List of 15 news stories.

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  AGM and Volunteer Appreciation - May 21st

  The CDS Parent Association and Office of Community Relations invite you to join us for the CDS Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast and Parent Association AGM on Wednesday, May 21st at 9:00 am

  in the Di Ciano Atrium of the Paul C. Duckett Performing Arts Centre

   

  We hope you will join us as we honour our volunteers and everything they do for CDS.

   

  Breakfast will be served.

   

  Kindly RSVP no later than May 10th.

   

  We look forward to seeing you!
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  Tour For Humanity Brings Powerful Lessons to CDS

  This week, CDS had the privilege of hosting the Tour for Humanity — a mobile classroom created by the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center (FOSW). Led by passionate educators Simon and Ariel, this travelling learning experience delivered impactful and age-appropriate workshops to students in Grades 6, 8, 10, 11 and 12, as well as a dedicated CDS parent group.
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  Please Donate to Auction 2025!

  The CDS Dinner & Auction donation deadline is fast approaching on May 1st and we are asking for all families to consider supporting this worthwhile event. 

   

  Why should you support? All funds raised from this event will support a new Athletic Facility to replace our aging Cyclone Dome - a facility that every CDS student uses!

   

  What can you do to support the evening? We are asking for your donation of an item to our Silent Auction. This can be a certificate (for services, a restaurant, sporting tickets), a gift card (gas, movies, apple) or a physical item (outdoor items, sporting goods, jerseys, electronics). The list goes on and on and we are happy to share some ideas with you on our Wish List.  If you are still not sure what to donate - cash is perfect and we will use it to purchase something on your behalf! 
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  Tour For Humanity - Holocaust and Genocide Educational Experience

  By Dave Downer

  
  

  From April 8 to April 10, many Country Day School students will have a special educational experience when the school hosts the Tour for Humanity mobile classroom. This traveling classroom is an education centre sponsored by The Friends Of Simon Wiesenthal.
  
  Throughout the three days, we will have students from Grades 6, 8, 10, 11 and 12 attend age-appropriate workshops on genocide and the Holocaust that are linked to their class studies.  The self-contained mobile classroom will be set up in the Junior School parking lot on each of the three days and students will go for lessons led by FOSW instructors. More information about the classroom and workshop descriptions can be found here: Tour For Humanity
  
  

  There will also be an opportunity for interested family members to attend a workshop organized specifically for them on Thursday, April 10, from 12:45 - 1:45pm. If this is of interest to you, please email Mr. Downer to have your name added to the list on a first-come, first-served basis. Space for this parent and guardian workshop is limited to 28 individuals.

   

  Email Mr. Downer at: dave.downer@cds.on.ca.
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  Youth Opportunity Fair in King - April 10th

  The Mayor of King’s Youth Action Team is hosting a Youth Opportunity Fair on Thursday, April 10th from 3:30 - 6:30pm at the Zancor Centre (1600 15th Sideroad). This is a chance for students to connect with local businesses, community groups, colleges and universities to see what youth opportunities are available. 
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  Join our CDS Parent Association Executive

  The CDS Parent Association is recruiting new members to join us for the 2025/26 school year. Becoming a part of the Association is a great way to get involved in and engaged with the community.

  
  

  All are welcome! Don't be shy, please inquire and don't worry, we will provide lots of guidance and support. 
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  Pop Can Tabs - Challenge Accepted!

  At Thursday’s morning Senior School assembly, Social Justice updated the students on the progress of the pop can tab collection that has been running at the school since September.
  
  The Social Justice members poured another batch of tabs into the collection container and then said it was worthy of an impromptu dress down day in April. Not so fast, said Mr. Viotto. He noted that there had not been any consultation with administration about this, and that, in any case, the container was not sufficiently full to warrant a dress down day. After some good natured on-stage haggling, Mr. Viotto compromised with a challenge. Fill the container up to the level he chose and the Middle and Senior Schools could earn an additional dress down day. 
  
