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the study magazine Preparing to celebrate 100 years embracing collaboration women of 2015 multilingualism & créativité character
100 years! We want you to be part of our celebration as you have already been part of our success. Please join us at one of our Centennial Events. A sneak peak at just some of the special events Book Launch September 17, 2015 Founder’s Day Homecoming Reunion Weekend October 23 & 24, 2015 Gala Centennial Celebration May 6, 2016
2015 in this issue THE STUDY AT 100 2 19 Message from the The ART Room Chair of the Board a Magical Place of Governors with distinction 3 Message from 20 the Head of School Young faces of philanthropy in the classroom 4 22 Ivy League University Early Literacy Tour and Numeracy 6 23 Collaboration Congratulations to et créativité the Class of ’14 being active alumnae events 8 24 Boundless energy… HOMECOMING 2014 hard work and much fun alumnae profiles in the classroom 27 WOMEN OF CHARACTER 10 Embracing class notes Multilingualism 30 12 In a class of their own Advanced Placement (AP) Chemistry stream foundation 13 34 Career Education Annual Giving VS. at The Study – 2015 Endowment Giving feature 35 6th Annual Builder’s 14 Reception the study at 100 36 the arts Get. Guard. Grow. 18 Creating the Magic of Theatre “There is no creation without tradition; the ‘new’ is an inflection on a preceding form; novelty is always a variation on the past.” - Carlos Fuentes
chair of the board of governors G ood schools are forward looking entities constantly Les bonnes écoles qui ont une perspective à long terme, cherchent setting ambitious goals. Thoughtful strategic constamment à se fixer des objectifs ambitieux. Une planification planning is critical, particularly during these stratégique rigoureuse s’avère indispensable tout particulièrement somewhat tumultuous times in education in dans le contexte quelque peu tumultueux de l’éducation au Québec. Quebec. It strengthens our vitality and prepares us Cette planification renforce notre vitalité et nous prépare à l’avenir for the exciting future taking shape at The Study, allowing our school prometteur qui prend forme à The Study. to capitalize on its potential, all the while remaining steadfast true Cela permet à l’école de tirer profit de son to its mission. potentiel tout en restant résolument fidèle The upcoming focus for the Board in the coming months will à sa mission. be the completion of the 2015-18 Strategic Plan: reaffirming our Au cours des prochains mois, le Conseil strengths, embracing our future and honouring our legacy. The timing va se consacrer essentiellement à la mise is terrific, as there are few provocations for reflection more pronounced au point du plan stratégique 2015-2018: than a centennial. We are fortunate to be guided by a century of réaffirmation de nos forces, anticipation de experience, a school-wide commitment to l’avenir et perpétuation de notre héritage. excellence and a very supportive community. Le moment est bien choisi, car la célébration The Study of Today, our Board envisions a bold new d’un centenaire constitue une occasion tomorrow: future for The Study, one that will give comme nulle autre de faire le point. Nous Our Strategic our girls the most stimulating learning avons la chance de compter sur une expérience qui s’étend sur un Plan environment possible and will keep us at the siècle, sur une volonté d’excellence de la part de toute l’école et sur forefront of independent schools in Canada. le soutien très fort de la collectivité. I would like to sincerely thank all the parents, À l’heure actuelle, notre Conseil envisage un brillant avenir pour alumnae, faculty, administrators and students who are contributing The Study. Un futur qui apportera aux élèves un milieu éducatif le plus to the strategic planning process, your input is essential. I also want to stimulant qui soit et qui nous permettra de nous maintenir au premier emphasize how much I appreciate the efforts of those who will help rang des écoles privées au Canada. Je tiens à remercier sincèrement us realize this optimistic and enthusiastic vision of the future, in toutes les familles, les anciennes élèves, le corps enseignant, les particular our Head of School, Nancy Sweer. We are looking forward to administrateurs et les élèves pour leur contribution lors du processus sharing this vision with our community shortly. I am convinced that de planification stratégique, leurs propositions sont essentielles. together we will succeed in planning today, The Study of tomorrow. J’aimerais également rappeler à quel point j’apprécie les efforts de ceux qui nous aident à concrétiser cette vision optimiste et enthousiaste du futur, en particulier, la directrice de l’école, Mme Nancy Sweer. Nous sommes impatients de faire partager cette vision à notre collectivité. Je suis convaincu que, tous ensemble, nous parviendrons à façonner aujourd’hui The Study de demain. Trillium 2015 James McDonald Chair, Board of Governors Président, Conseil des gouverneurs | 2
head of school Je suis très heureuse d’être la directrice de The Study à un moment charnière entre son passé et son avenir. La célébration du centenaire de l’école et l’élaboration de notre nouveau plan stratégique constituent une occasion de faire une pause dans le temps présent pour réfléchir aux traditions du passé et à la vision d’avenir. Le passé du Study sert de formidable tremplin pour avoir des idées créatrices, pour innover et pour approfondir les possibilités d’apprentissage I de nos filles. am fortunate to be the Head of School at the crossroads of Pour aller de l’avant et nous distancier du milieu éducatif The Study’s past and future. The celebration of our Centennial traditionnel, nous continuons à nous concentrer sur les stratégies year, and the development of our new strategic plan, afford pédagogiques destinées à combler les besoins de nos « filles us with an opportunity to pause in the present moment and formidables », alors qu’elles occupent fièrement les fonctions de leaders, reflect on the traditions of the past and our vision of the d’auteures, de philosophes, de scientifiques, de mathématiciennes et future. The Study’s past is a fortified springboard for envisioning creative d’artistes. Grâce à l’apprentissage hybride, à l’enseignement axé sur ideas, innovation, and deeper learning opportunities for our girls. l’expérience, à l’utilisation d’outils