The Sterling Hall School

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A N N U A L R E P O RT
2007-2008
THE MISSION OF THE STERLING HALL SCHOOL
The Mission of The Sterling Hall School is to offer a secure environment for the education of
boys in mind, body and spirit. Our supportive community and small classes nurture and challenge
our students to become critical thinkers, self-directed learners and successful contributors.
The Sterling Hall School Registered
Charitable # 11925 7657 RR 0001.
The Sterling Hall School Foundation
Registered Charitable # 82344 7271 RR001.
Board Chair’s Message
The 2008 / 2009 school year is now under way and, in my fourth year as your Chair, I continue to be
inspired by the talented and committed members of the Board of Governors with whom I am honoured to serve. This past year our Board committees have been particularly active in their various
responsibilities.
Despite our Governance Committee being relatively recently established, we are making great
strides in this area. The committee has been looking at best practices as identified by the Canadian
Independent School community to ensure that SHS achieves excellence in all levels of governance.
Through the leadership of Sally Hannon, our goal has been to maintain our unique school culture and
enhance our Board’s effectiveness. Good governance practices allow us to make effective decisions
with a focus on getting things done with the least amount of road blocks.
This year marked the official close of our very successful “Discover the Future” capital campaign.
This campaign led to the creation of The Discovery Centre which provides facility excellence in the
areas of science, art, technology, and music. These new facilities have enhanced our sons’ educational
experience and also provided our teachers with superior tools and classroom environments in which
to teach. Our capital projects do not exist in order for us to build for building’s sake and are much
more than bricks and mortar. Our facilities’ expansions have always focused on providing our boys
with what they need to prepare them for their futures. Congratulations to Bill Wilder and his
Advancement team for a very successful campaign. We are pleased to welcome David Fleck and Jeff
Moody as the newest members of this committee. We also welcome Maria Jordan to her new role
as Executive Director of Advancement and are excited by the energy and enthusiasm she brings to
our school in this important role.
Through the direction of Perry-Anne Lupyrypa, the Strategic Planning Committee has struck The
Sterling Hall Secondary School (SHSS) Task Force. This task force has been conducting surveys and
meeting with constituents; all with the goal of determining the feasibility of a high school for our community. Their focus continues to be its economical sustainability as well as the effect a secondary
school may have on our current programs and the overall SHS experience. The Strategic Planning
Committee was also instrumental in the development of the SHS Strategic Plan. As a board, we continue to implement and execute the direction set by the plan.A copy of the SHS Strategic Plan is available via the school website. We welcome new Board member Alison McDonald to this committee.
Working closely with the SHSS Task Force, the Property Committee, headed by Denise
MacDonald, continues to look for ways to adapt the use of the adjacent land and how it may enhance
the future of our school. The purchase of this land was a strategic decision of the Board made in
order to give us options for the future, although no immediate plans have been determined.
Eric Lo and his team continue to ensure that our technology platform is a useful aid to learning and
assists in the education of our boys. Our philosophy on technology is to learn from other educational
institutions and adopt only those pieces that we feel are useful for our specialized teaching methods.
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Despite the current unfavourable economic trends, The Sterling Hall School remains in excellent
financial position, as the pages in this Annual Report reveal. Under the stewardship of the Chair of
the Finance Committee, John Stevens, we have been able to manage our funds in a fiscally responsible way. Your Board is acutely aware of our need to be financially accountable to our constituents.
As we continue to look to the future, our focus is to have the resources available to ensure the continued financial health of SHS no matter what growth profile we pursue. We are pleased to welcome
Robert Poile to the Finance Committee and look forward to his contributions.
As we continue to grow, the faces of our school continue to change. I would like to welcome the
newest members to the Board of Governors: Roberto Drassinower, Jeff Moody and Alison McDonald.
We look forward to their valuable input in the coming year and beyond.
I extend a very special thank you to our departing Board Members, Ken Gordon and Donna Poile,
who throughout the years have demonstrated dedication, effectiveness and affection for The Sterling
Hall School.
In all our varied roles and responsibilities, the Board of Governors is honoured to serve you and
our community. We are committed to the preservation of The Sterling Hall School culture and experience for our boys and families. You are at the right place ~ spread the word!
Kevin Sullivan
SHS Board Chair
B OA R D O F G OV E R N O R S
Back Row (left to right): John Stevens, William Wilder, Greg Watson, Kris Isberg, Arnold Temple,
Steve Tuchner, Roberto Drassinower. Middle Row (left to right): Alison McDonald, Adrienne Waterman
(President, Parents Association), Marc Boyman, Alison Noble, Sally Hannon, Eric Lo, Robbie Pryde.
Front Row (left to right): Perry-Anne Lupyrypa, Kevin Sullivan, Denise MacDonald. Absent: Jeff Moody.
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Principal’s Report
“What we think, or what we know, or what we believe is in the end of little consequence. The only
consequence is what we do.” This quotation is attributed to John Ruskin and although it perhaps
paints too broad a picture, there is nonetheless some strong truth associated with its intent.
Which takes us directly to what the role of education and good schooling is in these early 21st
Century years. It has become clearer and clearer to most that the pouring of knowledge into students’ heads anticipating that this will guide them through their lives is no longer appropriate. And
yet, regurgitating of facts remains in too many schools which should be spending their time developing skills in their students. The ability to think for oneself and to think critically, to present an argument clearly, to understand how to communicate with others and work closely as a member of a
team – these are examples of skills and attitudes that become more and more profound as our world
shrinks and contact with those who might be unfamiliar becomes more the daily expectation. It really
is no longer what you know that counts; it is rather how you use what you know and who or what
you are that dominate. There is no question that these qualities should be the secret potion replacing mundane translations, dates in history or arcane chemical formulae which all have their place but
in today’s world, they are relegated to the back burner – where they belong.
Today’s approach to education demands curriculum that is transparent, authentic and relevant and
teachers who believe implicitly in the philosophy espoused above. At SHS, we are fortunate indeed
to have a wonderful team of teachers who are passionate, enthusiastic and encouraging and enjoy
coming to work every day. Or so they tell me! Put them with a strong community, good students
striving to better themselves and facilities and programs that have evolved beautifully over the years –
I assure you that there’s something going right in our halls. Let me also assure you that we do continually reassess what we are doing as we attempt to offer the best experience that we can to your sons.
Every year, a considerable sum is spent by The Sterling Hall School offering Professional
Development opportunities to the Faculty. The chart on the pages that follow highlights our Faculty’s
recent participation – all activities promote “best practices” and enrich the professional lives of our
teachers and thus your sons. Out of the many areas that could have been selected, I chose two:
1. Presenting workshops at conferences and 2. Special opportunities and achievements in education.
The lists are quite remarkable and speak loudly to the interested and talented teachers with whom
I am fortunate to work and who teach your sons.
I also wish to draw your attention to the recently published first SHS Strategic Plan. Two Strategic
Reports came out in 1997 and 2001, but they were not plans in that they did not project into the
future. They concerned the current school and its origins. But by this year, SHS was most definitely
ready for a Strategic Plan.
Do please read and enjoy our Strategic Plan – a document with initiatives, goals and strategies that
should endure for five or more years. And then it will be time for the second edition – taking SHS
up to and beyond the 2013 date referred to in the plan. Many deserve to be mentioned for their
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work but I shall single out three. Perry-Anne Lupyrypa (mother of Aiden, Garet and Brennan) chairs
the Strategic Planning Committee of the Board of Governors, having taken over the reins from Reid
Bowlby (father of graduates Chris and Matthew and current student Scott).These two were the force
behind the creation of much of the text. The draft version was then handed over to Cathy Reeves.
She honed the text and created the structure, the production, the layout and the format of what you
read; a huge job and done masterfully. All three of these members of our community deserve our
most sincere thanks.
