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<strong>Meadowridge</strong> <strong>School</strong> Society<br />
June 2012 AnnuAl RepoRt
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Learning to live well,with others and<br />
<strong>for</strong> others, in a just community.<br />
June 2012 AnnuAl RepoRt
tAble of Contents<br />
4 Board of Governors<br />
5 Message from the Chairman of the Board<br />
8 Message from the Headmaster<br />
10 Advancement Committee Report<br />
11 2011-2012 Giving Campaigns<br />
16 Facilities Committee Report<br />
17 Finance Committee Report<br />
18 Statement of Operations<br />
19 Statement of Financial Position<br />
20 Governance Committee Report<br />
21 Communications Committee Report<br />
22 Awards & Scholarships<br />
26 Past Board Members<br />
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2011-2012<br />
boARD of goveRnoRs<br />
Daniel Gouws<br />
Chair<br />
John Becker<br />
Past Chair<br />
Scott Park<br />
Gareth Mason<br />
Vice-Chair<br />
Mike Orser<br />
Past Chair<br />
Kelly Fry<br />
Treasurer<br />
Ockie Lampen<br />
Susan Waugh<br />
Secretary<br />
Mike Schutz<br />
Roy Choi Jessie Hill<br />
Bob Gill<br />
A Vision <strong>for</strong> Our <strong>School</strong><br />
People are drawn to our school from around the world. In the spirit of active collaboration with teachers, peers, and our community,<br />
we learn how to care <strong>for</strong> ourselves and <strong>for</strong> others. Knowing that change is the only certainty, we engage with challenging and<br />
complex questions effectively and creatively. Through outstanding teaching, programmes, and facilities, <strong>Meadowridge</strong> develops in<br />
us the confidence not only to meet the future, but also to create it.
Message from the<br />
CHAiRmAn of the boARD<br />
When I sat down to write this report, I started<br />
thinking about what was new, what was<br />
exciting and what had changed over the last<br />
year at our school.<br />
I started making lists of all the positive things that had<br />
happened, some of the challenges that we were facing, our<br />
achievements, and all the plans <strong>for</strong> the future. What made the<br />
2011-2012 year stand out?<br />
As I was looking at the graduates at this year’s Convocation<br />
Ceremony, many of whom I have known since they were in<br />
Kindergarten, I had time to reflect and look back. It felt like<br />
only yesterday that we dropped off our five and six year olds<br />
to greet Mr. Jung <strong>for</strong> the first time. We comment to each<br />
other how time flies and hardly ever reflect on how much<br />
work it was, how much time we spent taking them to school,<br />
sporting events, practices, extramural activities, helping<br />
them with homework, loving them, gently pushing them<br />
and sometimes getting mad at them. During all of this we<br />
celebrated their achievements and supported them when life<br />
did not seem fair, but also busied ourselves with everyday<br />
routines.<br />
I came to the conclusion that it is not just the changes that<br />
are important, but rather the fact that the school continues<br />
to grow in leaps and bounds, just like our children. Although<br />
there are high points and achievements, it is the ongoing<br />
process of advancement that happens in the background that<br />
shapes us as a school.<br />
Like our children, <strong>Meadowridge</strong> started small in size. We<br />
started off as a "country school" in portables 25 years ago.<br />
The founders of our school had vision, hope, dreams and<br />
energy to establish our school in the same way that we have<br />
aspirations <strong>for</strong> our children. Our school has quietly come of<br />
age as a result of the unwavering support, dedication and<br />
ongoing work that has been done by the <strong>Meadowridge</strong><br />
community. Our school, like our children, is now ready to<br />
enter the next phase.<br />
Although our children graduate, they will continue to need<br />
our support, leadership, advice, and feedback to help them<br />
thrive. Our current students have to be shown positive role<br />
models that emulate all the traits associated with a positive<br />
institution.<br />
We have embraced the International Baccalaureate Learner<br />
Profiles <strong>for</strong> our school and <strong>for</strong> our Board of Governors. We<br />
work to create an institution with strengths that foster better<br />
communities, responsibility, civility, work ethic, leadership,<br />
teamwork, purpose and tolerance. With the implementation<br />
of the IB Diploma Programme, we are now one of only four<br />
schools in British Columbia and one of eight in Canada that<br />
offer the continuum of all three IB programmes at a single<br />
school.<br />
The 2011-2012 Board of Governors started its work in<br />
November 2011, with the first meeting reviewing the<br />
Key Decisions that arose from the document “A Vision <strong>for</strong><br />
<strong>Meadowridge</strong>: 2035”. This document had been the outcome<br />
