Etobicoke School of the Arts June 2015 Newsletter INSIDE THIS

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Etobicoke School of the Arts
June 2015 Newsletter
By: Rob MacKinnon, Principal
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Congratulations to all of our Students, Staff, and Parents on the
completion of another exciting, engaging and challenging year at
ESA!
Every year, the halls, walls, and stairwells at ESA echo with and
reflect the work of our students in all of the Majors. Whenever
we have guests in the school, they cannot believe the vibrancy
of our environment and the intensity that our students bring to
their filming, art making, acting, or practicing of an instrument or
song or dance piece. They always remark on what an overwhelmingly positive space the school is and, often, on how they
wish that such places existed when they were students. Those of
us who work here are ever mindful of the fact that we are
fortunate to be here and to work with such a dedicated group of
young people.
Principal’s Message
Dance Department
Science Department
Social Sciences Department
Special Education Department
Mathematics Department
Music Department
Film Department
Seeds (Me To We)
Library Department
Music Theatre Department
Physical Education Department
Guidance Department
Visual Arts Department
Drama Department
Student Council & Calendar
Every year, the end of the school year provides us with an
opportunity to reflect on the year that was. I’m sure you’ll agree
that it was an exceptional year of shows and performances, with all of the Majors shining in their feature
events, as well as in their class, grade and other shows. A Doll’s House (Drama), Swing (Music Theatre),
Opus (Music), An Evening of Dance (Dance), Portfolio Day/End of year show (Visual Arts) and
Overexposure (Film) were all highlights of the year and I hope that everyone was able to enjoy
something from each of the Majors. All of the Majors also had great success in forging new relationships
and connections with educational institutions, industry professionals and community partners.
Our students’ artistic abilities shone beyond their Majors’ feature shows, with many of them participating
in multiple extra-curricular opportunities - Film Festivals, Show Choir Canada, Art Shows, Sears’ Festival,
Glo, Strings and Band competitions, Black History Month Assembly, Goatstock, Strad, Buskerfest,
Chamber Choir, Dancesation, Remembrance Day Assembly, WoCo and Solstice to name only a few.
Seeing students in smaller group settings and doing work that they feel personally and particularly
passionate about (sometimes outside of their Major) is always very special for audiences and for me,
personally. It is in these moments that we get an insight not only into individual students, but also into
all of the thought and energy that they have put into their art, into all of the hours that their teachers
and coaches have spent with them and into all of the support that they have received from home.
Student hard work, school support and family engagement have also helped students to be academically
successful this year. I am always amazed at the balancing act that students achieve between the
demands of their arts and academics (along with personal lives and sports and…). For the school’s part,
each year we work hard to improve our instructional practice. Teachers, Department Heads and Admin
endeavour to ensure that higher order thinking is going on in our classrooms; that assessment is clear,
consistent and fair; and, that our teaching is reaching all students. We know that families have an
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important role to play in student academic success and we hope that parents have been able to sign up
for esainfo.ca and the multiple other communication tools the school/teachers use to communicate with
our community.
Sports are significant in the lives of many of our students and we are fortunate to have teachers who are
able to coach them with enthusiasm and expertise. Hockey, soccer, baseball, basketball, volleyball, rugby, swimming, ultimate, skiing, snowboarding, track and field, and cross-country, were all in play at ESA
this year; every student I talked to about their teams said that the opportunity to participate in sports
was a highlight of their year. For some students, the focus was more on intellectual play and they joined
a club or organization – groups like the debating team, Seeds, Word, KOWS, Equity, and Me to We (to
name a few) all allowed students to follow their passions, have a good time and make a difference in
their school, community and greater world.
I would like to thank the School Council and SESAT (Supporting ESA Talent). The School Council has
given great advice throughout the year, supported the school on a number of environmental issues and
has co-ordinated a series of speakers of interest for our parent community. SESAT is the fund-raising
parent group that has put, literally, hundreds of thousands of dollars into the school’s programs since its
inception. I know that both teams have great plans for the coming year and I encourage all who are
able to come out to a meeting (please see the school calendar for dates and times) and learn how you
can further contribute to the life of the school.
I would also like to thank all of you for your support of the School Capital Campaign (as you were able).
We have raised over $90,000 to replace the creaky old chairs in the auditorium through the ‘sale’ of
chairs and through our first ever alumni/student celebration – Shine! at the Winter Garden. I am working
with Board staff to try to make the chair replacement happen as soon as possible (with hopes for a
winter date, but with a realistic eye to getting the job completed next summer). We look forward to
continuing our campaign in the new year with a focus on another area of the school that desperately
needs attention – the cafeteria. We hope you will join us in these efforts next school year!
On a staff front, we will see some big changes next year. Staff learned on Friday that one of our VicePrincipals, Andrew Cruikshank, will be retiring this year. Andrew played his cards close to his chest and
wanted to go out with little fanfare. We so appreciate all that he has done for the school in his three
years with us and we hope that his retirement is all he hopes it will be! (I will announce his replacement
in the coming weeks). We wish our very best to Michael Hilborn (Phys Ed and Special Education) and
Maria Kissoon (English) who are also retiring from the Board this year after wonderful careers at ESA.
Their dedication to their students has been longstanding and heartfelt. Also leaving us are Alex
Kavourinos (Technology), Sarah Lewis (Visual Arts/Math), Anna Cano Chang (Visual Arts), and Alison
Mockler (Dance); we also wish these staff members well in their new assignments. Taking a year’s leave
of absence are Darren Black (Drama) and Meredith Lordan (Social Sciences); we look forward to their
return. And finally, congratulations to Bahar Arsu (Phys Ed and Geography) who just had a baby boy and
will be off next year and best wishes to Melissa Michailidis (Dance and Math) who will also be off next
year on parental leave. Lots of changes!
Finally, Students who are graduating, I wish you the very best in your future and look forward to seeing
you all at Commencement in October. For those students and families who are
returning to us, I wish you a wonderful summer and look forward to your return
in September. Thanks to everyone for making ESA such a great place every
day!
Rob MacKinnon, Principal
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By: Shari Wolfson, ACL, Dance Department
The Dance Department has had a fabulous year filled with
performances, guest artists and new initiatives.
Guest artists are an important part of a dancer’s education
and we were very fortunate to have several gifted artists work with our students this year. In October, all
dance majors enjoyed a one-week residency with Canadian dance icon Peggy Baker. As in past years,
Peggy worked with our dancers on connecting technique to the artistry of dance. It is always a pleasure
to see the work grow in the time that she is here, and especially gratifying to see the senior students
develop and apply the concepts she taught in previous years.