As you know, we have five new teachers this year, a new nurse and Maria Jordan, who has succeeded Cathy Reeves and is capably leading the Advancement team. One other upcoming change is
that Dr. Barb Smith will be leaving us during the Winter Break in order to spend more quality time
with her family. Barb has made a huge contribution to SHS as Vice-Principal Academic Program and
she will be succeeded in January by Leslie-Anne Dexter who has been working very closely with her
for some years.They have spearheaded the curricular growth of our school and encouraged the many
SHS teachers who are involved in Action Research, which through in-school research promotes effective methodologies for teaching and learning and produces genuine data to support academic
progress. With collaboration from many Toronto and international schools, the conclusions are helping to promote best practices in boys’ education.
Let me finish with a quotation that sums up well what we are all trying to do. It was the author
and ex-Governor General of Canada, John Buchan, who said: “We can only pay our debt to the past
by putting the future in debt to us.” So, so true.
Ian Robinson
Principal
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Investing in Our Faculty and Our Boys
This chart highlights our Faculty’s recent participation in professional development – all activities
promote “best practices” and enrich the professional lives of our teachers and thus your sons.
PRESENTATIONS AT CONFERENCES (IBSC = INTERNATIONAL BOYS’ SCHOOLS COALITION):
J A M E S BU R N S
Rocket Writing at IBSC, Toronto + CIS Adventures in Curriculum
TRISH CISLAK
Innovative Strategies for Teaching English at IBSC, Toronto; Vancouver, CAIS
LUKE COLES
Poetry and Mentorship at IBSC, Johannesburg + Boston
S C OT T DAV I S
Rocket Writing at CIS Adventures in Curriculum
LESLIE-ANNE DEXTER
Assessment and Rocket Writing at IBSC, Johannesburg and
at the National Council of Teachers of English in Pittsburgh
J U DY F E H E L E Y
Rocket Writing at CIS Adventures in Curriculum
J A M E S H AY
Math and Inquiry at IBSC, Washington + Toronto
T I M N A H AC H E W S K Y
Invention Conventions at Ontario Science Teachers’ Association Conference
S H E R E E N O RT H
Action Research at IBSC, Toronto, Johnannesburg; Inquiry at ASCD, Orlando
I A N RO B I N S O N
Leadership at IBSC, Johannesburg; Sustainability to US and UK Junior Schools,
Edinburgh, Scotland
BARB SMITH
Evaluating “soft” Subjects at IBSC Johannesburg, Washington, Boston + CAIS Best
Practices. Inquiry at ASCD, Orlando
E R I C A S P RU L E S
Interdisciplinary Conference, Arizona; SHARK Inquiry IBSC, Toronto; Stewardship
at CAIS Best Practices
K AT E TAY L O R
Inquiry at IBSC, Toronto
D O ROTA T R N I K
Inquiry at IBSC, Boston
ANNMARIE ZIGROSSI
International Service Learning Conference, New Orleans
M A R C O Z I M B A L AT T I
Inquiry, IBSC, Toronto + ASCD, Orlando
SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENTS IN EDUCATION (CESI = CANADIAN EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS INSTITUTE):
STEVE CALEY
Project Zero, Harvard University 2008
TRISH CISLAK
Chair of TARGET – Toronto Action Research Group for Excellence in Teaching;
CESI team member
LUKE COLES
Published in Dialogue Magazine 2008; Member of Organizing Committee for IBSC
Conference, Toronto; CESI team member
LESLIE-ANNE DEXTER
CESI team member
J A M E S H AY
Published in Dialogue Magazine 2008; CESI team member
S U Z A N N E L AG AC E Y
Leader at the Ontario Educational Leadership Camp
T I M N A H AC H E W S K Y
Member of Organizing Committee for the Ontario Science Teachers’
Association Conference
S H E R E E N O RT H
CESI team member
I A N RO B I N S O N
CESI team member, CAIS and IBSC board member
BARB SMITH
Published in Dialogue Magazine 2008; CESI team member
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Report from the Advancement Chair of the Board
Another school year is upon us and since our last report there have been some significant changes
which I wish to highlight.
Firstly, Cathy Reeves, Executive Director of Advancement for the past 14 years, retired at the end
of the 2007/2008 school year. She made an outstanding contribution to the SHS community throughout the years and will be especially remembered for her love of our school and her work to greatly
enhance our facilities. We all wish her the best in her new pursuits.
Secondly, I wish to inform our community that the Discover The Future campaign has officially
come to a close. This campaign resulted in the creation of The Sullivan Music Centre, The Poile Art
Studio, The Pryde Science Lab and The Cisco Computer Room. Through the generosity of The
Sterling Hall School community, we were able to raise $4.1 million of our $4.2 million campaign.
This was a wonderful achievement – thank you. These new facilities not only enhance the esthetics
of our school but more importantly they have enhanced the programming for our boys. The
Sullivan Music Centre fosters in the students a more professional mindset about their rehearsals
which helps them achieve at a higher level. The Pryde Science Lab allows the boys to have more
experiential hands-on learning. And the Poile Art Studio provides a large, open and sunny space for
students to explore a variety of media, from clay to painting, with plenty of space to experiment.
The studio’s proximity to the technology room allows the boys access to merge technology with
art. This is truly an inspiring space to host Independent School Art Conferences, our Visiting Artist’s
Program, workshops and special events.
Thirdly, our main focus for the 2008/2009 school year will be on our Annual Giving Campaign,
with a goal of $250,000. Mary Dawn Thomson and Mike Boland, who currently have three boys at
SHS, are leading the campaign and I am confident they will do a stellar job. This year the campaign
also introduces various recognition benefits for your generous contributions.
Finally, I would like to welcome Maria Jordan as the new Executive Director of Advancement to
The Sterling Hall School. Maria brings with her 18 years of fundraising and communications experience, most recently in the Independent School environment. I am certain that she will do a great job
in this role.
In closing, I would like to thank you, The Sterling Hall School community, for your continued financial support. Through your gifts you demonstrate your commitment to providing our boys with what
they need to flourish in our school environment. Thank you.
Bill Wilder
Chair of Advancement
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Board of Governors
2008-2009
2007-2008
Kevin Sullivan Chair
Marc Boyman
Roberto Drassinower
Sally Hannon
Kristian Isberg
Eric Lo
Perry-Anne Lupyrypa
Denise MacDonald
Alison McDonald
Alison Noble
Jeff Moody
Robbie Pryde
John Stevens
Arnold Temple
Steve Tuchner
Greg Watson
William Wilder
Chair Kevin Sullivan
Marc Boyman
Ken Gordon
Sally Hannon
Kristian Isberg
Eric Lo
Perry-Anne Lupyrypa
Denise MacDonald
Alison Noble
Donna Poile
Robbie Pryde
John Stevens
Arnold Temple
Steve Tuchner
Greg Watson
William Wilder
President, Parents Association
Adrienne Waterman
President, Parents Association
Alison McDonald
and a principal at DME Consulting Inc., a management consulting and M&A advisory firm. Prior to
that Roberto served as CEO of SoftQuad Software
Ltd., an early pioneering company of World Wide
Web technology, and President of Carolian Systems,
a network management solutions company. He
began his career as a software engineer. Roberto
and his wife Emei have two children, Alexandra in
Grade 8 at Claude Watson School for the Arts and
Nathan in Grade 5 at SHS.
Marc Boyman
Marc Boyman joined the
Board in 2005 and sits on the
Property, Building and
Maintenance Committee.
Marc graduated in Engineering
at the University of Toronto
and obtained an MBA at the
Schulich School of Business at
Marc Boyman
York University. After working
as a management consultant at the CBC and the
Ontario Arts Council, he directed and produced
television shows and several major motion pictures
in Toronto and Hollywood which have won an
Academy Award and several Genie Awards. He also
has interests in a family real-estate business. Marc
is a recipient of the Arbor Award from the
University of Toronto for his contribution to the
film department. Marc and his wife Tiana have four
sons who have all attended SHS: Daniel is at The
University of Western Ontario, Jack is at McGill,
Alex is at Crescent School and Julian is at UCC.
