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Dear York School Community,

This Impact Report highlights just a few of the many ways your generous donations to The York School Fund enhance the learning Throughout these past few months, we are reminded of the importance and value of our experience for our students. Through our collective efforts, they learn first-hand how community here at The York School. to be engaged citizens in their community. Together, you have helped create an Thank-you again for that support. incredible place of possibility, learning and understanding for our students. The Please enjoy the stories on the following 2019-2020 Impact Report provides some pages and recognize them as reflections of insight into the many ways The York School your profound and lasting impact on our Fund has improved the experiences community. throughout the school year. While the year has been unique, it will form our history in the years ahead. Today, our children are citizens of the world and our faculty are charged with helping them gain confidence, find their voice and stand confidently as they tell their story. We want them to recognize ways in which they can positively influence the world and see in themselves the skills needed to do so. Your contributions to The York School Fund allow for opportunity of experiences. It enables participation and by doing so makes achieving great things possible.

With gratitude,

Struan Roberston Head of School The York School

Praveen Muruganandan Director, Admission & Advancement The York School

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“We don’t read and write poetry because it’s cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.” - Robin Williams - Dead Poets Society

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WHAT YOU THINK MATTERS. SPEAK YOUR TRUTH. The Grade 10 English Class invited awardwinning poets and arts educators called “Uncharted” to talk about how poetry takes you on a quest of self-discovery. Patrick Walters, Joshua “Scribe” Watkis demonstrated how spoken word as a performance art can deliver cutting social commentary and loud, unapologetic punchlines. The students were then tasked with coming up with a topic close to their heart and putting their thoughts to poetry. With titles like: “Procrastination” and “In Defense of Medusa” the students had to then present their poetry in class, and subsequently to the whole school.

“Once I started I felt a connection with the audience. Walking off after my ‘call to action’ ending, I felt super engaged. If my poem touched one person and made their day more positive then I’m happy… And hopefully I’ll listen to my own advice,” she adds. This has stoked a love for writing in the Grade 10 class. Especially when stressed or down, it’s a good way to process and reflect over thoughts. “I try to write once a week.” says Vo. “Writing as an outlet to tap into myself helps. I never looked at poems as a way to express myself….but I like how poetry can be deeper, nuanced, hide, cover up and share at same time.”

In “A List of Advice for New Students” A. Vo suggests that we “One, make nice friends. Two, try to focus on school. Three, set some goals for yourself. Four, let yourself have fun

There is much talk in the news about anxiety, and how finding an outlet for stress is key. We bandy about words like resiliency, and offer up solutions like diet, exercise and mindfulness. “Most of the and don’t stress too much.” time, these are just superficial words we hear everyday, so this advice loses meaning.” muses Spoken Word Ms. Vo. “Through this deeply reflective exercise with Spoken Word though, what I was writing “I won’t lie, I was so nervous going up on stage,” and saying really connected with those around explains student A. Vo who presented a poem me. It was made real.” called A List of Advice. “It was hard enough to present to the class. Were my thoughts too As we find ways to process our thoughts and harsh, or too cringey? But the team at emotions and make sense of our place in the Uncharted didn’t hold back, so neither would I. They were vulnerable and confident at the same world, we know one thing for sure. With support time. Showing all sides challenged me to think I from The York School Fund to bring organizations like Spoken Word, the kids are alright. could share more personal aspects of life.”

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Creating opportunities to inspire.

Author visits

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STORYTELLING SUPERHEROES We all have our favourite children’s books. Those stories we read by flashlight under the covers well past bedtime. Fantastical worlds brought to life with our imaginations and illustrations. We became friends with the characters. We did not like the behaviour of the bad guys. We could empathize with the hero facing adversity. We aspired to be like the hero in the book. A Love of reading is sparked early Meeting an author can have a profound affect on people, especially children. The York School Junior School students have had the opportunity to meet children’s book authors ‘in real life’ a number of times this year with visits by Andrea Beaty, Ruth Ohi and Phyllis Bordo. From their imagination sprang stories that the students read together and enjoyed in the cozy York School library. Storytelling forges connections To meet the person whose name is on the front cover of a book not only encourages a love of reading but also serves a deeper purpose. With support from The York School Annual Fund students meet role models and are encouraged to stretch their imaginations. It invites children to think and discover their own imagination and come up with stories of their own to tell.

