Monthly Archives: November 2018
The Toronto Zoo: A Day Among the Animals
By: Renee Liang
Friday November 9, 2018
On Friday November 9th, the grade 11 biology classes went to the Toronto Zoo for a field trip prepared to have a good time.
Mr. Xeroulis and Ms. Phung’s classes arrived early in the morning, ready to have an enjoyable experience encountering their favourite animals. The weather may have been unwelcoming; however, the students did not let that discourage them.
Magicon 2018
By: Neusha Taheri
12/11/2018
On Tuesday, October 30th Ms. Badger and Mr. Doe’s English classes hosted Magicon! This convention took place in Titan hall throughout the whole day and other teachers, classes and staff members came to take a look!
Mr Bernardes and His Olympic Experience
By: Emily Hart
14/11/2018
York Mills has a wide team of interesting and talented teachers but did you know York Mills has a former olympic athlete among them? Mr Bernardes is known around the school as a gym and APS teacher and also the coach of the junior basketball team but some people may not know that he was also an athlete that participated in bobsled events in the 1988 Calgary olympic games for Portugal. I asked Mr Bernardes a few questions to get some details on his unique olympic experience.
YM’S Cross country team
HALLOWEEN: COSTUME CONTEST
October 31st, 2018
Malak Zainab Jammal
On Wednesday, October 31st, the day of Halloween, student council organized a costume contest in the cafeteria. The festive contest was judged based on the amount of cheers each contestant received from the student body within their category.
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October 29th – November 2nd recap
Grade 12 BOH: Perfect As Is
By: Chantelle Yan
“Perfect as is”, is the Grade 12 BOH Class’s slogan. Printed in white, immaculate letters across their shirts, “Perfect as is” exceeds the purpose of a mere catchy phrase, but rather as an advocate for heightening mental awareness in and out of the York Mills student body.
Spooky survey
By: Trisha Nguyen
All throughout the month of October, people have been bundling up in thick sweaters and warm scarves, brewing a steaming cup of hot chocolate or pumpkin spice latte and preparing for what they like to call “spooky szn”. So, in the spirit of spooky szn, a survey was conducted to find out what students (and others) were planning, leading up to the day of Halloween.
Pumpkin Carving at York Mills
By: Emily Hart
31/10/2018
As as a student or teacher at York Mills, you have probably experienced the many Halloween activities hosted by several of the York Mills school clubs such as the costume contest and the recent Halloween writing competition. But did you know you could carve your own pumpkins at York Mills?
YM Highlights 