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DENNIS COURNEYEA Favourite Song: Eat it Favourite Subject: school Favourite Sport: Readathon Hobby: venturing into space during cl ass Claim to fame: 99% in geography Idol: Einstein

GREG FILZMAIER Favourite Song: Rubber Ouckie Favourite Subject; Art Favourite Sport: Sumo wrestling Hobby: sound effects Claim to fame: his executive hours Idol : Scrooge

SARA GREEN Favourite Songs: Sound of Music Favourite Subject: whining Favourite Sport: Belly dancing Hobby: chewing gum Claim to fame: 11 Look what the 1 Beach 1 Boys are missing! 11 Idol: herself

ALEX HOBCRAFT favourite Song: Turning Japanese Favourite Subject: Geogra~y Favourite Sport: falling off his skateboard Hobby: wtmping up to Sean and winning every time Claim to fame: his height Idol: Bruce Lee

TIM KEELEY Favourite Song: Help!!

Favourite Subject: Science Favourite Sport: trying to slamdunk the basketball (with a trampoline) Hobby: blaming it on someone else Claim to fame: penalties in hockey Idol: Haiti Kid (midget wrestler)

MARC LUTMAN Favourite Song: Raffi Favourite Subject: doodling in science Favourite Sport: Jello wrestling Hobby: combing his hair (steel wool) Claim to fame: his bubble letters Idol: Inspector Gadget

SEAN MCMURTRY Favourite Song: Too Humourous to Count Favourite Subject: lunch Favourite Sport: Ballet Hobby: proving people are wrong Claim to fame: "Save gas - toot in a jar" Idol: Terminator

STEPHEN NICHOL Favourite Song: Bird Dance Favourite Subject: Hall monitor Favourite Sport: Horse jumping Hobby: switching desks Claim to fame: Howard Cosell imitation Idol: the man at Apple Village

DAV 1D TEMPLE Favourite Song: We don't need no Education Favourite Subject: French Favourite Sport: Tiddly-winks Hobby: pulling apart his braces Claim to fame: freckles Idol : Batman

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Favourite Song: Leader of the Pack Favourite Subject: Band Favourite Sport: tennis Hobby: flipping back her bangs Claim to fame: sweet but deadly Idol: Coco Chane!

IIATERFALL Cle ar glass gliding down, ~tatters, reaching destiny, It roar~ of glory.

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The 1986/87 lunchroom staff .

to our staff and graduates on this, the 1987 edition of the VMS yearbook! With each year, new ideas make "Perspective" even bigger and better.

Memorable events abound at VMS each year and this has been no exception ... sand sculpture in the Beache!., the mask even1ng, skateboarding at the Sports Banquet and the wonderful music and dancing of 11 0n Bruadway 11 â&#x20AC;˘ Each year, the number of students and the range of activities increases tremendously. By the fall of 1987, we will have ten times the number of students we had in the first year of the Day School and who knows what the 1987/88 school year will bring. We do know, however, that we have sent many graduates out into the world well-prepared to meet the next stage of their education ... good luck to this year' s ten Grade 8 graduates!

Con~ratulations

Barbara Zeibot s Principal

BELLEFAIR CASA CLASS - a.m. Susan Kohl epp, Kathy Scott p. m. Susan Kohlepp, Kathy Scott

GLEBE ROAD CASA CLASS - a.m. Pam Lamb, Joan Walden p.m. Mary Teolis, Wendy Spratt

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MELROSE CASA CLASS - a.m. Marie Barnden p.m. Rachel Whitworth, Elsie Webster, Marie Barnden

LEV8.. 1 (as f'e!Xlrt.ed by the class) 1. lheQI"CX(larrived in September feeling nervous, scared and shy but now that they are used to everything, they are glad to be here.

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In October, we visited Pioneer Village and "really enjoyed" seeing how a N.oung boy about 7 years old lived 100 years ago.

3. As part of the Junior Choir they sang at Central Park Lodge and for the Smilersâ&#x20AC;˘ Club at Eglinton United Church.

4. Our production at Christmas of Noah's Ark - We worked very hard and practised and practised and practised".

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In the second term we went to Kortright for the "Owl Prowl" and learned a lot about owls and how to make owl calls.

6. We had two new children join our class in January Hannah Waisberg from Montcrest and Jamie Smith from Oriole Park Public School.

7. Winter Sports Day - everyone had fun but were a little tired at the end.

8. We really enjoyed seeing "Peter and the Wolf" at the Young People's Theater in April.

9. We did three projects this year: 1st term - "Me 2nd term - "The Innuit" 3rd term - "Creation of the Universe" Eeelings were mixed - some liked doing projects, some did not!

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Feelings about uniforms: -ties are really a problem -- brown is my colour - like to wear the House pin - several girls don't like wearing the same thing every day

11. At the end of the year: - Robin Sherry will be leaving to live in Germany - Cam Edinborough is moving to London, England We will miss them!

It's been a "busy and fun" year.

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Level 1: .Front Row: John Aird, Lydia Baird, Robbie Gordon, Shawna Taylor, Nicole Mills, Noah Cohen, Tarra Stubbins, Kyle Fraser, Angela Radford, Robin Sherry.

Middle Row: Alexandra Parry, Tim Phillips, Cynthia Lennon, Lorna Bauer, Karlie Gump, Abbie Scheffold, Tim Johnston, Hannah Waisberg, Callaie Naftolin, Erinne Henry, Jamie Smith Back Row: Ann Peddie, Sarah Brawley, David Cayley, Megan Tam, Mathew Atkins, Ryan Gallimore, Thomas Choptiany, Sammy Salisbury, Cam Edinborough, Kevin Gilmour, Grant Connor, Katherine Ledgett, Sheila Royce.

A butterfly Is beautiful. A butterflJ can help you. Tt1ere are lots of different kinds of butterflies and they get mixed up with 1110ths sometimes.

Lorna Bauer

Long ago there was a fight about Chrisbnas and Hannukah. One wanted Hannukah arâ&#x20AC;˘d the other wanted Christmas. It was a problem. Nobody knew what to do but one had an idea. WhY don't one of us be Jewis~ and one of us be Christian. â&#x20AC;˘Yes," said the man. "We will do that." So then some had a Christmas tree and some didn't and it seemed to work out well and all the people were happy.

by Kar ll Gump Level I

On the March break I slept over at Callate's and Ka rli was doing somersaults off the bed.

The three of us giggled but I was the only one that could get to sleep.

Once Callaie slept over at my house and we were awake all night. ~mom got angry and yell ed at us .

by Erlnne Henry

Ouce there was a giant Tyrannosaurus kex.

It was at least as big as 1020 garbage cans.

People were fighting the beast because It was wrecking their village. ~eople fought the beast from the mountain aud from the ~ir aud also on skis. At last the people said, "We retreat," and the beast said, "I retreat too". lhe people and the beast became friends and they asked the beast not to step on their vi II age.

by Kyle Fraser Level I

Level 2: Front Row: Mathew Lenczner, Louise Price, Mackenzie Glaholt, Adam Radwanski, Sean Wylie, Nicholas Daube, Adam Barnard, Alanna Wilson, Michelle Cook Back Row: Sara Duncanson, Cameron Walsh, Sarah Dimick, Jennifer McNeeley, Christian Lev, Kristian Bruun, Rory Mitz, Gregory Rennet, Justin O'Connell, Barbara Galbraith

Barbara thinks I'm reading But I'm almost dead.

Or I'm stuck In a pickle.

I'm sitting on a nuclear bomb Or hiding In a garbage can.

I have a fight with Barbara.

Barbara think s I'm listening, 6ut I'm In a car wash.

Or I'm tangled In a snake.

I'm juggling ~atballs In a circus, Very fast.

I'm opening a ccke can and It squirted all over me.

Barbara thinks I'm reading But I'D Jumping off a very high cliff Into the falls.

Or I'm a jungle man swinging from tree to tree.

I'm a worm getting squlshed.

My blood pops out of my body.

Or I'm a whale swimming In the ocean.

Very slowly, I am hunting for food.

by Mackenzie Glaholt

by Cameron Wal sh

Barbara thinks I'm reading But I'm thinking of lunchtime. or I'm a monster attacking.

I have a friend who wants to play with me after school.

Barbara thinks I'm listening, But no!

I'm waiting for my trip tomorrow to candy land.

Barbara thinks I'm working hard on my project.

But no!

I'm doing my homework and going to get It all right.

by Michelle Cook

ltiE OGRE'S COOKBOOK JUMPY THE RABBIT BlOOO STEW Ingredi ents 10 f rogs B slugs 9 Insects 9 spiders 90 sacks t huge pot To Bake Put everyt hing Int o t he pot and pound.

Then put t hem in t he oven and bake at 10 000 o C, Bake for a year.

GREE N SLIME CASSEROLE 1n•Jred i ents

One dead witch Ant s eyeballs

1,000 ,000 liter s of f ire 2 cups of water

To bake Mix altogether . Cook at 999000 °C.

Leave It for one year . While it is cooki ng watch it sizz le. If It doe~ not, start all over again.

Enj oy it.

BAT EYE STEW lngrellient s

13 bat eyes 20 onions

17 sl ugs 25 wonns

To Bake Cut bat eyeballs In half. Cru sh onion.

Cut slugs . Worms plumped. Put everything in a pot e ~ cept the bat eyes. Then a 11inute later put t he bat eye ~ ln. Cock It f ~ a year at 1000000 u .

FIIOG EYES STEW Ingred ients 10 frog eyes 16 glasses of caramel blood 15 crow fee l 1 on1on 2 bdt s • brd 1ns 60 bird beaks and green si !me to taste To Bake Gelore mixing , boi l the t wo bats' brains and Uten mix al l t(){)ether. Cook at 450° in a toJ ster oven for 16 whole hours dnd then t he master can eat.

SLIHYWORM SPAGHETT I Ingredients

13 blood suckers 900 slimy toads 3 sl imy worms

To bake RiSll1T all up In a pot, then put It In the microwave for 3000 minutes .

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Hll My name Is Jumpy the Rabbit. live In a Happy Wood. My friends ar~ Johnny and Pauly the woodchucks. Birds and other animals are my frtends too.

But, there Is one animal that I don ' t like. That Is Reddy the Fox .

Reddy ls trying to get me. I get away because It Is a big wood . I fool Reddy by darting In and out of the bushes.

Then I lead him to the long grass and hide In tt. If he finds me I go home .

Reddy can't get • e tn my house because It Is In a thorn bush!

My friends get chased by Reddy too.

Some get away . Sammy the Blue Jay warns me of Reddy. Sammy Is very smart. I am s•art too. He and Saamy\ SOmetlmes get together to discover things and discuss them .

Once Sammy and me discovered a new part of the wood. No animal llved . there. The wood looked Interesting . Hot many pine trees and rolling hills . He and Sammy told the other animals and we had a Big Party In the new wood.

by Chrlstan Lev

LEVEL TWO EVENTS 1987 September:

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Appropriately enough, the month of September generated a great deal of interest and activities about leaves. This arose out of the Science program but spread into Math (area and symmetry), Language (poems and stories)and culminated in a Festival of Leaves. All the parents who came to see the activities were served peppermint and strawberry leaf tea.

A day at Mount Pleasant Cemetary, along with the Level 31 5 produced a wide variety of trees and leaves, some interesting tombstone inscriptions (making excellent rubbings) and an opportunity to practise map reading (at the Massey tombstone, go east) and measuring of distances.

A visit to Humber Arboretum was, as always, interesting, informative and fun. The swing on the vine, the variety of seeds found including the "hitchhikers", and the discovery of the snake just about to swallow a large frog!

Stories of life in Pioneer times were written with feeling after a visit to Gibson House. Carrying in a bucket of water from outside and washing hands in cold water with homemade soap gave a touch of reality to 19th century life. The scones baked over a wood fire and served with butter we. had churned by hand could not have been better.

One of the most enjoyable events was listening to the interviews everyone had taped with grandparents on what life was like when they were children.