Roberto Drassinower
Sally Hannon
Sally Hannon is the
Chair of the Governance
Committee. Sally has an LL.B.
from Osgoode Hall Law
School and practised real
estate, municipal and land use
planning law at Osler, Hoskin
& Harcourt and subsequently
Sally Hannon
at Elstons Lawyers LLP.
Currently, Sally has her own law practice and is a
director of Delhi-Solac Inc., a family owned manufacturer of mechanical and coated steel tubing. Sally
has been a Director of Osgoode Hall Law School's
Alumni Association, Chair of the Junior Committee
at the Art Gallery of Ontario and a Director of
Senior People's Resources in North Toronto
(SPRINT). Sally and her husband Howard Barton
have two sons, Will and Spencer; both are SHS Old
Boys now at RSGC.
Roberto Drassinower
Roberto Drassinower joined
the Board in 2008 and sits
on the Strategic Planning and
Information Technology committees. Roberto is CEO of
Brandimensions, a Toronto
based technology company,
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Kris Isberg
Kris Isberg is a member of
the Property Committee. Kris
is the owner and President of
K.P. Isberg Construction, a
real estate development company. He has been engaged in
high-end residential construction and development in
Kris Isberg
Toronto for over 30 years
and in Mexico for the last 5 years. Kris and his wife
Margaret have two children; Duff, who graduated
from SHS in 2008 and is now at Crescent School, and
his daughter Jessie, who is in Grade 8 at Havergal.
Denise MacDonald
Denise MacDonald joined
the Board in September
2006. She is Chair of the
Property Committee.
Denise graduated from the
University of Western
Ontario where she obtained
Denise MacDonald
her Masters in Business
Administration (MBA) in 1989 and her Honours in
Business Administration (HBA) in 1986. For 14
years Denise worked in commercial real estate in
the development, financing and marketing fields for
Manulife Financial and Dundee Realty
Corporation. She was President of the Toronto
Chapter of Real Estate Women's Board in 2002
and was active on the board for 5 years. For the
past 5 years she has been the Chief Financial
Officer for a family owned and operated retail
women's clothing business. Denise is married to
Cameron MacDonald and they have two sons; Eric,
who graduated from SHS last year and is now at
Crescent School, and Jack, in Grade 2 at SHS, and a
daughter, Sarah, at Havergal College.
Eric Lo
Eric Lo joined the Board in
2003 and is Chair of the
Technology Committee. He
also sits on the Executive and
Nominating Committee. Eric
obtained his Masters Degree
of Business Administration at
Eric Lo
York University and was VP of
System Development at MSR Inc. before founding
his own information consulting firm – GENX
Solutions. Eric is President of the firm. Eric and his
wife Joanie Tong have two children; Alex, in Grade 4
at SHS, and Kevin, who is now at UCC after nine
years at SHS.
Alison McDonald
Alison McDonald joined the
Board of Governors in 2008
and is a member of the
Strategic Planning Committee.
Alison has been an active
volunteer at Sterling Hall and
served as President of the
SHS Parents Association in
Alison McDonald
2007/08. After graduating
from Queen's University with a B.A. Honours in
Political Studies, Alison pursued a career in sports
television. She held various positions at The Sports
Network (TSN), acted as the Producer and
Executive Producer of the weekly series “Be a
Player! The Hockey Show”, and fulfilled the role
of Television and Media Director for the National
Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA).
Since 2001, Alison has focused her energies on
various volunteer jobs, many of which involve the
arts. Alison and her husband Bruce have a son,
Jack, in Grade 7 at SHS and a daughter, Zoë, in
Grade 4 at Havergal.
Perry-Anne Lupyrypa
Perry-Anne Lupyrypa is Chair
of the Strategic Planning
Committee and The Sterling
Hall Secondary School Task
Force Committee. She and
her husband Allen have 3 boys
at SHS: Aiden in Grade 8,
Perry Lupyrypa
Garet in Grade 4, and
Brennan in Grade 2. They also have a daughter
Kaelyn at Branksome Hall. For the past ten years
Perry has been an active volunteer at her children's
schools and within her community. Prior to that,
she had a career in marketing, having held various
positions with Everfresh/Allen's Juices and Procter
and Gamble Inc. Perry-Anne obtained an Honours
B.Comm from the University of Manitoba.
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Jeff Moody
Jeff Moody joined the Board
of Governors in 2008. He is
a graduate of the University
of Western Ontario and has
spent the last 23 years in the
investment business. Jeff is
currently one of the principals
of Gluskin Sheff and
Jeff Moody
Associates, a wealth management firm for high net worth individuals. Jeff was
also a member of the Canadian National Sailing
Team from 1984 to 1988 and remains an avid sailor
and ski racer. Jeff and his wife Joanne have two children; Samantha in Grade 6 at Havergal and
Christopher in Grade 4 at SHS.
John Stevens
John Stevens joined the Board
in 2004 and is the Chair of
the Finance Committee. He
also sits on the Governance
Committee and played a key
role in the founding of The
Sterling Hall School's
Foundation. He is a Trustee
John Stevens
for the school on the
Foundation Board. John is Executive Vice President
and a Director of Arva Limited (a private equity
investment company owned by him and the members of his immediate family). John is an Ontario
qualified lawyer and, prior to joining Arva on a full
time basis in June 2000, he was a partner in the
Canadian law firm of Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt and
from 1994 to 2000 was Managing Partner of the
firm's New York office. He is also a chartered
accountant. John and his wife Kathy have three children; Jack in Grade 6 and William in Grade 4 at SHS
and a daughter Katie, who attends Branksome Hall.
Alison Noble
Alison Noble is a member of
the Governance Committee
and is the Board's representative on the "SHS Green
School" team. She has a
B.Eng. in Electrical and
Computer Engineering from
Alison Noble
University of Michigan, and an
M.B.A. from Harvard. She has worked as a business
strategy consultant and in software development
for both a Medical Imaging and Internet Gateway
company. Alison and her husband Jason Marks have
two sons; Eric, in Grade 7 at SHS and SHS Old Boy
Adam, who is in Grade 9 at Crescent School.
Kevin Sullivan
Kevin Sullivan is Chairman of
the Board of Governors. He
is a founding partner and
Chief Executive Officer of
GMP Securities L.P. and has
been involved in capital markets in Canada and abroad
for many years. Prior to his
Kevin Sullivan
career in the capital markets,
Kevin was a lawyer in general practice in Calgary,
Alberta, having been called to the Bar in 1984.
Kevin and his wife Sandra have four children. Ty is
in Grade 2 at SHS; Jack and Thomas are SHS graduates. Thomas attends Saddlebrook Preparatory
School in Florida, Jack attends Crescent, and their
daughter Zoë attends Havergal. Kevin has been
active in many charitable endeavours and has active
or past roles on the Boards of the Princess Margaret
Hospital Foundation, Right to Play, and the Canadian
Film Centre.
Robbie Pryde
Robbie Pryde is in his fourth
year on the Board and is a
member of the Advancement
Committee and served as a
member of the Discover The
Future Campaign Cabinet.
Robbie is Vice-Chair and
Robbie Pryde
Head of Global Origination
and Institutional Equities at TD Securities, having
joined TD Securities in 2000 when the company
purchased Newcrest Capital where he had been a
Founding Partner and Managing Director. Prior to
helping found Newcrest, he worked at Nesbitt
Burns for 11 years. Robbie holds a BA in Economics
from UWO as well as his CFA designation (1994).
He is also a member of TD Securities Management
Committee and the TDSI Board of Directors.
Robbie and his wife Laura have a daughter at
Havergal and a son, Cooper, in Grade 4 at SHS.
