from January - June 2022 include the following:

• Return of Special Lunches

• Reinstating and utilizing Class Parents

• Re-establishing the Birthday Book Program

• Two Used Uniform Collections (fall and spring)

• Volunteers at online Open Houses

• Outdoor holiday and seasonal decor

• Holiday and Year End staff appreciation

• Ella Minnow online library book fair

• Three ELP Coffee Mornings between January and June, 1 online and 2 in-person

• Two “Parent Pub Nights” at the Crooked Cue in May

• Used Uniform Sale in May

• New Student Information Night in May

• YETI Fundraising Initiative

• Year-end performance by “Illuminair”

• Grade 6-8 Dance in May

• Cold Treats on Sports Day

• Year-end BBQ for students

• Host Families for the 2022/2023 new students

• JK-3 New Family Welcome Event in June

Our deepest gratitude goes out to all the KCS families who have given so much of their time to the Parent Network during their years at KCS. We are extremely grateful for their dedication to the Parent Network and for their support of KCS.

KATE FIDANI, NATALIE NUDDS and ANETA GAUTHIER Co-Chairs, KCS Parent Network 2022

A Decade of Your Support

“As with so many projects that make KCS the great school it is today, the efforts of those who came before benefit those that follow”.

Martin Abel and Kathleen Flynn

The Abols Family

Peter Aceto and Sylvia Sutej

The Acs Family

Dennis Alexander and Linda Leung

Yazan Alukshon and Farzana Haq

Sean Amato-Gauci and Natalie Pusateri

Christopher Anderson and Leslie Ann Weeks

The Antosik Family

Mark Aristone and Heather Baker Matthew Atkin and Jennifer Deschenes

Auburn Homes Inc.

The Bailey Family Bailey Metal Products Limited Bill Balan and Nancy McCafferyBalan

Peter and Marilyn Balan Nicky and Dan Banks

Bruce Barber and Terri Tinella Michelle Barchuk Walter Bardyn

The Barker Family

The Baseball Zone & Terriers Baseball

Rachel and Oliver Beck

Greg Belbeck and Janice Fukakusa

The Bell Family

Benchmark Benefit Solutions Inc.

Amy Benson

Dalia Besasparis

Gregory Betty

Fred Bever and Sine MacKinnon

James Biggar and Michelle Doig John and Erin Billowits

The Bishop Family

The Black Family Bloor Animal Hospital Sandhya Bodapati Nina Bombier

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Trish Borg

Sergio Borgia and Tanya Padberg

Paul Bottero and Ruth Wethers

The Bourke Family

Diana Bowes John Bowman and Charity Cansfield

The Bowman Family Jamie Bras and Leah Lambrakis Christopher and Tamara Bratty Michael and Julia Bratty

Dale Breen and Donna Seto The Brenner Family Buildon Enterprises Ltd. Mike Bulger and Joanne Pickard Emily Burkart

The Burlacoff Family Roberto Camargo Baglietto and Carolina Roza Jamie and Melissa Cameron Donald and Jane Cameron Caroline Cameron

The Canavan Family

The Cansfield Family Jimmy and Amy Cardinal Caretek Integrated Business Solutions Inc.

Julia Catton

Dave Ceolin and Victoria Birkett

Rajeev Chabra and Soni Rai Robert Chafee and Tina Olbert

Gerald Chan and Erica Shum

Gregory Charlton Michael Chernyak and Melanie Alexson

The Children’s Place Dental Centre

The Church Family

James Clarke and Dayna Stringer Julie Clement

The Commons Family Scott Connell and Anouchka Freybe

The Cook Family

The Coombs Family

The Cooper Family

The Corke Family

Morgan Corseaux and Mari Guillet-Corseaux

Robert Corstorphine and Ana Maria Llanos

Creative Planning Corporate Insurance Services Inc. Claudio Crespi and Jennifer Robson

The Crouse Family

James Cumming

The Cunerty Family Ana Da Fonseca

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