technologiques en temps réel, et à Moving forward, out of the traditional learning environment, un approfondissement de la compréhension du monde global, nous we continue to focus upon educational strategies that will meet the disposons des étapes nécessaires à l’élaboration de notre nouveau needs of our “great women”, as they unabashedly take their position programme pédagogique. as leaders, writers, philosophers, scientists, mathematicians and artists. Blended learning, experiential educational opportunities, nous concentrer sur les stratégies the employment of technology for real-time learning, and the pédagogiques destinées à combler les development of a deeper understanding of the global world currently besoins de nos « filles formidables » provide us with our first steps as we mold our new educational plan. Our students have been immersed in The Study’s roots for a Durant un siècle, nos élèves se sont solidement enracinées dans century. Our outstanding staff and faculty continue to provide les traditions de l’école. Notre corps enseignant et notre personnel opportunities for our students to confidently create and innovate, exceptionnel continuent à leur offrir des occasions de créer et developing resilience as they forge ahead into an exciting future. d’innover en toute confiance et de faire preuve de résilience alors This issue of Trillium provides the perfect medium to stop, ever qu’elles s’élancent vers un avenir prometteur. so briefly, to reflect on our outstanding accomplishments as a school and spring, by light years, into the next era of The Study. Trillium 2015 Nancy Lewis Sweer Head of School Directrice de l’école 3 |
Joseph D’Intino M.ED., Enrichment Specialist CURR NUMB I C U LUM N U M B ER S ERS KNOWLEDGE D ATA L S B E R S ABIL ITY ED IT K E EDIT C Y L MA A UM I CU SAKBILIT M L RR U KNO CU N KE R I ICU RR W LEDG LITY CU E LU ABIL AL EXTU ABI E M SUC CESS FUL CONT AB IL IT MA Y M Y NUME RACY I T Y EDIT MATHEMATICS S U C C E S S SKIL LS CUR SUC CESS FUL KN O W LE D G E RICUL ING L E A RYN DATA LE AR N IN G N U N U FUL MBERS S K IL L S L I T E R A A B IL IT Y UM M AT H E M D AT N U M B E R S UMERAC C O N T E X T U A L A AT IC S N DATA SSFU L EDIT CY M C CE KNOWLED C U R R I C U L U SU GE LEAR NING AB IL IT Y Early Literacy and Numeracy Trillium 2015 Building the Base for Years to Come | 4
in the classroom PRE-K MILESTONES NUMERACY W hen building a business, a stadium, or even a Lego-tower, a strong base Shape recognition allows for better growth and development. Experimenting with This principle is true for academic learning as quantities, structures, well. The stronger the base, the better the growth. and patterns Therefore, it should come as no surprise that stronger literacy and phonological awareness Learning how things skills during early academic levels predict better relate to each other in a reading scores later on. The same is true for physical environment numeracy awareness and mathematics scores. Learns to count There are several things that teachers and parents backwards from 5 and can keep in mind as they guide students onto a then from 10 strong academic path. Understands and uses AUTHENTIC LEARNING EXPERIENCES ordinal terms (1st, 2nd…) As children begin school and find their way Begins to learn how to through their first few years, they will develop the for stronger reasoning and calculation skills write and use numbers fundamentals for literacy and numeracy. There is to develop. Moreover, most types of play and up to 10. no doubt that children will experience the typical multisensory activities can further add to routines of counting, tracing letters, and engaging authentic learning experience and opportunities PRE-K MILESTONES in similarly highly structured early literacy and to apply knowledge to new experiences. L I T E R AC Y numeracy activities. However, the long-lasting Expressive and receptive learning, and the factor that will set some EARLY INTERVENTION language should be students ahead of others, is the opportunity for As with anything, there will certainly be hiccups well-developed transfer or generalization of these skills. Simply along the way, including reversals of letters and stated, those students who are encouraged to numbers, misspellings, and miscalculations, Beginning of apply their knowledge of numbers and letters to among others. If teachers or parents notice that phonological awareness authentic learning situations will develop stronger the child’s development is not where it should (letter-sound match) reading and arithmetic skills and over time they be, early intervention is always recommended. Pre-reading skills will learn to generalize their skills to a multitude Intervention and remediation at an early age (handling books, turning of situations. is more effective than later on in a child’s pages, following a story) Authentic learning experiences are those development. in which someone learns a skill or information Recognizing the initial through engagement in an activity that reflects HAVE FUN WITH IT! sounds of words a real-life event. Most language development Children are curious and they have an innate Basic rhyming with one takes place through these types of experiences. In need to explore their environments. The period or two syllable words. fact, children benefit from having conversations of language, literacy, and numeracy development with people who are more advanced than they is one full of opportunities for learning. Every are, whether it is by a few months, or many trip to the grocery store, every walk to the park, years. They learn from the interaction and the and every book read together allows for some new experience. Similarly, encouraging students to exploration of language or numbers. The larger above all around excitement as kindergarten girls priya apply their understanding of quantity, addition, the input, the larger the output. More time spent kennedy AND EVA-ROSE VARIN (both ’26) explore relative subtraction, and geometry to everyday situations on learning new words together or exploring numeracy in tandem with multi-sensory projects allow new concepts leads to more automaticity and transfer of skills in unfamiliar environments. Trillium 2015 Most importantly, positive learning experiences foster a love of learning. As teachers, educators, or parents, we can teach children to have fun with 5 | their learning and to find an opportunity to learn something new in any context.