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J. Arnold Temple
Arnie Temple sits on the
Strategic Planning Committee
of the Board. He set up a
change management consulting practice after retiring from
the Ontario Public Service in
late 2006 after 35 years of
service. He was awarded the
J. Arnold Temple
Amethyst Award for
Excellence in Public Service and the first J. A. Temple
Mentor of the Year recipient. As an Assistant Deputy
Minister, Business Management, he was responsible
for the planning and management of Strategic,
Financial, Facilities, Information Technology, Audit,
Legal and Human Resources services. He served as
Chair of the Residential Tenancy Commission, the
Rent Review Hearings, and Ontario Housing
Corporation Boards. In addition to his consulting
practice, Arnie has been an active volunteer within
the community. Arnie and his wife Betsy Mills have a
son James who is in Grade 5 at SHS.
Greg Watson
Greg Watson joined the
Board of Governors in 2007
and is a member of the
Finance Committee. He has
worked with the Finance
Committee since 2005. Greg
is a Partner in
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Greg Watson
and most recently as the
National Leader of its Corporate Recovery and
Restructuring practice. Greg holds a BComm
(Honours) from Queen's University and is a
Chartered Accountant. Greg and his wife Karen
have two sons; Jack and Charlie, both alumni of
SHS, now attending UCC.
William Wilder
Bill Wilder is Chair of the
Advancement Committee of
the Board of Governors and
was Chair of the Discover
The Future Capital Campaign.
Bill sat on the Executive and
Nominating Committee of
the Board and is a guest on
William Wilder
the Board of Trustees. Bill
graduated from Queen’s University with an Honours
Degree in Economics and is now a Private Client
Advisor with GMP Securities. Bill is the President of
the E.W. Bickle Foundation. He and his wife Sandi
have a son Mac, who graduated from SHS in 2008
and is now at Lakefield College, and a daughter
Ellen, who attends The Bishop Strachan School.
Steven Tuchner
Steven Tuchner serves on the
Advancement Committee of
the Board of Governors and
was a member of the
Discover The Future
Campaign Cabinet. Steve
received his B.Sc. from the
University of Western
Steven Tuchner
Ontario and his MBA from
the Schulich School of
Business. He obtained his CA designation while
working with Ernst & Young and is currently CEO
of Triumph Asset Management. Steve has been an
active volunteer in the community. He is a former
member of the Budget and Finance Committee and
is currently a member of the Resources Committee
at Mount Sinai Hospital. He is former Co-Chair of
the UJA Finance Committee and former Co-Chair
of the Sick Kids Finance Committee. Steve and his
wife Debra have three children; Jack, in Grade 4 at
SHS, Brent at UCC, and their daughter Paige
attends Branksome Hall.
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Retiring Board Members
The school extends its sincere thanks to each of these Governors for their
commitment, loyalty and caring support of The Sterling Hall School.
Ken Gordon
Ken Gordon joined the Board
in 2006. Ken and his wife
Sandy Co-Chaired the Annual
Giving Program for two years.
He was also a member of the
Advancement Committee. As
the father of four Sterlingites
– two Old Boys, Zachary, in
Ken Gordon
Grade 9 and Max, in Grade
10 at Crescent School, Mitchell in Grade 8 at
Winfield’s Public School and Jonathan in Grade 3 at
Harrison Park Public School – Ken and Sandy have
been great volunteers and supporters of the school.
Donna Poile
Donna was an active
member of the Advancement
Committee of the Board of
Governors and the Discover
The Future Campaign
Cabinet. She also continues
to play a major role in the
Visiting Artists Program at
Donna Poile
SHS. Donna and her husband
have two daughters at McGill, a daughter at
Havergal and a son, Danny, in Grade 7 at SHS.
A Farewell Tribute to Cathy Reeves,
Executive Director of Advancement
It would be difficult to explain in full the contribution that Cathy Reeves made at SHS. She spent
14 years shaping many parts of the school and her hard work is evident not only in the new buildings that we are so proud of but in the 2008 Strategic Plan, the various events that dot the school
calendar, the calendar itself and other items too numerous to mention. Her sense of community
was contagious. As a “people person”, Cathy’s influence extended to the Parents Association, the
Advancement Committee, the Board of Governors and of course to her passion and joy – the boys.
As den mother and shoulder to comfort when necessary, she was constantly sought out by boys
needing advice, help and a friendly hug. Cathy was a fine, involved colleague and friend of SHS and she
worked tirelessly – our school owes her a great deal. We celebrate her retirement in the knowledge
that she will continue to be active in many endeavours.
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From the Chair of the Finance Committee
The Sterling Hall School completed another solid financial year in June, 2008. An increase in the excess
of revenue over expenses combined with strong support from the School’s fundraising efforts increased
the net assets of the School from $10,553,708 at June 30, 2007 to $11,312,013 at June 30, 2008.
The school continues to enjoy a strong and stable financial position due to a combination of near capacity enrolment, sound financial management and the ongoing support received from an active and caring
SHS community. This financial strength enables the School to continually improve and upgrade its
programs, buildings and grounds and to pursue the implementation of the recently adopted Strategic Plan.
Again, it has been my pleasure to serve on the Finance Committee this year. I would like to thank
all the other members for their continued contributions; Bart Bull, Greg Watson, Ian Robinson and
Kiran Little.
John Stevens
Chair, Finance Committee
S U M M A RY O F T H E A N N UA L AU D I T E D F I N A N C I A L S TAT E M E N T S – JUNE 30, 2008
Highlights of the Balance Sheet
2008
Total Current Assets
Capital Assets
$
Total Assets
$ 11,312,013
$ 10,553,708
4,107,127
4,783,290
3,466,411
4,947,592
Total Current Liabilities
Deferred Capital Contributions
Total Liabilities
Net Assets
$
Highlights of the Statements of Operations
Tuition Fees
Other Income
Fundraising
1,462,541
9,849,472
2007
$
Educational Expenses
Administration and General
Amortization of Capital Assets
8,414,003
2,421,596
$ 2,139,705
2008
2007
$ 7,037,306
3,755,467
2,623,740
667,099
3,607,416
2,592,386
618,012
$ 6,817,814
$
7,046,306
Excess of Revenue over Expenses
$
281,891
12
5,662,300
989,975
385,031(1)
7,328,197
Total Expenses
Includes proceeds of the event celebrating the School’s 20th bir thday.
1,536,823
9,016,885
8,890,417
6,128,130
978,881
221,186
Total Revenue
(1)
$
$
219,492
The Sterling Hall School Foundation
The Sterling Hall School Foundation was established in 2005 as a public foundation to support financially the activities of the School and to provide financial security for its future.
The Foundation receives assets, whether donor directed or otherwise, to support a broad range
of the School’s requirements.
Through the efforts of the Advancement Committee and the generosity of The Sterling Hall
School community, the Foundation raised over $800,000 in the year ending June 30, 2008.
The Foundation manages the funds under its administration with a view to both the short and
longer term needs of the School and as at June 30, 2008 the total net assets of the Foundation
exceeded $1 million. During the year, the Foundation interviewed a number of investment management firms with a view of having the Foundation’s assets managed by a third party. Cranston, Gaskin,
O’Reilly and Vernon were chosen by the Foundation to be investment managers. At year end all of
the Foundation funds were invested in short term instruments available to support any immediate
needs of the School. As the funds under management grow, it is the Foundation’s intention to diversify its investments into other securities.
Should members of the Sterling Hall community wish to view the audited financial statements of
the Foundation, please contact the Business Office.
With the goal of the Foundation to financially support the activities of the School and to provide
financial security for its future, the Board of the Foundation consists of Directors that have a deep
knowledge of both the School and investments. The Directors of the Foundation are:
B A RT B U L L
•
JAMES MALONE
•
PAT M E N E L E Y
•
JOHN STEVENS
•
K E V I N S U L L I VA N
In addition to the above, Principal Ian Robinson and Kiran Little, Director of Business and Finance,
act as ex-officio members of the Foundation and Bill Wilder, Chair of the Advancement Committee,
provides input on the fundraising efforts.