They will try out conversations between people. Ideas, culture, history, and values will be explored in the adventures they create. It reinforces to them that their stories and ideas matter. And through these stories, they learn what it means to be kind and make sense of what is right and wrong. These are some of the reasons why The York School invites children’s authors to read to the children. Imagine going back to your young self and meeting the author who sparked your love for reading. What would you ask them? What story would you want to tell them?

“Anything can be accomplished if you set your mind to it!“

If your child tells you they have a story idea and want to write a book, do you tell them that it’s an impossible dream? Of course not. You support them by buying them pens and paper and ask them questions about the characters in their story. It can’t be impossible, because they just met an author, a role model who made it happen. That means they can too.

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I am personally excited about this event, as Marc and his team at Yale developed Social Emotional Learning tools, which I use regularly in my work with the students. One tool that I have mentioned in my communications is the Mood Metre. â&#x20AC;? - A. Faba, Counsellor and Jr. School Teacher

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CARING COMMUNITY All emotions are okay. Even unpleasant ones like fear and anger. Though they may feel uncomfortable, they can serve us in certain situations. It’s understanding them and how we respond to them that matters. Experiencing a wide range of emotions is part of the human experience – and, being smart about our emotions is part of being emotionally intelligent.

As a tool, Dr. Brackett’s ‘Mood Meter’ helps people of all ages build self and social awareness. It helps us understand how our emotions influence our thinking and behavior, and empowers us to recognize and label our full range of emotions, allowing us to develop strategies to manage them more skillfully. As a tool, we can use it to better understand and communicate with our children in a shared In the fall, together with the York School Parents’ language. Association, The York School invited the The York School values partnership. We firmly founding director of the Yale Centre for believe that the family / school partnership is Emotional Intelligence and a professor in the fundamental to our ability to holistically support Child Study Center at Yale University Dr. Marc our students. Our faculty, too, had the Brackett to address the community. opportunity to learn with Dr. Brackett, learning and bringing our community together on every Dr. Brackett is the lead developer of world renowned RULER, an evidence-based approach level. to social and emotional learning. His research The mission of The York School is to develop focuses on: • the role of emotions and emotional inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young intelligence in learning, decision making, people who are engaged citizens of the world. creativity, relationship quality, and mental Guided by incredible teachers, our students’ health learning is rich, deep and rigorous. Equally, we • the measurement of emotional regard how students feel within our walls as intelligence important as what they are learning and believe • and the influence of emotional that the two are intricately and inexorably woven intelligence training on children’s and adults’ together. health, performance, and workplace performance and climate With support from The York School Annual Fund, the community came together to reflect and His work offers a blueprint for understanding learn about the power of emotions and how we our emotions and using them wisely in order to can recognize them and use this knowledge as a achieve success and well-being. force for good in ourselves, and in our parenting and teaching.

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Fostering creative collaboration to realize a common goal.

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MISTY ROBOTS In his lab coat and sporting a bow tie he designed and printed himself using the 3-D printer, Mr. Cooper would not look out of place on a science fiction movie set. He is thoughtful and always curious. His eyes light up when you talk about the future of technology. His curiosity is infectious with the students as they build and test rockets, or are learning how to programme the ‘new students’. The 5 new students They look like friendly chess pieces and come in black and white. The 2-ft-tall, 6-lb robots are a deep learning processor capable of a variety of machine learning tasks. Their 126 sensors include 4K cameras, 3 forward facing lasers and directional microphones. They can recognize faces, objects, and sounds (and can identify from where the sound comes). They also have touch senses and can detect distances and map spaces. “They’re also cute,” adds a student. While the look and feel of the robot is definitely more akin to a character from Wall-E than a tool, it can be better described as a platform around which students collaborate to solve challenges. “They are better tools than computers because they provide a tactile experience,” Cooper explains. “Before, we’d build programmes through a computer - a box on a table - trying to shape an outcome. Now with the robots, our programming is demonstrated directly. You’re touching it, it moves around, there’s sound as it’s crashing into something. They stimulate all your senses.”