No T.V. and no McDonalds but they played hockey and hide and seek and enjoyed peanut butter, chicken and icecream.

Another trip to Humber and a special Pioneer Chri stmas activity day with some of the Humber College students. Outdoors, pine trees were decorated with popcorn and cranberries (for the birds), we hunted for hidden nuts, (you had to be faster than the squirrels) and fed the chick-a-dees (stand absolutely still) with birdseed on our hands. Indoors Pot-pourri pillows were made and stories told.

Another visit to Humber to observe the woods in winter and snowshoe as the Indians did when they hunted long ago.

This was the first term to do an oral project presentation and a variety of Indian themes produced many creative and interesting presentations including a blackfoot dance, homemade bannock, and a hunting story told in an Iroquois language â&#x20AC;˘ . Everybody enjoyed these (to their surprise) both the doing and the listening. As part of this Indian project some beautiful clay pots with Indian designs were produced. Helped and directed by Wendy Glaholt (Mackenzie 1 s mother).

Participation in the Peel Music Fest ival produced excitement, a cup of much praise for the good singing.

A visit to Kortright gave much informat ion on how water molecules evaporate, condense and precipitate and a dance to help remember the water cycle. We also discovered how much water Sean Wylie had in his body by balancing him on one end of a teeter-totter with a garbage pail of water on the other . (He equalled a 1/3 of a garbage pail of water.)

We are looking forward to a visit to Humber Arboretum where our project on the Composition of the Earth will end with a Creek Study. How many Level 2 1 s will end up in the creek?

This page is donated by the Price family .

The Grade 3's have had a very busy year, beginning with the i r projects on Community Study. Among the services they explored were the TTC, the Humane Society, Mount Sinai Hospital , Sick Kids, Casa Lorna, the Museum, the Zoo and Maple Leaf Gardens. They have also had a number of outings including Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Harbourfront, sand sculpture at the Beaches, a Scavenger Hunt and a December outing to the Arboretum to feed the birds, make Christmas dream pillows and hear Christmas stories. Kathy Wege also did some Aztec cooking and the class prepared an Aztec play for the Christmas Concert. It was about the Sun God. The 3's also participated (very successfu lly) in the Peel Music Festival, saw a great performance of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe here at school and also saw some live theatre at the YPT.

Level 3: Front Row: Back Row:

Rachel Wege, Maria Quatro, Emma Kassirer, Annalisa Comozzi , Vanessa Ast, Alexis Griffith-Greene, Cleo Haber, Jessica Haber, Alixe Paisley, Mary Catharine Lennon Tyler Walker, Falan Austin, Jamie Spratt, Andrew Wylie, Noah Waisberg, Graham McNally, Karin Bestig, Julian Taylor, Cameron Scace, Lindsay Anderson, Pamela Royce, Pat Jerred.

This page is donated by the Aust i n family.

EPITAPHS

THE DAY I MET LITTLE GRAY MEN Have you ever seen little gray men from Mars? Well, 1 have. It Is the year 2000. I am 20 years old. I have a big sheep dog and a Siamese cat. This Is how It happened. I was walking my dog down the street and saw a very big garbage can. This garbage can was blue and purple. It had handles and a lid. Suddenly nine more purple and blue garbage cans surrounded me! I didn't know what to dol What would you do? Then the garbage cans went on their sides so the lids were facing me.

The lids opened! Very slowly four little gray men came out of each garbage can. They looked up at me. I e~足 perimented with some language and said "oggbga" and they replied "agbggo". They asked: "Why are you talking like that?" "You talk English?" I asked them, shocked.

"Yes", they said. I showed them around the town and they got very tired. However, they thought our town was very small. I suggested that they visit New York which was about two seconds by flying saucer. I wonder how they made out In New York?

by Tyler Walker

MY LIFE AS A MERCHANT I am a merchant. I am depended on by all the people In the city to get their food. If I don't get food for the city It will starve. We plan every trip very carefully. My school was called "tepochcalll" or "house of young men". I was born In Tenochtllan.

My childhood wa not very disciplined. It was Jess strict than a priest's. I have a bit of power In the city. If I fail on a mission the whole city would starve. Hy most precious possessions are the baskets we carry the things ln. We wear shirts, shorts and cloaks and capes. Religion does not mean much to us. It does not mean as much as it does to the priests. We are very afraid of the sun. If I could present one thing to the senate it would be a bag of gold because it Is very valuable.

by Andrew Wy II e

Born: 1978 Died: 2053 Age: 75 Marvellous Mary Catharine was a mysterious mermaid. She lived In the Mediterranean Sea. She swam for miles and miles in the moonlight. If you look at a full moon you CdR see her shadow of marvellous magic moves.

EPIIAPiiS

Date of birth : August 30, 1978 Dc1te of death: August 30, 2042 Where I lived: 39 Sandringham Or. Relat1on in the conmunity: a vaapire Age: b4 Vc~mpi re Vanessa was ~ery VICious! She ~te va:Jp 1re belts ami rats as snacks.

H路ey s.sy vampires nev~r die!

by Vanessa AH

HY LIFE AS A DEMON I'm a Demon. We ~c~re the people of Tenochtitlan and roam the city e1t night . The Aztecs think that we are ghostly spirits.

1 was born In hell . learning how to haunt and scar~ people was fun. Hy dad taught me how to creak the floor and doors, and how to scare people to death. My worst fear is the StJn god. With his li ght my power Is gone. At night r rule Tenochtitlan. With the spirit of the night my powers are stronger than ever! Demons contol the underworld! Night Is my most precious possession.

Darkness is very special too because If light interf~ es my power Is gone. Demons wear white with a stripe of red or black here and there, a few skulls as a hat and skeleton bone ~ for shoes.

Evil Is what Demons believe in. All our strength goes towa rd Evil. We hate the sun god. It means goodness and we dread goodness. 1 would present the most ghostly and evi I splri t one could find to the sun god because wl th everything I own the one thing I dread Is the sun god.

by Jessica Haber

HY LIFE AS AN EMPEROR Hy position In the Aztec community Is a leader. I control the empire of Tenochtltlan. I was born In a place In Mexico, I moved my people to the Island of Tenochtltlan. I had many great ideas for the City . When I was a child I was trained as a priest.

By the time I was eighteen I was a Master. I ha~ three thousand swords . I have one fear and It Is one day my mi~hty City will be destroyed. Hy power is leading this City and no one is allowed to touch me or look at me except the priests and nobles. Hy most precious possession Is the gold statue in my place. I wear a jewelled crown topped with a feathery plume. Religion means a lot to me.

The sun means life flows from death. 1 would present an emerald statue to the sun god as a sacrifice.

by Julian Taylor

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She swam for miles and miles In the moon I ight. If you look at a fu II moon you can see her shadow of marvellous magic moves.

Mary Cather ine Lennon

Level 4: Front Row: Markus Bestig, Ryan Mttz, Angela Wagner, Katherine Johnstone, Cynthia Warrack-Onyskiw, Meghan Bauer, Chris Ross, Natalie Oowman, Middle Row: Barbara Pittet, Lindsay Gallimore, Noah Charney, George Lembessis, Nicholas Wagner, Michael Shanahan, Barbara Rodrigoe Back Row: Ian Menear, John Duncanson, Hugh Eastwood, Carla Scheffold, Joan Wong.

VEGETABLES Cabbages, radishes , potatoes more Tomatoes, pumpkins on the floor.

Peppers and carrots fill my tUIJilly.

Artichokes and carrots are yunmy.

Pumpkin and squash you must have met.

They are from the same family 1 bet.

So If you want a vegetable to eat Please get moving on your feet .

by Nicholas Wagner

RABBIT As white as snow.

As fluffy as a teddy bear.

Jumps like a kangaroo.

Eyes are red as apples.

Paws have long claws.

Has a pink nose like a rose.

As sweet as can be.

by Angela Wagner

MARY AND HER LM!Il It i I My name Is Mary. My dad Is a farmer. He has a lot of sheep. That's why I have a Jamb. She's called Gertrude.

One day my dad sent me away to visit my uncle but he wouldn ' t let me take Gertrude. He told me hOw to get there but he said even though it's shorter. don ' t go through the woods because there are wolves.

Well, I was very tired so I thought I'd go through the woods. It was fine until I fell Into a hole and then a Wolf jwnped out and said. "Look what I caugnt!" I pleaded with him to let me go but all of a sudden Gertrude jumped out from behind a bush and knocked the wolf out. We both ran away. We finally go to my .uncle's . I found that it was longer going through the forest.

I learned to always listen to my dad.

by Noah Charney

THE EYES OF VMS I'm from City Pulse- the so-called eyes of VMS. Today's report is on the Level 4's of VMS .

The Level 4's have done some very interesting things lately.

Start ing way back in the fall of '86 the 4's did a study of the French. In November they went to Sainte-Marie-among-the-Hurons, to find out what l ife was like for the French when they came to Canada. In sports, some people were on the soccer and/or crosscountry team. Here's what Nicholas Wagner thought of the term: 11 1 think it was a great term. We had many trips for both sports and project. I j ust loved it ...

In term t wo they did a study of the base of government, focusing especially on the Greeks and Romans. They did a skit in rhyme to the story of Little Red Riding Hood at their school assembly.

Ins ide- school basketball started this term and the finals were in 3rd term.

In third t erm they studied Fish and Amphibians. They went to the ROM to see the Timeline of Life and other exhibits. The choir went to Peel Festival and won two trophies. They went to Young People's Theater on Front Street to see a concert. The finals of basketball was this term and the Student Blizzards won aga inst the Teacher Wizards ! A victory for the students!

If Level 4's did all this, nobody would have to guess why they are so excited! The eighteen students did Individual Research for all their Projects and showed the Individual Work through the means of Presentations. The Level 4's year has been made exciting not only through trips etc., but the excitement and enthus iasm cont ri buted too. Th is is Hugh Eastwooo of City Pulse , the eyes of VMS. HOW THE FROG AND THE TOAD LEARNED TO HOP once upon a time there was a frog and a toad. Beacause these amphibians loved Nature they used to wa~ around and look at the leaves falling, the fish swimming, and many other things.

One day when they were doing just that they saw someth ing moving In the distance. They walked towards It, and asked what It was do ing. The cricket said, "I'm hopping, why can't you?" They said "No, how do you hup?" "You stretch out your back legs and go up." The toad and frog couldn't do It, so they went to their god Hersts. Hersls gave them a bird. Frog and toad were running after this bird and they jumped in the air and began to hop. And that's why frogs and toads hop.

by Heghan Bauer

BUD AND MONKEY Once upon a time there was a tiger named Bud. He had an enemy who was a monkey . They were enemies because the monkey ' s master kept on shooting Bud's family. Soon Bud ' s family was gone. He~as going to be shot next. He made fr iends with the monkey. and made plans so he could escape.

The monkey 's master tried to shoot Bud with his newest gun, but the monkey jumped In front of Bud and got shot Instead.

Bud felt sad at the loss of a friend and said, "It doesn't matter If you are poor and alone. If you have a friend who cares for you he might be willing to die for you."

B~d had many other f r iends. But he would never forget the monkey that gave up his life for him. by ian Henear

This page is donat ed by the Best ig family.

FLYING FISH A long time ago In India people thOught It was impossible for fish to fly, but this wasn't true. It had been a nice day at the seashore when a storm broke out. This was a very unusual storm because wingshaped lightning bolts shot down into the sea. These bolts were not just dangerous • they could go to the bottom of the sea.

Fish In India liked storms and swam to the surface of the water in schools. All of a sudden a lightning bolt hit a school of fish ar~ Immediately 2 wings appeared on each fish. Whenever the fish jumped Qf glided they found that the wings tould help them in different ways. From tllis day on, whenever flying fish were being attacked they would S"lllm to the surface, beat their tal Is and gi Ide in the air at \0 mph. FlyIng fish can travel more than 1000 mPter!.> in the air.

by Nicho las Wagner

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A DESCRIPTION OF PAT CHAT As I was walking down Main Street listening to my Sony Walkman, I saw a girl about 9 years old. Her hair was black and shaggy and "llent down to her waist. Her eyes were dark brown and stared at every passerrby. Her nose was fairly ttny and that girl had a very pale face.