Collaboration En les préparant pour leurs carièrres de demain et créativité Sylvie Lafleur, Directice de l’école primaire À l’école primaire The Study, nous avons nettement emboité le pas à l’éducation qui doit être dispensée au 21e siècle. Les élèves mettent en pratique collaboration et créativité afin de solutionner des problèmes de toutes sortes. Dans le processus, par le fait même, elles peaufinent leurs notions de leadership. que les filles seront demain. Dans ces trois Peu importe la matière enseignée, les élèves ont disciplines, elles se retrouvent en mode résolution le goût d’apprendre. Les approches pédagogiques de problème. Elles apprennent effectivement, préconisées, comme les classes inversées au 3e par l’expérimentation, à trouver des solutions à cycle du primaire, appellent à la collaboration. des situations qu’elles rencontrent. Tout comme En effet, les élèves apprennent la théorie de dans le nouveau “Makerspace”, laboratoire de façon indépendante et arrivent en classe prêtes à technologie et de robotique, les élèves développent partager le fruit de leur écoute et outillées pour leur créativité tout en réfléchissant à des façons faire la mise en pratique de ce qu’elles ont appris. originales de remédier à des problèmes, que ce L’utilisation de la technologie est un élément soit en arts, en science ou en technologie. Cette clé de cette approche. L’enseignant devient un habileté à solutionner des problèmes se transpose guide permettant aux élèves d’atteindre leur sur le plan social, domaine où les filles mettent ABOVE Isabella plein potentiel de façon autonome. Les filles à profit leur créativité pour résoudre des conflits. Michel-Decker, Florence Stewart peuvent ainsi s’approprier leurs apprentissages En effet, lorsque les filles travaillent à des projets (both ’22), enjoying collaborating in qui deviennent mieux adaptés aux styles mettant de l’avant leur créativité, elle apprennent elementary science d’apprenantes. aussi l’auto-régulation et le contrôle d’elle-même. lab TOP RIGHT Sofia Charmand, Le bilinguisme et l’apprentissage des langues Lors de travaux d’équipes, elles développent leur Alexa Bichar, Emma Asheghian (all ’21) est toujours au centre des préoccupations de habiletés de négociatrices, ce qui contribue à en happy to be creating in the new L’Espace l’école. Nous avons le soucis d’exposer les élèves faire d’excellentes communicatrices. Français. RIGHT Model drawing of the new à une panoplie d’expériences en français, en Il est bon de se rappeler la mission de l’école L’Espace Français once completed. anglais et dans une langue tierce. Nous voulons qui est de: “Guider les élèves de The Study pour instiguer l’amour de l’apprentissage des langues. qu’elles atteignent leur plein potentiel en prônant Cette fluidité en français et en anglais, en plus un enseignement de qualité propre à faire naître le d’apprendre les rudiments de l’espagnol et du goût d’apprendre, afin de développer un bon sens mandarin, permet aux filles d’être ouvertes sur de leadership dans un environnement diversifié la diversité du monde d’aujourd’hui, tout en les et ouvert sur le monde où la personne comme préparant pour leurs carièrres de demain. La le groupe sont pris en compte”. Cette mission fluidité de la communication est primordiale à la table sur nos valeurs profondes. Notre but est de Trillium 2015 compréhension de l’environnement dans lequel construire l’assurance et l’estime de soi des filles. elles évolueront. Si elles croient en leurs capacités, elle prendront Les cours d’arts, de science et de technologie les rênes de leur destinée. N’est-ce pas le plus beau | 6 contribuent tout autant à construire les adultes legs que nous puissions leur faire?
in the classroom Avez-vous déjà rêvé en français? France Gauthier, Enseignante et coordonnatrice du département de français au primaire Dans l’intention de permettre à leurs élèves de rêver à un avenir qui reflète leur vie bilingue à The Study, les enseignantes du département de français ont eu l’idée de créer un espace, à la fois ludique et créatif, qui permettrait aux élèves de tisser des liens avec la francophonie des Amériques et d’ailleurs. Grâce à Skype ou FaceTime, elles voyageraient en français de façon virtuelle. De plus, cet espace servirait à la vente de collations santé et d’articles scolaires de dépannage (crayons, gommes à effacer, règles). Ce service serait entièrement géré par les élèves du 3e cycle dans le cadre d’un projet GRÂCE À SKYPE OU FACETIME, d’entrepreneuriat favorisant ELLES VOYAGERAIENT EN l’application de différents FRANÇAIS DE FAÇON VIRTUELLE. concepts étudiés en mathématiques. Voyant tout le potentiel de cette idée, Mrs. Sweer a su dénicher un espace parfait, qui pourra accueillir deux classes d’un même niveau; ce qui facilitera les rencontres avec différents invités: auteurs, comédiens, chanteurs, cuisiniers. Ces rencontres permettront aux élèves de découvrir ce que la culture francophone a à leur offrir; car il faut bien l’avouer, le français, c’est bien plus que des dictées ou l’art de conjuguer. Cela fait maintenant un peu plus d’un an que les enseignantes travaillent à ce projet, qui a nécessité entre autres de la recherche, un plan d’aménagement et la création d’une bibliothèque musicale francophone. Certains travaux de rénovation ont même été réalisés. Cet espace ludique et créatif, où il fera bon vivre en français, n’a pas encore de nom; nous avions Trillium 2015 pensé à L’Espace français, La Francosphère ou Le Francolab, alors si vous avez des suggestions, n’hésitez pas à les partager avec nous. 7 |
Notable quotes from our esteemed and dedicated Athletic Director, Laurie Traylen “Players—trust your teammate to do her job well” … “Remember—you are y who you are when g no one is looking” r “Thank you for e representing The n Study so well ...you e impress me everyday” s “Whatever you do Study PE staff and s coaches...do it in the e best interest of the player” dl “The other team is n not the enemy, they u are the opponent, without them, we n o do not have a game” fu h B uc m RIGHT (l to r) Zoe Wong and & Alexandra Kouri (both ‘17) k doing basketball drills in or the gym all while displaying w rd that boundless energy ha
