Open studio, the Academy’s weekly art-making space, featured our own Susan Couprie (aka “Revered Mountain”) teaching a Japanese art called Shodo. Students were taught how to create characters with black ink and special brushes. Susan learned this art form while living in Japan many years ago. Stay tuned for more photos from Open Studio in the weeks to come!
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Dear Parents/Guardians:
The YMCA Academy’s ‘Me to We Club’ along with the grade 10 Civics and grade 9 Nutrition classes are organizing a food drive in support of Halloween for Hunger. The yearly campaign, run by Free the Children, encourages students to collect non-perishable food items for their local food banks.
Academy students are invited to bring in canned food items between now and Friday October 28th. As an incentive to bring in donations, on Friday the 28th in the afternoon all students who have brought in a canned food item will have the opportunity to ‘buy out’ of 4th period to participate in a ‘students vs. staff’ dodgeball game in the Central Y gymnasium.
Any questions can be directed to Michelle Johnson: michelle.johnson@ymcagta.org
Thank you for your support as we work to address the issue of hunger in our community.
On September 27, The YMCA Academy Me to We club joined 18,000 other young idealists at the Air Canada Centre for a full day of musical performances and motivational speakers at Free the Children’s We Day. Artists included Nelly Furtado, Shawn Desman, Joe Jonas, City and Colour and Classified, and speakers included Danny Glover, Patch Adams, Spencer West and Free the Children founders Craig and Marc Kielberger. The Me to We Club left inspired to begin a full year of activities and initiatives promoting change at a local and global level. Stay tuned for more from the Academy Me to We club!
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Inspired by the real life story of Juan Mann, a man whose mission was to reach out and hug people to brighten up their day, Academy students participated in the school’s annual Free Hug day on Wednesday September 21st. They started off at the YMCA childcare space, then proceeded up Yonge Street for a reunion with the staff at 42 Charles. There’s nothing like a free hug!
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On Tuesday September 13th, the YMCA Academy Me to We club held their first meeting to begin planning for the upcoming school year. The club members came up with ideas to support Free the Children’s global and local initiatives, and created posters advertising ‘Free Hug Day’ on September 21st. Stay tuned for more from the Me to We club!
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