It has been a pleasure to serve on the Foundation with such a committed group of people. I would
like to express my appreciation to them for their efforts.
Bart Bull
Chair, The Sterling Hall School Foundation
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Ways to Support The Sterling Hall School
Annual Giving
All Annual Giving contributions are used to enhance every aspect of learning and teaching. With support from our community, we can continually add to each and every boy's experience at SHS. Annual
Giving makes up the difference between what tuition covers and the actual cost of running our
school. Such gifts are usually unrestricted (meaning that donors allow the school to spend the funds
on what it deems necessary).
This year Annual gifts were directed to the following priorities: The Sterling Priority Fund, Arts &
Languages, Athletics, Homeroom Enhancements and Science & Technology.
Gifts-in-Kind
Gifts of goods are accepted on a case-by-case basis. These gifts are appraised by an independent third
party and receipted for fair market value. This year,The Sterling Hall School gratefully accepted giftsin-kind that ranged from furniture to hockey team track suits.
Scholarships
The Robert Burns Memorial Scholarship
Value as at June 30, 2008
$19,793
This Scholarship was started in 2000 to honour the memory of the late Dr. Robert Burns, a distinguished member of the Sterling Hall community. This scholarship is awarded annually to boys who
exhibit a passion for learning and a commitment to excellence in all interests. The boys must also
show promise following the example of Dr. Burns. This year’s recipient was Sam Harris.
SHS Faculty / Staff Scholarship Fund
$46,454
Annual Giving donations from SHS Faculty and Staff are directed to a Scholarship Fund for boys
from Grades 4 – 7 who have attained an 80% average or are on the Honour Roll/Academic
Achievement List. In addition, the boys who receive this award are all-around participants in school
life and have displayed resilience, independence and responsibility. This year’s recipients were Aiden
Lupyrypa and Matthew Stuart.
The Mrs. Reeves Scholarship
$32,275
The Mrs. Reeves Scholarship was established in June 2008 and is awarded to a boy who has true
potential but just needs encouragement to believe in himself. Mrs. Reeves, former Executive Director
of Advancement at SHS, always saw the “good” in every boy and this award is a statement of the
school’s belief in the recipient. Prizes are awarded to Grades 3 – 7 boys in order for the award to
take effect during the recipient’s remaining time at Sterling Hall. 2009 will be the first year that this
scholarship is awarded.
Annual Giving 2007-2008
Fund
17%
Science & Technology
3%
Homeroom Enhancements
3%
Athletics
3%
Arts & Languages
1%
Visiting Artists Program
66%
100%
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Other
7%
Sterling Priority Fund
Total
Annual Giving 2007 – 2008
MESSAGE FROM ANNUAL GIVING CO-CHAIRS
“On behalf of our family, we would like to thank you, The Sterling Hall School community
for your generous support to the 2007/2008 Annual Giving Campaign. Together we
were able to raise over $320,000 and enhance the boys’ educational experience.”
Thank you, Sandy and Ken Gordon
ANNUAL GIVING BY CLASS
D O L L A R S D O N AT E D A N D PA RT I C I PAT I O N
JK • $15,500.00 • 79%
Richard & Jennifer Bradlow
Paul & Ferne Cohen
Andrew & Cathy DeFrancesco
Glenn & Tracie Graff
Richard & Pamela McKenney
Jason & Corry Meretsky
George & Christina
Oprescu-Havriliuc
Chris & Heather Partridge
Mark Rivkin & Jenny Solursh
David & Catherine Staveley
Subodh & Mekhul Verma
SK • $10,167.34 • 56%
Geoffrey & Nancy Belsher
Geoffrey & Teri Boothe
John Chettleburgh &
Christine ten Brummeler
Paul & Ferne Cohen
Alistair & Caroline Corbett
Jason Kaiman & Lise Doucet-Kaiman
Henry & Annie Ng
Peter & Neri Slan
Wayne & Nicole Swadron
Bryan & Anne Tatoff
1G • $10,366.67 • 69%
Adrian Bannister & Chris Timms
Jim & Dina Bantis
Robert & Susan Bray
Paul & Nora Cotterill
Stephen Douglas &
Patricia FitzGerald
Allen & Perry-Anne Lupyrypa
Kenneth & Jane Reucassel
Mark Rotstein & Melanie Kraft
Abe Soo & Grace Tsang
Kevin & Sandra Sullivan
Ken & Sandy Gordon
John Macpherson &
Gisele Sved-Macpherson
Greg Mills & Lynn Richardson
George & Christina
Oprescu-Havriliuc
James & Robin Porter
Jeffrey Sackman & Terri Hawkes
Larry & Marty Wilder
1S • $11,750.00 • 88%
David & Jody Abbott
Peter Bates & Sarah Beckett-Bates
Chris Boyle & Jane Kilburn Boyle
Howard & Nita Crosner
Glen Evanowich & Christine Liptay
Scott & Sandra Higgins
Tim & Melissa Hylton
William Parker & Lenore Hodgson
Trevor & Jill Radomsky
Jeffrey & Eve Starkman
Armin von Eppinghoven &
Peri Schleining
Mark & Yael Wilder
David Williamson & Margot Roberts
2S • $23,983.32 • 81%
John Chettleburgh &
David Ferguson & Lynn Grogan
Tim & Anne Gallagher
Paul & Martha Goldman
Bruce & Sheri Kagan
J. Cameron & Denise MacDonald
James Malone & Carol Port
Stuart & Tracey Raftus
Peter & Neri Slan
Greg & Karen Watson
Lawrence & Lori Wilder
2M • $16,900.00 • 69%
Michael Boland & Mary Dawn
Thomson
Andrew & Hillary Cumming
Curtis Cusinato & Carla Brewer
Brian Denega & Cindy Crawford
3B • $3,913.34 • 44%
Michael Boland &
Mary Dawn Thomson
Murray & Tracey Braithwaite
Steve & Trish Cislak
Evan Kelly & Linda Tinmouth
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James & Sue-Anne Watkins
David Rosenberg & Rachael Zbar
3F • $27,000.00 • 56%
Kevin & Julie Barnes
Todd Dalglish & Linda Lord
Eric Lo & Joanie Tong
Craig & Lynn McDougall
Robbie & Laura Pryde
John & Katherine Stevens
The Tepner Family
Steven & Debra Tuchner
4C • $13,050.01 • 44%
Mark Caplan & Claire Angus Caplan
Paul & Martha Goldman
Barry & Laurie Green
Art Mannarn & Judy Deutscher
Pat & Michelle Meneley
Lino Palma & Robin Seligman
4D • $4,008.34 • 39%
John Chettleburgh &
Brent Graham & Helen MacRae
Mary Penny
Anthony Sigel & Joan Sternthal-Sigel
Arnold Temple & Betsy Mills
Tom Trimble &
Lisa Applegath-Trimble
Victor Un & Doris Sung
5S • $8,883.00 • 72%
David Bannon & Gail Strachan
Sian Burgess
Brandon Fahy & Ying Ip
Donald & Alison Findlay
Chris & Gabby Naylor
Adam & Robyn Polan
Steven Shadowitz & Susan Kovacs
John & Carmina Usborn
Geoff & Adrienne Waterman
Lawrence Zucker & Debbie Kleiner
6C • $17,103.37 • 61%
Paul & Denise Grimes
Lawrence & Elyse Hildebrand