  So there it is, CDS. Collect as many tabs as you can until the end of March and add them to the collection container in the Senior School office and see if you can win an extra dress down day. Tabs can come from canned beverages, but also from soup, pet food or tuna cans. They all count. Social Justice will donate the tabs and a cheque to the Robert Hampson Tabs For Kids Fund which purchases wheelchairs and other equipment for children in need. 
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  Social Justice - Cookiegrams/The Small Project

  Last week, Social Justice members delivered 350 cookies to students in the Middle and Senior Schools. In the two weeks leading up to Valentine’s Day, students placed orders for the giant chocolate chip cookies and, in the Senior School, also created messages for the recipients of attention. There was quite a buzz of energy in the building as students received their treats and messages like “From your secret admirer” or a simple “Have a cookie!”. Regardless of whether they were purchased for friends or for themselves,  students eagerly devoured the delicious treats.

  
  

  As well as raising spirits, the cookie drive was held for The Small Project, a charity that Social Justice and CDS students have supported since 2017. The Small Project is a charity run by Rex and Mary Ellen Taylor, whose two daughters, Bronwen ‘05 and Morgan ‘08 attended and graduated from CDS. 
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  CDS Alumni Revisit the Classroom to Share Valuable Insights

  Over the past few weeks we’ve welcomed back several alumni speakers, including the following wonderful CDS ambassadors.

   

  On Tuesday, students in our ​Senior ​School Health Science Club were treated to a virtual presentation by Sonya Arrigo​ '15, who is now pursuing her degree in Naturopathic Medicine.
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  Cultural Dessert Taste Test Experience

  On February 11th, students gathered for a unique and flavorful experience at our Cultural Dessert Taste Test Experience in the CDS Dining Hall, an event designed to celebrate global traditions through food. Hosted by the Senior School Diversity Club, the event featured eight stations, each offering a delicious dessert or delicacy from different countries, prepared by parent and staff volunteers.
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  Parent Association Corner

  Thank You for Joining Us!

   

  Thank you to all the parents who joined us for our recent social evenings! In January we were pleased to offer three fun-filled evenings of Pickleball, where players of all skill levels came together to learn the game, play some friendly competition and mingle with other parents. It was wonderful to see so many parents together on the courts!
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  Author of Bomb Girls Shares Bombshell with Middle/Senior School Students

  Barbara Dickson, author of Bomb Girls: Trading Aprons for Ammo, for sharing such an important part of Canadian history with our Middle and Senior School students at Monday's assembly. She captivated them from the start by passing around an "empty" original bombshell manufactured at the General Engineering Company of Ontario (GECO) munitions factory in Scarborough during WWII.

   
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  Yee Ha! Join us for Auction 2025

  We are so excited to announce that tickets for the Boots & Bids Dinner & Auction 2025 will go on sale in two short weeks on Wednesday, February 26th. If you have not secured your tickets through sponsorship, we encourage you not to miss out on buying your tickets, as only a limited number are still available and will be sold on a first come basis beginning at 10:00 am. A few Sponsorship tables are available if you are still interested.
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  DECA Students Raise $9000 for Wounded Warriors Canada

  Over the next three days, Toronto will be buzzing with competition as 25 CDS students (plus CDS graduate Lily Chen ‘25 returning in the role of one of only six DECA Provincial Officers in Ontario) join 6,500 others at DECA Provincials, vying for a spot at the DECA Internationals in Orlando this April. DECA prepares emerging high school leaders and entrepreneurs in marketing, finance, hospitality and management around the globe.
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  Radium Girls - February 27 & 28 and March 1 Tickets on Sale Tonight!

  In 1926, radium was a miracle cure, Madame Curie an international celebrity, and luminous watches the latest rage—until the girls who painted them began to fall ill with a mysterious disease. Inspired by a true story, Radium Girls traces the efforts of Grace Fryer, a dial painter, as she fights for her day in court. Her chief adversary is her former employer, Arthur Roeder, an idealistic man who cannot bring himself to believe that the same element that shrinks tumours could have anything to do with the terrifying rash of illnesses among his employees. As the case goes on, however, Grace finds herself battling not just with the U.S. Radium Corporation, but with her own family and friends, who fear that her campaign for justice will backfire.
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