Last Week’s Terry Fox Run & Important Words to Live By
Last Friday, The Country Day School held its 33rd run for Terry Fox in which the entire school participated. Students and faculty/staff ran and walked throughout the school’s extensive trail system with the Junior School run/walking a shorter loop for 30 minutes and the Middle/Senior School students run/walking a longer loop that included a colour run, foam, climbing over hay bales, and a slip and slide, followed by some fun House competition events on Hawksworth Field. The CDS mascot, Storm the Cyclone, was cheering our students on every step of the way.
In anticipation of the run, the Junior School talked about Terry’s Marathon of Hope in their weekly assembly. On Friday students placed stickers honouring who they were running for on a Terry Fox banner before the start of the run.
During the Middle/Senior School Terry Fox Assembly, CDS Parent Mel Holmes, mother of Molly ’25 and Max ’27 Griffiths, shared her personal and incredibly brave battle with stage 2 breast cancer that lasted 16 months and 25 rounds of chemotherapy. She has since received the all clear from her oncologist and feels immense gratitude toward her family, friends, and the CDS community for the outpouring of support during her journey.
During the Middle/Senior School Terry Fox Assembly, CDS Parent Mel Holmes, mother of Molly ’25 and Max ’27 Griffiths, shared her personal and incredibly brave battle with stage 2 breast cancer that lasted 16 months and 25 rounds of chemotherapy. She has since received the all clear from her oncologist and feels immense gratitude toward her family, friends, and the CDS community for the outpouring of support during her journey.
“This experience forced us to slow down, find the shine through the rain, be grateful, enjoy nature, learn acceptance, perseverance, not take things for granted, and realize that we are each on our own path,” she told the students.
"Terry’s dream was to have a world without cancer and while we still have lots of this, treatments, surgeries and survival rates have come so far. I think he would be proud of what we continue to do to raise awareness and continue on with the tradition of today’s run.”
Thank you Mel for sharing your incredible story of survival with all of us. Once again, CDS proudly ran for Terry and ALL our loved ones who have been affected by cancer.
Thank you Mel for sharing your incredible story of survival with all of us. Once again, CDS proudly ran for Terry and ALL our loved ones who have been affected by cancer.
Land Acknowledgment
The Country Day School wishes to recognize and acknowledge the land on which the school operates. Our nearest Indigenous Nations are now the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation and the Chippewas of Georgina Island. The Dish with One Spoon Wampum covenant is often cited as an example of the shared responsibility for caring for these lands among the Huron-Wendat, Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee peoples who would call these their traditional territories. CDS respects the relationship with these lands and recognizes that our connection to this land can be strengthened by our continued relationship with all First Nations, by acknowledging our shared responsibility to respect and care for the land and waters for future generations.
School Information
Junior, Middle and Senior Schools
13415 Dufferin Street, King, Ontario L7B 1K5
(905) 833-1220
communications@cds.on.ca
admissions@cds.on.ca
Founded in 1972, The Country Day School is a co-educational private school offering programs in JK-12 and located on 100 acres north of Toronto in King.
13415 Dufferin Street, King, Ontario L7B 1K5
(905) 833-1220
communications@cds.on.ca
admissions@cds.on.ca
Founded in 1972, The Country Day School is a co-educational private school offering programs in JK-12 and located on 100 acres north of Toronto in King.