Peter Mackenzie & Kate Zeidler
John Macpherson &
Alison Noble & Jason Marks
Mike Martin & Sally Rosenbaum
David McCarthy & Kathleen Murphy
Robert & Donna Poile
Bryan & Anne Tatoff
6N • $16,416.67 • 44%
Michael Boland &
Mary Dawn Thomson
Craig & Lisa Ellis
Philip & Cheryl Hampson
Mark Johnson & Sue Marshall
Mark & Neo Mandlsohn
Bruce & Alison McDonald
Ross McMaster & Heather Hewitt
5A • $29,950.00 • 61%
David Crawford & Julia Holland
David & Yvonne Fleck
Bruce & Sheri Kagan
Randy & Jennifer Marks
Gary & Linda Mattan
Domenic & Joanne Serafino
Earl Stuart & Lisa Goldstein
Cesare & Joy Verde
7A • $16,683.34 • 67%
Bill Black & Cindy Findlay
David Fowler & Debi Haryett
Ken & Sandy Gordon
Kevin Greer
Gavin Lifman
David & Lisa McBain
Christopher Radhakrishnan &
Hedda Li
Robert & Sally Sarjeant
Paul Steep & Anne McNeilly
Ron Walker & Susan Monteith
7L • $7,299.66 • 56%
Joe & Dianne Bales
Tom Curry & Lori Monteith
Colm Freyne & Viraj Desai
Nigel Johnston & Pam Hillen
Mary Penny
Adam & Robyn Polan
Rishard Weitz & Carolyn Weiss
8C • $21,745.08 • 63%
John De Pasquale & Joan Murphy
Astrid Willemsen
Ken & Sandy Gordon
Kristian & Margaret Isberg
Charles & Beverley Pennock
Rob & Cheryl Urback
William & Sandi Wilder
Michael Yanofsky &
Dianne Korenblum
8H • $9,950.30 • 59%
Arthur & Deborah Boas
Rick Glatt & Jodi Lees
David & Melanie Harris
Martin & Janine Jamieson
Douglas & Christine Lawson
J. Cameron & Denise MacDonald
Alison Noble & Jason Marks
Gary & Linda Mattan
Jin Ho Oh & Soo Jung Kwon
ANNUAL GIVING BY LEVEL
* denotes Annual Giving Donor
for 5 consecutive years
Principal's Council – $10,000 up
Ken & Sandy Gordon
Robbie & Laura Pryde *
Greg & Karen Watson
Sterling Society –
$5,000 to $9,999
Geoffrey & Nancy Belsher
Michael Boland &
Mary Dawn Thomson *
Mark Caplan & Claire Angus Caplan
Rob & Jennifer Durham
Philip & Cheryl Hampson *
Tom Healy & Joan Flood *
Peter Mackenzie & Kate Zeidler *
Mark & Neo Mandlsohn *
Greg Mills & Lynn Richardson
Robert & Donna Poile *
Kenneth & Jane Reucassel
John & Katherine Stevens *
William & Sandi Wilder *
Chairman's Circle –
$2,000 to $4,999
Arthur & Deborah Boas *
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Stephen & Linda Boutilier *
Chris Boyle & Jane Kilburn Boyle
Marc & Tiana Boyman *
Bartley & Ann Bull *
Alistair & Caroline Corbett
Andrew & Hillary Cumming
Todd Dalglish & Linda Lord
The Dalton Company *
Brian Davis & Lynn Oldershaw *
John De Pasquale & Joan Murphy *
Barry & Laurie Green *
David & Melanie Harris
Nigel Johnston & Pam Hillen
Eric Lo & Joanie Tong *
Allen & Perry-Anne Lupyrypa *
J. Cameron & Denise MacDonald *
John Macpherson &
Gisele Sved-Macpherson *
David & Lisa McBain *
Bruce & Alison McDonald
Pat & Michelle Meneley *
Mark Rivkin & Jenny Solursh
Paul Steep & Anne McNeilly
Kevin & Sandra Sullivan *
Steven & Debra Tuchner *
John & Carmina Usborne
Cesare & Joy Verde *
Subodh & Mekhul Verma
Ron Walker & Susan Monteith
Lawrence & Lori Wilder
Mark & Yael Wilder
Benefactor – $500 to $1,999
David & Jody Abbott
Adrian Bannister & Chris Timms
Jim & Dina Bantis
Robert & Siobhan Barootes
Howard Barton & Sally Hannon *
Peter Bates & Sarah Beckett-Bates
Bill Black & Cindy Findlay
Richard & Jennifer Bradlow
Murray & Tracey Braithwaite
Boris & Marianna Brook
Sian Burgess *
Timothy & Sheila Casgrain
Joe & Vincenta Cheng *
John Chettleburgh &
Michael & Naomi Cohen *
Paul & Ferne Cohen
David Crawford & Julia Holland
Howard & Nita Crosner
Tom Curry & Lori Monteith *
Curtis Cusinato & Carla Brewer
Brian Denega & Cindy Crawford
Stephen Douglas & Patricia FitzGerald
Craig & Lisa Ellis *
Glen Evanowich & Christine Liptay
David Ferguson & Lynn Grogan
Donald & Alison Findlay
David Fowler & Debi Haryett
Colm Freyne & Viraj Desai
Tim & Anne Gallagher *
Rick Glatt & Jodi Lees
Paul & Martha Goldman *
Glenn & Tracie Graff
Brent Graham & Helen MacRae
Kevin Greer
Paul & Denise Grimes *
Paul & Victoria Hand *
Scott & Sandra Higgins
Lawrence & Elyse Hildebrand
Tim & Melissa Hylton
Charles & Katrine Ivey
Mark Johnson & Sue Marshall
Bruce & Sheri Kagan
Jason Kaiman & Lise Doucet-Kaiman
Ron & Nancy Kalifer
Douglas & Christine Lawson *
Gavin Lifman
Sharon Ludlow
David & Laurie MacLachlan *
Randy & Jennifer Marks *
Jason Marks & Alison Noble *
Mike Martin & Sally Rosenbaum
Gary & Linda Mattan
David McCarthy & Kathleen Murphy
Craig & Lynn McDougall *
James & Patty McGlone *
Michael Merrithew &
Louise de Grandpré *
Chris & Gabby Naylor
Henry & Annie Ng *
John Offutt & Jane Ferguson *
Adam & Robyn Polan
Christopher Radhakrishnan &
Hedda Li *
Trevor & Jill Radomsky
Cathryn Reeves *
Christopher Rich & Anne McGinn *
Ian & Jennifer Robinson *
Mark Rotstein & Melanie Kraft
Jeffrey Sackman & Terri Hawkes
Robert & Sally Sarjeant *
Ronald Schwass & Lisa McAlpine *
Steven Shadowitz & Susan Kovacs
Jean Shirreff
Peter & Neri Slan
Abe Soo & Grace Tsang
Jeffrey & Eve Starkman
David & Catherine Staveley
Earl Stuart & Lisa Goldstein
Bryan & Anne Tatoff
The Tepner Family
Tom Trimble &
Lisa Applegath-Trimble *
Victor Un & Doris Sung
Rob & Cheryl Urback
Mark & Stephanie Valentine
Armin von Eppinghoven &
Peri Schleining
Gordon & Linda Weir *
Rishard Weitz & Carolyn Weiss *
Yorkshire Pudding
Sterling Friend – up to $499
Michael & Sara Adamson *
Andrew Allan *
Christine Alves
Joe & Dianne Bales
David Bannon & Gail Strachan
Glynis Bloy *
Robert & Susan Bray
Joel Brough
Mark Brown
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Steve Caley
Stephen & Trish Cislak *
Sarah Claydon
Luke Coles *
Scott Davis *
Leslie Anne Dexter *
John & Merrilyn Driscoll
Brandon Fahy & Ying Ip
Duncan Gordon
Robert & Elizabeth Gray *
Drew Gulyas
Richard & Pamela Hallisey *
James & Angela Hay *
Gordon & Carolyn Homer *
Jan Jongstra & Jenny Jongstra-Bilen
Allan Kaufman & Vicki Sterling
Evan Kelly & Linda Tinmouth
Kwong-Lap & Frances Kwong
Suzanne Lagacey *
Tena Laing
Kiran Little
John & Jacoline Loewen
Maria Lourenco
Kirk Lum *
James Macdonald *
Mireille Millette
Carla Montesano
Tim Nahachewsky
William & Betty Ng *
Ezia Nichilo
Katie Nicoll *
Sheree North *
George & Christina
Oprescu-Havriliuc
Peter Parente *
Charles & Beverley Pennock *
Mary Penny
Lorna Pitcher *
Elaine Roberts *
Pamela Robinson *
Richard & Joan Sadleir
Lorne & Nancy Salzman *
Jeffrey Shier & Signy Eaton
Simon & Barbara Smith *
William & Bronwen Somerville
Erica Sprules
Dave Stevenson *
Teach to Reach Inc.