1 gathered she was poor. She wore a long torn dress that had short sleeves, and when she raised her arms up you could see her dirty bony arms. The dress went down to her knees. I saw that her knees had not been washed for some time. On her feet there were scars·of every kind. I walked up to her and offered hen some food.

She took It but did not snatch lt. She sat down beside me on a bench and told me her name was Pat Chat.

by Lindsay Gallimore THE SHARK Old you know that the shark used t o live In Canada? I'll tell you that story.

A long time ago (about 500 years ago) sharks lived In Canada.

But It was not like the shark you know today; these sharks had no fins so when the Micmac Indians went fishing, they could not see them and the sharks capsized the boat and ate the helpless Indians.

One day when the Great Spirit was watching over hi s people he saw a shark about to attack a boat. He Immediately pointed at the shark and a fin appeared on it. The people In the boat rode away and saved themselves.

After many weeks of starving the sharks left the Mi cmac people and swam down south and that's the way It Is now.

by Noah Charney

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La buisson, ~ Fr~lde et rafralchlssante, Preparer, bolre, renverser!

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LEVEL 5 In Level 5 the year has sped by quickly. Most people feel this has been because we•ve been so busy.

The very first week of school we started our project, 11 The English Settle in Canada... We all enjoyed learning about Vaudreuil, Bigot, Montcalm, Wolfe, Murray and Townsend.

Everyone will remember the Battle of the Plains of Abraham the death of General James Wolfe!

Sand sculpture was fun, and everyone was glad that the rain waited for us to finish our creations.

November 3rd, we went by bus to Midland to visit Sainte-Marie Among the Hurons. We spent the morning ·doing the work at the mission. Pulling corn stalks is not as easy as it looks.

Clearing the pig pen was the least favourite task. Guess why?

Luckily there was not enough time to eat the corn soup. It looked disgusting.

We spent the afternoon learning about the conflict that the Hurons had within themselves and with each other because of the new religion brought to them by the Black Robes.

The highlight of our December activities was the preparation for our part in 11 Unforgettable Faces". We were the Mummers, so we wore funny masks and costumes to visit neighbours• homes during the Twelve Days of .Christmas. We tried to capture the true feeling of the Mummers by learning Newfoundland songs and dances. Santa Claus even paid a visit!

In January, we visited Queen's Park as part of our project on Provincial Government. Christine Hart, M. P. P. , met with us and talked about the history of Queen's Park and the duties and importance of the pages. We also met Larry Grossman who showed us where the members of the Legislature sit.

Science Fair took up most of our time and thoughts in February.

It was well worth it as Amanda Lawson received a second prize, Magnus Creutz and Jeffrey Mann tied for third place. Four of our classmates received Honourable Mention: Fiona Galbraith, Megan Griffith-Greene, Alex Khasnabish, and Daisy Maclean.

Everyone enjoyed March Break and most our 18 choir members came in on Wednesdays for extra practice. It was well worth it. We won in the Peel Music Festival .

April 6th, we went to a concert at the Young People's Theatre.

Our timing was perfect. We went after, and returned before, the Blue Jay fans. We also got rai~ed on.

These are a few of the highlights of an eventful, busy year in Level 5. We hope·you all enjoy the summer holiday!

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Salut! Je m'appelle Matthew Kasslrer. J'al 10 ans; J'al les cheveux blonds et lex yeux bleus.

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J'al une soeur, mals je n'al pas de frere. Ma ~etlte soeur s'appelle Emma et elle a 7 ans. Emma est sympa et penlble ~ Ia fols! Nous avons une grosse chlenne brune et noire. Elle s'appelle Samantha et elle mange le journal!

Nous habltons au 145, ave Bombay, dans Ia ville de Toronto. tlotre ma i son est grande: II y a 4 chambres, 4 sa lies de ba Ins et 2 grandes salles de recreation.

Nous avons 2 autos - une Nlssan Maxima et une Toyota Cresslda, La Nlssan Maxima est grande et bleue et tres, tr~sJ tr~s confertable. La Toyota Cresslda est brune et grande et ~conome. Hoi, j'al une blcyclette rouge et jaune.

Hen sport favor!. c'est le ski. Mon equlpe favort;e. c'est l'~qulpe de I'AIIemagne. Mol et ma soeur, nous almons ecouter des dl sques et des cassettes. Notre stl!r~o est grand et aagniflque.

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Je suls en clnquieme annee ~!'ecole et 11 y a 24 eieves dans rna classe. Amon ~cole 11 y a un gymnase, une bibliotheque, une salle de mus!que et 8 salles declasse. C'est une petite ecole! ~~s matieres favorites, c'est les sciences. le dessln, i'hlstolre et I'angla is. Les maths sont faclles. Mes profs sont sympa, mals aussl severes!

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TIME FLIES

one day at home while 1 was playing In my room, I saw a clock flying outside. It was a cuckoo clock. I quickly ran outside to see If J could catch it. At first J couldn't see it. Then I saw It fly out of our tree.

I Immediately started jumping up trying to catch lt. I had ftY hands around it just about to grab It and pull It down when all of a sudden the cuckoo bird came flying out cuckoolng.

Its beak was pecking me right In the head. It scared me so badly I ran right back Into my room. I never bother time anymore, especially when time Is flying!

By Sara Leckie

NO DAD!

Monday. It's 4:00. Dad was due an hour ago and the storm is getting worse. Now mom's getting worried, she Is out on the dock. "I am not hungry thank-you.• It's 6:00. Here mom comes aAd still no sigh of Dad, "Why don't you go to bed dear?"

Gosh! This ts the first time Dad's not been h~e before 4:00. Even the dog's getting worried.

(Dear God, please may my Dad be O.K. Amen) Tuesday. I wonder If God received my letter. The weather looks clear, but no Dad and no boat!

by Daisy MacLean

Level 6: Front Row: Jamie Schwartz. Jonathan Royce, Dana Bookman, Sarah Johnstone, Peter Gottlieb, Michael Fingold, Andrew Walker, Cameron Langs, Back Row: Robert Price, Mathew Green, Douglas Paisley, Sean Silverberg, P.J. Lennon, Robin Stewart, Meghan Cherry, Dianne Dowman.

LITTLE FIELD MOUSE Little field mouse In the grass, Your little grey body quivering with fear.

Your little beady eyes searching for an escape from the person whJ draws near.

Your little nose Is twitching, your whiskers they are swishing.

Running here and there, just out of sight, I'd do the same If I were engulfed In fright.

Out of the sun it comes.

Big, black, deadly.

An owl, the predator.

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NEW YORK AOVENTUR£ HI! My name peaceful guy of New York. train. It's

Is Edie. I' m about 6' ZY," tall and I have brown hair. I'm a during the day, but at night I lurk around In the back alleys My thr~e fr iends and I share an old broken tram car from a goods the kind of place where nobody goes.

Host nights are all the same but this one was different. We all had an urge to not lurk in back alleys but to do something different, something bad!

So we all went to different parts of New York. I took from Third Avenue to Sixth Avenue. That means I had to steal jewels and purses In that area. The good thing was it wa s Sunday; that meant not many police.

We met up later under a bridge. lle hurried right back to the tram car and counted the money and looked at the jewels. We each ha~ at least 12 purses In our so called, "bum bags"! We took so long to count the money Charley fell asleep, Bill left and It wa s just me and Fred. I had Jots of other friends but these guys were my favourites. We finished counting the money and all together there was $324.00. It was a fortune!

by Robert Price, Level 6

LIFE IN LEVEL SIX We began the year in Cultural Studies with multiculturalism which meant many trips; to Elmira, the Greek part of town and a Ukranian museum. The trip that most of the class liked the best was Elmira. At the same time in literature we studied the book, 11 Days of Terror 11 by Barbara Smucker which was a story about why many Mennonite families came to Canada.

If you missed the bake sale at Halloween you missed lots of goodies. The Grade 6 - 8 classes also had a multicultural feast. It was very good food but it was hard to get ready.

We prepared samples of foods from all the different cultures we had been studying.

Level 6 went to the Science Center twice in the first term. The first time it was for a class on weather. The second time we went to the Science Center it was to learn how to do a better Science Fair exhibit. We also went in the third term for a study of Birds and Mammals and dissected big white rats.

After 11 0ays of Terror 11 in literature we read parts of and studied 11 The Diary of Anne Frank 11 which was .sad. We also had two visits from a teacher from Young Peoplesâ&#x20AC;˘ Theatre to lead workshops with us about this play and then we went to see the play at the theatre.

In art and music we made and put on a performance of masks. The Level 6 class made masks from Africa. Most people had lots of fun learning the African drumming music with the help of Keith and Rita.

On January 5 the Level 6 - 8 1 s started studying for exams. This was a hard time for most of us! After exams the houses with kids from Grades 4 - 8 played Capture the Flag at Sherwood Park. It was fun but tiring running in the snow. After this we went on two ski trips. The first time a few people went cross-country but most did downhill. The second time everyone went downhill.

In the second term for Cultural studies we studied Federal Government. In Science we studied chemistry wh ich people enjoyed because of the experiments. The term ended ¡with the Science Fair which was great fun and filled the c lassroom with all kinds of funny smells, sounds and tastes for about two weeks!

From April 6 - 9 the Level 6 - 8 students were in Dorset. The 6 1 s learnt about rocks and minerals along with a geomorphology lesson. We also did geography and mapped out a gravel pit. One night we gathered at the camp fire pit and had a fire complete with ghost stories and ~smores (delicious sandwiches of graham crackers, chocolate and roasted marshmal lows).

When we returned we started a new topic in Cultural Studies; birds.

For this we had Clive Goodwin, a bird specialist, come to ta lk to us and show us slides . A week later Mr. Goodwin took us on.a bird walk in Serena Gundy Park. The last, most recent event the Level 6 1 s did was go to Kortright Center to learn more about birds .

The level 61 s hope that everyone has a safe but fun summer.

by Sarah Johnstone This page i s donated by Lynne Gerstein Fingold.

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HOW I RECEIVED MY DOGI One day about 7:30p.m. my parents were out, my sister was on the phone and 1 was watching T.V. All of a sudden I heard my sister yell, "Matt, come here quick!"

I told my sister, "No, I'm watching T.v.• But she kept yelling to come quickly. So, finally, I went to see what was the matter. When I was half way up the stairs I saw my Dad carrying a bag of puppy chow.

Usually when you see puppy chow there Is a puppy, and wow, would I love a dog after ten years of begging. So, when I was at the top of the stairs there was a small Australian Terrlor puppy. It was his first time away from his mummy. We named him Hugget because he was black all over except for his golden head and legs. Every day after that 1 would come home after school to play with him t i ll he had to go to sleep.

It took a long time to train him but he Is still the best dog In the world.

Nugget Is two years old now and Is a lot bigger. His favourite thing to do Is to chase me while I am riding my A.T.Y. at my farm. Nugget likes me best In my family because I let him sleep on my bed while I am sleeping, but when my parents to go bed they put nim In his cage. I also feed him twice a day and take him for a walk.

1 love my dog and 1 think you woul~ too, so If you are looking for a good dog with lots of energy get an Australian Terrtor.

by Mathew Green Level 6 CHRISTMAS Christmas Is the time of year, When friends gather round for cheer for St. Nick soon will be here.

When people see the joyous smiles, of laughing kids walking miles carolling door to door, collecting money for the. poor, They sit and think of the good old days, when they were kids playing Christmas games.

Everybody around the table, drinking wine and telling fables.

So ••• Chrlstmas Is the time of year when friends gather round for cheer for St. Nick soon will be here.

When 12 o'clock all Is well, the children In their beds do dwell, that Santa would soon be here, to give presents with his Christmas cheer. when the big day has begun, The family joins In Jll the fun, Opening presents that they've received from friends , Santa and relatives, Around the table we all sit, Saying prayers and doing our bit, We all drink and then we cheer, for It's off with Christmas and on with the Hew Year!

