Learning Outside of the Classroom

4/21/2017

Allan Hardy, Principal

Later today, 27 of our students head to the University of Toronto to represent Greenwood at the 45^th annual Southern Ontario Model UN (SOMA). This three-day simulation enables our students to interact with over 550 student delegates from various schools throughout Ontario and provides a forum for them to explore a wide range of contemporary international issues.

While Greenwood has participated in SOMA for many years, we are always looking for additional experiential opportunities that will help our students venture further. For example, earlier this spring, our Grade 9 Dramatic Arts students participated in a 15-hour program at Armstrong Acting Studios, where they had the ability to develop authentic on-camera performance skills. This weekend, our Under-20 Girls and Boys’ Rugby teams will be in Ottawa to take part in the CAIS national tournament. Over the past few months, our students have represented the school in the Grade 7 Techno Cup Challenge bridge building competition, debated in the Confederation Cup and crunched numbers and solved problems at the ISOMA Math Olympics. Our hope is that all of these experiences help our students build confidence and see themselves as capable of taking on new challenges.

On another note, you may have been made aware of a recent CBC news story about Ontario Pioneer Camp, which is where our Grade 9 Winter Outdoor Education program takes place. The story outlines recent allegations in which Pioneer’s summer camp staff claim they were made to sign a code of conduct which forbade them to discuss “homosexual or lesbian sexual conduct” with campers. The school takes this matter seriously and is endeavouring to learn more about these allegations. Over the years, we have worked actively to build an inclusive school community and would not want to be affiliated with an organization that does not share these values.

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Greenwood College School

443 Mount Pleasant Road
Toronto, ON M4S 2L8
Tel: 416 482 9811

We acknowledge with gratitude the Ancestral lands upon which our main campus is situated. These lands are the Ancestral territories of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, Anishinabek and the Wendake. The shared responsibility of this land is honoured in the Dish with One Spoon Treaty and as settlers, we strive to care for the land, the waters, and all creatures in the spirit of peace. We are responsible for respecting and supporting the enduring presence of all First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples. When away from this campus we vow to be respectful to the land by protecting and honouring it. We will create relationships with the people and the land we may visit by understanding the territories we enter and the nations who inhabit them.