Greenwood College School

Yesterday, the Grade 11 Technological Design Class hosted Grades 1 and 2 students from Davisville Public School for an Innovation Lab tour. The Grade 11s had buddied up with the Davisville students, designing games for them this year. The Greenwood students welcomed their "reviewers" to the Lab to show them around and play the creations. Creativity and leadership in action!

On Tuesday, we were excited to welcome guest speaker Kevin Murphy who spoke to students in our Musical Theatre class and from our production of "The Prom". Kevin is a screenwriter, television producer, lyricist and composer and he famously wrote and produced "Desperate Housewives" and adapted "Heathers" into a stage musical. Kevin delved deep into what the audition process is like for a typical film or theatre project - mentioning how for "Heathers: the Musical", he and his team had to review more than 6,000 taped auditions. He provided tips on the Dos and Don'ts of audition tapes and answered student questions at the end of his talk. Thank you for visiting Greenwood, Kevin!

Today, the Grade 8s hosted Greenwood’s very first Niche Expo! This event was the result of the many hours students spent with their community outreach partners, volunteering and assembling their projects in order to truly find their niche in service learning. Thank you to all of the community outreach partners, parents/guardians and Grade 7s for coming out and giving your full support for these projects. Congratulations to the Grade 8s for putting on a fantastic expo!

At last week’s middle school assembly, we recognized several Grade 7 and 8 students for their outstanding performance during service learning this year. Congratulations to the award’s recipients and all Grade 7s and 8s for their amazing work during their service learning sessions! In place of tomorrow’s usual service learning, the Grade 8s will showcase their “Finding Your Niche” lab projects at the Niche Expo, with the Grade 7s and community outreach partners in attendance.

From a Campfire Sing Along in the Lodge to Improv Games in the Theatre, students and staff alike were eager to celebrate Arts Week at Greenwood! This morning was our final Greenwood Mic of the school year, with students across various grades putting on amazing performances. The celebrations don’t stop there, as we are gearing up for tonight’s Arts Everywhere Showcase. We hope to see you there!

To celebrate Asian Heritage Month and Jewish Heritage Month, the IBP Committee organized a Snack-Tasting event at lunch yesterday! Some dishes included the Thai classic of mango sticky rice and babka, a Jewish dessert consisting of braided bread and a chocolate filling. In order to get a taste of these delicious dishes, students and staff had to explore an information sheet about the food's origin and relay a fun fact about the food to the Committee members.