being active CATHERINE BOISVERT, SPORTS CAPTAIN ROWING Expert and novice rowers, sports captain Catherine Boisvert’15, Ellen Kharlanov’19 and “T he world needs great women,” a phrase so important to us at The Study; yet, do we know the full meaning of it? We all resort Marisa Dariotis’15 enjoy practice time on the water at the Olympic Basin TOP Center Rawan Jamal Alhashemi & Charlotte Lebon (both ’22) having fun to the same answer: academics, knowledge and while learning to catch MIDDLE CENTER elite perseverance are only some of the qualities that tennis player Erica Di Battista’19 and physical make great women. But to me, it’s more than that. education teacher and It is also having the ability to try new things, to sports FLEX facilitator, Rikki Bowles, helping Erica integrate, to adapt, to be positive, to be there for manage her upcoming academic and athletic others, and to be a team player. commitments TOP RIGHT enthusiastic Terry Fox run Believe it or not, it was only after joining a partICIPAnts, Adélaïde Hugé and Violette Lumbroso sports team at The Study that I truly found the (both ’24) in background Audrey Kaine’23 Grades 5 answer to my question. In The Study’s athletics, & 6 Soccer team; Top (l to r) Sofia Darmo-CAVALLÉ, these important factors that make up great Sarah Picciola, Gloria women are found everywhere. I got to try rowing, paraschivoiu, Julia MARIE Malus, Tessa Hason, Filipa for example, a sport I never thought I would try, Alloul, Ana Gordon, Ana Shi, Rose Brisebois, Sophie and now it’s a passion of mine. When there was Higgins, Alessia Mellati, Amel Melanson, Millie no one to be goalie for our hockey team, I adapted Penner Center (l to r) Lora MacDonald-Palmer, to our team’s needs and stepped up to be the Talia Trottenberg, Emma Bedjaoui, Melina Mellati, goalie, a decision I will never regret. Victoria Petrecca- Berthelet, Mia Calandriello, Athletics at The Study have taught me that Chiara Ferri, Bianca being a good leader is not always about being on Maselli, Sophia Creaghan Front (l to r) Victoria top, but instead about being part of a unit. Yes, Hason, Julia Capolicchio and Emma Goucher the world needs great women, and thanks to our Gym C lass 1960’s athletics program, we are that much greater. Trillium 2015 9 |
EMBRACING Multilingualism AN ESSENTIAL PART OF BEING A GLOBAL CITIZEN Patricia Briand, Senior School Director W alking through the halls of The Study, it is common to hear students chatting with one another, switching effortlessly from French to English and back again. This feature of bilingualism and multilingualism, known as “translanguaging”, allows speakers to access different features of various languages to maximize their communicative potential. Study students probably don’t think much about this ability, but as we plan our curriculum and look to the future, educators and parents alike understand that in an increasingly multicultural society, language skills and intercultural understanding are no longer a luxury—they are an essential part of being a global citizen. IF YOU TALK TO A MAN IN A LANGUAGE HE UNDERSTANDS, THAT GOES TO HIS HEAD. IF YOU TALK TO HIM IN HIS OWN LANGUAGE, THAT GOES TO HIS HEART. - NELSON MANDELA Language is integral to the human experience. It contributes to the cultural richness of society, to personal fulfillment and to mutual understanding. Living in Québec, our students have a unique KEY CONCLUSIONS OF RECENT LANGUAGE RESEARCH opportunity to experience two languages and cultures on a daily basis. The Study’s third Multi-linguals’ brains are more efficient Children who have studied a foreign language program (Spanish & Mandarin) further when multitasking and reasoning. language show greater cognitive encourages students to engage themselves as development in such areas as mental Children who have studied a foreign global citizens, increasing their cultural flexibility, creativity, divergent thinking, language achieve higher scores on intelligence. However, research is showing us that and higher-order thinking skills. standardized tests in reading, language the benefits of multilingualism extend far beyond arts, and mathematics than those who Being proficient in a foreign language global citizenship. Whether they are speaking have not. provides students with a much greater French, English, Mandarin, or Spanish, Study skill set upon graduation from high Girls are looking toward the future with open Studying a foreign language helps school, hence greater opportunities, minds and hearts, and an increased awareness students increase their sensitivity to professionally and personally. that in the 21st Century, the world may be flat, and understanding of the language, Trillium 2015 but it is richer than ever. values, customs, and traditions of Multilingualism may delay the onset others, fostering a sense of humanity, of dementia and Alzheimer’s. friendship, and diversity awareness. | 10 Top (l to r) Victoria Sebag & Sarah Petrecca (both ’16) in an animated discussion about the classic thought-provoking novel “L’étranger” by Nobel Prize winning author Albert Camus (1957)
in the classroom Chère Marie, Julie Caron, Avant de commencer, je dois te demander de ne pas ressen de ma condamnation. La mo tir de peine au sujet Senior School French teacher rt est inévitable, et tu dois sav ne changera pas mon destin. oir que ton malheur Cela dit, l ’emprisonnement off En 1942, beaucoup de temps pour penser à la vie, à la mort et à tout re à l ’homme ce qui se retrouve les lecteurs français entre les deux, et j’aimerais par tager quelques-unes de mes pen découvraient un Commençons par toi. Le jour sées. où tu m’as demandé si je t ’aim répondu avec honnêteté : je ne ais, j’ai livre troublant du t’aime pas. J ’aime la compag Mes souvenirs de toi sont liés nie que tu m’offres. jeune philosophe aux plaisirs de la vie : on alla restaurant… Te rappelles-tu la it à la plage, au algérien Albert Camus: journée où l ’on a entendu Ra battre sa maîtresse? Juste ava ymond, mon voisin, “L’étranger”. Dans ce nt, tu portais un de mes pyja tu voulais qu’on intervienne, qu’ mas et tu riais. Puis livre aux consonances on appelle un agent. Mais je Marie, avant d’être emprisonn n’aime pas les agents. absurdes, le personnage é, je vivais