Kings Town School

KTS In The News

Melanie — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:22:28 +0000

King’s Town School featured prominently in the Kingston Whig Standard’s recent ‘Back To School’ supplement; if you follow the link below, you can see what was written about the school on page 5.

http://virtual.thewhig.com/doc/Kingston-Whig-Standard/kingstonbacktoschool2010/2010081001/

2010 Graduation

Melanie — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 01:36:06 +0000

King’s Town School’s 2010 graduation ceremony took place in the prestigious setting of the Renaissance Event Venue in downtown Kingston, and all those present took great pleasure in celebrating the achievements of our graduates from both Montessori and Grade 8. We were also pleased to welcome John Abrams, of the Kingston-based band The Abrams Brothers, as our guest speaker, and his motivating and engaging speech rounded off what was a truly wonderful occasion.

We wish all our graduates the very best for the future.

Montessori Graduates
Elijah Dipchand
Lachlan Dyzak
Lottie Foreman
Stella Koven
Ethan Levac
Jean-Christophe Panzer
Claire Schleger
Noa Waldman

Grade 8 Graduates
Kaity Diederichs
Jonathan Graham
Liam Hunt
Aaron Kennedy
Graham Milligan
David Millson
Ben O’Callaghan
Spencer Orr
James Ross
Graeme Taylor

Awards

§ Honour Roll:
Jeremy Arnold, Greg Borschneck, David Delcourt, Hope Yen, Kaity Diederichs, Aaron Kennedy, Ben O’Callaghan, Spencer Orr, Graeme Taylor and James Ross

§ Highest Academic Average presented to Ben O’Callaghan

§ Valedictorian Award, in honour of Joy Yen, presented to James Ross

§ Citizenship Award, in honour of Jessica Hone, presented to Issak Justine

§ Head Boy and Head Girl Award presented to Graeme Taylor and Kaity Diederichs

§ Creative Writing Award, in honour of Chloe Connors, presented to Graham Milligan

§ Humanities Award presented to Jonathan Graham

§ Technology Award presented to Liam Hunt

§ Drama Award presented to Kaity Diederichs

§ Music Award presented to Ben O’Callaghan

§ Art Award presented by to James Ross

§ French Award presented to Ben O’Callaghan

§ P.E.P. Award presented to Aaron Kennedy

§ B.U.G. Award presented to David Millson

§ Female Athlete of the year Award, in honour of Hanna Hone, presented to Kaity Diederichs

§ Male Athlete of the year Award presented to Spencer Orr

The Awards Go To…

admin — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 20:27:08 +0000

The King’s Town Science Fair took place on April 9th and 10th. The following Prizes were awarded:

Physical & Mathematical Sciences
Bronze– Andrew Borschneck

Life & Earth Sciences – Primary Age
Gold – Tylar Bratt
Honourable Mention – Bilal Islam & Emily-Kate Taylor

Computing & Engineering
Gold – Lizzie Diederichs
Bronze – Connor Moore
Honourable Mention – Stephen Petsikas

Life & Earth Sciences – Junior Age
Silver – Hope Yen & Katy Diederichs
Honourable Mention – David Spies

Human Health Science
Gold – Neel Sharma Silver – Donnan Grekul-Somerville
Honourable Mention – Tarrah Ethier & Sydney Mosaheb

Special Awards:

Peer Award — Sydney Mosaheb

Neuroscience Studies Award - Greg Borschneck

Department of Biology Award- Tylar Bratt

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Award – Lizzie Diederichs

Environmental Studies Award – Andrew Borschneck & Lizzie Diederichs

Microbiology & Immunology Award – Tarrah Ethier

Department of Physiology Award – Sydney Mosaheb

Department of Chemistry Award – Stephen Petsikas

Engineering Society Science Quest Award – Ainsley Koven

Canadian Obesity Network Award – Neel Sharma

CMC Microsystems Award – Lizzie Diederichs

Kingston Field Naturalists Award – Bilal Islam

Museum of Health Care at Kingston Award – Greg Borschneck

Novelis Sandra Davison Award – Lizzie Diederichs

Ontario Association of Certified Engineering Technicians and Technologists Award – Lizzie Diederichs

Professional Engineers of Ontario Award – Ainsley Koven

2010 EnvirExpo Special Award - Hope Yen

Congratulations to all that participated!

A well hatched plan!

admin — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 20:20:38 +0000

Grade 1 and Grade 2 have successfully hatched 10 chicks this week!

Having carefully cared for the eggs in their incubator for the last 21 days, Grade 1 and Grade 2 students finally met all their young chicks. Names for them are still being discussed but popular choices at the moment are Sheldon and Shelby. The chicks have now been moved to a warm area, where they have easy access to food and water. The children all look forward to the afternoons where they get to have “Chick time” and the baby chickens are allowed to have a little run around and play with the children.

Ski Trip

admin — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 21:18:09 +0000

On Friday February 12, several students, teachers and parents embarked on the annual King’s Town School Ski trip. This year, we decided to stay within Ontario and ski at Calabogie Peaks just north of Perth. The weather cooperated for both the driving and the skiing! The sun made an appearance mid afternoon and the slopes were covered with ample amounts of snow. Several of our students and parents had never skied before, but with lessons from the very competent ski instructors at Calabogie, there was a great success rate of new skiers. Veteran skiers hit the slopes and took in the many runs throughout the day, stopping at lunch to catch up with classmates and fellow friends. After a long day of skiing, some headed home on the bus, while others made a trip elsewhere to enjoy festivities for the Family Day weekend.

A Knight’s Tale

admin — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 19:52:47 +0000

On the 28th of January Grades 3 and 4 stepped back in time and joined together for a Medieval Feast of grand proportions. Whilst tucking into roasted chicken on trenchers, soups, different varieties of cheese, gingerbread and apple tarts the merry throng enjoyed entertainment on harpsichord. The knights enjoyed the challenge of competitions and the ladies of the realm looked beautiful in their fine dresses made from silks and exotic fabrics from the East. All in all, a wonderful day filled with Jest and fun!

Jingle Bell Skate

admin — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 22:24:47 +0000

On our last day of the term we took the whole school to Market Square for a ‘Jingle Bell Skate.’ This was a fund raising event for our chosen charity. The students donated some money in exchange for bells for their skates and the money went to the Pamoja Tunaweza Women’s Centre in Moshi, Tanzania at the base of Kilimanjaro. The website for the project is www.tunaweza.org. One of our parents runs a shelter program for homeless women and their children, a primary health clinic and health outreach as well as a business training and microfinance program. Dr Yeates came into the school to give talks on her work in Tanzania and struck a chord with many of the children and staff. So much so that Katie donated all of her birthday money towards the cause!

Vanier Cup

admin — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 22:24:20 +0000

Our senior boys had their photograph taken with the Vanier Cup, which was won by Queen’s Golden Gaels in a game against the Calgory Dinos. Queen’s won 33-31 and was their 4^th football championship since 1992.

Happy Hanukkah!

admin — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 22:23:46 +0000

Today we welcomed Dr. Steven Black and Mrs. Moira Black (Stella’s grandparents) into the Montessori Classroom to tell us the story of Hanukkah. We played with dreidels and were given some gold covered chocolate ‘gelt’ and lit the Menorah for the first day of Hanukkah. We also put on our chef hats and helped Mr Gaben (Noa’s grandfather) make some latkes for our snacks. We ate them with apple sauce and they were delicious! Noa managed to eat four!!

Classes Resume

admin — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:15:08 +0000

Full time classes will be resuming on January 4th, 2010. Please have a safe and happy holiday and we look forward to welcoming you back in the new year.