CDS Loses One of its Original Teachers
Alison Scott, one of CDS’ beloved original teachers and a lifelong educator, passed away on January 24, 2014. Ms. Scott taught in the Junior School from 1972-1986.
In recognition of her lasting dedication to CDS, an award is named in her honour. The Alison Scott Award is presented each year at Closing Day to a student in the primary grades and a student in the junior grades for their contribution to the arts.
The School’s first Headmaster, John Pratt, persuaded Ms. Scott to return to Canada in 1972 from where she had been teaching at the Marin Country Day School in California. Prior to that, she had taught at the Berkshire Country Day School in Stockbridge, Massachusetts and the Institute of Child Study in Toronto.
At the start of the School’s second decade, Ms. Scott wrote the following in the 1983 yearbook, which she played a large role in producing:
“And so the second decade has begun. I can’t believe it will be as exciting as the first, but I’ve been known to be wrong. Where we’ll go next, largely depends on you, the student body. By the end of the second decade someone else will be writing this. I’ll be in my rocking chair with my memories reading the Dayspring 1992-93.”
Funeral services will be held on Friday, January 31 at 1:00 p.m. at St. John’s Anglican Church in Ancaster, Ont. To read her obituary, click here.
Land Acknowledgment
The Country Day School wishes to recognize and acknowledge the land on which the school operates. Our nearest Indigenous Nations are now the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation and the Chippewas of Georgina Island. The Dish with One Spoon Wampum covenant is often cited as an example of the shared responsibility for caring for these lands among the Huron-Wendat, Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee peoples who would call these their traditional territories. CDS respects the relationship with these lands and recognizes that our connection to this land can be strengthened by our continued relationship with all First Nations, by acknowledging our shared responsibility to respect and care for the land and waters for future generations.
School Information
Junior, Middle and Senior Schools
13415 Dufferin Street, King, Ontario L7B 1K5
(905) 833-1220
communications@cds.on.ca
admissions@cds.on.ca
Founded in 1972, The Country Day School is a co-educational private school offering programs in JK-12 and located on 100 acres north of Toronto in King.
13415 Dufferin Street, King, Ontario L7B 1K5
(905) 833-1220
communications@cds.on.ca
admissions@cds.on.ca
Founded in 1972, The Country Day School is a co-educational private school offering programs in JK-12 and located on 100 acres north of Toronto in King.