un bonheur incons suis pleinement heureux, car cient. Maintenant, je principal, Meursault, je comprends ma réalité. Oui, la plage. Pourtant, j ’aurais pu j ’ai tué un Arabe sur semble indifférent aux ignorer sa provocation. Pourqu Pourquoi ai-je tiré quatre balles oi ne l’ai-je pas fait? normes sociales et aux supplémentaires sur son corps la chaleur? On ne le saura jam inerte? Le soleil, notions de bien et de ais. D ’après la justice, je suis criminel haï qui sera tué « au un meurtrier, un mal. Meursault tue un nom de la France ». Mais, en crime? vérité, pour quel Arabe et subit un procès La société dicte que la réactio qui mettra en lumière n appropriée, suite à la mort la tristesse et le deuil. Or, à de sa mère, est un système de justice la mort de maman, le jour apr je suis allé me baigner avec ès les funérailles, tordu, jugeant non son toi. On est allé au cinéma. On à ne rien faire. Les juges en a passé des journées crime réel, mais plutôt ont déduit que je détestais ma souhaitais sa mort. Comme si man et que je la mort affectait chaque hum son absence de foi et de la même façon. ain exactement de moralité. Ce grand Les gens effrayés par la réa lité se réconfortent avec l ’idée classique de Camus (Prix Ils prient afin d ’assurer leur de Dieu. place au paradis. Moi, je ne Nobel de littérature Dieu. Le juge d ’instruction et cro is pas en l ’aumônier m’ont menacé d ’enf 1957) provoque des insensible. Je représente un dan er, mais j’y reste ger pour l’ordre, car la société questionnements contrôler les êtres comme mo ne peut pas i. Mon temps en prison ne m’a déroutants qui restent en homme de « bonnes » vale pas transformé urs. d’actualité. Les élèves de Vers la fin de mon emprisonn ement, j ’ai compris que l ’espoir la quatrième secondaire me donnait la fausse illusion d ’un pourvoi que j ’avais le pouvoir de change ont tenté de saisir cet je pouvais éviter ma mort. No r mon futur, que us sommes tous condamnés univers, en rédigeant la de rêver d ’échapper à mon exéc à la mort. Au lieu ution, je l ’ai acceptée, et je res lettre d’un personnage se paix et sérénité. sens maintenant confiant à un autre. Chloë J’ai simplement envie de com pagnie. Et j ’accepte que cette Maas a imaginé une présentera sous la forme d ’une compagnie se population remplie de haine le conversation épistolaire exécution. jour de mon entre Meursault, le Merci, Marie, pour ton réconf meurtrier, et sa petite ort, Meursaul t amie, Marie... Trillium 2015 anger L ’étr 11 | above ChlOË Maas’ 16 writes an epistolary conversation between the main character in the book “L’étranger,” Meursault, the murderer, and his dear friend Marie
Advanced Placement (AP) in the classroom Chemistry stream – Unique and challenging Sarah Howard, Department Head, Senior School Science A t the start of the 2014-2015 academic years. This then allows them to enroll in the AP year, seven Grade 9 students embarked Chemistry course during their last year at The Study. on a journey that will allow them to Students in AP Chemistry will foster their pursue college-level chemistry in their understanding of chemistry and science practices final year at The Study. The Advanced Placement through inquiry-based learning of fundamental (AP) Chemistry stream will allow these students, concepts. While examining topics such as atomic who are highly motivated and who enjoy being structure, intermolecular forces and bonding, academically challenged, not only to earn college chemical reactions, kinetics, thermodynamics credit, advanced placement, or both, but also to and equilibrium, students will further develop gain a foundation to support future advanced critical thinking and reasoning skills along with studies in chemistry. an ability to express ideas with clarity and logic, The AP Chemistry program is designed to be both orally and in writing. taken only after the successful completion of a first year course in high school chemistry. For HANDS-ON LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS students at The Study, this means that It is mandatory that students in the AP Chemistry they need to condense three years of course devote a minimum of 25 percent of science courses (Grade 9 Science the instructional time engaged in laboratory and Technology, Grade 10 investigations. While engaged in hands-on Science and Technology laboratory work, students are encouraged to ask and the Grade 10 questions, make observations and predictions, option course, design and carry out experiments, analyze data Environmental and draw conclusions. Laboratory investigations Science and not only allow the learning of chemical concepts Technology, through direct experience and observations but as well as also lead to enduring understanding. the Grade 11 It is clear that the AP Chemistry stream is a Chemistry rich, unique learning experience for students who option) want to challenge themselves while experiencing into two first-hand the joy that is chemistry. WHY I LOVE AP SCIENCE - MORGANE DACKIW, GRADE 9 “ First of all, we are only seven girls and we are in a big science lab. Therefore, it’s more of a one-to-one learning experience with the teacher. We all learn together, almost as one. Second of all, we are learning at a faster pace and even though that means more homework, it also means that we can learn more and have more time to delve deeper into things that we are curious about. Lastly, we have no boundaries in what we learn. We have a minimum but we don’t have a maximum. We 1930’s SCIENCE are encouraged to bring in articles or interesting facts that we found to discuss in class. CLASS Recently, we have been learning about all the different systems that make up our bodies. We Trillium 2015 have looked at how a bite of an apple gets broken down with different enzymes into its simplest TOP (l to r) Science Department head Sarah structures and gets absorbed into different parts of the body for different reasons and finally how Howard, Lindsay Mazliach, ” Morgane Dackiw (both the waste gets delivered out of the body. At one point, you don’t think of AP science as ’17) completing an engaging hands-on a class, you think of it as a discussion and a discovery of things that matter. | 12 biology laboratory investigation.