It’s not hard to imagine the potential solutions Misty could help solve. Students today programming Misty to go on a classroom scavenger hunt could in the future programme the same robot to conduct a minesweeping exercise of a farmer’s field, or conduct a biodiversity scan of Toronto’s ravines. With the open source software component of Misty, we ask the questions we want to solve. Misty parts can be printed off a 3D printer, which highlights how versatile the robot is. The Misty’s have google accounts to help with collaboration, but no student ID cards. “Something we should maybe revisit given that no other school in Canada has them,” muses Cooper. The students are teaching them how to talk, and respond to dialogue flow, taking project direction from students who make command updates through the cloud. The new robots’ growth continues in pace with the students’ learning. “It’s not really about the robots, it’s about the opportunities in Advanced Learning.” says Cooper. “In a future where coding is becoming almost as important as reading and writing everyone deserves the opportunity to learn the language of tomorrow.” With support from The York School Annual Fund, the Misty’s are helping the Computer Science programme meet its full potential for the benefit of all York School students now and into the future.

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“Life is full of detours, some of the most beautiful things happen on these detours”

Coach Rick DeMarinis with Jeff Adams

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GLADIATOR GRIT The world champion wheels onto the stage. The wheelchair is hard to miss. In the beginning, many students see only his disability. By the time Jeff Adams finishes telling his story that brings him Para-Olympic Gold all they see is his ability.

The York School was honoured to hear Jeff tell his story where he reflected on the learnings that got him onto the Para-Olympic podium: • Life is detours; sometimes the most beautiful things happen on these detours • Find something and care about something that makes your heart beat faster In the arc of his address he speaks of frustrations • Take a step and make an effort to and the countless times he wanted to give up understand others’ differences. This helps us “A few times, I finished very far from happy.” But grow together more resolutely, he speaks to those • Listen to the sound of support in your life and moments that drove him forward, where he dig a little deeper and have courage when caught a glimpse of his potential, encouraged by you face a challenge... but it’s even better to his friends and family. cheer on and make that sound of support for each other The self-defined sports fanatic, Jeff lost the use • Finish what you start of his legs at 9 years old. The cancer radiation therapy he had received as a baby had saved his • Make people feel as if you want them to be on your team life, but years later, it would take his mobility. • Chase excellence. It is everywhere around us Coming home from the hospital, he had to • No-one makes it to the finish line alone. re-adjust his dreams of ‘hockey stardom’. With Think about your coaches, teachers, parents, his wheelchair, he was not scoring goals anymore friends who all helped get you there playing road hockey with the neighbourhood kids. But his brothers and friends kept including him in sport. “Together we asked ourselves ‘how After the assembly, students came to ask questions and see his Para-Olympic Gold and are we going to solve this problem to allow me to still participate?’” he says. “With each barrier, World Para-Championship medals up close. we worked on how we were going to get over With support from The York School Annual Fund it.” students are provided the experience or ‘front Jeff’s spark really caught fire at Variety Village, an row’ opportunity to meet, learn and try new things. These tangible opportunities help shape equal opportunity community centre which he still supports. “It’s both a play zone and comfort their views on the world and their place in it. By hosting keynote speakers and mentors, inviting zone for all kids,” he explains. “My able friends and I would play wheelchair basketball. With the athletes and community leaders to share their story, our students are shown what’s possible with level playing field, I was dreaming again.” a little determination.

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Helping cultivate musicians.