So •••Chrtstmas Is the time of year, When friends gather round to cheer, for St. Nick soon will be here!

by Megan Cherry and Dana Bookman

A VERY INTERESTING SCENE It was Friday at J:oo p.m. and we were having Independent time. Everyone was trying to rush off the half hour. I set my eyes on someone and decided to write about their method of wasting tl~. The person Jogged Into the classroom from his locker and sat down. He opened up his book and realized It was the wrong one. He stood up and ventured his way Into his big, messy bin. He made his way out and sat down. He read the first question and decided to ask If he could use an encyclopedia. He was very lucky because the teacher said, "Yes".

Next, he ambled Into the library and picked out an encyclopedia. He re-read the question and decided to pick up a dictionary on the way. He sharpened his pencil and slowly wrote the answer.

School Is over and the nard part has begun. He successfully escaped Into the hall so he would not have to snow his work. The sneaky teacher came and found him In the hall. She looked at the work and he was kept ln.

I think I had better try that someday but hopefully I will be a better escape artist.

by Peter Gottlieb, Level 6 Down on Captiva Island, Florida the beach Is bare In the morning hours.

Only a few ripples from a fish break the silence. There Is a distant call as a whale mournfully calls out to another. Then the sun rises and a fin breaks the water far out, then another much closer and a dolphin shoots himself out of the water like a torpedo and a splash wakes everyone up. Not many people come to suntan on the sandy white beaches. The sand becomes mud as the waves start rolling ln. Sandpipers scavage around for shellfish and herons sit on dried out Jogs while basking In the sun. At lunch a dolphin decides It Is fishing time. He juggles the fish on his nose then eats It whole. A fin Is sighted but only a manta ray glides out of the water. As It gets dark people leave from swimming and sunbathing . The beach becomes dark, desolate and erie as whales on their way out moan. The beach Is ready for another day.

by Joanthan Royce Level 6

level 7 and 8: Front Row: Vicky Barrington, Erin Marcus, Andrew Dowman, Todd Jamison, Ian Poulton, Jessica Mann Middle Row: Charles Heller, Katherine Wasserman, Tim Keeley, Sara Green, Greg Filzmaier, Sean McMurtry, Susan Charron Back Row: Alex Hobcraft, Jessica Wege, Marc Lutman, Dennis Courneyea, Stephen Nichol, David Temple

HY THEORY OF THE CREATION OF THE EARTH A slightly tanned, blonde haired young woman was walking on a golden beach; ihe stooped to pick up a colourful stone with a bit of moss sti cking to lt.

She looked at that perfect sphere; it had a very distinct pattern on it.

She looked out Into t he endless black swallowing sea, then she wound up with Inc redible power and hurled the stone out Into the sea. She cursed It as she looked at her scraped finger.

The stone flew (not even hardly slowing down) farther and farther into what seemed like a black void. It travelled for many millions of years and then as It was passing a particularly bright star it was attracted t o It and was sent spinning around it.

As It was flying tremendous friction built up. Fiery mountains , later named vol canoes, spurted to life and It was hot on the stone which later was given the name "earth" by the first tribe of beings on the stone. After many ions it coo led. The earth had cooled enough for the moss that came from the other world to grow to be thick vegetation. When the girl threw the stone pieces of skin rubbed off her fingers. This skin still had living particles In it and thIs formed man.

From that stage on it has just been man growing more Intelligent and getting more modern until we come to the present. As well as the people, the earth Is changing too. As the population grew some of the thick vegetation was destroyed and cities were built.

by Andrew Dowman Level 7

A CAR STARTING UP IN THE HORNING The key was inserted into the Ignition and turned ••• Suddenly, an engine revved up. The frost and dew sparkling In the gentle morning sun melted slowly and ran off the broad hood like tri· butarles to a main river. Steam emitted from the exhaust pipe like an uncontrollable gas. Its light grey air, as if It were magic, disappeared, simultaneously floating up and up. The frost, immobilized on the window, was rudely disturbed by the back end of a snowbrush. It scraped and scraped for wnat seemed like forever and ever. It abruptly stopped, a car door slammed and It crunched through the hard, white snow leaving dirty t r acks in the new road.

by Stepnen Nlthol

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SOME MEMORABLE MOMENTS IN LEVEL 7/8 The level 7/8 class has had a fabulous year. There have been many memorable moments, like the two nights when the grade 8 students stayed in school late to write this year book. At dinner time they feasted on pizza, donuts and coke.

Then there were the exciting trips planned by Dianne and Susan. The level 8 students went on trips to the houses of worship of four of the five major religions of the world; we were unable to go to the Hindu temple except on a Saturday.

Also for their project research the level 6,7 & 8's went on a trip to Elmira. The level 7's went on trips to Indian, Greek and Chinese areas of Toronto and had some typical food from these cultures. They also visited the Japanese cultural center.

On October 16, the level 6, 7 and 8's went on a mapping exercise in downtown Toronto. First there was an exercise on finding where a particular photo was taken from. In the afternoon we navigated through the underground plazas.

Grades 1 - 8 participated in making masks and presenting them in a skit.

The masks were colourful and some were elaborate. The grade 8 devil dance masks showed a lot of expression and the devil was very ornate.

The grade 7 masks looked very realistic, as was the skit.

Carole Baker came to talk to us about Third World countries especially Nepal. The level ~. 7 and 8's also had a multicultural feast. The third annual science fair was another unforgettable event.

Then there was the episode of the Paley Fox coat snatchers. Who took the three Polo jackets? Fortunately several level 7 and 8's saw the robbery and gave descriptions to the police. We are not sure whether they have been apprehended yet.

As you can see we had a busy and exciting year.

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The level 3's and 7/8's were worried that they might miss the whole event when they found out they were on the wrong bus (heading north, instead of southeast). We quickly realized our error and trudged off at the very next stop. After waiting what seemed like hours for a southbound bus, we decided it would be faster to walk.

Moaning and groaning we finally did reach the sandy shores of Ash Bridges Bay beach. {The level S's had started without us, digging and building but the real fun started when we got therE?!)

First we were divided into groups a~ then each group had to build the largest sandcastle they possibly could.

The group that won was a mixture of level 3's, 5's, 7's and 8's headed up hy Sean McMurtry. It was his idea to build the biggest base possible and build up on it. For the longest time, nobody believed in this theory; but, the proof was in the winning!

For the second event, we chose our own groups and tackled the job of building the most life-like animal.

There were crocodiles, a duck, turtles, snakes and even a beached whale.

Lunch came and went quickly and it was time once again to get back to work. Our third project was to build geometric designs. There's not much to say about this as they were not very creative pieces of artwork.

The last event was our own choice.

We could either convert our sand castles to temples or build something new. This didn't last very long as most of us were tired and ready to make our way back t o school.

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David does like to pay compliments but he also enjoys changing and modifying the student's masterpiece.

We have acquired yet another addition to the staff at Y.M.S., Karen Powers, to assist David in guiding our aspiring artists.

Some of the favourite art topics are: wood sculpture, still life drawings, modelling. Clay is especially enjoyed by the 8's but so far this year we have not had it!

We think that David and Karen are really improving the art program at Y.M.S. lt has come a long way from taping paper on the wal 1 and painting with primary colours. It is still developing and we hope it will improvP even more .

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Smoke was ris i ng from the fast movements of fingers on keys rapidly wavering in the dense air. The loud but elegant trombones, the drummer, the saxophones and tru mpets drown out the flute and clarinet sections. Ke it h made certain attempts to make the flutes and clarinets feel noticed.

Band members were for the most part awake when they entered the classroom at 7:45 a.m. When they assembled their instruments they also had to co-ordinat e their minds and hands. When they played they played with hear t but mostly soul. As the instruments continued diaphragms would dance to the music. When the practise was over the players were fresh and ready to encounter the rest of the day.

Slowly but surely, th ey all gained confidence and now they sound like a band should -Roy Thompson Hall here we come!

The members of Junior Band are: Clarinets : Fi ona Galbra i th, Sara Leckie, Daisy Maclean, Christy Nichol Flutes :

Marc Lutman, Mi cha e l Wortsman,Sara Redgrave, Lindsay Ast, Pi er Lu tman

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J effr ey Mann, Todd Jamison Ma gn us Creutz, Erik Jensen, David Beddir1gton, Robert Pr ice, David Naftolin.

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These are the most common sounds coming from the danger zone, the band room.

Keith, the conductor, is the trend setter at Y.M.S. When the members of the Senior Band leave the class room the soundproof, sliding doors are sealed shut for a period of one hour, not to be opened by anyone!

But really, we don't sound that bad.

We can play a B Flat scale and any thing from the 11 Band Today" exercise book.

Keith, the philosopher, had never failed to give the band one of his tongue twisting speeches.

Altogether we can almost play two wonderful sounding songs, "Chester 11 and "Hayden's Surprise.,!

Jessica Wege and Jessica Mann are the two first clarinets. Katherine Wasserman and Sean Silverberg are the second clarinets. This makes this section loud and talented.

The two trumpets, Dennis and Doug, known as "the Detinators" try to blast out the band but this is so that everyone can hear the right notes.

Andrew Dowman, the famous saxophone player, has a talent for blasting out the band. Mathew Green, the french hornist, plays at the same volume as Stephen Nichol the trombone/barritonist, but a little quieter than the trumpet.

The flutes, Meghan, Andrew Walker, and Sara Green are the ones who are drowned out the most so Keith must insist that the rest of the band quiet down.

The trio of flutes, the quartet of clarinets and the solo Sax make up the wonderful woodwinds of the band.

Joining them are les beaux brasses And finally, last but not least, comp~sed of two trumpets, one trombone/ the little drummer girl, Robin barrttone, ofle horn and the drums. stewart who keeps a steady tempo and gives a good thump for your money.

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Senior Choir was a smash hit this year with their tunes which were rockin' VMS. The song that was nomi nated for 10 Grammies. won 14 Peop le 's Choice awards and was MTV's #1 video was .. Free at Lastt" And don't forg et about the Bonnie Brown Hair" song. At the beginning of our choir year. Sara Green was elected president and Jessica Wege was elected vice-president. They tried to control the class • and they did! Their only failure was Katherine Wasserman ~ she couldn't be controlled.

Lois is a great choir teacher. She taught us some fun" songs. and some not so fun" songs. such as Peter in and Paul out". We enjoyed singing and the choir outings were fun as well.

We sang some Christmas carols for the Smilers• Club and at the Senior Citizens• home. which they appreciated. Some of the choir members went carolling on Yonge Street. and were invited into Sporting Life to sing. The next big event was the P.eel Festival and the choi r did very. very well! They WON!!

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THE PEEL MUSIC FESTIVAL On Wednesday, April 1st, 1987 the Y.M.S . Senior Choir travelled by bus to Brampton. The Festival was at an old movie theatre called the Capitol. There were a number of schools already there when we arrived. We were the first school to sing. We sang, "Live in Harmony" and "Johnny went to the Fair". We competed against another school and we won by 8 points . and received a trophy.

Later on the Level 5's competed with a song called "Hats". It was singing and dancing. Grade 5 sang better than Appleby College by one point!

After this we went back to school feeling excited and very happy.

The bus ride was an extremely noisy and happy ride. When we got to school we all crowded around the table hoping to catch a glimpse of the glimmering trophies. Now you can see the glorious prizes in the two display cases outside the offices.

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THE BEST CONCERT OF MY LIFE! All my life I had wanted to go to a 8catlt!s' concert. llow was my chance.

It was now possible because of Or . Zing adt ' s new Invention, "The Zing Bat Tin.e Traveller".

I would go back In time to 1965 when the Oeatles ca111e to Toronto i!nd had their concert at Maple Leaf Gardens. It was incredible.

That night, I 11et Dr. Zing Bat at 12:00.

1 got into a ~tal kind of boOth wh ich had lots of buttons in it. He pressed some controls and told me to hold on to the seat. I felt a tingly feeling go through me, then It stopped and the tloor flung open. I looked outside . All the girls were wearing mint sklrls a1~ th~ guys had Beatles' jackets. I knew thc1t I had landed at the right time and place.