fostering independence Career Education 2015 At The Study Antonia Zannis, Deputy Head P reparing our students for the future students do not even realize that they have a ABOVE Deputy Head of School, Antonia Zannis at the 2014 has always been of utmost importance tremendous advantage because of the skills that graduation with Julia Cohen, currently enrolled in Dawson at The Study. In our Centennial year, they have, because they take those skills for first choice pure and applied science we reminisce about many things about granted in an environment where everyone at the early years at The Study, but one of Margaret The Study is immersed in technology. Gascoigne’s statements is the one that has been, and continues to be, a guiding light for me—we HAVE A PLAN BUT BE FLEXIBLE must teach things that really matter. Another factor that plays a role in helping That statement seems simple, but one must students with Career planning in 2015, is the consider the complexities of knowing what really fact that the students have to be encouraged, matters, and being prepared to change with the as always, to have a plan, but, at the same time, times, as what really mattered in 1915 is very to be prepared to be flexible. Students may have different in 2015. That being said, with a view to a general path or career in mind, and upon planning for the future, the values inherent in graduation and further studies, may change that personal success include strong people skills, good plan. Once in a career, graduates may find that manners and taking pride in one’s appearance are they need to modify or change plans yet again, as important now as they were in 1915. There are as careers, themselves, are changing very quickly. also, however, many differences. In preparation for a chosen path, students require Our students are moving forward in a world many specific skills, and for some careers, may where technological skills are crucial and need to be highly skilled in one area, and, in constantly changing. The students learn, through 2015, in addition to being highly skilled in one Career Education, and, of course, in each of area, employers are looking for candidates with a 2014 Trillium 2015 their classes, that technology is key to so many broad general skill level as well. All of this results careers, be it medicine, environmental studies in students having to know about and, most or marketing. Study students have the benefit of importantly, feel comfortable with, flexibility. working with technology in a variety of capacities 13 | and from an early age. In fact, sometimes our
feature at 100 a rich past a bright future FROM SLATE CHALKBOARDS TO LAPTOP COMPUTERS AND WRITABLE DESKTOPS, FROM ROWS OF LIBRARY SHELVES TO THE VAST RESOURCES OF THE INTERNET, THE STUDY HAS INDEED COME A LONG WAY OVER THE PAST ONE HUNDRED YEARS. NOW, AS THE SCHOOL PREPARES TO MARK ITS CENTENNIAL WITH A SERIES OF EVENTS THAT LOOK BACK AND CELEBRATE ITS RICH HISTORY, IT IS ALSO A TIME FOR LOOKING FORWARD. Despite modest beginnings in 1915—just six children seated at folding tables in a single room in a home on Drummond Street—The Study expanded steadily over the next few years, relocating first to a house on Sherbrooke Street and then up to Seaforth Avenue in 1921, where it would remain until it moved into its present location on The Boulevard in 1960. But through it all, the basic values and mission set out by founder Margaret Gascoigne have changed very little—only adapted to fit the needs of a rapidly evolving, technology-driven society. “The Study was started as a school that taught things Trillium 2015 that really mattered,” says Nancy Lewis Sweer, now in her fourth year as Head of School. “When you look at what was occurring in 1915, the idea of wanting to start a school with that philosophy was what really catapulted The Study | 14 forward. The forward-thinking vision was there from the beginning.”
INSIDE A FUTURISTIC CLASSROOM OF TODAY AT THE STUDY, THE MAKERSPACE, WITH 3D PRINTERS AND DRILL PRESSES (IN BACKGROUND) AND JOYCE CHOI ’21 AND HER MINI LEGO ROBOTIC HEADSET. “If you can imagine it—you can build it.” Trillium 2015 15 |
100 feature 2 1 GLOBAL MINDSET for Not only do we have 3D printers and the modern role of the teacher. “There THE COMING DECADES drill presses in the Makerspace, laptop will always be a need for a mentor or Mrs. Sweer asserts that today a big part computers and iPads have all but coach who is there to encourage curiosity, of what really matters at The Study is the replaced traditional notebooks. The to help students reflect and answer need to look forward. “When you’re students of 1915, who were strictly questions, ” she proudly adds, “we are focused on teaching the things that really forbidden to write on their wooden desk fortunate to have exceptional teachers.” matter, you ask visionary questions like, surfaces, would be shocked to learn that What will our world look like 50 years it’s actually encouraged today—the ENCOURAGING CREATIVITY— from now? What will our girls need to advent of writable desktops means THE GATEKEEPER know so that they can be effective in that students can now jot down notes, draw, to INNOVATION world? Considering that the girls who are or work out equations right on their desks, Mrs. Sweer has moved away from the now in kindergarten will be entering the where the teacher can easily see them. formal stereotype of her position and work force in 2035, you really have to be aimed to make it more friendly and forward thinking.” “OUR STUDENTS HAVE accessible. During this year’s opening This forward-thinking outlook helps prepare The Study’s students for their CONNECTIONS WITH day assembly, the introduction of the student council suddenly morphed into roles as the leaders of tomorrow, both GIRLS ALL OVER THE an elaborately choreographed hip-hop locally and around the world. “We think of ourselves as global citizens,” Mrs. WORLD” dance led by Mrs. Sweer herself. That performance, which was posted on The Sweer says proudly. “Our students have Along with the high-tech look of the Study’s YouTube channel for all to see, connections with girls all over the world; classroom come equally innovative ways is just one of the ways she encourages students travel to our sister school in of teaching. Mrs. Sweer is enthusiastic creative thinking. “I open each year with Nicaragua every other year, we have about how rapidly advancing technology something different,” she says. “ I like to student exchange programs with schools is propelling The Study’s students into new convey to students that the Head is willing in Australia, England and France, and on ways of learning. While the memorization to be creative and try different things— any day you can find students participating of facts, dates and theories remains an and so they can, too! I say, ‘we are great in a video conference with a faraway important aspect of the process, the women, and great women innovate.’ school as technology plays a key role in modern classroom now places more Echoing the noted educationalist Sir Trillium 2015 facilitating students’ connections with emphasis on critical thinking, whereby Kenneth Robinson’s call for increased their peers in other countries.” students are encouraged to discuss and creativity in both learning and teaching, Accordingly, the look of today’s analyse the concepts being taught in Mrs. Sweer encourages creativity in all classrooms would seem like the stuff of a collaborative atmosphere. aspects of the curriculum. “Creativity is | 16 science fiction to Miss Gascoigne’s pupils. Mrs. Sweer is also quick to underline the gatekeeper to innovation,” she says.