“Making music in the moment is a beautiful expression by itself, but to capture it and share with others is giving the gift of this expression to a broader audience at anytime.”

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MIDI LAB When The York School Alumni and U of T music student Austin Bassarath recently returned to accompany Jakob Ain in helping with his Diploma Programme music assignment, he was impressed by the new equipment. Tucked in next to the music classroom is a technology lab equal in clout to an Abbey Road sound studio. Called the MIDI Lab, the studio is set up with 6 workstations including hardware such as microphones and keyboard controllers needed for students to play, edit, record and create music. Austin, along with 7 other U of T music students, accompanied Jakob as he sang and recorded two great songs “Feeling Good” and “I’ve Got You Under My Skin.” The MIDI stations - MIDI stands for: Musical Instrument Digital Interface - have a dashboard digital interface with electrical connectors that plug into a wide variety of electronic musical instruments, computers, and audio devices. Here, students have the opportunity to create music by using a combination of analogue and digital sources. “The room is like a swiss army knife for music makers,” explains Fabio Biagiarelli, Chair of the Arts Department. “It is our designated music technology lab where film and music students go to record and build their Blues tracks, movie scores, jazz riffs, whatever they want to create.”

A focus on interdisciplinary skills are the cornerstone to the IB programme. Used by both the music and film departments, the MIDI tool is an ideal example of this practise applied in learning. The lab also comes equipped with a portable station that can be wheeled around the school where we could record audio (such as a school concert) at a professional level. Many students also participated in the design and build of the studio. For example, grade 10 student Jonah Ain who plays piano, electric bass and flute (and who really likes composing music) volunteered numerous CAS hours to help set it up and many more hours of training to use it so he could teach others how to use the MIDI tool. Making music in the moment is a beautiful expression by itself, but to capture it and share with others is giving the gift of this expression to a broader audience at anytime. Our students use cloud based software for notating and creating music as this makes sharing and collaborating with others, in and out of our school, possible. Through a seed gift from the Ain family and support from the Annual Fund, the MIDI tool will help students feed their creative passion for music and take those songs in their minds and imagination to bring them to life. Along the way it will teach them the skills of practice, teamwork and discipline.

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ALUMNI BEST IN CLASS The York School Alumni Association is growing from strength to strength, thanks to our dedicated alumni! Earlier in the school year, The York School ran focus groups with alumni asking them what they wanted to see in their relationship with their alma mater. Beyond fond memories, they also want to reaffirm friendships, and forge connections in furthering their careers. Based on this, The York School developed a strategy to connect with our amazing past students. Our achievements this year include: •

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Alumni Helping during Covid-19 - From urban planners to chemistry majors, alumni stepped up to help the school as guest lecturers in our virtual classrooms. With their knowledge they mentored and shared their experiences with students.

There is much more in the works and the positive response to our volunteer engagement has been inspiring. It is encouraging to see The York School mission of developing inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who are engaged citizens of the world continue beyond graduation. We look forward to University visit - In the fall of 2019, cultivating the Alumni Association further to Mr. Hanna Director of University Counselling, continue to grow our relationships. Ms. Charley Director of Citizenship, Ms. KlineBeber Director of Wellness and Ms. McNeillie If you would like to be involved, or need to Advancement Officer visited our alumni at update your contact information, please contact Queen’s University for a successful pub night alumni@yorkschool.com reunion. Over 20 alumni joined those in attendance sharing fond memories and entertaining stories of their time at The York School. Young Alumni Lunch - In February 2020, The York School hosted a lunch at school for all alumni who had graduated within 5 years. Alumni, on a break and back from university for reading week joined Struan Robertson, Head of School and a host of faculty and staff in the York Cafe. Many alumni attended and spoke enthusiastically of their time at the school. Those who had not yet seen the full renovations of 2017 were given a tour.

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COVID-19 RESPONSE

The Learning Innovation Team presses the 3D Printers into service.