Because I was so sma II I managed to sneak in.

It was the best concert of my life.

Suddenly I felt a tap on my shoulder. It was Mum but In 1987 clothes and she said to me, "TIme to get up and have your shower".

It pUSt have been a dream.

by Robin Stewart Level 6

CROSS COUNTRY RUNNING This year the cross country running team was, hum, what were they? Oh, yeah, they were okay, naw they were great!

Well with all those wonderful Y.M.s•ers why wouldn•t they be?

The runs that took place were unforgettable. There was the Sherwood Park run,the High Park run (which went on 4-ever!) And the Holy Tr i nity run (which was a religious experience!) Yes; no one wou l d forget the Holy Trinity run. Those were the days of name tags and, ~Honk if ya love Y.M.S. !~ slogans on their Tshirts. The course was a swamp, our shoes were d i rty, our faces sweaty and our feet stunk! But, what else is new?

There was t he Elora Gorge Run that brought a time for people with asthma. Most people couldn•t catch their breath after this one! It was lon g but the important thing was that we tried and that•s what counts. I don•t think that we could have done it without Mike or Mrs . Fowler nagging us and criticizing us if we were in shape or not. Most of the time we weren •t !

But it all came out great in the endl Cross count r y runn i ng was a smash for Y.M.S . i n 1 86/87 .

SOCCER We started the season in early September.

The first game was on October 6th (Erik 1 s birthday!) against Country Day School.

They won 7- 1 (what a way .to celebrate a birthday!). We followed up with scores of 5- 1 vs. UCC, 11 - 0 vs. Barrington (we won!). Then came the Ridley tournamen~ Here are the scores: Ridley 3 - 0 (us) Crescent 6 - 0 (us) Nichols 2 - 0 (us) Appleby 5 - 0 (us) The next game was on October 23rd vs. Holy Trinity. The score was 5-1 for them!!

Our last game was on October 30 vs. UCC. We lost 5 - 0.

The members of the team were: Matthew Green, Andrew Dowman, Robert Price, Douglas Paisley, P. J. Lennon, Cameron Langs, Erik Jensen, Scott Lister, David Naftolin, Magnus Creutz, David Beddington, Geoffrey Bellingham, Chris Ross, Ian Menear, George Lembesis, Noah Charney.

Even though· we lost all but one game, we had a lot of fun and we learned that winning isn•t everything.

On behalf of the players we would like to thank Mike for organizing the soccer team. We would also like to thank the parents who drove us to the games.

By Magnus Creutz and Erik Jensen

BASKETBALL At the end of another great season of basketball, the students "creamed" the teachers. The teachers• team consisted of Mrs. Zeibots, Pat Jerred, Susan Charron, Madame Lister and Sheila Royce. Our team, the students, haad two shifts of six players each.

All but two were level 4 1 s and s•s.

Mike was the referee and didn 1 t play. (although he was sorely missed on the teachers• team!) The teachers pretended they were the Globetrotters, but were beaten very easily by the students who were able to run under them and snatch the ball. Once they had the ball, the students raced to the enemy line to try for a basket. Because Mrs. Zeibots is so tall, she was able to catch the ball on either the rebound or when it got through the basket. When the teachers got the ball, they were virtually unstoppable, except when they shot or passedt Surprisingly enough, Susan ~one of the shorter teachers) hoarded the ball and got most of the ~ baskets for their team. The end score was 9 - 8 for the students.

AFTER SCHOOL BADMINTON

SKATING Every other Friday Levels 1, 2 and 3 went to the rink, and the rest of us remained at school to do exciting things in Math, English or Projects. When we had our turn, the 1,2,and 3's got to do those same exciting things as well!

Once at the rink, it was as if a button was pushed, and the complaining began: "They don't fit!"

"Can you tie skates?"

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Nonetheless, when the squabbling ended, the skating was enjoyed. The teachers were relieved and could finally have a laugh and a restful weekend!

Fresh air and exercise are two components of good health (quote Mrs. Fowler!).

HOCKEY October 14th was a Red Letter Day at Y.M.S. - it was hockey tryouts once again. The halls were littered with helmets, skates, sticks and gloves what an obstacle course!

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Finally it was 12:15. Thirty Grade 5,6,7 & 8 boys and one girl (yeah, Christy Nichol!) made their way to North Toronto Arena. It was difficult for Mike to choose a team because 90% of them couldn't raise the puck. Fifteen people were lucky enough to be selected for the Y.M.S. squad. After a couple of weeks of practise the boys began to gain confidence (they weren•t tripping over the blue line anymore!)

The boys from the younger grades came to rescue the team when halfway through the season they f ound out that the older, stronger, faster, bigger, better shooting, better scoring Grade s•s could not attend Appleby Tournament.

Their best performance and only win was at Holy Trinity. Ev e ryone co-operated with passing, and Marc was superb between the pip es . If only they had played like that more often, they could have won more games than they did. But at Y.M.S. it•s not the winning that counts, it is the sportmanship that is the most important!

The sc hool t eam consists of: Tim Keeley, Alex Hobcraft, Stephen Nichol, Marc Lutman, Andrew Dowman, P.J. Lennon, Mathew Green, Cameron Langs, Andrew Wal ker, Sean Silverberg, Robert Price, Michael Wortsman, David Wasserman, Andrew Scace, Jeffrey Mann, ~~::::~F Scott Lister , Chris Ross, Cameron Scace . . . .~. .

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SKI TRIP '87 Ski trip ' 87 was a time for yetties, skiing out of control, bad tucks, sloppy parallel , snowplows and many unreported wipe outs.

First of all, t o start our day, the bus was late. Luckily, Sara and Matt Green just made it 'cause their transmission blew up in Factory land. When they did get there (thanks to Mr. Green who saved the day) they just made it to the bus. The bus ride was a pathetic jok~ Sure every one was blasted out of their minds 'cause of the unearthly hour of the morning and to contribute to our day their was the Cherry family singers who were singing alien songs at the back of the bus. Finally when we did get to Horseshoe Valley we got off the bus, slapped on our s~i s and Y.M.S. ski day was under way.

When we got into our groups for l essons most people were bored!

The Y.M.S. super kids (losers) had to teach some of the instructors a couple of tips.

By th~ end of the day every one was completely dead! With all the wipe outs and dangerous skiing that people did, why wouldn't they be?

The second ski trip we were supposed to go to Horseshoe South - but did we - No! The day was action packed beginning with the race down the hill to d~cide who was to get either the blue or the red tag. The lessons (for the people who went) were boring except for the people who had to ski down the hill with one ski! Fun , eh?

When the lesson was over, we took off but other than the dangerous skiing that took place - the aerials, jumps, races and all the other fun (ha) stuff we had a great time - and if you believe this then ... see you on the slopes next year!

You ask about cross-country? Who cares, the majority of us were downhi ll ers anyway!

TRACK TEAM If this is April 16th at 7:00 a.m. it must be Y.M.S. Track and Field tryouts! The tryouts continued for three nQrnings ~t Nor Ltlern Secondary Schoo 1 w11en students from Leve 1s 5 to B cctme out to run, JUmp, f1ght, squabble, freeze amJ finally hurry bdck to school for bagels, muffins, cream cneese, peanuL butter and other goodies followed lly d hasty clean up so t11e Level 6 -8 cldsses coulll yeL on with tneir day's work.

From these entnusiastic students a junior team of under 12 yeJr old!; o:.~nll a senior leo:.~m of under 14 year olds ond a Super Sernor Team or under 16 year olds were c110~en. These teams Cl)llttnued t11e1r early morning routine three mornings a week until M11y 13th when tile lndepender1t SChools' AssociatiOn Track Med wo~ 11eld at St. Michael's College. l-low proud wP were to see t he team perform as they had nPvt>r performed before. At the ttme ll1is went to print we h.td not received the final results but we are contident ttlP studerrts' tt rues w111 be the 1 r best ever.

Special congratulations to Robin Stewart who placed third in LlrL' l~unn i ny Lolly Jump.

The Super Senior Team will compete on May 27th and we w1sh Uwm uood luck!

MORHINGS OF TERROR

HOW THE EARTH WAS FORMED George had just finished checking through the planet case of hi s lab ~k i ng sure that everything had been placed in space, ~hen he noticed a rather s~ll pl anet left. He really ~anted to eat, so he just placed some vegetation an It and then thre~ It out of his lab and Into space. As the planet spun through space it entered a solar system ~ith only 8 planets In it . As it went through t hi s solar system, the planet hlt an asteroid belt. The asteroid belt did some damaQe to It leaving big ditches behind. Mean~hlle, In the lab, the door opened.

"Nobocy's allowed In my lab," George thought. "I'll hide behind these crates and see what It Is." Just as he had snuck. around the crates, his daughter peeped her head ln. "Daddy? Good ••• he Isn't here, " she said quietly. Marie had long, long dark chestnut brown hair. She had dark skin and ~as very tall and beautiful . As she made her ~ay towards the planet case. Marie got a jittery fee l ing . She wasn't allowed In her father's lab. "What If he finds .ae? I'll be grounded for ten 111llllon years . Wllere•s • Y planet?" she cried. "Hy planet!

The planet I had shaped with clay and did the t edious job of putting the land on the centre . On, no! Perhaps •Y Dad found it! " "Just what do you th ink you're doing In •Y lab?" George shouted at his daughter. "Daddy , but I can •• • • "My own daughter •• • I don't believe it . I don't want to but I'• going to have to. Mart e, I b~nish you to your planet . • "Daddy ••• • and with that she di sappeared . On the planet, she found lots of trees and animals to comfort her, but that couldn't hold back the tears. Marie cried and cried for many yea rs . Her tears gathered In the ditches where the asteroids had hit the planet.

Fi nally , she stopped crying and decided to start a new life. Luckily, when she reached Into her pocket, she felt sort clay, the extras from ~hen she had made the earth. With the clay, she made a husband . She said a fe~ words and he came to life. She left that spot with her husband and moved Into the mountains she had made ~hen she first made the planet. The planet was n4med after her middle name, Eart h. Every animal on the planet kne~ h,er as the creator of the Earth.

At 6:30 a .~. Douglas blew his t rumpet across the hall to wake up the neighbourhood. Allxe ~e up ~lth a special feeling because she and father were going to get out good old Hlshka the station wagon and drive to Union Station to pick up Geoff.

Do~nstalrs Mother was cooking hot Vlta-B porridge. Douglas ~as red In the face from blowing his trumpet. Dad ~as warming up good old Hishka the station wagon.

At last they ~ere on the ~ay and Alixe thought of her family.

Geoff had been away at camp for a month. He had dark red hair and spent a lot of time a~ay from home.

Douglas was tall and thin with blonde hair and blue eyes. Mother was tall, sll• and not that good at cooking. Dad was al~ays trying to lose weight, but funny and very kind. Then slle thought of herself; SGall, also with red hair and she liked her l~glnary friends.

AT last they arrived at Union Station, picked up Geoff and headed home.

That night the familiar sounds of the family all together again filled the house.

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Jessica Wege leve l 7 A PAGE FROM SANTA'S DIARY I've already deli vered presents to China, Japan, Sweden, U.S.A. and Africa. I think I'll go to Lapland next. After I finish there I can take a break and go and lie In those beautiful fields filled with snow! I flew over Angola from Zambia and there onto Lapland.

When 1 arrived 1 delivered presents to all the houses I could find .

After 1 finished 1 landed In a deserted area where probably 50 years ago there used to be a house.

When 1 landed 1 walked to the ~reeked, crumbled old house.

"Strange," 1 said , nhere's someone living In this old house.

That doesn ' t matter though, I'll go up the hill and lie do~n in the sno~ to take a nap." I trudged up the hill through the soft powdery snow and when I reached the top I dropped back~ards and when I landed all the snow fl~ up In the air.