In December all dance majors participated in a residency with Colleen Friedman, and in April, thanks to
cookie dough sales, Ben Kamino was with us for four days. Throughout the late winter and early spring
Kristen Carcone and Vanessa Faria worked with our students twice each week to choreograph material
for dance night.
In the “new initiatives” department, in November the dance majors undertook an ambitious fundraiser
spearheaded by the grade 11s. With help from House of Tea, dancers sold $13,000 of tea netting us a
profit of $5000, which, along with the funding from SESAT, paid for the guest artists mentioned above.
Some of these funds also went to dance night production costs, allowing us to eliminate the production
fee that we usually have to charge families. Many thanks go to SESAT and to all the parents who bought
tea and cookies to support our fundraising. Your efforts allow us to provide valuable and enriching
experiences for our dancers.
Our first performance of the year was Grade 8 Open House where we introduced the 2014-2015
DancESAtion Company performing Under Pressure from our Dance Night production of Is This the Real
Life?
In a break from tradition we held our Choreographic Workshop in January this year, and added an evening performance. All of our classes participated in
“Choreo”, which featured the debut of our Grade 9
classes and included several beautifully crafted
student-choreographed works.
Dance Night this year was An Evening of Dance. The
evening, in two acts, featured three major works.
Tango Suites is a collection of seven dances celebrating
the beloved tango form. Choreographed by Melissa
Michailidis and Gabby Kamino, Tango Suites featured
such favorites as Hernando’s Hideaway and La
Cumparsita as well as several lesser-known works.
Journey of Souls was choreographed by Gabby Kamino and set to the soundtrack from the motion
picture, The Mission. The second act of our show was Is This the Real Life? set to 14 songs by the iconic
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rock group Queen. Parents and students alike loved
this show and sang along lustily to Bohemian Rhapsody
and We are the Champions. Many thanks go to Tim
Lindsay, our technical director and to Mary Sangian
who created the costumes.
Several dance majors were offered the opportunity to
participate in a new fundraising initiative spearheaded
by a very generous parent who donated the funds to
allow us to rent the Winter Garden Theatre. On May 28
we debuted Shine: A Celebration of ESA Talent
featuring performances by famous alumni as well as by
our own students. Dancers performed one of our
signature pieces, Prologue, from our full-length
production of Romeo and Juliet. The dancers loved the
opportunity to perform in such a historic, professional
venue and benefited from the example set by the professional artists who participated. We hope to make
this an annual event and hope to see you there next year.
As always, the year closed with the Grade 12 Culminating Activity which showcases the final
assignment for our graduating students. The grade 12 show, Stepping Stones, focused on three genres
of composition and featured ten pieces of original choreography. The work presented
really was the true “culmination” of not only the grade 12 courses, but of the four years that these students spent learning, dancing, choreographing and growing with us. The creativity, originality and risktaking presented in the show as well as the cleanliness and professionalism with which it was performed
was remarkable.
The end of this school year marks a few changes in personnel. We are excited to welcome
Colleen Friedman back after her year off and we wish Mrs. Michailidis all the best as she heads off for her
year of maternity leave.
As always, we acknowledge with gratitude the hard work of our dance department accompanists: Dmitry
Zabrotsky, Germaine Liu and Jake Oelrichs, who, with their passion and artistry, enrich the experience of
every dance major.
As always, the dance teachers join me in wishing all of our dance families a safe and restful summer. We
look forward to seeing our students in September, and we wish our graduates the best of everything as
they move on to new and exciting experiences.
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By: Brad Schumacher, ACL, Science Department
There is Science After ESA!
Although at one time there may have been a question of whether there is “Science after ESA,” this is
definitely no longer the case. Most of us are very aware that a significant number of ESA students enter
science-related university programs and careers. The following current ESA students plan to enter
post-secondary science-related programs. Many other students, not listed, were offered science-related
programs, but have decided to pursue a program outside science:
Isabel Beach, Toronto, Physics and Astronomy
Siobhan Bean, Guelph, Marine Biology
Clare Breit-McNally, Toronto, Life Science
Clarke Blaire, Waterloo, Biochemistry
Lindsay Braun, Ottawa, Human Kinetics
Gabe Campbell, McGill, Computer Science
Sarah Cash, McMaster, Life Science
Marcangelo DeSordi, York, Kinesiology
Genevieve Dublow, Brock, Oenology and Viticulture
Magnus Glennie, Waterloo, Architectural Studies
Brazil Gaffney-Knox, Trent, Arts and Sciences
Erika Harkness, Ryerson, Civil Engineering
Seamus Johnston, Waterloo, Mechatronic Engineering
Sauvanne Julien, Guelph, Arts & Sciences
Lauren Yates, Queen’s, Science
Liam MacLeod, Guelph, Co-op Mechanical Engineering
Lucie Quinlan, Queen’s, Health Studies
Lily Summers, Queen’s, Science
Lindsay Braun, Ottawa, Human Kinetics
Madeline Rao Shishi, Toronto, Biochemistry
Magnus Glennie, Waterloo, Architectural Studies
Marcangelo DeSordi, York, Kinesiology
Maria Lepore, Guelph, Arts & Science
Megan Raichelson, Wilfrid Laurier, Psychology
Natasha Matar, UBC, Human Kinetics
Nicola Madonia, Queen’s, Engineering
Nicole Nedelcu, McGill, Mechanical Engineering
Julius Pagowski, Toronto Film School, Video Game Design
Julian Pabst, York, Mechanical Engineering
Carmen Pizarro, St. Francis Xavier, Biology
Lucie Quinlan, Queen’s, Health Studies
Nisha Raghukumar, British Columbia, Science
Megan Raichelson, Wilfrid Laurier, Psychology BSc
Madeline Rao Shishis, Toronto, Engineering
Colin Robson, Toronto, Forensic Science
Jonathan Rosen, Queen’s, Kinesiology
Ben Ruddock, McGill, Computer Sciences
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Joseph Santalucia, York, Engineering
Alice Santilli, Queen’s, Science
Alex Santos, Toronto, Life Sciences
Irina Skripina, Guelph, Software Engineering
Cheyenne Snatinsky, York, Kinesiology
Alana Staszcyszyn, Sheridan, Applied Info Sciences and Systems Security
Lily Summers, University, Science
Dana Unninayar, McGill, Life Sciences
Charlotte Ward-Mikson, Ryerson, Biomedical Science
Eugenia Wong, Toronto, Architecture
Lauren Yates, Queens, Bio Medical Computing
Yvonne Yu, Toronto, Psychology
Annual Grade 9 Ecology "Pot-Luck"
For the third year, grade 9 students created an ecology “Pot-Luck” project. For this project, members of
each group worked together in a dynamic and creative way. Each group decided upon a common issue
and determined what small individual project each member might “bring to the table” on the day of the
"pot-luck". For example, one group decided upon the issue of “Solar Energy for Your Home”. One group
member created a 3-D model of a house with an actual solar cell and a working miniature lamppost; the
second member created a PowerPoint presentation of the technical information of solar energy; the third
member presented a filmed interview with a family who chose to have solar panels installed on the roof,
complete with the advantages and challenges.
