LEADING THR OUGH A CRISIS

LEADING A CRISIS

As the doors of all schools in Alberta were abruptly closed by order of the provincial Chief Medical Officer on March 16, 2020, Countless STS community members stepped up to the opportunity to help.

In true Spartan spirit, many students, families, employees, and alumni contributed to support each other, and our communities.

From the bottom of our hearts, thank you – you made the world a better place during COVID-19.

THROUGH

SEEING A FRIENDLY FACE

Mrs. Jana Wager, Executive Services Administrator, hosted weekly wellness check-ins via Zoom for support staff to stay connected while the campus was closed.

OUR FEARLESS LEADER

Mrs. Carol Grant-Watt has been a steady voice and available leader throughout.

SOME GOOD NEWS

Inspired by John Krasinki’s ‘Some Good News’ (SGN) videos, our 2019-2020 STS Prefects produced weekly ‘STS SGN’ videos sharing good news happening within our community, along with riddles, jokes, games, birthday announcements, and a popular ‘Teacher’s Corner’ where faculty and staff shared how they were spending their time.

DEDICATION BEHIND THE SCENES

Our dedicated facilities and cleaning crew at STS worked around-the-clock sanitizing and maintaining our campus.

I.T. HEROS

Our STS I.T. team, Mr. Benoit, Mr. Park and Mr. Sabio, were true superheroes helping our entire STS community set up for remote learning and teaching, providing technical support to many, and refurbishing 20 iPads to donate to local ICUs to keep

patients connected with their families.

FEEDING HEARTS AND MINDS

STS siblings, Caleb ’28 and Raya Shivji ’31, teamed up with Discovery House to produce 100 lunches for their clients every week indefinitely during the COVID-19 pandemic.

GIVING WITH CREATIVITY

Riviera Steinberg ’23 created and delivered scrub bags for frontline healthcare workers.

MADE WITH LOVE

Ms. Shannon Mercer-Lee, Grade 5 teacher, crafted beautiful homemade pottery bowls and mugs as parting gifts for her students in lieu of an in-person end-of-year celebration.

THE GIFT OF READING

Our Librarians, Mrs. Genevieve Shepherd, Mrs. Morgan Chapman and Mrs. Julie Reid, made routine trips to campus to provide bags of books for STS families to enjoy at home.

PEER-TO-PEER SUPPORT

Ms. Cathie Thijs, Senior School English teacher, delivered novels to her students. Aydin Bhojani ’22, Azam Ali ’23, Alia Nanji ’22, Sharanya Chougule ’22, and Andrew Beingessner ’22 teamed up with the Mayor’s Youth Council to provide free peer-tutoring to students all over

Calgary during times of remote learning.

A PERSONAL TOUCH

Mrs. Joanna Alsop, Enrollment Assistant, prepared more than 100 welcome gifts for new students joining STS in the 2020-2021 school year and organized delivery routes for volunteers to deliver the gifts to new families and officially welcome them

A NOVEL IDEA

to the STS family!

CALM UNDER PRESSURE

The school’s response was expertly managed through our Emergency Operations Centre, by our Senior Administrative Team, including (L-R): Mr. Cole Carlson, Mrs. Carol Grant-Watt, Ms. Lara Unsworth, Mr. Trevor Julian, Mr. Anand Mahadevan, and Ms. Jennifer Conway.