Astrid Willemsen
Michael Yanofsky &
Dianne Korenblum
AnnMarie Zigrossi *
Lawrence Zucker & Debbie Kleiner
WHITE & BLUE ALUMNI SOCIETY
Robert & Siobhan Barootes
Howard Barton & Sally Hannon *
Stephen & Linda Boutilier *
Marc & Tiana Boyman *
Boris & Marianna Brook
Bartley & Ann Bull *
Timothy & Sheila Casgrain
Joe & Vincenta Cheng *
Michael & Naomi Cohen *
John & Merrilyn Driscoll
Duncan Gordon
Robert & Elizabeth Gray *
Richard & Pamela Hallisey
Paul & Victoria Hand*
James & Angela Hay *
Tom Healy & Joan Flood *
Gordon & Carolyn Homer *
Charles & Katrine Ivey
Jan Jongstra & Jenny Jongstra-Bilen
Allan Kaufman & Vicki Sterling
Kwong-Lap & Frances Kwong
John & Jacoline Loewen
David & Laurie MacLachlan *
James & Patty McGlone *
Michael Merrithew &
Louise de Grandpré *
William & Betty Ng *
John Offutt & Jane Ferguson *
Christopher Rich & Anne McGinn *
Elaine Roberts *
Lorne & Nancy Salzman *
Ronald Schwass & Lisa McAlpine *
Jeffrey Shier & Signy Eaton
Simon & Barbara Smith *
William & Bronwen Somerville
Mark & Stephanie Valentine
Gordon & Linda Weir *
FACULTY AND STAFF GIVING
Michael & Sara Adamson *
Andrew Allan *
Christine Alves
Glynis Bloy *
Linda Boutilier *
Joel Brough
Mark Brown
Steve Caley
Sarah Claydon
Trish Cislak *
Luke Coles *
Scott Davis *
Leslie Anne Dexter *
Drew Gulyas
James Hay *
Suzanne Lagacey *
Tena Laing
Christine Lawson *
Kiran Little
Maria Lourenco
Kirk Lum *
James Macdonald *
Mireille Millette
Carla Montesano
Tim Nahachewsky
Ezia Nichilo *
Katie Nicoll *
Sheree North *
Peter Parente
Lorna Pitcher *
Cathryn Reeves *
Ian Robinson *
Pamela Robinson *
Jean Shirreff
Barb Smith *
Erica Sprules
Dave Stevenson *
AnnMarie Zigrossi *
GIFTS IN KIND
Sian Burgess
John Macpherson &
Robert & Donna Poile
Erica Sprules
John & Carmina Usborne
SCHOLARSHIP GIFTS
S H S FAC U LT Y & S TA F F
SCHOLARSHIP FUND
Michael & Sara Adamson
Andrew Allan
Christine Alves
Glynis Bloy
Linda Boutilier
Mark Brown
Steve Caley
Trish Cislak
Sarah Claydon
Luke Coles
Scott Davis
Leslie Anne Dexter
Elizabeth Gray
Drew Gulyas
James Hay
Suzanne Lagacey
Tena Laing
Kiran Little
Maria Lourenco
Kirk Lum
James Macdonald
Mireille Millette
Carla Montesano
Tim Nahachewsky
Katie Nicoll
Sheree North
Peter Parente
Lorna Pitcher
Cathryn Reeves
Ian Robinson
Pamela Robinson
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Jean Shirreff
Barbara Smith
Dave Stevenson
AnnMarie Zigrossi
MRS REEVES
SCHOLARSHIP FUND
2007-2008 Grade 6 Families
Michael & Sara Adamson
Andrew Allan
Christine Alves
Howard Barton & Sally Hannon
Fraser Bertram & Kate Jamieson
Glynis Bloy
Michael Boland &
Mary Dawn Thomson
Stephen & Linda Boutilier
Reid Bowlby & Deborah Bongard
Colin & Jennifer Brown
Bartley & Ann Bull
John Chettleburgh &
Tom Curry & Lori Monteith
Andrew & Julie Dalton
Leslie Anne Dexter
Roger & Janet Dickhout
John & Jane Evans
Gino & Teresa Galati
Joseph & Sandra Genova
Brien Gray
Barry & Laurie Green
Paul & Denise Grimes
Paul & Victoria Hand
James & Angela Hay
Tom Healy & Joan Flood
Jim Herder
David & Wendy Jarvis
Jamie & Hilary Johnson
Kevin & Anne Kaye
Maria Lourenco
Jon & Nancy Love
Peter Mackenzie & Kate Zeidler
David & Laurie MacLachlan
John Macpherson &
David & Glennie Mandel
Mark & Neo Mandlsohn
Randy & Jennifer Marks
J. Scott & Patricia McCain
David McCart
Robert McKinnon
Mireille Millette
George & Victoria Morris
Peter & Leslie Myers
Katie Nicoll
Carr & Jack Norton
Gianfranco & Deborah Penzo
Ernesto Pereira
Brian & Megan Porter
Dana & Katie Porter
Robbie & Laura Pryde
Cathryn Reeves
Christopher Rich & Anne McGinn
Richard & Joan Sadleir
Robert & Sally Sarjeant
Ronald Schwass & Lisa McAlpine
Peter & Neri Slan
Dave Stevenson
John & Anita Taylor
Tom Trimble &
Lisa Applegath-Trimble
Steven & Debra Tuchner
Yorkshire Pudding
George Vesely & Mary Porjes
Greg & Karen Watson
Nicholas Williams &
Catherine Langdon
DISCOVER THE FUTURE C A MPAIGN DONORS 2007 / 2008
In addition to all the very generous gifts toward the campaign, recent 2007/2008 donors include:
Newton – $100,000 to $199,999
William & Susanne Holland
Marco Polo – $10,000 to $29,999
Brenda Medjuck
Galileo – $50,000 to $99,999
Yvonne & David Fleck
Alexander Graham Bell –
$3,000 to $9,999
Lawrence Dale & Elise Teitler
John & Ann Firstbrook
David & Suzanne McKerroll
Darwin – $30,000 to $49,999
The Belsher Family
Banting & Best – up to $2,999
Anonymous
Donald McKenzie & Janice Rubin
Grandparent Legacy Fund
William & Lois Smallman
PRIVACY OF INFORMATION: The Sterling Hall School
is committed to protecting the privacy of your personal
information. When you as a parent, student, alumnus or
individual provide personal information to the school, such as
your name, address, telephone number and email, it is shared
with the Advancement Office so that we may communicate
with you through various publications and so that we may
solicit your financial and volunteer support. Information in
the Advancement Office is stored in a confidential database
located on-site at The Sterling Hall School. Under no
circumstances is the information rented, sold or given to any
organization outside The Sterling Hall School community.
Access to the information is restricted to authorized staff
members and/or volunteers who have been trained in dealing
with information according to our privacy standards. For
further information on our commitment to protecting your
privacy, please contact the Advancement Office at
416-785-3410 or e-mail, advancement@sterlinghall.com.