Three hours later I woke up, burned down the hi ll, JUIPed Into 111y sled and flew a~ay slloutlng "HO, HO, HO"!

by Magnus Creutz

Barbara thinks I'm reading, But I'~ riding through the jungle On my horse Or having a knock out Against Michael Spinks.

In thirty seconds I have a bat as a pet.

Barbara thinks I'm listening But no.

I'm fighting a shark That Is very fierce.

I am struggling, But I win.

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HOUSES The 1987 houses at Y.M.S. are being run much differently than in the .previous years. This year the 12 house executives meet with Barbara Zeibots and Barbara Rodrigoe approximately once a month. In these meetings the agendas for the future house mePtings are discu~~pn ~"n revised.

There have been many activities throughout the year for the houses.

There was the Halloween skits and the riddle contest. One sunny, snowy day the ser1ior house members played Capture the Flag while the junior members had a 11 Scavenger Hunt, Follow the Clues" game back at school. Both groups thoroughly enjoyed their activities.

A challenge for all members was the I.Q. 2000 and Trivial Pursuit contest. Cake decorating, and story writing were two more popular events held this year.

We also held a penny drive which was a fund raiser for Food Share.

For every one hundred pennies collected, 10 house points were given.

Simcoe was the winner with 280 points, Champlain was second with 260 points and there was a tie for third with both McClung and Johnson receiving 130 points.

Every Monday morning, right after assembly the four houses line up

for uniform inspection, where they are examined by the house executivP

and if they have a perfect uniform they will be awarded a house point.

A perfect uniform is polished shoes, house pin and a blazer for grades four and up.

House points can also be awarded for good behaviour, good work, good citizenship and participating in various school activities such as band, sports teams, choir and library club.

The 1987 house executives were: SIMCOE:

Head - Tim Keeley Vice-head - Sean McMurtry Secretary - Andrew Dowman

McCLUNG:

Head - Dennis Courneyea Vice-head - Alex Hobcraft Secretary - Erin Marcus

JOHNSON - Head - David Temple Vice-head - Stephen Nichol Secretary - Sara Green CHAMPLAIN:

Head - Jessica Mann Vice-head - Jessica Wege Secretary- Greg Filzmaier

CAPTURE THE FLAG It was a sunny, snowy Friday afternoon when the Levels 4 - 8 1 s went off to Sherwood Park for two wild game s fo Capture the Flag.

The teams were McClung and Johnson houses against Simcoe and Champlain.

The battle grounds were divided in half with a jail at each end.

Before the games began each team searched f or the perfect place to hide the flag. The object of the game was to confuse your opponents and conf i scate their flag. By th e way , this wasn't as easy as it sounds. If you happened to have been on the opposing teams territory, you were taking a risk of getting caught and that would mean getting sent to their jail.

In the first game McC l ung and Johnston won and the dynamic duo of Champlain and Simcoe won the second. When the game was over Dianne and Susan announced the over-all winner who turned out to be Champlain and Simcoe!

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WINTER SPORTS DAY Th~ day was March 2nd when we had a long, cold journey to North Toronto Arena. The whole school took part in the event.

Each house was given a locker room to change in. The whole school went out on the ice and took part in pleasure skating.

Even though there were some rebels going the opposite way we still managed to have a great time.

Our first event was the senior and junior relay hoop race. The Seniors basically dragged the juniors the whole way from the blue line to the longer end of the ice.

The second event was certainly exciting; it was the broomball game and the contenders were Johnson and McClung. They tied at one goal apiece.

Then we had another relay race where the Juniors had to skate around two pylongs and under a little bridge (good thing they had helmets on or they would have smacked their heads), touched the boards and raced back to the end of the line touching the next player who repeated the exhibition.

After this was another broomball game and the "equipes" for this game were Simcoe and Champlain.

Champlain kicked butt in this event; the score was 2 - 0.

The next item on the agenda was the house cheers. We're not sure which house was the loudest, maybe Johnson, maybe Champlain, maybe McClung but definitely not Simcoe.

The last race was the second junior relay. It was the bean bag race. After that Mrs. Fowler brought out the parachutes and each house received one. The parents thought they looked lovely from the stands. The last thing we did was pleasure skate. We all had a great time. Special thanks to the parents involved.

McClung was the winner of the day, Simcoe was in second place, Johnson came third and last and least was Champlain.

TRIVIAL PURSUIT Or1e Friday in February the classes of Y.M.S. were led into the drafty gym. They were divided into the i r houses and then broken down into senior and junior groups. Gra des 1 - 4 were asked questions from J.Q. 2000 and grades 5 - 8 were aske d questions from Trivial Pursuit.

Johnson was competing against Champ l ain and Simcoe was pitted against McClung. The contest lasted for about half an hour. Two points were ~warded for a correct answer.

Eac h person was asked a question and 1f they couldn't answer it then i t was given to the other team to answe~.

At.the end of the al l otted time the winners were McClung with 68 poJ~ts; In s~cond place with.52 points was Simcoe; the third place team wtth 48 po1nts was Champlain and last was Johnson with 46 points.

HOUSE CONTEST On April 16, all 4 Houses met in a battle for the top points. There were 3 categories in which the students participated. These were: cake decorating, public speaking and do-you-know? contest. Not all House members were able to take part, so the non-participants listened to the public speaking contest.

In the cake decorating section, 3 volunteers were required from each House: one from levels 1 - 3, one from levels 4 - 6, and one from 7 -8. They were to decorate a cake that was given to them with icing, sprinkles, Smarties and other goodies. Simcoe won this contest with their chocolate cake displaying a sugary time-piece.

In the public speaking contest the victims were also "volunteered". The participants had to draw a topic from an envelope and then talk about it for 1 minute. That, when in front of the audience, seemed like 1 hour!

There were many great speeches, some funny, some short, and some that were cut short by the time limit. Champlain was the winner!

In the do-you-know? section, one lucky student was The questions were made up by the teachers and were cultural studies work. Each person was interrogated with the level t•s, then 2's, and so on. After the second round ·began. Again Champlain won.

chosen from each level. about each grade level ' s separately. starting B's had answered, the

All three events took place at the same time. At the end the awards were announced. Champlain was victorious with a whopping 88 points, followed

by Johnson with 80. Simcoe with 73 and McClung with 63.

BLACK MAGIC

On the March break we went to Quebec. Every mocihg we got up, had our breakfast and then went ski ing. Then we skied until lunch and ate our lunch . When we were finished we would ski until suppertime, go home and do It all over again the next time. On friday we did not ski. We went In to St. Jovlte and got some things. I got a pin (and It looks like my dog Munchkln).

by Cynthia Lennon

The date was October 31. I was driving home from a party, when I saw the street lights flicker, and go out.

A black cat ran across the road. The air became cold and still.

There was a strange silence about the city, so I decided to drive to my friend's house.

As I did so my car stalled. This just wasn't my night! I walked I kilometer.

By now all the lights In the city were out. I walked for 15 minutes more, finally reaching my fl'iend' s house. He wasn't there! I sat down on the cold, damp steps. What was I going to do?

To my right a shape moved In the darkness. It was black with shining green eyes, It jumped! Maybe It was just a cat? Some~hlng grabbed mel WAS IT JUST A CAT OR •••

I Bigot Road, New France, North America, November 25, 1759.

By Alexander Khasnablsh

Dear Jacques,

None of us here understand the strange language of the English. They told us to go back to our fanns (It took us a while to understand what they said) and the soldiers would help us replant and harvest our crops when they were not busy. But that was last month.

Hurray seems nice. Without his help Jean-Paul and Harle would have died. The only person whom we know that died was Pierre. It was very sad.

Have you heard about Vaudreull and Bigot?

Probably. Word hat come around that they were gambling away all our money. If I could only get my hands on them! As far as I know, they were the cause of all these months of suffering.

They have disappeared, probably to Montreal.

I hope this letter reaches you. The supply boats may never reach us.

I wonder what M¥rray will do next. I am scared.

He could do anything. I hope he treats us better than our farms were treated In the war!

I hope to survive the winter without getting scurvey.

How Is everyone? Will you say hello to them for me? Bye, must go now.

Sincerely, Megan (Megan Griffith-Greene)

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WHEN I'H THIRTY-FOUR I yawned as I turned off my light,

seven.

It had been another tl ring day ln Grade

As I dozed off, I wondered what it would be like to be older •••

• I woke up and froze ln mid-yawn.

My surroundings were completely unfamiliar!

After looking around, I established, by the pad of paper on the bedside table, that I was in a Four seasons Hotel.

I figured that this was just a realistic He looked

The man In the bed ne~t to me woke up and looked around.

dream.

like Adam Forsyth with a beard.

Where am I?"

"Er, hello darling.

"Hello, dear," he said.

"Don't you remember? We're ln Toronto for your school reunion,

Hontessor or something, I believe It's called." feeling quite alright, honey?" he inquired.

I've done since I was twelve."

"How old am I?"

"Are you

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Helen Forsyth, are in Toronto at the age of 34 for your school

I got up and got ready for the day.

that I could see had really changed except clothes.

No hing

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created a new synthetic; It shimmered, couldn't wrinkle, kept you warm in the cold and cool in the heat, thereby eliminating the need for coats/ jackets. mormng I went sightseeing.

For the

The streets were much less crowded than they used to

b'l! and there were grass and flowers where the ~Odds and sidewalks should have been.

People didn't walk; rather, they sat on cushions with sides or lay on "couches" whiCh flitted through the air.

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stredml ined, cars without wheels that took in and blew out air, thereby moving Stores and houses were much the same and so was the CN Towt!r.

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The reunion

Upon arriving, I saw why ••• we had bought our own school!!!

There was a gigantic building, an entire park, in the middle of which was a field and Inside therl! was I room for each subject, I homeroom for each grade

a playground.

and about twice the staff.

There were about 3,000 children.

II few of the olc.l

staff were there and by asking around I got a basic icJea about what had happenec.l to some of the olc.l teachers and kids. the cruldren. chemistry.

Charles

grandchildren. full-time.

Dianne was in jail because she overworked

Patti did physics in the Scienct! Centre, while Susan taught WdS

on a cruise.

Madame llauer wus off v1siting her

Madame Lister taught Eng! ish in France.

arranged our I ibrary (now much larger!). of Toronto.

Ddvld Turney painted

Barbara was a storyteller in the Public Library,

Teresa still

Mary taught English at the University

Jessica liege was married to Joshua Jonson (lov~ly fellow). had one

child and was a housewife. a I all on Bloor.

Sara G. was married to David Add1son and worked in

Erin was married to "Robbie," had 2 children and was the lroJ

woman Prime Minister.

Erica was a famous lawyer, with IUS cases won to her creoJit.

After the reunion, all of the girls had dinner together dnd talked about old times. day.

At 11:00, Adam and I went back to the hotel, exhausted after the long I fell asleep illllled iately after c I imbtng into bed, thinking what a womJerfu l

dream it had been.

I woke up and froze in mid-yawn.

My surroundings were completely unfamiliar • ••

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LIBRARY What a wonderful year it has been! The library has more space f or activities such as storytelling and booktalks for larger groups; and more shelving for all those new and noteworthy books. As you might have already guessed. the library shares space with the Music department. Imagine, good literature and good music all in the same place what a cultural Mecca!

A few of the school-wide events this year have been: two Book Sales, a 11 buy a gift book for YMS 11 program. an Anne of Green Gables festival. plus lunchtime readings from such favorites as 11 Miracle on 34th Street ... 11 lnto the Dream11 and 11 Up to Low".

The library would like to thank Ruari Du~field in level 7 for designing the "gift to YMS" bookplate. Special thanks to all those student and parent library volunteers who bravely fought the tedium of shelving books so that books would get to you!

Have a great summer and don't forget to read for the ~ of it!

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TRIP TO ELMIRA On Wednesday, October 22, 1986 all the Grade 6 - 8 students, asleep, fell out of bed at a dreary 7:00 a.m. or earlier. T~ their parents stumbled into their Gars and drove to Y.M.S. ~ the kids boarded a bus for Elmira. All this before 8:30!