“MARGARET While the perceived importance of says of the much-anticipated annual certain subjects has changed over the GASCOIGNE’S event. “We highly value the importance years, the philosophy behind the FORWARD-LOOKING of a variety of philanthropic efforts. founder’s vision has not. One subject Each year our student council chooses that has remained very strong at The PHILOSOPHY OF A organizations that are in need of support, Study since the beginning is music. Miss CENTURY AGO IS JUST and the proceeds from various Gascoigne was also a musician, and she fundraising events throughout the year instilled that passion in her students. AS RELEVANT TODAY” are donated to those organizations.” Today, Mrs Sweer, a classical pianist who Each of the girls will receive a While next year will have a special has taught music and whose academic centennial tie to mark the occasion. Mrs. meaning for The Study, Mrs. Sweer is background consists of graduate degrees Sweer cannot help but chuckle when she especially happy to be in exactly the right in music performance and music recalls how the design was chosen. “We place at the right time, which allows her education, carries on the tradition. found one of the original ties the girls to see in two different directions. “I’m “You cannot have education without wore, and a small committee of students very fortunate because I represent the the arts because true education is all- without hesitation said, ‘It’s a cool tie, here and now of The Study and I’m able encompassing. Of course we want our girls miss. I’d wear it in this decade!” A major to move it forward—but I’m also able to to be very strong in French, and in math highlight of The Study’s centennial year immerse myself in the traditions of the and science—but also in the arts.” Learning will be the launch of a commemorative past.” From this unique vantage point, is a tapestry, woven together by strands of book that traces the school’s history. Each Mrs. Sweer is quick to point out that the arts, sciences, math, technology and student will receive a complimentary copy rich past serves as a foundation to build engineering “STEAM,” adds Mrs. Sweer. at the Book Launch on September 17, 2015. upon, and Margaret Gascoigne’s forward-looking philosophy of a century ago is just as relevant today as The Study prepares its students for the future. “After all,” she adds, “we are developing the girls that will have the confidence and the skills to be the leaders of tomorrow and to have their voices heard.” 3 CELEBRATING our 1930’s CLASSRoo m CENTENNIAL These days, The Study community is Photo 1 Head of School, Mrs. Nancy Sweer, friendly busy preparing for the school’s one- AN UNWAVERING and accessible to all, meets with student council (l to r) Camille Zeitouni, Secretary, Samantha hundredth birthday. Our Centennial TRADITION of Sambrook, Entertainment Prefect, Megan Kouri, Head Girl, Rachel Kwong, Treasurer, ChlÖe Shahinian, Steering Committee has met for the last PHILANTHROPY Sub-Head Girl, FrÉdÉrique Cannon, Elementary School Prefect, and Catherine Boisvert, Sports Captain (all two years,” says Mrs. Sweer. “We’ve Looking back over the school’s history, it ’15) Photo 2 (Back to front, l to r) 1920 Class Prefects Gerda Parsons, Margaret Stairs, Rita already begun our centennial activities appears that a consistent quality among Hutchison, Dolly Davidson; Kathleen Rosamund, The Study’s Founder and Head of School Ms. Margaret as students prepare retrospectives that the students is their dedication to Gascoigne with her beloved dog Sweep, and Beatrice Lyman. Photo 3 Dedicated teachers mentor, coach and Trillium 2015 depicts life in every decade of The philanthropy. In the early 1940s, the girls continuously encourage curiosity as students discover online solutions in today’s modern Study’s existence. We’ll also be having inaugurated their annual Fall Bazaar as classroom with SMART boards, writable surfaces, iPads and wireless laptops. (l to r) grade 6 French a Gala next spring, along with other a means of raising money for the war teacher, Sarah Ostiguy WITH LÉa Monty and Amel Melanson. alumnae events, and a special effort, and the tradition has carried on. 17 | Homecoming weekend.” “It has continued for decades,” Mrs. Sweer
RECENTLY APPLAUDED STUDY DRAMA PRODUCTIONS the arts 2015 2014 LE CONCOURS DE CHOUX La quête d’Opaline Creating the starring students in 5A & La Lune de Baltadine starring students in 5A/6A Magic of Theatre La visite mystérieuse starring students in 6A Caroline, reporter étoile & Les lunettes de Bonheur To Art & Beyond starring students in 5B & 6B Live theater does not include replays; you cannot starring students in grades 7 & 8 directed by Victoria Beaulé The Murder Mystery rewind to recapture that comedic ad lib, revisit & Catherine Boisvert at the Murder Mystery that misstep or find the missed cue. At the heart starring students in grades 7 & 8 Pride & Prejudice * of the theatre experience is the performer- directed by Julia Cohen to be performed on May 7th and 8th audience relationship; there is an immediate & Victoria Hayman (both ’14) starring students in grades 9, 10 & 11 exchange of energy, emotion and magic that The Music Man starring students in grades 9, 10, 11 occurs when actors take the stage and audience members take their seats in The Study’s Mary Liistro-Hebert 200-seat Performance Hall. “There are many reasons why I love drama,” said Victoria Beaulé ´15, who thoroughly enjoyed playing Amaryllis in last year’s much appreciated sold-out performance of THE MUSIC MAN. “The rush of losing yourself completely to another person is exhilarating – and so is the camaraderie among the cast.” When asked what is the quality that makes a performance electric, Nancy Sweer, Head of School, replies, “the performer clearly loves giving a performance, she is putting her heart and soul into it.” “Everyone present is transported to a different time and place – this is what happens in our wonderful little theatre at The Study,” she proudly adds. RIGHT (l to r) Noella Alexander Young’14 as Marian, the prim librarian and piano teacher and Victoria Beaulé ’15 as Amaryllis, one of Marian’s students in The Study’s production of The Music Man Trillium 2015 | 18