DISCLAIMER: Every effort has been made to ensure the
accuracy and completeness of the listings in this report. We
regret and apologize for any inadvertent errors or omissions
and ask that corrected information be forwarded to:
The Advancement Office, c/o Executive Director of
Advancement, The Sterling Hall School, 99 Cartwright Ave.,
Toronto, ON M6A 1V4 or advancement@sterlinghall.com.
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SHS Parents Association Report
In the 2007 / 08 school year, the Parents Association (PA) at Sterling Hall continued to function as a
vibrant and productive group of dedicated, enthusiastic and proactive parents. Over 70% of SHS
families volunteered, demonstrating not only the parents’ deep commitment to the school and to the
boys, but also the school’s desire for parent involvement. At SHS, parents’ contributions are valued
and welcomed, resulting in an extremely rewarding and fulfilling volunteer experience.
The PA was created to coordinate parent volunteers and fulfill its mandate to promote spirit and
goodwill within the community; provide a useful service to the community; and act as a liaison between
the school and the community. Every current parent is a member of the SHS Parents Association.
Throughout the 2007-2008 school year, the PA provided volunteer support for: Shark Shop;
Library; Lost and Found; Art Program; Interguild; Grade Reps; Communication Coordination; Green
Thumbs; and Community Service. The PA also undertook a number of special events including monthly
pizza days, Pumpkin Patch, Terry Fox BBQ, STERLING HALLiday Sale, Faculty/Staff Tribute Assembly
and Luncheon, Interguild Parent Events, Used Uniform Sales, Bingo Bash, New Family Buddies,
Olympic Picnic Lunch, and the year-end Faculty/Staff Appreciation Lunch.
The SHS Parents Association’s high level of involvement benefits not only the services and events
outlined above, but also the school culture in general. A healthy PA is an important contributor to
the sense of community, the atmosphere of inclusion, and the abundance of spirit that makes The
Sterling Hall School so special.
We thank all families who volunteered throughout the year; it was a pleasure to work with you
toward a common goal. On behalf of the Parents Association, I would like to thank the Advancement
Office for their constant support and thoughtful guidance. Moving forward, I am confident that the
Parents Association will continue to thrive under the outstanding leadership and expertise of Adrienne
Waterman, 2008-2009 PA President, and Neri Slan, 2008-2009 Vice President.
Alison McDonald
President, Parents Association 2007-2008
The PA is delighted to make a variety of gifts to the school this year. As in the past, the PA worked with the Principal
to identify useful gifts that will directly benefit the most number of boys. The gifts were allocated as follows:
Art – Print Press
Library
Technology – 2 Smart Boards
Technology – 1 LCD Projector/Screen
Technology – Projector/Screen/
AV Cart for Library
Technology – Education/
Communications Software
Technology – New Printers for Cheddie Lab
$ 5,000
$ 3,000
$ 12,000
$ 4,000
$ 4,000
$ 5,500
$ 1,000
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Floor Cleaner
Commercial Refrigerator
Music – Instruments and Software
Athletic Tents
Ball Bins
Stand up Desks (4 @ $500 each)
Donation to “SHS Green Team”
Other (misc. supplies)
(Designated for future use)
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
8,000
2,500
5,000
3,700
100
2,000
5,500
710
6,500
TOTAL
$68,510
Prize Day 2008 Award Winners
The Rob. B. Malcolm Award for Valedictorian
Spencer Page
The Victoria Hand Award for Volunteerism
Michelle Meneley, Pat Meneley
The Rice Cup for Mathematics
Shane Polan
The Scott Cup For Computer Science
Eric MacDonald
The Lea Cup for Science
Drew Findlay Black
The Stubbs Award for French
Julian Strum
The Fraser Tamaki Award for Literature
Adam Noble-Marks
The Barton Award for Reading
Eric Yanofsky
The Ronald G. Savage Award Written Communication
Austin Almadi
The Hodges Award for Best Original Short Story or Poem
Gavin Lifman, Maxwell Stein
The Caton Trophy for Public Speaking
Spencer Page
The Student Council Award for Excellence
Sam Mandlsohn
The Allan Cup for Geography and History
Marshall Hanmer
The Hallisey Award for Social Science
Austen McMurchy
The Philosophy Award
Andrew Medjuck
The Mogavero Award for Music
Daniel Oh
The Boyes Award for Primary Music
Russell Goldman
The McKee Award for Outstanding Dramatic Performance
Gavin Lifman, Eric Noble-Marks
The Junior Art Prize
Ben Cotterill
The Winston Cup for Outstanding Artistic Ability
Shane Wilder
The Dr. Robert Burns Scholarship
Sam Harris
The SHS Faculty & Staff Scholarship
Aidan Lupyrypa, Matthew Stuart
The Jack Hodges Award for the Highest Academic Average
Gavin Lifman
The Michael Conway Award for Concern About the Environment
Andrew Jamieson, Chris Lawson
The Sterne Award for Primary Athlete of the Year
Michael Kagan, Eric Cislak
The Fraser Bertram Award for the Junior Athlete of the Year
Alexander Sigel
The Walter Holland Memorial Trophy for Athlete of the Year
Alex Mahoney
The Frisch Family Award for Ambassadorship
Alex Curry, Adam McBain
The Michael Rivailt Award for Sportsmanship
Gregory Marks, Andrew Parker
The Michael Poy Award for Character
James Boland
The Monica Robinson Award for Community Service
The Agents of Change; Daniel Baum,
Ben Kalifer, Spencer Page,
Luke Stein, Eric Yanofsky
The Barnicke Award for Citizen of the Year
Daniel Baum, Alexander Sigel
The Discovery Award for Science
Cooper Pryde
The Chung Award for Courtesy
Carlyle Gallagher, Garet Lupyrypa,
Liam Wilson
The Wakim Cup for House Spirit
Jake Goldfarb, Mac Wilder
The Ferris Cup for House Champions
McClintock House
The Camelford Cup for Head Prefect
Jamie Pennock
The Principal’s Medal
Jamie Pennock
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Prize Day 2008 Award Winners
T H E V I C TO R I A H A N D AWA R D F O R VO L U N T E E R I S M
was established in 1999 to honour outstanding volunteerism by
a member of the SHS community. Awardees are members of the
community who have responded in a significant way to volunteer
opportunities within our school and have shown both the spirit
of innovation and an understanding of our school’s traditions.
They have reached out to the community and demonstrated a
talent for team-work and the gift of leadership. This year the
Victoria Hand Award was presented to Michelle and Pat Meneley.
The Rob. B. Malcolm Award for
Valedictorian – Spencer Page
The Principal’s Medal –
Jamie Pennock
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Class of 2008 Destination Schools
Austin Almadi
Daniel Baum
Scott Boas
Marco De Pasquale
Sam Essery
St. Andrew’s College
Jake Mandel
Crescent School
CHAT
Reid Mattan
Crescent School
Andrew Medjuck
Crescent School
Crescent School
Adam Noble-Marks
Crescent School
Crescent School
Daniel Oh
Crescent School
Crestwood Preparatory College
Max Farrill
Royal St. George’s College
Lewis Glatt
Crescent School
Jake Goldfarb
Zachary Gordon
Marshall Hanmer
Sam Harris
Duff Isberg
Spencer Page
Alex Parker
Leaside Collegiate Institute
Forest Hill Collegiate Institute
Andrew Parker
Crescent School
Crescent School
Jamie Pennock
Crescent School
CHAT
Crescent School
Avery Shopsowitz
Luke Stein
Jack Sullivan
Andrew Jamieson
Greenwood College School
Zachary Urback
Ben Kalifer
Mac Wilder
Christopher Lawson
CHAT
Crescent School
Forest Hill Collegiate Institute
Lakefield College School
Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute
Shane Wilder
Eric MacDonald
Crescent School
Eric Yanofsky
CHAT
Alex Mahoney
Crescent School
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