In 2017 through the Annual Fund, The York School invested in five 3D Printers to enhance the design programme. With “Experience Teaches” as the motto of the school, student ideas were taken off the page and put into practise. Bridges were built and subjected to stress testing. Other designs were printed off and turned into

Fast forward to 2020 - With the pandemic, the 3D printers have been pressed into action to build / ‘print’ key PPE components for health care workers. To date, over 300 shield brackets and ear guards (components needed to ensure the PPE was effective and comfortable) have been delivered to Michael Garron Hospital Toronto, Trillium Health Partners and Grand River Hospital in Kitchener.

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CLASS OF 2020 It has been an incredible year for the graduating class of 2020 who will not let the last two months take away from the incredible experiences they have had in getting to Graduation Day and prepared to take on the future. Students should be proud of their accomplishments and resiliency! While we can never be certain of what is in store, one thing can be certain. The Class of 2020 leaves The York School more enriched with their contribution to the community. The Class of 2020 has chosen to mark this milestone in their lives with The York School Graduating Class Bursary.

It is a wonderful legacy that will provide much-needed assistance to future generations of students. The program has also been expanded to provide assistance to current York School families who have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. We are delighted to report that, despite the huge challenges we are all facing, we have achieved a participation rate of 65%. For those of you who have already made a donation, please accept our sincerest thanks.

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ANNUAL FUND DONORS The York School is pleased to recognize members of the community who generously supported the school with an annual gift (cash gift or pledge payment) between July 1, 2018 to May 31, 2020 to enhance the learning experience for so many students. Shirin Habibi and Parham Aarabi Patricia McMahon and Kevin Ackhurst Agriber Ontario Inc. Marlowe and David Ain Hanan Al Mohawes and Ahmed Al Awamer Shelly and Stephen Arbib Daphne and Glenn Asano Gillian Hamilton and Michael Baker Sanjukta Tole and Joel Beharry Nandini DasGupta and Michael Bernstein Roberta Ferrari and Francesco Bertola Nathalie Foy and Ted Betts Christy and Julian Bharti ‘04 Erin Iles and Subrata Bhattacharjee Erin Rechtsman and Ori Belavin Emily Burnett and Jonathan Bloomberg Kathryn and Michael Bowen Louise and Luke Brindle Jacquelyn and Eric Bruno Debbie and David Bryane Shannon and David Burton Keddy Williams and Eric Bushell Cathy and Joseph Campos Elisa and Maurizio Cardilli Carr Family Julie and Jody Cash Charu Ruparelia and Shailen Chande Joanna Wei and Kurt Chen May Vong and Cosmos Chiu Kate and Sean Clutterbuck The Corneli Family The Corrin Family Melanie and Michael D’Alessandro Annette Chiu and Louwellyn D’Souza The Daviau Family Sandra Nishikawa and Vincent de Grandpré Laila and Michael Deluce Garinder and Surjit Deo The Di Santo Family Irene Seel and Len Diplock 20

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Trinity Jackman and Marcus Doyle Nicole and Sean Driscoll Angel Wu and Qiang Du Kitti Gombos and Andrew Dzikowski Norie Campbell and Stuart English Christine Liptay and Glen Evanowich Anne and Kevin Fair Heather and Michael Faralla Hanieh Rezaei and Hooman Fazlollahi Natalia and Sergey Fedyushchenko Waleuska Lazo and Jeffrey Feldberg Shlomit and Jonathan Feldman Marni Wiener and Clifford Feldstein Jodi and Jon Finkelstein Jill Burgin and Mike Flood Maria Armstrong and Catherine Fogarty Liza Thomson and Levi Folk Paula and Luis Fonseca Fraiberg Family Kerstin Lueck and Frederick Francis Jordan Frankel and Josh Picov Angela Ho and Mark Fruitman Vivian Chan and Eugene Fung Meredith and Paul Gertin Sharj Milano and Sebastian Giovinco Erica and Noah Godfrey Trish Domi and Ori Goldman Sarah and Roy Gori Shira and Mitchell Green Sandra Haines and Thomas Yeo Rosanna Guidoccio and Steven Hashimoto Jing Zhu and Ying Kai He Yanwei Lu and Gang He Kimberly and Jeffery Hebel Alison and David Heden Linda Plumpton and Krista Hill Andrea Jeanne Chavez and Guillermo Horta Zhibai Gao and Jianmin Hu Minqing Li and Manching Huen Cynthia Trynor and Derek Hull Megan Stephens and Daniel Iny Elizabeth Mendonca and Anthony Ironside Rochelle de Goias-Jackman and Duncan Jackman Cheryl Graden and Steven James Kelley Dealhoy and Mike Jones Olga and Dmitri Kanovich Jennifer Kaplan Heather Ursu and Marcel Kasumovich The Kernaghan Family