of a year-long process, mandated by the previous Board<br />
of Governors. Committees were directed to review their<br />
mandates and parents were invited to numerous feedback<br />
and planning sessions, followed by a survey about all facets<br />
of our school.<br />
A Draft Vision Report was <strong>for</strong>warded to the previous Board of<br />
Governors <strong>for</strong> comment and suggestions, which were then<br />
considered in the final draft. This was presented to the 2011-<br />
2012 Board of Governors by Hugh Burke and Susan Waugh.<br />
At this time Mr. Burke also outlined some key issues facing<br />
the school and their implications. The Board of Governors<br />
subsequently had to make some Key Decisions - most<br />
notably regarding the size of the school, land acquisition and<br />
starting a school foundation to develop endowments. The<br />
option to maintain the status quo was presented, as some<br />
parents expressed that they were happy with the current state<br />
of the school, and they did not see any need <strong>for</strong> significant<br />
change.<br />
The entire Board of Governors held a meeting in December<br />
of 2011. At this meeting, we were asked to reconsider some<br />
Key Decisions on the future of the school, and what type of<br />
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institution it is to be. We already had a clear plan of where we wanted to go<br />
but the plan had never been properly funded, and could not be executed<br />
without this funding. It was recognized that it is the Board of Governors<br />
responsibility to ensure adequate financial resources to allow Administration<br />
to implement the Strategic Plan as instructed.<br />
The Board decided that the school should stay the course, and become an IB<br />
continuum university preparatory school, providing quality programmes at a<br />
reasonable cost, compared to similar schools.<br />
We determined that the value of our programmes, culture and nature of our<br />
school continue to be excellent. By all measures the school produces much<br />
better than average results at comparatively lower than average costs. It was<br />
recognized that <strong>Meadowridge</strong> needs to be the most effective school <strong>for</strong> our<br />
teachers to function in. High quality teaching is central to the outcomes of our<br />
students, and we need to ensure that teacher development is outstanding,<br />
and that teacher retention remains high. To support this we need to fully<br />
develop our facilities <strong>for</strong> curriculum excellence.<br />
Armed with the set of new Key Decisions, a strategic planning session was<br />
held in January of 2012. An updated Strategic Plan was developed by the<br />
Board of Governors in order to carry out the intents of the Vision that had<br />
been developed the previous year.<br />
The most notable result stemming from the January meeting was that the<br />
Board of Governors made a firm decision that we would move towards<br />
adequate funding of the Strategic Plan. It was realized that we could no<br />
longer continue to direct our Headmaster and his staff to implement the<br />
Strategic Plan without sufficient funding. The only three available streams<br />
<strong>for</strong> increased funding were identified as tuition, donations and increased<br />
enrollment.<br />
Our long-term Strategic Plan now calls <strong>for</strong> expansion and a Campus Master<br />
Plan to support the growth of enrollment to 800 students. In addition tuition<br />
levels were increased, which was subsequently announced in a letter to the<br />
parent body. A number of families contacted the Board of Governors with<br />
questions and concerns about, not only the tuition increase, but also about<br />
the fact that this announcement was made very close to the midline <strong>for</strong> reregistration.<br />
A parent meeting was held to answer concerns on January 18,<br />
2012 and was well attended. It was clear that the sudden increase in tuition<br />
fees was a significant cause of hardship <strong>for</strong> some parents. Many suggestions<br />
on alternative revenue streams were discussed.<br />
The Board of Governors acknowledged that this in<strong>for</strong>mation had been poorly<br />
communicated and also at a very late date.<br />
It was decided to develop and maintain a rolling five-year financial <strong>for</strong>ecast<br />
budget that would include tuition, and to establish a Board Communications<br />
Committee. These measures were implemented to ensure that our parents<br />
are well in<strong>for</strong>med and are provided with adequate in<strong>for</strong>mation <strong>for</strong> financial<br />
planning. Mr. Burke also met with a group of parents to consider alternate<br />
fundraising plans <strong>for</strong> the school.<br />
The Board of Governors met with members of the Administration <strong>for</strong> a<br />
strategic development workshop in April of 2012. This reaffirmed our goal<br />
