Busy first week concludes with opening assembly

Kaiz Bhatia, Staff Writer

September 11, 2013

Headmaster Dr. Tom Matthews addresses the St. George’s Senior School during Friday’s assembly

On Friday, September 6, the St. George’s Senior School started the 2013-2014 academic year with the annual opening assembly. Headmaster Dr. Tom Matthews and School Captain Matthew Boroditsky both delivered opening speeches, new staff and faculty members were introduced, and prefects for the 2013-2014 school year were announced.

Staff and faculty were gowned for this assembly and all the students rose to their feet as they entered. Everyone remained standing after the staff had entered for the singing of the national anthem “O’ Canada.”

After all were seated, Headmaster Matthews addressed the senior school with a few opening remarks. “I hope you all had a great summer, the opportunity to relax with friends and family, I know I most certainly did. But now that the holiday’s are over and the new school year is upon us, it is important to get back into our normal routines. Nonetheless I wish all of you the best of luck in the 2013-2014 academic year.”

Then, Senior School principal Mr. Shawn Lawrence approached the podium and introduced new faculty and staff members who where joining the school for their first year at Saints. Next, Mr. Pat Palmer, Head of Grade Twelve, familiarized the community with this year’s prefects. He presented them with Headmaster leadership awards and prefect ties. The prefects were then introduced, beginning with Head Boy Matthew Boroditsky. The two Deputy Head Boys, Alistair Pitts and Parker Nann, followed him. Jackson Au was chosen to be this year’s Captain of Boarding and Tony Li will be Vice-Captain of Boarding. Palmer McCutcheon was named Chair of Graduation, Brett Dowling was announced as Captain of Service Learning and Marc Levin was selected to be Captain of Sports.

Finally the stage was set for this year’s school captain Matthew Boroditsky to give his opening speech. Boroditsky continued the tradition of giving each grade advice for the anticipated year. The theme of his speech was that Saints is a journey and how each grade will have obstacles thrown in front of them on their path to the final destination.

About the Contributor

Kaiz Bhatia, Co-Editor In Chief

Kaiz is a grade twelve student at St. George’s School and is currently working as the Co-Editor In Chief for The Creed. Kaiz began his time at Saints in the Senior School in Grade eight and has enjoyed every minute of it. Many of Kaiz's interests lie in the athletic communities in the school. Kaiz has competed on the school's teams for cross-country, ice hockey, rugby, and ultimate frisbee. While playing for the school teams, Kaiz also plays on local club teams for ice hockey and rugby. Kaiz is enthusiastic toward the arts and culture in the school where he is currently involved with visual art in the studios and in performance art in the theatre. Kaiz also contributed to last year's edition of The Opus as a member of the selections team for the art section. In the classroom, Kaiz is most enthusiastic towards history and social science’s classes. This is Kaiz’s third year on The Creed and he looks to make his final year the most enjoyable yet.