We look forward to another engaging "pot-luck" next fall. Congratulations to all Grade 9 students for their
contributions.
ESA SBI4U does CSI-style DNA at OSC
In March, ESA's Grade 12 Biology students attended laboratory workshops at the Ontario Science Centre.
In this lab, they extracted, amplified and analysed their own DNA. We are told that the overall
experience was informative and "pretty cool". Students left being able to observe gel bands of their own
DNA! These bands allowed students to determine what percentage of the population shared the same
genetic make-up as them at this particular locus.
Second Annual “Math-Science Speakers Lunch”
On May 23, 2015, the department hosted the second annual "Math-Science Speakers Lunch" in the library. This year, we hosted three speakers:
Dr. Mark Taylor, a chemistry professor at UofT, talked about the possible career options for the different
areas of science. From Ryerson University, Jack Koenka and Deidre presented various university pathways, including graduate studies, in the area of mathematics. Approximately 40 interested students
attended the event in the library. Each presenter provided ESA with resources and a PowerPoint file for
future use. The Science Department thanks the Guidance and Math Departments for the collaboration.
Plans are underway to hold similar lunch time talks next year, hopefully with more student input and
involvement.
On a separate occasion, ESA alumna and recent UofT Mechanical Engineering graduate, Amanda Santos,
shared her experiences on the transition from high school to university, highlighting strategies for dealing
with “what's next”, and the personal growth that can arise from overcoming adversity. She also visited
several senior science courses for some informal chats.
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ESA Students Bond Well with Waterloo Chem Contest
In May, about a dozen SCH4U students wrote the Waterloo Chemistry contests. All but one scored
in the top half. Three students, Alex Mihaila, Dylan Vogel, and Isabel Beach, scored in the top 20%,
which is quite an accomplishment considering all of ESA’s extra arts commitments.
ESA Science Students Experiment with “FLOW”
During ESA’s “FLOW” (Flexible Learning Opportunities Week) in January, ESA
science classes took advantage of the 100-minute period by having specialty
activities. In some cases, it was a single topic (e.g. gene technology, redox
reactions) that became the focus of a lab and/or related activities. In other
cases (e.g. SNC1DP1, SPH3U), the period became an kind of “Science Olympics” with events involving: paper helicopters, volume estimation, spaghetti and
marshmallow towers, paper cup architecture, egg protection, parachute design,
and paper airplane construction.
While students enjoyed “FLOW” in Science overall, the general consensus was that it would better
to have January exams, and include selected FLOW activities in the regular periods throughout the
year.
ESA Science Department Wishes Everyone a Great Summer!
The members of the Science Department (Earl Berkan, Matt Boody, Maria Fara-On, Angela Neag,
Mike Payne, Brad Schumacher, Yvonne Spiczynski and Natalie Webber) wish all a great summer.
They thank their colleague, David Blakey, from ESA’s Physical and Health Education Department for
his help with the Grade 9 program.
ESA Science Participates "School Malaise Trap Program"
Last fall, ESA was selected as one of 59 schools across Canada to participate in the University of Guelph's
"School Malaise Trap Program".
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As part of the program, students from across Canada set up specific insect traps, collected
samples and sent to them to the University of Guelph for analysis. Later, the Canada-wide
results were sent to each school for further analysis. ESA's sample included two species which had not
yet been trapped by the program. Students found it to be a worthwhile experience,
with many differentiated learning opportunities.
ESA will apply to participate in the program next
year. For more information about the program
see www.malaiseprogram.ca
They are all scheduled to be back in September
and will be looking forward to having another
successful school year.
By: Meredith Lordan, ACL, Social Sciences
The Social Science Department has had a very busy year in 2014-15, including:
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guest speakers Max Eisen and Dennis Scott shared their personal experiences with
students about the Holocaust and researching the Underground Railroad in Canada;
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February’s Black History Month Assembly and May’s History Fair brought the living present and
distant past to life for our students;
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the Youth Philanthropy Initiative helped our Gr. 10 Civics students to see how they can contribute
to social change through service learning and contributions to social service charities;
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our growing Business program saw our emerging youth entrepreneurs present business plans at
the DECA conference;
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interactive field trips to various community partners, including the Centre for Social Innovation,
Toronto International Film Festival offices and archives, the Royal Ontario Museum, and the
Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library at the University of Toronto, helped students to connect Social
Science ideas to the real world.
Looking ahead to 2015-16, the Social Science Department is launching two new courses:
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American History (Gr. 11) and Equity and Social Justice: From Theory to Practice (Gr. 12).
Thank you to our students and ESA families for their support of our existing and these new course offerings.
My colleague, Andrew Batten, will be stepping into the role of Assistance Curriculum Leader as I take a
sabbatical during the 2015-16 year. I want to welcome Andrew and extend my thanks to the ESA
community for its support of the Social Science Department.
By: Heather Graydon, ACL, Special Education
The department was buzzing with students working on culminating activities
and effective exam preparation. The senior GLE students created their own
personalized “Post-Secondary Survival Guide”. We were able to have a
group of junior students receive a specialized training series on the use of
assistive technology that will be of benefit to them
throughout high school.
In student success, a very large number of students received the extra help that they needed in order to
complete credits in many different subjects. All grade 9 students were given a seminar on how to
prepare for exams.
Wellness was alive and well in full force this spring. The student Wellness Club sponsored many exciting
activities to encourage wellness, including “Turn off Your Sites” day. There was also a plethora of wellness workshops and health promoting activities offered at lunch and before school on a regular basis.
Wishing everyone a happy and healthy holiday!