Esther Choe and Justin Kim Kristin Blakely-Kozman and David Kozman Sasikhan Geibprasert and Timo Krings Monique Tschofen and Matthew Kronby Christie Sutherland and Joseph Laposata Lisa Shostack and Alfred Lee Fred Leigh Tingnan Song and Otto Li Limei Chen and Ting Liang Romy and Corey Libfeld Li Cao and Haizhou Liu Beni Damji and Adam Lorenti Fiona Feng and Ken Lu Yan Luo Cindy Tu and Albus Luong Victoria and Kevin McGurgan Zhou Wang and Bo Ma Jennifer and Glenn Mackintosh Hoorieh Mehrdadfar and Amir S. Madadi Tasmin and Shaheen Mahmud Rachel and Richard Maingot Lisa Lazar and Carl Mandel Ilyse Lustig and Ted Margel Anita and Steven Marshall Susan Bedford and Jason Martin The Martin Family The Murmann Family Karelyn and Scott Murray Nancy and Edward Nash Donna Sankar and George Ng Sheryl and Mark Nightingale Sandra Nissan Alua Nurkeyeva Karel Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien and Gerald Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Leary Athena Constantinou and Bruno Ortega Bessy Triantafyllos and Graham Pace Virginia Priscus and Julian Padfield Liliane Kuo and Matrix Pai Huiling Pan and Zhiwen Zhang Andrea and Vitor Mendes Pereira Dorthe Hagelskjaer and Simon Hagelskjaer Petersen Erin Cooper and Etienne Phaneuf Judith and Adam Pillsbury Edna Ngar Lai Man and Frank Pong Alison Culbert and Jeff Powis Rupinder Kang and Vikram Prabhudesai Talei Kunkel and James Price Vivi Price

Wei Jing and Wei Xin Qiu Aditi Quadras and Sachin Quadros Helen and Scott Rattee Catherine and Tom Raw Lina and Ron Rein Voula and Socrates Reppas Joy and Mark Resnick The Ridout Family Marianna Aripova and Daniel Robinson The Rotman Family Alexandra Stewart and Roger Rudisuli Yulia Rybakova and Andrey Rybakov Jeka and Michael Saban Maria Nesterenko and Oleg Safir Raman Rai and Jessie Sahota Erika Schiavoni and Julian Salcedo Nebojsa and Miljana Samardzic Nancy and Jeff Shanta Leea Litzgus and Patrick Shaw Lili Shalev Shawn and Morris Shawn The Sheiner Family The Sheridan Family Camille and David Sherman Tara and Matt Soloway Diana Olusanmi-Steininger and Volker Steininger Erin and Daniel Sternberg Elsa Renzella and Murray Stieber Jianna Liang and Zhifen Su Sherri and Mike Sullivan Xinmin Zhang and Sulan Tao Sonia and Benjie Thomas Erica Yao and David Tien Rossella Fazio and Saverio Veltri Sandhya Anugopal and Anugopal Venugopalan Karen and Anthony Viel Sophia Hoang and Phong Vo Elisabeth and Maurice Wager Fangfang Guo and Alan Wang Ward Family Foundation Mary Ann Stallings and Reg Watson Nicole Irwin and John Wilkin Eileen Zhang and Alfred Wu Sandra Haines and Thomas Yeo Neda Mansouri Yiu and Grant Yiu Elena and Maxim Zavet Qunfang Lu and Jie Zhang Ana and Ken Zuckerman Friend of The York School Anonymous (13) SPRING 2020 / DONOR IMPACT REPORT