After a two hour bus ride they finally arrived at Elmira. Tt order of business was to see the Meeting Place, the Mennonit E of a church. Mennonites only travel in buggies, or on horset on foot - no cars allowed! Regular carts cost $800 to $1200 buggies cost around $1200 to $1400. For the farm they use e i Percheron or Belgian work horses but not the fePt flicking, !

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While waiting for the other half our our group to finish the someone spotted a small variety store that almost everyone r snacks. After a full day of touring, we climbed back on the thP trip home.

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)ber 16, 1986 the Grade ~路s took the T.T.C. and ) Union Station. After 路ivai we split into two and with guides went out lost in the heart of the To start off we were given of different views of 1gs. Then a map of the ts passed out. The guides ; a time in the morning >ack at the bank building. 路oups left, at different so they couldn't copy :her, to find the photo ;ses. While one group was >Y five minutes, the other ;hewed up right on time. ~ returned and had lunch : under ground among crowds >le on lunch break, just 路aw the map of the tunnels :curately and locate some Going through groups and of people to get to the ~hallways seemed like going 1hen it was actually 30 m. ~ of the confusion one group ;t and showed up 15 minutes

DIARY OF ANNE FRANK - Y.P.T. It was a November afternoon when Monica from Young Peoplesâ&#x20AC;˘ Theatre came in to inform us of what we could anticipate in the play t he following day - A Diary of Anne Frank... Throughout the afternoon we enjoyed participating in acting out a variety of dilemmas set upon us by Monica. Some of these scenes were acting about escaping when the army came, and fe~ling closed in in a small space.

Thts was to help us understand how the Franks had to live during World War II. The play itself was a great su ccess, the superb acting and the colourful set design added to the excellent performance. The classes that were in the audience on that day really enjoyed this play. The reason that we understood the play so well was because of our afternoon with Moni ca .

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DORSET The bus pull~d out of Sheldrake Boulevard at 7:15a.m. on a slow and boring trip to the Leslie M. Frost Centre in Dorset. The bus was packed with 6, 7 and s•s from VMS. The three hour drive ended on the gravel driveway at the Centre.

Immediately after the long bus ride, the first class began. It was called "Fur bearers" and we learned about trapping and the origin of your Davy Crockett coonskin cap. The next class was on the subject of rocks and minerals, where we watched Jessica Mann•s rock disintegrate. We learned how to determine the hardness of rocks by scratching fingernails against them - which was unfortunate for the kids who bite their nails!

Next came mapping where we had to record any dips, drops, or ditches in a straight line on the ground until we came to the pond. It was OK to stop mapping when the water started ••• but no: one group continued to map through the water! our last morning we did something terribly interesting for a change. It was ! called ·· "Survival"; we pretended to be forest animals caught in the continuous food chain. The game wore us out so most of us slept on the way home. But some were thinking of why they didn•t call the place "Out-Door-Set"!

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llcaver crouched on the river bank proudly adm iri ng hi s lodge . "Look," thou~ht beaver to himself. "Look at my beauti fu l home ; nut even t he Grcdt Spirit would do it better." Ttren, he m~de t he mi st ake of ca lling out , "I'm more intelligent th~n the Great Sp irit. " The Grt!d t Sp in t heard this . a~ he h~dnl everythln:J. He was s 1 ange red t hat he dec ided to punish bea ver . "You sll<lll sufrer for thdt comment," c all ed the Great Sp i r i t to lJeaver. The Great ~pint duve, dove into the ocean , dee pe r th an the fi sh !JO , deeper UhHl the l1ght goes, 11rto the dar~ness dnd stil l deepe r. fie came to tht! plug in t ile tJottorn of lire OCt!!lll, h~ <JdVe It a yank; till! gian t plua car~ ou t dnd tlrl.' water rustred HI. Later llrat day, h-wever, ueaver saw t he wdter 111 tus strLam drdJn in<J awuy . llhcn tJcuver ~~~w thiS he WiiS ala nneu; without the watt~r he couldn't $Wim , Hast1 111 ~ fa• d 011 t11e river tJed and he t hou!Jht with d qu 1ver. he caul dn' t e~cape t '- 0LdVt'f' wds frantic. tie gn .rwL·d do wn a tree , t ht!n anothe r and auuthr r until he htd !Jlo~kul the water· flow. "I nave made a tldm whJch wi ll keel! my wuler," J i •l • eo~vcr. In defeJt, the Grea t Spi r it r~tu rned the pluJ to the oceo~n, llut 111' hJ~ llt·vu i •r J 1ven heav.:r.

Ttl at I S why IJeJ vers now bui lt! dams, JU>l 1 n ~ilse Lll Gr.~otl ·~ II 1 t pulls the plug one day !

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SMOGLAND ADVENTURE Hy back was beginning to ache from leaning against the cave wall where 1 had taken shel ter for the night. I was looking outside when I heard a noise from the bushes . Suddenly, a bear appeared from behind a tree. In panic, I franticall y ran deeper into the cave and fell down a deep hole. At the bottom of the hole wa s a river. I swam down the river and suddenly felt myself turning. I was caught In a whirlpool! It pulled me down under the water and I must have hit my head on a rock and was knocked out.

The tap the the and

people high up from us left their on. Then It overflowed. They thought carpet was dry but It wasn't dry and ceiling fell on my grandfather's head he had to have 18 stitches.

by Hannah Walsberg level I

When I woke up I found myself In a cottage and a man was standing over me.

He told me where I was. I was in the land of Smog which was one of the many coun t r ies ruled under the Smogolian ~pire.

At that time I realized that I didn't even know his name. So naturally l asked. fte said that his name was Newton, one of the most powerful wizards in all of Smog. He asked me my name and when 1 told him he looked up at me asking who my father was , My fat her had died when 1 was very young. I was told that he had fallen down a hole in a cave and wa s never seen again .

"Your father was never seen again by you or hi s friends , but I found him, just like I found you. tie lived with me until one day he was captured by the Smogolian guards and was taken to prison. Some who are set free claim that he is stil l alive." said Newton.

Once upon a time t here wa s a worm t hat got caught in t he rain. "Where can 1 hide?" he wondered. Then he saw a mushroom in the clear ing.

by Megan Tam l evel I

At that Newton and l set out on a quest to find and re scue my father.

by Robin Stewart level 6

t-!ORIWlG "GLORY" "Lou1e! Don't do that." My little bratty s i ster screeched at Lauren. "Loui e broke i t , Mom!" I knew it was time t o get up, my da ily a Iarm had just rung . I bonked my way over to the light and got dressed hurridly. I was starved. The mcuth-watering smell from the kitchen wa s wafting up into my stuffy room. I s leepily tripped down the stairs letting the fragrence of pancakes and toas t lead me t o them. lltlen 1 fina ll y reached the sticky kit chen f loor I pl opped Into the food-covered chair and glanced over at my two hOneyheaded ststers. They had already started their breakfast and had done a good job of mess ing and mushing it all over their heads.

My poor tired mother kis sed me and served me my breakfa st.

The pancakes were doughy and the orange juice had seeds in it. I slopped down my breakfast and prepared to leave for school ... forget ting my lunch!

By li ndsay Ast

Being a polar bear wou l d be tough. You'd nave to find seal s to eat and man would hunt you.

by Jam ie Smith Level I

SHIING For those of us in level 8 who were fortunate to have Dorothy as our teacher, we learned a lot, especially the "So-Sew" Club. This club was established in 1986-87 and the members are as follows: Katherine Wasserman (the founder), SaraGreen, Marc Lutman, Stephen Nichol and Greg Filzmaier. The other members of the sewing group were the rest of the level 8's. Most of the people made bathrobes, except for Dennis who made leopard pyjamas, and Tim and Alex who made 2-piece pyjamas which looked 1ike a Karate suit. Sean made a "Rasta-man" shirt (definitely too cool). The bathrobes ranged from terry cloth to see-through cotton. from XXL to S. In the end it was exciting to watch and learn and investigate the wonderful world of sewing. By the \~ay. the c 1asses were he 1d on Monday afternoons .

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Okay, you •re next,

It was Hallowe'en once again and a tradition was kept alive by continuing the haunted house in the level 7/8 classroom. \~e forced the victim r s hands into bowls of this up-chucking garbage (ooh, that's gross!) and luckily they.had blindfolds on or they would have been sick (WE were!) We are not at liberty to reveal the contents of the bm~ls for fear of la\~ suits •.• In the gym, skits \~ere being presented by the Houses. Johnson House won with an excellent skit about a house inhabited by a ghost. Champlain's skit about witches• brews earned them second place \'lhile r"cClung came in third for their timely tips for a safe Hallowe'en. The most memorable line was 11 0on't go out trick or treating alone, always go in groups" (and then a 11 30 members of McClung House trooped up on stage! \~hat a group they made - would you like them knocking on your door??)

When the skits were completed, \~e moved onto the riddle contest. Simcoe, as usual, started out with a real whiz bang of a riddle; Question: l~hat•s the most dangerous bird? Answer: A sparrow \'lith a r11achine gun. \·Je knew we were in trouble at that moment. Some of the most mind-boggling riddles were: 11

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The second annual level 6 Hallowe'en Bake Sale was a remarkable success they were sold out by 10:30 and there were some very hungry, disappointed customers who never had the chance to sample any of their goodies. Better luck next year- we're sure the 6's will carry on t heir tradition next Hallowe•en (but please -more food!)

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We had a representative from each of the five major religions of the world to shed light on these topics.

Orai Fuyikawa was the representative of Buddhism; Mary Landry was the Christian representative; Sher Singh and Marlene Marwak were sikhs ( a branch of Hinduism}; Imam Abdullah Hakim was Islamic and Rabbi Ned Saltz was the representative for Judaism.

At the end of the discussion the 7/8 students and the speakers had an informal chat and donuts.

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THE EARTH About two billion years ago when no living tning existed there was THE BIG BANG. The big bang i s a buncn of gases just popping out of the bright black blistering space full of twinkling stars. No living creature knows how it happened, not even the f1rst dinosaurs, straight to this day. Not one, I repeat not one h1111an being, know5 how it got here. Nobody knows how the thing survived until it happened. Water made life possible for you and me and any cne ~lse.

If it wasn't for the Big Bang or any living thing before mankind I would not ~e he~e writing this story at this moment. The only light was from the volcanoes. Then the sun starched dawn its blistering rays. All of a sudden drop by drop water came spluttering down.

The drops of rain sputtered up when they touched hot hot crust. Tile rain then came pouring and tobogganing down and then rested In the hollows. After many years the clouds became thinner and once in a while It rained.

by Alanna Wilson

NEPAL TALK Sometime in February Carole Baker visited Y.M.S. to discuss Third World Issues, specifically Nepal. This related well to the level 6,7 and 8 cultural studies curriculum. We saw slides on life in Nepal, children and the surrounding countryside. She also brought in clothing, money, books, dolls, baskets and hats for us to examine. 'At the end we played a game to show how devastating world hunger is in the third world countries. There were six people representing the developed countries and the rest of us representing the over-populated starving developing countries.

One whole package of rice crackers was distributed equally amongst the six people. The rest of us had to share one row of crackers. Mo~t of us didn't receive any, while the six had more than they could eat.

We realized after this exercise, how unfair it all is!

We ended the afternoon with questions and answers and a thank-you to Carole for her time and her valuable information.

MULTICULTURAL LUNCH It was a cold December 12th but not your average day. The level 6,7 and 8's were about to experience an exotic taste, a taste so great it was out of our continent. The feast was a sort of all - you-can-handle meal. The day ' s thoughts were all drawn to l unch , food and a whole new va r iety of taste. The selectio n ranged from East Indian samosas to Jewish potatoe latkas. For dessert there was Greek balklava to stone age cookies. The meal granted a whole new concept in the "taste" catego r y. The all to familiar, What's this?" aros~ from the tasters.

Some peop l e were brav~ ~nough to try new food whil~ others stuck close to lands n~a r Canada and foods like noodle soup and salad. After the many and varied courses the clean up cr~w were put to work. After do zens of dirty dishes were cleaned they by chance mad~ it back to their rightful owners. This taste-bud t i ckling meal was someth i ng not to forget or to regret.

