Fostering Brilliance
A message from principal Dr. Leanne Foster
UTS is a community that is passionate about learning, not just for our students but for everyone. Coming next month, we are so pleased to offer you an opportunity to learn from visionary U.S.-based educator and author Dr. Paul Gorski.
The Question of Class: A Presentation with Dr. Paul Gorski
Thursday, October 10, 2024
6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
University of Toronto Schools
The author, co-author or editor of 12 books including his most recent, Fix Injustice, Not Kids and Other Principles for Transformative Equity Leadership, Dr. Gorski is an inspiring speaker with important messages for our community.
Founder of the Equity Literacy Institute, he has worked with educators in 48 states and 12 countries. Dr. Gorski brings 25 years of experience helping educators, nonprofit workers, and others in building deep and meaningful equity practices that put the student at the centre, which is so important to our school as we begin to implement work on our new Strategic Plan.
This event is open to the public and I am making a special invitation to all our families and guardians to join us in exploring how to create real impact and transform our school into a place where all students thrive. I am very excited about this event, and expect it will be an inspiring evening for everyone.
Looking forward to seeing you there.
Dr. Leanne Foster
UTS Principal
Coming up next at UTS
September 26, 2024
Orange Shirt Day and National Day of Truth and Reconciliation Assembly
September 30, 2024
The National Day of Truth and Reconciliation Assembly will be from 12:50 p.m. to 1:40 p.m. on Monday. Students will see a modified schedule in their timetables and should go directly to their period 4, Block D class after lunch for attendance. Their Block D teachers will accompany them to and from the assembly during period 4.
Wear Orange
We encourage all UTS community members to wear an orange shirt on Monday, September 30 to commemorate Orange Shirt Day.
School Assembly
On Monday, September 30, UTS will be having a whole school assembly that will include the performance of “Lost and Found” composed by Cris Derksen, an internationally respected Indigenous cellist and composer from Treaty 8 Northern Alberta and UTS’s composer-in-residence. Our assembly also will feature a video of a residential school survivor speaking to the impact of the residential school on their life and their community.
Keynote Speaker
The September 30 assembly will also feature a keynote address by Dr. Niigaan Sinclair. Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair is Anishinaabe (St. Peter’s/Little Peguis) and a professor at the University of Manitoba, where he holds the Faculty of Arts Professorship in Indigenous Knowledge and Aesthetics and is currently Head of the Department of Indigenous Studies. Niigaan is also an award-winning writer, editor and activist. Dr. Sinclair’s presentation will focus on how the understanding of Indigenous rights, treaties and Indigenous knowledge is a growing requirement of all Canadians regardless of profession.
CBC Camera Crew at UTS
Dr. Sinclair will be joined by a CBC camera crew who will be documenting Dr. Sinclair’s experience of National Day of Truth and Reconciliation.
If you have any questions, please reach out to Garry Kollins, Vice Principal of Student Life (gkollins@utschools.ca) or Nas Khan, Head of Anti-Racism, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion & Outreach (nasreen.khan@utschools.ca).
Bursary Applications for the 2025-26 school year
Open Tuesday, October 1, 2024
Application deadline is Thursday, October 31, 2024
Please visit http://applefinancialservices.ca/ and complete your application by October 31, 2024 if you are interested in applying for bursary support.
If you have any questions, please contact UTS Finance at finance@utschools.ca
Fall Music Lesson Scholarship Program (F2-S6)
Application deadline: October 9 at 4 p.m.
Thanks to the John and Margaret Withrow Foundation, UTS Music is offering Fall Music Lesson Scholarships to a selective group of students who are registered for a UTS Music course (F2-S6) in the 2024-2025 school year. Students who are awarded this scholarship will receive a full subsidy towards 5 music lessons to be taken between September to December. All of these lessons will take place at UTS.
Deserving recipients of the scholarship will have demonstrated the following attributes or requirements:
Demonstrated evidence that individualized music lessons will support their success in music studies at UTS
Must be enrolled in an F2-S6 UTS music course for the 2024-2025 year
Has shown a high degree of musical potential (not ability)
Demonstrated a love of music through contributions to the curricular and/or co-curricular music program
If you have any questions, please contact the Director of Music, Ms. Pat (lyris.pat@utschools.ca)
School Arrival
We appreciate your support in ensuring your child’s arrival at school with enough time to be in their classrooms ready for their Period 1 class to begin at 8:45 a.m.
Thank you for attending the UTS Family BBQ!
On Friday, September 20 over 550 community members came together for the inaugural UTS Family BBQ! Thank you to the many UTSPA volunteers who helped to create and support this event. It was wonderful that the community came together to create such an exciting start to the school year.
Coffee Mornings at UTS for Parents and Guardians
October 2, 8, 16 and 17 from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m.
You are invited to join Dr. Leanne Foster, UTS Principal - and other UTS representatives - for coffee mornings at the school from 8:00 - 9:00 a.m. Click on the links below for the event specific to your grade. We look forward to welcoming you!
UTS Pathways of Support
This is a great time of year to affirm support seeking as an important life skill. UTS’s Pathways of Support lets students and parents know who to connect with in Student Services when issues or needs arise related to navigating learning, life and mental health. School Social Workers Joelle, Steph and Marleen can be emailed any time at social.work.staff@utschools.ca.