GRAD CLASS OF 2020 - List of donors to the Grad Class of 2020 Bursary Fund The York School is pleased to recognize members of the community who generously supported the school with a gift between July 1, 2019 to May 31, 2020 to enhance financial assistance. Marlowe and David Ain Kathryn and Michael Bowen Jacquelyn and Eric Bruno Debbie and David Bryane Keddy Williams and Eric Bushell Elisa and Maurizio Cardilli Carr Family The Corneli Family The Daviau Family Christine Liptay and Glen Evanowich Anne and Kevin Fair Waleuska Lazo and Jeffrey Feldberg Shlomit and Jonathan Feldman Liza Thomson and Levi Folk Sarah and Roy Gori Cynthia Trynor and Derek Hull Cheryl Graden and Steven James Victoria and Kevin McGurgan Jennifer and Glenn Mackintosh Hoorieh Mehrdadfar and Amir Saman Madadi Tasmin and Shaheen Mahmud Lisa Lazar and Carl Mandel Susan Bedford and Jason Martin The Martin Family The Murmann Family Nancy and Edward Nash Sheryl and Mark Nightingale Karel Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien and Gerald Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Leary Judith and Adam Pillsbury Alison Culbert and Jeff Powis The Ridout Family Marianna Aripova and Daniel Robinson Nebojsa and Miljana Samardzic Leea Litzgus and Patrick Shaw The Sheiner Family Tammy and Amit Sofer Elaine and Gary Tamura Sandhya Anugopal and Anugopal Venugopalan Karen and Anthony Viel Mary Ann Stallings and Reg Watson Friend of The York School Anonymous (5) 22

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STAFF AT THE YORK SCHOOL - The York School would like to acknowledge staff and former staff who generously supported the school with an annual gift (cash gift or pledge payment) between July 1, 2018 and May 31, 2020 to enhance the learning experience for so many students. Sara Akbari Effie Balomenos Shannon Barber Maria Barnden Kimberley Benoit Fabio Biagiarelli Jackie Comstock Birch Kate Boynton Morgan Carroll (Grant) Timothy Cooper Otino Corsano Jacquelyn Cummings Elise Currier Chris Deighton Rick DeMarinis Vicky Diano Glen Downey Diane Drysdale Brian Eaton Chloe Edwards Vanessa Emer (McMartin) Amy Faba Sara Gardner Cidalia Gardner Megan Gardner Ross Helen Gin Michelle Golfman Shelley Gopal Catherine Gordeyev David Hamilton David Hanna Mary Hudson Kendra Hutton Ian Johns Mike Krysa Allison Lampard Teresa MacDonald Cody MacFarlane Malcolm Cody Janet MacMillan Karen McCallum-Ryan Dawn McMaster

Courtney McNeillie Justin Medved Marilyn Melnick Praveen Muruganandan Suzanne Newell Karen Nielsen John den Ouden Rita Pak David Paris Douglas Peck Kristy Purcell Sean Rand Struan Robertson Alison Roy Julie Selley Noelyn Selvanagayam Christine Spence Sara Spencer Walter Stansfield Megan Stephenson Kevin Stewart Sarah Thornton Valerie Turner Anthony Westenberg Cody Wilson Cort Wilson Mary Wood Connie Zhao Anonymous (2)

Thank you for your support of The York School Fund. We could not do it without you. Every gift made inspires students and enhances their learning opportunities. For ways on how to support The York School, contact us at The York School Advancement Department at Advancement@yorkschool.com, by phone at 416-926-1325 ext. 1143 or visit us at www.yorkschool.com/theyorkschoolfund

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