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  • A Race to Chronicle the Memories of WWII Veterans

    It is not every day that you meet a Grade 11 student on a quest to interview as many war veterans as possible while they are still living and able to share memories of serving their country during WWII.

    That is exactly what Jaxon Hekkenberg ’23 has set about doing for the past six months as a lead up to Remembrance Day. He has received more than 80 handwritten notes from veterans in the U.S. and Canada, and volunteers at a Senior Home near his home in Barrie as well. That is where he met Ken Atkinson, a 97-year-old Barrie resident who was a Bomber Command Air Gunner for the Royal Air Force (RAF) during WWII.
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  • JS Celebrates Remembrance Day with Candlelight Ceremony

    In the Junior School this week, each student placed a small tea light candle in the Peace Garden at the JS entrance beside the flagpole inside the white picket fence.
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  • Lest We Forget

    Remembrance Day at The Country Day School has always been a time where faculty and staff in the Junior School and Middle/Senior Schools come together to pay respect to our fallen soldiers and honour the peacekeeping efforts of today.
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  • Their Decision to Give Back Was a Family Affair

    All three of Kerstin and Mark Wyndham-West’s kids are Lifers: James ’16, Alex ’17 and Amy ’19, which means they all spent 14 years as students at The Country Day School. Kerstin taught at CDS for 23 years before “retiring” from teaching English and Drama in 2019, but is still on campus nearly every day as a Debate Coach, so it doesn’t really feel like she’s left (which for CDS, is a good thing!). Among other things, she has a 14-year streak of helping to qualify at least one CDS student, and sometimes two or even three, for the World Individual Debating and Public Speaking Championships.
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  • Three Students Compete at OFSAA for X-Country

    Denise Steadman
    Last Saturday, 1108 of the best cross-country runners from 208 schools in Ontario gathered to compete at the OFSAA XC Championships at Lakefield College School. It was great to see all the athletes competing once again, after a two-year hiatus.
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School Calendar

List of 3 events.

  • Dec
    8

    Virtual Alumni Winter Tasting Event

    Black Bellows Brewery beer tasting experience.
    Registration will close on Thursday, December 2nd.
    C. Edwards
  • Dec
    10

    Middle and Senior School Music Concert Premiere

    Location: online
    N. Promane
  • Dec
    15

    Junior School Virtual Holiday Concert Premiere

    Location: Online
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13415 Dufferin Street King, Ontario L7B 1K5
(905) 833-1220
communications@cds.on.ca
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Founded in 1972, The Country Day School is a co-educational private school offering programs in JK-12 and located on 100 acres north of Toronto in King.