Junior School students canoeing during a school trip.

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Challenge Week at The York School

5/5/2015

This week, The York School has 258 students and 42 teachers scattered across North America for Challenge Week.

This week, The York School has 258 students and 42 teachers scattered across North America for Challenge Week. Students are taking part in hands-on experiences that extend their learning beyond the classroom and integrate our experiential approach. Challenge Week directly supports our school’s mission to “develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who are engaged citizens of the world.”

Challenge Week integrates exposes students to authentic experiences in the hopes of igniting a spark of deeper interest, and making connections to their overall learning. During Challenge Week, students have unique and inspiring opportunities to develop interpersonal skills and tools to help them work effectively and reflectively as a team. Ultimately, the experiences lead to greater self-esteem and awareness. Year after year, our students identify Challenge Week as one of the most memorable parts of their York School experience.

This year's destinations and themes include:

New Orleans: Resilience of the City

New Orleans: Take the Jazz Train to New Orleans!

Northern California: Silicon Valley

Toronto: Discoveries in Biomedicine

Montreal: Savourez Montreal

Squamish, BC: Reaching the Summit

Killarney Provincial Park: Killarney Impressions

Calgary to Drumheller to Banff, Alberta: Prairies to Mountains

St. John’s, Newfoundland: Exploring the Rock

Follow trip updates here: https://twitter.com/theyorkschool.

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About the York School

The York School is a gender-inclusive JK to Grade 12 independent school located in the heart of Toronto. The York School was founded in 1965 and is the first English speaking school in Canada accredited to offer the International Baccalaureate (IB) from junior kindergarten (JK) to university entrance. As an IB World School, The York School's motto is Experience Teaches.