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It all started with David Turney introducing us to the magn i ficent world of masks. To help us make interesting masks, a lady named Naomi came in to show us masks that she performed in.

There were such masks as a little girl, an old lady and a .man with a miserable face. She brought in many masks for us to see and try on.

Some of the masks were talking masks and some were full face masks, which meant expression with your body brought the mask to life. Some of the students performed in front of the class.

The. next two weeks were fun-filled as we watched the clay, cardboard and papier mache take on various, interesting shapes. Many even turned out to look l i ke faces. Then came the work!

The stories had to be acted out with the masks on! Foptunately for the level 6 1 s, the stiltwalkers hadt:noc.casualties!! The final night arrived and we were all excited! Each grade put on its own skit, wearing their handmade masks ranging from mice to people to devils.

The grade 1 1 s put on a skit called "Noah 1 s Ark".

It was about a group of animals that were on a ship in a storm. Noah had saved these animals two of each kind. The grade 2 1 s had entertain· ment line up for us called "Totem Poles". It was about an Indian tribe doing a ritual dance.

At this time, each student would individually place his or her mask one on top of another until they formed a totem pole. The grade J•s had a play for us called "Aztecs". The gymnasium was filled with OOOs and AHHHs as the junior Aztecs took a stand on the stage in their extravagantly coloured costumes. The grade 4 1 s showed off their talent with their way-off-Broadway show called "Space Invaders". This performance consisted of dancing and extremely weird music.

The grade 5 1 s kept us awake with their skit named "Mummers from Newfoundland". _This was about a group of people who wore stocking masks and celebrated the 12 days of Christmas. This show included singing and dancing. The grade 6 1 s piece of drama featured Africans who played their own music with hand drums for the dancers and stilt-walkers. All of this put together turned out to be a very successful and interesting Christmas performance. The grade 7•s put on a mind-boggling piece of work based on an Indian legend. It was about 2 gods in love. Sita, the

female god, was captured by an evil king, and had to be rescued. The big attraction was provided by the grade aâ&#x20AC;˘s (this, by the way, is being written by the grade 8 1 s!).

Their Sri Lankan Devil Dance was about a sick lady. The devil came and danced circles around her, getting rid of her emotions and making_her better.

After the evening extravaganza, we all left to begin our Christmas holidays. Yeah!!!

SCIENCE FAIR

Starting on March 2nd the Grade 5, 6, 7 and B's were happily workin g hard on their science fair projects every afternoon.

This led to hammers hammering, fires burning, nails rusting, milk souring, plants growing, plants dying, plants rotting, teeth decaying, taste testing, blood pressure testing, tran s· istor amplifying, saws sawin g , chemical lights baking, soil eroding, mould growing and other processes toohideous to mention.

This al l ended on the morning of March 12 when the projects were set up. "no, no that table goes th e re; put your project over there! Stop fooling around! Call down .....

In the afternoon the participants were brought down for a sti ff interrogation session on their projects. This continued until 5 o'clock.

The parents had a chance to look over the projects, question the students, and socialize with each other between 7:00 and 8 : 00p.m.

Then for the awards ceremony. "Who won?" you ask. Well here's the answer! In the Leve l 5/6 section Peter Gottlieb p laced first, Amanda Lawson was second and Jeff Mann and Magnus CrPutz tied for 3rd place. In the Level 7/8 category Andrew Dowman won; Dennis Courneyea and Je s sica Mann t ied secon d, with Rauri Duffield pla c ing t hi rd.

Bob MacDo nald had t o update Susan's introduc t ion before his speech on U.F.O's and communica t ion with extraterrest,~ ials. Then the parents had a chance to view the winning projects. next morn i ng the youn ger Y.M.S. students had a chance to see projects. Then the clean u began ••. r

CPR CPR took place on Friday April 3rd. The students at YMS were taken to the gym for a 4 hour course on CPR and choking. One of the ambulance attendants gave a presentation about hearts, lungs, and how to stay in shape. He also showed slides and afterwards a short flick. Then it was off to the "Annies" (CPR dolls). We met our instructors and they told us what to do if you are unfortunate enough to be with a person whose heart has stopped. Another of the attendants gave a demonstration on one Annie to show us what we wouid be doing: 1. Locate Xyphoid with index finger 2. Put down second finger adjacent 3. Place left heel of palm next to it 4. Put right fingers through left and push (Easier said than done!!)

When we tried it, red lights kept flashing for some of us. That meant we had broken ribs!! But we were successful in the end and received our cards of achievement.

We then formed a large group and learned what to do when you are choking and when someone else is. We learned the Heimlich manoeuvre.

We'd like to thank St. John Ambulance for this course and recommend that if you don't know it, learn it!

DAD, WHERE ARE YOU?

Chicken pox are Itchy. No! No! You can't come ln. I have the chicken pox.

If you come In, you will catch the chicken pox also and the chicken pox are Itchy. I have to stay in bed all day so my chicken pox will get better.

If you want to see me, you have to see me through my window. My friends send me cards: They are get well cards. If you scratch the chicken pox, you will get scars and they're not like normal scars. They stay forever. The ones on your head you can scratch.

by Karlie Gump Level I

1 sat there, my teeth chattering, my knees knocking, waiting for out boat "Newfoundland 3", carrying my dad home. But since that awful Atlantic storm started, I doubt It will ever come back. our old house Is creaking with the pressure of the worsening winds. I'm used to it. Here In Fogo we get a lot of big storms.

•t "Joey time for dinner!" Hom calls. I feel sick. 1 can eat, i tell her. "I think you should go to bed," she tells me. " 1 agree, • I say.

As 1 lay tn bed, J· could hear mom going out to see If dad ha! come back yet. I wonder ••• zzzzzz I woke up early the next morning. "Hey, that's dad's boat or the dock! I" 1 shOuted "He's back! • , 1 ran out onto the dock and looked Into the boat. Dad wasn 1 there. "Dad, where are you?" I shouted. Ito-one answered me. All I heard was the sound of the waves crashing against the rocks. l had lost my dad.

by ErI k Jensen

ON BROADWAY The big moment - auditioning. "God, I hope I get it! I hope I get it! How many people does she need?" "What are the parts?" ''So how was it?" "Did ya sing well?" "What problem did Pat give ya?" is all that went on in the hallway outside the music room on Feb. 2.

A week later we found out who was chosen. Lois said that they had trouble casting our parts but they finally came to a decision.

The rehearsals started on the following Friday when we received our scripts and read through our parts so that we would be familiar with them.

Soon rehearsals were under way, and lines memorized and songs sung. One of the rehearsals was held on Saturday, which meant we missed Saturday cartoons with the Smurfs and Laser Tag Academy. But on a more important note, there was also a rehearsal that was scheduled on Mom's Day which meant that our moms would have to wait until next year for their breakfast in bed. Sorry, mal Now the rehearsals - "Move to the left! Now to the right, no, it's all wrong! Fix it! !" is what they used to say but not any more!

Then what we heard was "Beautiful work! This play will be a smash hit if you keep it up!" This was all because we learned out lines. "Yeah!! No more scripts!"

Slowly and progressively we were getting better. Sure, there were up and down days but we surely pulled this one off on May 12 and 13.

A great part of the success of "ON BROADWAY" must go to: "Drumroll please" Lois Lewis, our talented and dedicated music director Pat Jerred, our lively "over-active" choreographer Mrs. Rosemary Dover and Pat Sutton (Lois' sister- in-law), co-directors and lots of fun!!

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A special thank you to David and Carole for ad design, to Rauri for the cover design, to Mary for proofreading and to Michael Fingold for the computer work.

Many thanks also to to the parents who supported the car wash last Fall and bought advertising space and to the Parents• Guild for agreeing to subsidize us.

Barbara L., Dianne and Susan.

BACK IH TIME

1 AM A NOBLE

one day In 1985 l was walking to the store whistling. Just then a car hit •e.

1 fell down and the Idea hlt mel I wanted to go back In time to the year 1921.

1 had an Idea of how to make a car that could go 2428 km a second.

1 would need 2428 rocket boosters. Then r emembered there was something else that would do the Job. Plutonium! It took me 20 days to make lt.

1 could not walt until It was ftnrshed.

1 wanted to see what the car would do. Finally It was time to take off.

That night 1 had to make a plan. How to get out of the house without ~Y parents knowing.

Then 1 remembered the air vent. I crept Into the yard. When I opened the door of the car, Hlss-s-s-sf The steam came out of the engine.

1 got In and typ~d " ln Take Off. Then all the computers came on. I drov~ out onto the road. I felt excited. My Invention had worked! I went back In time.

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position In the Aztec community Is: 1 am a noble. We don't have to pay taxes. We caol be army generals, government officials and judges In the law courts. We serve the Aztec Kings as befits our positions. I was born In Tenochtltlan. I was born In the house my family lived ln. My father went to war when I was a child. I was frightened that he would not come back. Some of my fears are that 1 think demons, devils and ghosts come out at night. I am afraid when Cortes comes Into town. The powers I have are that 1 am very wealthy. We are treated with great courtesy and respect and people would add the ending ·lzin to our names. Tzln means something like "Sir" or "Your Grace". Our prize possession Is gold. It seems very Important to me. we wear cloaks and loin cloths made out of cotton decorated with fringe. Sometimes we wear tunics and a kind of apron. The richest cloaks were the ones that were made out of feathers. This Is what religion means to me. Religion means we worship Montezuma and the sun god and the god of war. The sun gives me a lot of light. It means a lot to me. J look .forward to the sun In the morniny. If 1 could present one thing to tile sun god It would be gold because It means a lot to me.

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by Mackenzie Glaholt

MY LIFE AS A MERCHANT am a merchant. I am depended op by all the people in the city to get their food.

If 1 don ' t get food for the city It will starve. We plan every trip very carefully.

My school was called •tepochcalll" or "house of young men ." I was born in Tenochtilan. My childhood was not very disciplined. It was less strict than a priest' ' · We feared leaving in the day was bad luck . 1 have a bit of power In the city. If I fall on a mission, the whol e city would starve. Hy most precious possessions are the baskets we carry the things ln . We wear shirts, shorts and cloaks and capes. Religion does not mean much to us. It does not mean as much as 1t does to the priests. We are very afraid of the sun . If I could present one thing to the world it would be a b ~g of gold because It is very valuable.

Andrew Wylie

Barbera thinks I'm reading, But I'm picking flowers, Or sailing across tne sea.

I' m on a cloud, Or In a castle.

1 have a dinosaur with big teeth.

Barbara thinks I' m listening, But no!

I'm In heaven saying prayers, With angels standing by -e.

I'm on a ship with sailing bells, Going to a place where there Is only candy.

by AI anna Wilson

Barbara thinks I'~ reading.

But, I'm walking In the Jungle Or boxing Barbara.

I'm chasing a horse, Or cutting a giant tree.

I'm fighting an octopus.

Barbara thinks I'm listening, But no! I'm a bird, soaring thro~gh the clouds, Going to my nest.

I'm a racing car, In the lead, ijeadlng for the finish line.

I'm hot!

By Sean Wylie

Spring has the sun and, In the spring, kids play spring games and flowers come again.

Noah Cohen Level I

Once upon a time there was a little boy whose name was Tuktu. Once Tuktu saw a polar bear.

Quickly he ran Into an Igloo. When the polar bear went past the Igloo, Tuktu killed the polar bear.

by Sammy Salisbury level 1

MERCHANT I am a merchant. I was born and Jive In Tenochtltlan. I went to Calmecac school and I learned a lttle bit of different things.

Well when I was little my mom told me to do things like wash1ng, and doing other things around the house. I have a fear of travelling at day time.

The merchants can trade things and I can get gold. My most precious possession Is gold. I wear woven feather coats and jewellery, For winter I wear rabbit fur.

Religion means life and death to us. The sun means life flows from death. 1 would give a blanket to the sun god so at night he would be wann.

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