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By: Jeff Proppe, ACL, Mathematics Department
It has been a busy year in the Math department. We welcomed Ms. Raymont and Ms. Lewis to our Mathematics
team and were pleased to have back Mr. Boody, Ms. Spiczynski, Ms. Kennedy as well as long-time members Mrs.
Bednar, Ms. Chrisman, Ms. Fairclough, Ms. Shaw and myself Mr. Proppe. For the sixth year we ran the school’s
Math Club, had students writing six different national Mathematics contests, and of course, continued to show the
students of ESA the beauty and magic of Mathematics.
The 2014-2015 school year also marked the piloting of some new technologies in our Mathematics classrooms
which included the acquisition and utilization of digital document cameras in every mathematics classroom in the
school. As such we are pleased to announce the completion of a six year plan that has resulted in the total
refurbishment of all the hardware in our Mathematics classrooms including new Smartboards, new computers, new
digital projectors, laser printers, digital document cameras, clickers, graphing calculators and WiFi. In addition, we
fully updated the second floor computer lab, affectionately known as Rm. 217, which now has 38 workstations, a
Smartboard, dedicated digital projector, a new laser printer and of course every student’s favourite technology,
WiFi. We continued using student workbooks for the junior grades in both digital and paper form and also
expanded our library of digital resources that senior students can access in order to enhance their learning
experience in Mathematics. The two credit grade 12 course “Functions/Calculus-Vectors” went fully digital this year
and starting next year most of the mathematics students will have access to digital resources and e-Ontario
enrichment materials. More information will be coming next year from your child’s mathematics teacher.
During the year, 40 students wrote a total of six different national Mathematics contests run by the University of
Waterloo and the Canadian Mathematical Society. In this strong group of students, 8 earned certificates of distinction
for finishing in the top 25% of the country! A special mention goes to our Top Grade 11 student, Sarah Cleghorn, who
won a medal for the 3rd straight year, and certificate winners Sarah Cleghorn, Thea Coburn and Cheyenne Carrier.
The Top Grade 10 student was Wesley Tam. The Top Grade 9 student was Cassey Shao, and certificate winners were
Cassey Shao, Amanda Blake, Ryum Kim, and Deirdre Vogel. The Top Grade 12 student in the Euclid contest
was Alexandra Mihaila for the fourth straight year! In addition to individually written contests, ESA also ran the
Waterloo Team Mathematics Competition. 23 students participated in individual, team, and relay events, and students
collaborated across grade levels to solve challenging problems involving mathematics from multiple areas of study.
Fun was had by all! Congratulations to all who participated in the math contests throughout the school year!
By: Michael Perkins, ACL, Music Department
It is incredible to think that we have reached the end of another season. Congratulations to all members
of the Instrumental music department on another successful and eventful
year. Despite some little hiccups, the instrumental students did a great job
and, as the old saying go…“The Show Must Go On!”
Highlights of the year include a great music camp at Camp Kandalore for
the grade 9 and 10 students, Grade 8 information day, Commencement, the
annual FESTIVE celebration, working with the music theatre department on
“SWING”, the incredible work of the instrumental students at the Ontario
Strings and Band Association festivals. The Wind Ensemble was chosen as
one of the top bands at this year’s festival and the brass section was chosen
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top brass section. An impressive showing to be sure! Our chamber music night at Runnymede Church
and our spring concerts OPUS 2015 and Jazz Night at Assembly Hall. I also want to acknowledge the
strong work of all the small ensembles who represented ESA music at a number
of private and public functions and did an impressive and professional quality
job. We are also really excited about continued development of, and opportunities for our jazz musicians. There was some outstanding work done at the grade
12 recitals and we wish nothing but success to all the musical Grad’s moving on
to new challenges next year. Bravo!
The music students would like to thank the school administration, support staff
and all the teachers for their
support and encouragement.
As well I want to extend a thank you to the parents,
family and friends of all the ESA musicians who
supported us. This year it was an entire music
community effort that made the year so successful.
On behalf of the music faculty I hope everyone has a
fantastic summer and we look forward to an exciting
2015/16 season.
By: Kevin Johnson, ACL, Film Department
The 2014-15 school year will be remembered as massively successful
in terms of the quality of work produced by ESA’s filmmakers. The
departmental philosophy of creating personally meaningful work in a
variety of genres and approaches continues to breed outstanding
results.
Some highlights include, but are certainly not limited to:
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attending screenings at the Toronto International Film Fest.
showcasing the work of graduating students to major national and international schools as part
of Portfolio Day where students were offered and accepted major scholarships to a number of
international post-secondary institutions.
showcasing our students’ films as part of the sold out 60 Second Film Fest.
showcasing even more work at the sold out Big Screen Student Film Festival 3 brought to you by
Scotiabank SCENE at the Queensway Cineplex, run in conjunction with Northern Sky
entertainment and featuring a panel of industry professionals offering critiques and laurels to
their favorite films.
running four separate shows and screening over a hundred students created films as part of
May’s Film week.
showcasing the work of our grade 12s in a sold out show at Toronto’s premiere film venue, The
Tiff Bell Lightbox.
sweeping three of the four categories at the Tiff Jump Cuts Film Festival. Winners included
Dylan Vogel, Carol Nguyen and Raine Bracken. Films from the department made up over 60% of
that festival’s program.
taking home 82% of the non-U.S awards in the Scholastic competition. To put that in perspective
ESA Film took home more awards than many states and every other nation in the world save for
the United States.
a full department screening of The Wolf Pack at the Hot Docs Film Festival.
celebrating the achievements of our filmmakers as they continue to find success in various film
festivals all around the world. Over the past year, ESA filmmakers have seen their films screened
at over 30 international festivals.
In addition to all of this, ESA Film continued the tradition of the Shaftesbury “Best in Show” awards given
out to the best films per grade as chosen by a panel of industry professionals. To see these films and
many more; check out www.youtube.com/esafilm.
Special mention for the success of this year should go out to Shaftesbury, our corporate partner,
Scotibank SCENE for their generous sponsorship of The Big
Screen Student Film Festival and to SESAT for their
continued support.
Finally, ESA film would like to thank our fourth ever graduating class of filmmakers
for taking a chance on
a program unlike any
other in the world. Without you, this program would have never
lifted itself up off the ground, and Mr. Johnson, Mr. Morgan and Mr.
Payne will be forever indebted to you. Good luck in the future and
stay in touch.
