Ridley College Track & Field Team at CISAA Championships

A top four finish at CISAA means an athlete advances to the Metro Regional Track and Field Meet to compete for a spot at OFSAA. Your Tigers did not disappoint.  CISAA saw many of our athletes attain Personal Bests and place within the the top four spots in a number of events.

The following athletes have advanced to Metros:

Heather Petrick

• SG 3000m (10:12.52) GOLD
• SG 1500m (4:47.88) SILVER
• SG 800m (2:25.52) BRONZE

Ridley College student Heather P. at CISAA Championships

Erik Danecker

• SB 800m (2:00.66) SILVER

Leonie Vreden

• JG 3000m (12:40.76) SILVER
• JG 1500m (5:29.29) BRONZE
• JG 800m (2:47.47) FOURTH

Ridley College student Leonie V. at CISAA Championships

Victoria Burke

• JG 3000m (13:53.12) FOURTH

Tess Cowherd

• SG 100m (13.34) SILVER
• SG 200m (28.01) BRONZE

Ridley College student Tess C. at CISAA Championships

 SG 4×100 Relay (55.28) THIRD

• Daniella Leacock
• Annabel Umeh
• Shalyn Pavlisko
• Tess Cowherd

Ridley College students Heather and Erik with CISAA Championships medals

Graduating students from Leonard House

Graduating students from Arthur Bishop East

Housemaster from GWest, Ms. Fillion pins boutineer on graduating student, Victoria

The class of 2012 came together in the Great Hall with faculty members for a delicious dinner – chicken parmesan – a favourite among the students! And for dessert what could be better than brownies with ice cream?

Mr. Park was the honoured guest speaker – an Old Ridleian, teacher and Housemaster – he had lots of words of wisdom for the graduating students.

Graduating prefects from Leonard House

After the dinner, the students did the traditional walk across campus to Lower School and watched an amazing fireworks display light up the sky – thanks to the McNally family. Hope you had a great night graduates!

Ridley College students representing Child Advocacy Centre Niagara receive $5000.00 grant for the organization from YPI representative Brandon Gillespie

Last night the finalists from the Grade 9 Civics classes presented their YPI: Youth Philanthropy Initiative projects.  This is the second year that Ridley has participated in YPI.  The Youth Philanthropy Initiative is a grant-based program where students research local, grassroots, social service organizations and compete for $5000.00 by creating presentations that aim to convince judges why their organization should receive the grant.  Earlier in the term the students formed their groups, picked a local charity to research, interviewed the people who work for the organization and the people who benefit from the organization and then they made presentations to their individual class.  Six groups in total were chosen as the finalists to present last night in front of parents, faculty, classmates and a representative from YPI.  The groups used powerpoint, videos and persuasive speeches to encourage the judges to pick their charity.  This year, the group representing The Child Advocacy Centre of Niagara was chosen to receive the $5000.00 grant.  The Child Advocacy Centre is a safe place for children and youth to speak to a trained professional about allegations of abuse.  All of the presentations were well thought out and conveyed the passion that the students had developed for the organization they represented.  Congratulations to the finalists representing Red Roof Retreat, The RAFT, McNally House Hospice, Heart Niagara,  Adolescent Support Services of Niagara and to the winning group made up of Yunlin Ji, Fiona Adams, Annie Hinan, Tamara Butera representing Child Advocacy Centre Niagara. Watch the video below to get an idea of what the presentations were like:

The Inspecting Officer was Honorary Lieutenant Colonel Tim Hogarth of the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry Regiment with Mr. George C. Hendrie ’74, Chairman of the Board.

Ridley College Cadet Band

Commading Officer of the Ridley College Cadet Corps. Shannon McNally

To view more pictures from Cadet Inspection, please click here.
Photos taken by Ms. Kubu

Bethany Pile '12 - Ridley College

Morgynne Anthony '12 - Ridley College

Wendy Liu '12- Ridley College

Marcia D'Souza '12

Many of the young artists featured in this exhibit are going on to study art and design in the United States and Canada. The works are currently on display in the Matthews Library.

Some students collected water samples to study sediment load at different parts of a meandering stream. Others measured the speed of the stream by timing floating corks, others the depth, width, etc. They will compile their observations in a detailed report, and consider other hypotheses that one might study.

The weather was ideal and contributed to a successful field trip. When IB is fully implemented at Ridley, the Internal Assessment in Geography will be Field Work. This gave us a good opportunity to have a dry run (pardon the pun) and refine the process for upcoming years.

As told by Geography teacher, Mr. Park

RIDLEY COLLEGE is pleased to announce that it has been authorized as an International Baccalaureate World School, Diploma Programme commencing September 2012. This announcement follows a rigorous accreditation process and means that all students in Grades 11 and 12 will have the opportunity to complete the prestigious IB diploma.

In September 2012 Ridley will offer courses enabling students to earn both the International Baccalaureate Diploma and the Ontario Secondary School Diploma. The IB diploma is a two-year course of study that begins in Grade 11 and ends with a series of final examinations at the end of Grade 12. Widely recognized as one of the world’s best preparatory programmes, universities across the globe offer advanced standing to successful IB graduates.  Most universities in Canada will grant first year equivalency credits for three of the six courses students undertake for the IB diploma. Over 40 students from Ridley’s current Grade 10 class have enrolled in the IB Diploma Programme.

“The International Baccalaureate (IB) is the fastest growing school curriculum and exam system in the world.  It is a truly international pre-university diploma.  The addition of the IB enhances Ridley College’s opportunities in promoting rigour, resourcefulness and respect. It sets the tone for young people to become effective, successful and honourable global citizens. It will enable Ridleians to fulfill the global reach of being a world prep school.”

Jonathan Leigh, Headmaster

The hawk is the smallest of its kind in North America. Their diet consists almost exclusively of medium-sized birds, and Chris Clark of the grounds department has noticed a decline in the Robin population at that end of the campus.

Given their recent behaviour there is very likely either eggs or recently hatched offspring in the nest.  These birds are great to watch especially during through the family rearing process.  We are lucky to have the hawks on campus as they are notoriously skiddish. Please do not approach the tree, but observe from the road – we would like the birds to continue to call Ridley home.

Leaving the Ridley College campus to begin church parade

Drum Head Service at Ridley College

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Margery Infield in Oxford, England

This time while in Oxford, England he met up with Margery Infield who spent a gap year at Ridley College last year and is currently attending St. Edmund Hall College at Oxford University.  Take a look at the video below where Dr. Weller asks Margery about her Ridley experience and catches up with the former Ridley College student:

Ridley College is the largest boarding school programme in Ontario, Canada, with graduates attending top universities in Canada, the United States, and around the world. With over 100 different high school courses, 14 different athletic teams, and over 70 clubs and activities, Ridley has much to offer its students from 31 different countries. To find out more about Ridley College visit: www.ridleycollege.com.