School Life

Ridley TV – Episode One:
This week marked the launch of Ridley TV, a new activity being offered at the school.  Students participating in this activity are learning to be reporters, videographers, anchors and writers by producing their own Ridley news and current events show.  Segments this week include an interview with the new French teacher, Ms. Graf; a feature on the new squash coach, a segment on how to become a playwright as well as opinions on the food in the Great Hall.  Check out Shaneel Nair as he hosts the show:

“Christmas on the Radio: A Holiday Musical for Dreamers”

The Lower School put on their Christmas play “Christmas on the Radio: A Holiday Musical for Dreamers” last week in the Mandeville Theatre. The play was set in the 1950s and centred around a girl named Betty whose dream was to sing on the radio.  We have many talented actors, singers and musicians who entertained a crowded theatre on both Wednesday afternoon and Thursday evening.  Check out the video from the performance on Wednesday – the children did an amazing job!

Winter Wonderland
The first major snowfall came just in time! Exams are looming and students are beginning to dig their noses into their books, so when the snow began to fall it was time for some last minute fun! For some students it was their first time seeing snow and you could certainly hear the excitement echoing around campus. Check out the video from the first major snowfall at Ridley:

Tiger Nutrition

According to Dr. Berardi if students want to do better on their next test, boost their sports performance or just generally feel better it all starts with proper nutrition. Head of the Pure & Applied Math Department Mr. Paul DeVellis has been approached by students in the past asking how to build muscle or perform better in sports, so he contacted Dr. Berardi to help him create a program to do that and more! The new program is now available in the Dining Hall to assist students in achieving their goals.

There are four goals listed on posters in the Dining Hall:

1. To Eat a Healthier Diet

2. To Boost Sports Performance

3. To Build Bigger Muscles

4. To Lose Body Fat

Each goal is accompanied by colour-coded tiger paws that represent proteins, carbs, and fruits & veggies. For each goal it tells you how many proteins, carbs, or fruits & veggies you should eat.  For example, if you want to eat a healthier diet: for most meals – eat one protein serving and two fruits & vegetable servings; for after you exercise – eat one protein, a carb serving and one fruit & vegetable serving. The tiger paws will be put beside all food items by Chartwells staff so students will know what is a carb or a protein. Chuck Dertinger, ’03 spent countless hours during an internship with Dr. Berardi measuring serving scoops/spoons used in the dining hall to quantify the nutritional composition of each food for this program. Dr. Berardi said he is not here to tell students to never eat junk food, but instead to help students make better nutritional choices. Dr. Berardi has worked on nutritional programs for NHL hockey players, NFL football players, athletes on Canadian national teams and now Ridleians! Thanks to Dr. Berardi for his work on this program.