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SEEDS Me to We
ESA’s environmental and social justice club, SEEDS Me to We, had another great year. With approx. 85
students participating throughout the year, the group hosted a wide range of activities and events, all the
while raising funds for charities of their choice. We have just completed our EcoSchools audit for this
year and…we have been certified SILVER. Congratulations to everyone involved!
Two outside school events kicked the year off: We Day, hosted by Free the Children at the ACC, and
Freedom Day, hosted by the Simon Wiesenthal Centre in the open air at Dundas Square. These special
events helped focus the students as they planned for their activities for the year.
Highlights of our year are available at our website: http://seedsmetowe.weebly.com.
Two things we’re most proud of are our two fabulous community luncheons (Great Soup events), and
two wonderful days volunteering on Habitat for Humanity Build sites. Our Great Soup events raised $500
for Covenant House and $600 for Nepal earthquake relief respectively. Our Habitat Build Days, in
addition to providing a great experience for the students involved, raised $1300 for Habitat for Humanity.
In addition to these charitable donations, the group also fundraised the following: $900 for World
Vision’s 30 Hour Famine, $310 for the Etobicoke Humane Society, $250 for the Kelly Shires Breast Cancer
Foundation, as well as $230 for the Ronan Thompson Foundation for childhood cancer. Between our fall
and spring food drives, we also filled 3 large collection boxed with donations for the Daily Bread Food
Bank. Boxes weighed, on average, approx. 200 lbs.
Our work on greening the school grounds continues as well. The front gardens, which were renovated 5
years ago, are maturing nicely. Additionally, we have started renovating and restoring the little interior
courtyard at the back of the Library. Under the leadership of Grade 12 student Stella Friedrich, work is
well underway to transforming this into a space which will be able to be used on a regular basis, as well
as for special events like student recitals.
Grade 9 Visual Art students have begun installation of the first of the artwork in the front gardens…land
art painted onto the front walkway in from Royal York Road. They have also started a longer term
project in the grassy area between the Music and Drama hallways. What look like giant crop circles at
present will grow and change over time. The initial planting in these plots will take place in the fall of
2015.
We look forward to building on these successes next year. It is always a challenge getting students to
find time out of their busy schedules to help work on both our environmental and social justice initiatives.
We are always looking for new members to help out. Watch for information about joining SEEDS Me to
We on ESA Info as Summer 2015 draws to a close.
Thank you to everyone in the ESA Community – students, staff and parents – for another crazy,
wonderful, exhausting year in the Library…exactly what one expects at ESA.
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By: Enid Wray, ACL, Library Department
Particular thanks go out to my wonderful team of Library volunteers. This year we had over 30 students
volunteering on a regular basis. Their assistance is invaluable to the smooth running of operations.
There will be some new volunteer positions available in the fall as some current volunteers are
graduating. Please send an e-mail, or watch for the postings (on ESA Info in late August), if you are
interested in applying.
There is not enough space to highlight everything that took place in the Library this year, so I shall focus
my comments on the following. If you would like to stay updated on Library happenings throughout the
year, please subscribe to the Library newsletter. Subscribe via the link at the ESA Library Daily Blog
<etobicokeschoolofthearts.wordpress.com>. The full complement of digital support and
communications options may be found at the Library Landing site<about.me/etobicokeschoolofthearts>.
The Library as Learning Commons
The transformation in and of the Library continued this past year. Parts of the Library got their fresh coat
of paint the last week of June 2014. These hits of colour really help wake up the space. In October, the
new “zoom” chairs - tablet chairs on rolling casters - arrived. These have greatly increased the use of,
and flexibility of, the rear of the Library. Come September, this will be an additional fully functional
teaching space complete with multi-media capabilities.
The Library has been a very happening place throughout the year. In addition to its general use as a
teaching and meeting space, additional activities and events this year included, among others: Grade 9
Orientation, College and University visits, Honour Assembly, Club Fair, Gap Year information sessions,
weekly Anime Club, weekly Mindfulness sessions for staff and students, Student Vote, Toronto Public
Library workshops (including a public library card blitz), Great Soup community luncheons, Food Drives
(in support of the Daily Bread Food Bank), TDSB wide Teacher Librarian meetings, after school Digital
Lead Learner workshops, creative writing workshops, Arts Showcase, Equity workshops, luncheons and
after school movies (including Women’s Habitat and Asian Heritage), OUAC/OCAS Information Sessions,
SESAT Craft Fair Silent Auction, National Day of Remembrance Vigil, Strad concerts and hot cider in the
morning prior to the Winter Break, White Pine reading programme and field trip to the Festival of Trees,
Public Health Dental Clinic, Writers’ Week (ESA’s First Festival of Authors), Course Selection workshops
for students and parents, Tour 4 Humanity, Sexual Health and Consent workshop, Math Contests, Freedom to Read Week workshops (on censorship), Poetry in Voice, All Gender bathroom discussion forums,
hosting our friends from KKSA when the power went out, RAD Night, Math/Science guest speaker sessions, in-school Hot Docs Film Festival, Poetry Slam, Turn Off Your Sites, Chemistry Contests, EQAO Gr 9
Math, and the Fashion Show.
Library Instruction
The Library continues further development and implementation of the instructional programme around
the research and inquiry process, as well as technology. The existing Grade 9 Geography programme
has been revised and expanded further. A number of Grade 10, 11 and 12 classes participated in lessons
on the various aspects of the research and inquiry process and academic honesty. This included guest
sessions with the Toronto Public Library.
The TDSB continued to expand the Google Apps for Education (GAFE) suite of tools. These now include
fully functional TDSB Student e-mail addresses for all students from Grades 3 - 12. These new
“professional” e-mail addresses for students are expected to become the primary means of
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communication between students in classes, and between students and teachers, come September.
Visiting Authors and Guest Speakers Programme
What a year! We started off with creative writing workshops with Canadian YA author David Poulsen.
Then, as has become ritual, in February, Philosophy and History students were treated to a workshop
session brought to us by our friends at the U of T’s Thomas Fisher Rare Books Library, in honour of
Freedom to Read week.
In between those two events, the Library hosted our first ever Writer’s Week… our very own Festival of
Canadian Authors. 12 authors presented 19 workshops sessions over the course of 4 days. Phenomenal!
E.S.says Creative Writing Blog
This year saw the launch of a Creative Writing Blog for students. All interested may find the blog at
<http://esaycreativewriting.blogspot.ca>. Launched under the creative direction of Sauvanne Margaux
(graduating this year), the blog was a forum for ESA students to share their work and put their writing
out there in public. By the end of the year, the blog included work from 27 ESA students.