the arts grade 4 (BELOW L to R) “blind drawing” of birds Blind Drawing by Isabella Michel-Decker, Jacqueline Hayes-Babczak learning how to draw from observation These ink works by students in grade 4, are inspired by the work of naturalist John James Audubon (1785-1851). After drawing the birds from observation (blind drawing), the girls used inks to paint the composition, using their imaginations when they added paint to their Save the Date! compositions. Celebration of the ARTS Please join us on Tuesday, May 19, 2015 Veuillez vous joinder à nous le mardi 19 mai 2015 The ART Room a Magical Place The door to the art room is like a portal to a magic place – says Cynthia Van Frank, The Study’s art teacher, as she describes what goes on in The Study’s much-loved art room. “They can walk in and can express themselves and that’s what I encourage. I teach them about painting in ways that are two-dimensional and three- dimensional, you never know where their interest and ability lies. Only through art are these girls able to innovate in a very unique and individual way.” Teaching painting—a vivid history continues This year each student in grade 9 is working on her own contemporary version of a painting by Ethel Seath. Miss Seath was a very well known painter who taught at The Study. She began teaching in 1917 and taught painting to Study girls for over forty years. The Study is fortunate to have several of her paintings around the school. ABOVE young Study girls inside art room in the Inside the 30’s BELOW Head of School Nancy Art Room— Sweer, a classical a magical pianist—a lover of The ARTS place Take a sneak Trillium 2015 peak inside The Study’s much loved art room. 19 |
Young faces of We salute all Study with distinction students and your very many different philanthropy ways of making a difference Study students combine their keen interest in health sciences and willingness to help as four grade 11 students spent a number of evenings as volunteer hostesses and keen learners at “Mini-Psy” school at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute. (L to R) Marisa Dariotis, Bridget Zicha, Amanda Morgan, Samantha Sambrook (all ’15) and Mme Suzanne BÉlanger, Executive Director of the Douglas Institute Foundation. Girls from The Study again did Jamie Shore ‘19 Helping Hands an awesome job supporting an 4 Nicaragua - Jamie’s commitment amazing fundraising event, the to the Diriá Institute in Nicaragua 20th annual Girls for the Cure. continues, now in grade 7 she Over 2,000 students from five again organized a booth at the Montreal-area independent girls’ Bazaar with all the proceeds going schools walked up Mount-Royal in to support the students and the a gesture of solidarity and support teachers of our sister school in in the fight against women-related Diriá, Nicaragua. Unlike in previous cancers. Girls for the Cure raises years where the proceeds were money for cancer treatments and going to support the students and services at St. Mary’s Hospital teachers in the form of shoes and Center, and heightens the awareness music education, this year Jamie of the toll this disease takes on the has committed to raising $1,000 health and wellness of women in each year for the next five years to our community. Thank you to all support one University scholarship of our fellow participating girls’ for an outstanding student at the schools, the sponsors and the Diriá Institute. parents. (L to R) Study students Jamie is planning on going on The Danae Christopoulos, Study’s senior school community Chiara Ferri (both ’21) enjoy service trip to the Diriá Institute. ice cream treats sponsored by She has a few more years to wait, Bilboquet after the walk up to in the meantime she becomes Trillium 2015 the mountain. more and more committed to the improvement of the education of children in Nicaragua, as does the | 20 commitment of her classmates, friends and family in their support of Jamie’s philanthropic efforts.
SHOUT OUT FOR CHLÖE CHLÖE SHAHINIAN ’15, SUB-HEAD GIRL W hen I first entered The Study senior school five years ago, I was ChlÖe Shahinian ‘15, receiving looking forward to all of the community service opportunities. a commemorative plaque in When I heard about Splash & Dash, the Montreal Children’s Hospital recognition of her many years Foundation flagship event, benefiting Sarah’s Floor and the Cedars Cancer of volunteering at Splash & Dash Foundation, I knew that I had hit the jackpot. This event, a run-swim-run from Sarah Cook’s mother (on athletic relay, raises funds for pediatric cancer patients in the hematology and left) and Mrs. Frances Szeto, oncology wards of the Montreal Children’s Hospital. chair of the event. For the last several years, I have had the chance to be the in school coordinator for this event. It has been a true privilege to take on this role and I have seen participation increase exponentially. Now, junior school students can participate and several stellar staff teams have been formed. Even parents come out on the day of to cheer on The Study community. I am so thankful for all of the students who have decided to dedicate their time to this cause. I remind all those involved that, even though they are only giving one day out of the year, the impact they have on the children they help is life changing. SPLASH & DASH GREAT EVENT - GREAT CAUSE The Study was there this year with 17 student teams and two teacher teams competing in the 1km run/200m swim/1km run fun-filled afternoon event at The McGill University Sports Complex. Not only did we raise close to $5,000 but we also had a fabulous time! We took home gold in both Junior and Senior School’s Challenge Girls category. “The Study has shown me that courage, kindness and passion can make all the difference,” said Chlöe. She quickly added that should she stay in Montréal for her post secondary studies next year, she fully intends to again participate in Splash & Dash. TOP: Victoria Robinson, Yasmine Elaimani, Emilia Harasymowycz, Sabrina Dedeyan (all ’20) BOTTOM: Sophie Higgins, Sara Cohen, Isabella Rutenberg (all ’20) with Study teacher and Splash & Dash participant Lisa Jacobsen in back. Trillium 2015 21 |
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