On June 5th we were delighted to take delivery of bound print copies of the blog. Registered with Library
and Archives Canada – this volume has a registered ISBN number – the participating students may now
lay claim to having been officially published! Woohoo!
This gorgeous publication, titled “Letters, Vol I” is available for sale - in limited quantities - for $10 per
copy. Every student who contributed received their own personal copy of the publication. Send an e-mail
if you’d like to get your hands on a copy.
Congratulations to all involved in the project. We look forward to continuing the project next year, under
the Creative Direction of our two new editors, Rachel Carmichael Campbell and Spencer Cetinic.
Coming to a Library near you in the new school year…
We are very excited about a number of new initiatives which we will be adding to the ESA Library’s
operations next year.
Final Friday Fun Day: Expanding upon the success of Turn Off Your Sites Day, the last Friday of every
month will feature a “No Tech” lunch hour in the Library. Various activities will be planned in
co-ordination with ESA’s Wellness Committee.
Movie Monday Madness: One Monday a month, the Library will host a screening of a documentary or
feature film of some importance.
ESA’s own Book Club: Since the Toronto Public Library is no longer hosting the Toronto One Book
initiative; we are going to launch our very own Book Club. We’re thinking we’ll read three books next
year one each, fiction, non-fiction and memoir. If you’re interested in joining us please send an e-mail,
or watch for the postings (on ESA Info in late August).
Coding Club: Lots of our students are interested in coding (but we don’t run computer science here at
the school). Plus the Library has its own agenda in wanting to develop an App for part of our collection.
A perfect marriage!
ESA’s own (Mini) Comi-Con: We had wanted to host a Graphic Novel event this year, but it didn’t come
to pass. So we’re thinking BIG for next year and planning a Comi-Con event to coincide with Free Comic
Book Day and the Toronto Comic Arts Festival. Stay tuned!
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By: Paul Aikins, ACL, Music Theatre
On behalf of our extraordinary team in the Music Theatre Department, we’d like to thank the friends and
family of our students who have helped make this year such a great success. This team of teachers who
endlessly devote an incredible amount of time to our students and performances include: Paul Aikins,
Michael Vieira, Patricia Warnock, Megan Benjafield, Janine Hynes, David Ambrose, and Vanessa Faria.
We have been fortunate again to have such wonderful ties in our theatre community and we have had
outstanding guest artists and master classes this year. Highlights from our classrooms include:
Eliza Jane Scott (Acting the Song), Heather Bambrick (Vocal Jazz), Jeff Madden (Repertoire class
mentor), AMDA faculty from Broadway, Swing Toronto – workshops in Lindy Hop for the musical, Adele
Mackenzie< Stephen Roberts Gray, Gabby Kamino, Vanessa Faria, (choreography), Brett Carroll from
Burbank Show Choir in Choral Technique, Mike Weaver Choreography Workshops, Andrea Mittler and
Ming Wong (guest designers for the musical), Lori Dolloff (university
audition prep), Michael Rubinoff (Sheridan audition prep), Darmon Mead of
New York Voices (vocal jazz workshop), stage combat and choreography
with Stratford Festival, meet the actors of The Wild Party and Acting Up
Stage, and Hip Hop workshops with Niky Johnson.
Our musical Swing! was embraced with great enthusiasm by our senior
students and they have fallen in love with this exciting genre of music and
dance. This challenging show was a great success for our senior students
and featured an amazing pit orchestra lead by Michael Vieira. The students
were fortunate to work on this project with several guest artists helping
them develop their triple threat skills. It was a great unit focused on Swing
dance throughout the ages. The show featured Jamme, Glo, and Splash, as
well. We hope you enjoyed the spring Showcase this year. It was a great success and featured all of our
award-winning ensembles and some wonderful
Grade 9 & 10 class showcases.
SPLASH was crowned runner-up at Show Choir Canada Competition for their Swing showcase, and
named Canada’s Top High School Show Choir! They
also had an extremely successful year with gigs and
showcases in the community and the documentary
by TVO Films called ‘Unsung: Behind the Glee’ won
the Best Arts Documentary at the Canadian Screen
Awards. In their 2nd US competition, Splash placed
5th at the regional show choir competition in NYC
Fame Competition, and was thrilled to perform at
the world class Jazz at Lincoln Center Theatre. Next
year’s company has been cast and spent the spring in rehearsals learning a challenging new show called
‘Bombshell’ which they plan to showcase and compete in Chicago and TorontoSing – a new Show Choir
Festival being hosted at ESA next March. Highlights from their community outreach and corporate gigs
include Jacob’s Ladder at the Panasonic Theatre, Tribute to Stephen Schwarz at the George Westin
Recital Hall, Shine at the historic Winter Garden Theatre, and the Panda Ball for WWF.
GLO Show Choir built on their successes with an amazing second season competing and performing. GLO
placed 3rd at Show Choir Canada, and 3rd at the NYC Fame Competition. GLO 2015-2016 has been cast,
and will begin work immediately in September on our 60’s set. Thank you to an amazing new Show Choir
Parents Association for your continued support of both show choirs!
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JAMME had a wonderful year gigging, competing and performing. They had gigs at the Toronto Golf
Club, The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair and The Canadian Network for Arts and Learning conference.
JAMME competed at the Ontario Vocal Festival and garnered an invitation to MusicFest nationals.
Workshops this year included Darmon Meader, of New York Voices, who we had the pleasure of spending
a morning with in NYC, and Heather Bambrick who came in to coach jazz solos with our guest rhythm
section for JAMME Night at the Cadillac Lounge. In addition to the regular school year performances, they
also performed in Jazz Night at Assembly Hall, TorontoSing and JAMME Night at the Cadillac Lounge.
Next year, keep your eyes open for JAMME’s Christmas Album which will help raise funds for their upcoming Europe trip.
CHAMBER CHOIR
Chamber Choir continued to meet weekly to explore beautiful choral material, and to workshop student
compositions. The choir received a gold standard and invitation to Musicfest Canada with another stellar
performance at the Ontario Vocal Festival. Congratulations to all Chamber singers on another beautiful
year of song.
WoCo had another wonderfully busy year of performing and collaboration. It’s exploration of diverse
repertoire led to a wide variety of performances in and out of school. Some highlights included
performing with Nick Jonas at the Hospital for Sick Children in December, workshops in NYC with famed
choral conductor/teacher Judith Clurman and two performances at Runnymede United Church. WoCo also
participated in Ontario Vocal Festival, receiving Gold Standard and an invitation to the Musicfest National
competition. The spring was exceptionally busy, with performances in Showcase, Opus (with Strad) and
Dance Night as featured performers in “Is This The Real Life?” a story told through the music of Queen.
The year ended with a joint performance with 15 WoCo alumni as part of the Shine gala concert at the
Winter Garden theatre with soprano Jennifer Taverner. Thanks to all members and families for their
support of this choir!
The Toronto Symphony Orchestra choir returned to Roy Thomson Hall to perform as part of the Holiday
Pops concerts in December under Maestro Steven Reineke. This choir was made up of the senior MT
classes and a number of junior MT singers. This year’s program also included the family group Leahy,
which entertained not only the audience but our singers with their singing/fiddling/step-dancing clan of
12 members as young as 4! Once again we have been invited to return as part of the 2015-16 TSO
season as part of the Holiday Pops Cirque de la Symphonie concerts.
We bid a fond farewell to our graduates of 2015, and were so pleased with your showcase at the Lula
Lounge! Best wishes for continued success on your next journey and keep spreading your love of Music
Theatre and the Arts to the world.
We are pleased to announce that our musical next year will be:
A CHORUS LINE, directed by Paul Aikins with choreography by Stephen Roberts. This mid-February
musical will feature our senior classes as well as a fantastic pit orchestra, lead by Michael Vieira with
musical direction by Patricia Warnock. The material for auditions
is available in our library and the unit will commence during the
first week back in September. Next year, our new Junior Dance
Instructor will be Laurie Raymond and for the senior classes will
be Stephen Roberts Gray. We are thrilled to welcome back these
amazing guest artists to ESA!
Thanks to all the staff at ESA and Administration for your endless
support of our department and HAPPY SUMMER!
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By: David Blakey, ACL, Health & Physical
Education Department
2014-2015 was an exciting year for athletics at ESA. With a heavy heart, ESA will be saying good-bye to
Coach Hilborn. After 17 Years, Coach Hilborn is hanging up the whistle and calling it a career. His
dedication to coaching and athletics at ESA will be greatly missed. The doors at ESA and especially the
gymnasium will always be open for Coach Hilborn.
Thanks go out to all the teachers, community volunteers and students who helped to manage and coach
the various teams. Without you we could not have run 17 school teams. ESA had OFSAA athletes at the
following sports; Cross-Country, Ski and Snow Board and Swimming. Tier 2 Championships were won by
the girls’ hockey team as well as the junior girls’ volleyball team. The Junior Boys soccer team went on a
monumental run eventually losing to Richview in the finals in a penalty shoot-out.
Below is a list of the individual award winners for 2014-2015:
Girls Basketball………………Natalia Stanojevic
Jr. Boys Basketball……………Linden Phillips & Seth Zosky-Shiller
Cross-Country…………………Pascale Gendron & Matias Bessai
Boys Rugby……………………..Andrew Young
Girls Rugby……………………….Alice Santilli
Jr. Girls Volleyball………………Jelena Gajdel
Girls Ice Hockey…………………..Hailey Greenough
Girls Slow Pitch…………………….Paige Court
Boys Baseball…………………………Ethan Thompson
Girls Soccer ……………………………Alice Santilli
Jr. Boys Soccer…………..Will Graham, Theo Klaver & Nick Kaegi
Sr. Boys Soccer………………………..Joshua Carrasco
Ultimate…………………………….Jacob Edwards
Swim Team………………Emily Wedde, Micaela McNutty & Ben Evans-Duran
Track & Field……………………….Ian Hogeboom-Burr & Chiara Ferrero-Wong
Skiing…………………………..Lucy Welsh
Snow Boarding………………………..Jenna Ladd
Athletes of the Year Award:
Grade9–Female.................................................Pascale Gendron
Grade 9– Male......................................Jalon White
Junior Male.......................................Linden Phillips & Seth Zosky-Shiller
Junior – Female..........................................Phoebe Wolfe
Senior– Male..............................................Andrew Young
Senior–Female.........................................Paige Court & Alice Santilli
Eagle of the year………………………….Connor Thomas
P.E. Teacher of the year…………………Mike Hilborn
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By: Mara Baldassi, ACL, Guidance and Special
Education
This year Student Services welcomed David Ambrose to our department as Guidance Counsellor. Student
Services continued to engage students in resiliency-building.
The Student Wellness Committee and teacher moderators, Laura Pong and Tehmina Meherali, spearheaded numerous initiatives during Mental Health Awareness Week, such as “Turn-Off Your Sites 24
Challenge” where students were encouraged to turn off all electronics and tune into face-to-face
interactions during lunch in the library. Students talked, played cards or board games. As well, ESA
continued its partnership with Stonegate Community Health Centre with some presentations occurring in
Careers’ classes and to the parent Community. Community member, Trish Drynan, and guidance
counsellor, Tehmina Meherali, continued to deliver Mindfulness sessions to staff and students.
As always, the Guidance Team provided individual counselling support to students for study and social
skills, as well as assisted senior students with post-secondary planning and course selection. We wish all
our Grade 12s much success with their post-secondary plans and we look forward to seeing them in the
fall at Commencement. We wish the entire ESA family a happy and safe summer!
By: Matthew Varey, ACL, Visual Art Department
What an astounding spring! Students exhibited at Saatchi Gallery in London UK, at the Albright Knox
Museum in Buffalo NY, at QueenSpecific Gallery in Toronto, at the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards
exhibition in New York, and in the ScotiaBank Contact Photography Festival!
Our Scholastic results were hugely impressive once again, with ESA winning 43% of all International
awards – that means from all countries in the world except the
USA, ESA students won close to half of all awards. We held a very
successful exhibition at York University in November curated by
Dave Dyment which led to a very rich conversation with members
of the university. Our grade 9 and 10 students had a really exciting
and successful exhibition at the Edward Day Gallery in January –
filling it on opening night with hundreds of people.
Our fifth Portfolio Day included 90+ representatives from 50+
schools from 4 countries! I am still thrilled when I think back to the
quality and scale and complexity of the work exhibited. Many university reps took the opportunity to let us know that esava is the leading art program in the world today.
One had already visited the leading art specific high
schools in 10 other countries by the time he got to
PD 5 and he said there is nothing else working at
this level in the world.
I think the most exciting result for me was that the
grade 12’s received more than 20 first round/most
prestigious scholarship offers from US schools - more
than double our previous record. Of all the
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students in the world applying for admission to these prestigious US art schools, our kids received most
of the top scholarships available.
Our Department Exhibition this May included more than 1500 artworks hung throughout the halls and
rooms of the entire school and we broke our previous sales record with many hundreds of people
attending. This is our primary fund raising event for a department that chews through art supplies at a
really surprising rate. One of my jobs is to balance the ambitions of the 300+ people enrolled in art and
photography courses with our budget. As the quality and scale of work increases in each grade every
year it costs us more to keep pace and support these incredible people, while our budget remains the
same. I am always happy to speak with folks about how to increase our support for our kids though
additional activities.
We continued our partnership with the Magenta Foundation with an exhibition in September at Twist
Gallery in Toronto, where all 30 of our photographs were sold at auction. We look forward to our second
Flash Forward Incubator exhibition July 30. Money from the sale of the photographs is being split
between purchasing much needed new camera equipment and supporting our grads with three $1000
scholarships.
We ran Art Talk 3 and Art Talk 4 this year at OCADU with audiences of more than 300 people each night.
This alone is astonishing and I thank you personally for your support of the very
brave twenty six people who chose to speak over the two events. Look for a
probable Art Talk 5 at the start of next year. Some video is available of the art
talks on our new website that launched in January– esava.ca
This new website and our new Instagram account have been a revelation. More
than 3000 people have visited esava.ca, which documents some of the work being
made here as well as listing many of the activities we are involved with.
esa_visual_art on Instagram has more than 1300 followers just 30 weeks in, and
has resulted in some wonderful experiences. One of which was having a collector
who follows us fly in from New York to purchase work from our end of the year art
show. Another has work being shipped out to a collector in Winnipeg.
Behind all of this is the most caring and intelligent
community I have ever encountered. Our success in
esava is how well we support and assist each other in
taking on challenging and significant experiences
designed to help us be the best versions of ourselves
every day.
This is a four year program and the development that
occurs by Portfolio day is, always, stunning and
remarkable. I cannot imagine a better place to be.
I hope that the relationships built here will continue to
support our grads as they move on and reinforce our
satellite communities around the world. Thank you all for
your support and attention. It means the world to us!
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Darren Black, ACL, Drama Department
The 2014-2015 school year was another busy one for the ESA Drama Department. Teachers hosted
several guest artists to enhance our curriculum including Roland Parliament (accent training), Benjamin
Kamino (movement), Anita Nittoly (stage fight training), Adam Lazarus (clown), Naomi Tyrell (mime,
commedia dell arte), Shari Hollett and Chris Earle (improvisation – Second City), Paolo Santalucia
(collective creation), Taylor Sutherland (Chekhov and Ibsen) and Sebastian Heins (voice, collective
creation).
The drama department entry for the Sears Festival this year was Teachers Who Smoke Cigarettes by Dan
Sklar. The production was co-directed by Manju Robertson and Mr. Black with stage management
provided by Megan O’Malley. The ensemble work of this dedicated cast of seven actors was incredible;
they worked diligently and creatively with a script that demanded a quick pace and precise comic timing.
After presenting in the Nancy Main Theatre, the students travelled to Lakeshore Collegiate Institute for
the South Toronto District competition in mid-February. At the District level, the cast won an Ensemble
Performance Award and the production team won an Excellence in Execution of Design Award.
The Mainstage production this year was Simon Stephens’ modern re-interpretation of Henrik Ibsen’s A
Doll’s House. The production was co-directed by Taylor Sutherland and Ms. Brault with stage management provided by Jordan Clark. A Doll’s House was staged for eight performances in February at The
Theatre Centre in Toronto’s west end. This new and unique venue involved a number of challenges for
both cast and crew. However this labour of love for all involved was an incredible success, selling out for
nearly all performances. The stamina & commitment the team brought to this project was incredible.
All Drama Majors worked in second term to stage their class shows beginning with the grade 9 shows in
mid-February continuing to the end of the Grade 12 Canadian Plays productions in mid-May. As well,
both Ms. Bourne’s grade 12 majors and Mr. Black’s grade 10 majors staged productions for Arts
Showcase in November. In late December several grade 12 majors presented their Shakespearean
monologues in An Evening of Shakespeare.
The dedication of the staff and students in the Drama department has been incredible this year. For the
2015-2016 school year, Michael Laidlaw will continue the fine work as the new Assistant Curriculum
Leader for Drama. Have a great summer!
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ESA Students’ Council
ESA Student Council for 2015-2016:
President Vice-President Administrator Treasurer Social Convener External Affairs Publicity Rep. Grade 10 Rep. Grade 11 Rep. Grade 12 Rep. Dance Rep. Drama Rep. Film Rep. Music Rep. Music Theatre Rep. Visual Arts Rep. Social Justice/Equity Athletic Reps. -
Member at Large:
Ally Arnold
Olivia Seward
Molly Raymond
Natalie Dillio
Kaylee O’Meara
Carolina Luis Pereira
Jessica Herscovitch
Ben Alexander
Tess Capern
Samantha Bolger
Bella Lavrisa
Jamie Nicholson
Josie Marshall
Ashley Offman
Nadim Iddon
Caroline Cochrane
Charlie Reynolds
Hayden Brennan
Skylar Curtis
Ryun Kim
Maija Linde
Jada White
Ryland Dineen
Zoe Zheng
Isabel Shapiro
Anneka Jin
Julianna Ham
Maya Saggar and Taylor Hominuk
School Calendar for 2015-2016
Labour Day:
September 7, 2015
Thanksgiving:
October 12, 2015
Board-wide Professional Activity:
November 15, 2013
Christmas Break:
December 21, 2015 to January 1,
2016 (inclusive)
(last day of school is December 18, 2015;
school resumes January 4, 2016)
Professional Activity (Elementary
Schools only):
January 22, 2016
Professional Activity (Semestered
February 3, 2016
Secondary Schools only):
Board-wide Professional Activity
February 12, 2016
Family Day:
February 15, 2016
Mid-Winter Break:
March 14 to 18, 2016 (inclusive)
Good Friday:
March 25, 2016
Easter Monday:
March 28, 2016
Victoria Day:
May 23, 2016
Professional Activity (Elementary
Schools only):
June 10, 2016
Professional Activity(Secondary
Schools only):
June 28, 29, 2016
Board-wide Professional Activity
June 30, 2016
We’re on the Web at www.esainfo.ca
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