to be stable, effective, and mission-driven. There was consensus that we are<br />
still driven by our Vision, and this has underlined the guiding principles of<br />
the 2012 Strategic Plan. The Board of Governors is confident that the 2012<br />
Strategic Plan will preserve the character and sustainability of our school.<br />
<strong>Meadowridge</strong> is doing very well on all fronts. We have been able to maintain<br />
our student numbers with a record low attrition of 9%, and a projected<br />
student count of 540 <strong>for</strong> next year. In addition, participation in our Annual<br />
Giving Campaign is now at 54%.<br />
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The 2011-2012 Board of Governors term was the first year of <strong>Meadowridge</strong>’s<br />
second quarter century. It has been an exciting year and an honour to chair<br />
the Board of Governors.<br />
This year the Board of Governors welcomed three new members, Jessie Hill,<br />
Bob Gill and Roy Choi. All three have already made a significant contribution<br />
with their unique perspectives, talents, enthusiasm and energy. We are very<br />
grateful to have them on board.<br />
I would personally like to thank Susan Waugh, Secretary of the Board, <strong>for</strong> all<br />
the work that she has done over the last term. In spite of there being times<br />
when the workload must have exceeded her day job, she always managed to<br />
keep correspondence timely and thoughtful. I specifically would like to thank<br />
Gareth Mason (Vice Chair), John Becker (Past Chair) and Hugh Burke <strong>for</strong><br />
their support and mentorship during my first term and especially during my<br />
unexpected absence earlier in this year. I would also like to thank my fellow<br />
Board members <strong>for</strong> the significant time and ef<strong>for</strong>t they put in over the last<br />
year, often spending evenings and Saturdays in meetings.<br />
On behalf of the Board of Governors, and also as a <strong>Meadowridge</strong> parent,<br />
I would like to sincerely thank Hugh Burke and his administrative team <strong>for</strong><br />
providing our children with the best opportunity to thrive in life.<br />
Daniel Gouws<br />
Chair, Board of Governors
“Our school has quietly come of age as a result of the unwavering<br />
support, dedication and ongoing work that has been done by the<br />
<strong>Meadowridge</strong> community. Our school, like our children, is now<br />
ready to enter the next phase.”<br />
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Message from the<br />
HeADmAsteR of the sCHool<br />
In this report, I would like to consider three things:<br />
1. The educational programme of our school<br />
2. <strong>School</strong> finances<br />
3. Enrolment and expansion in our future<br />
1. The Educational Programme<br />
As of the 2012-2013 school year, <strong>Meadowridge</strong> is now an<br />
International Baccalaureate school with a full continuum<br />
from Junior Kindergarten through to Diploma (grade 12+).<br />
We are one of about 180 schools in the world that offer this<br />
continuum. There are many schools that offer one of the three<br />
programmes – PYP, MYP, or Diploma – as an option within a<br />
regular system, often as a <strong>for</strong>m of enrichment. The advantage<br />
to continuum schools such as <strong>Meadowridge</strong> is that the entire<br />
school is oriented toward the IB, and so students are fully<br />
prepared <strong>for</strong> each of the three programmes. The curriculum<br />
is continually enriched, and great attention is paid to the<br />
Learner Profile as the children grow as well-rounded people,<br />
international in their view, and fully prepared <strong>for</strong> whatever<br />
may come in the future.<br />
In order to offer these three programmes within one school,<br />
our teachers constantly attend professional development<br />
which is world-class. Remarkably, we now have a number of<br />
teachers who are authorized to offer these workshops, and<br />
even some who are on authorization teams which inspect<br />
other schools. Smaller classes in our school ensure that<br />
close attention is paid to each child. Specialist teachers have<br />
proven to provide a strong background <strong>for</strong> every child in a<br />
number of areas. Our school is continuously monitored by<br />
the International Baccalaureate organization to make sure<br />
that each area of our school is excellent. Our grading systems<br />
are monitored in Geneva, so that we can assure parents that<br />
the marks here are based on world standards. All of our<br />
students in grade twelve go on to university, and our alumni<br />
are succeeding in many careers.<br />
We also continuously monitor our programmes to ensure that<br />
every child can succeed. We use our own testing, classroom<br />
work, and standardized testing as a basis <strong>for</strong> programme<br />
assessment. For example, we constantly do well on FSA<br />
testing. Although this is very controversial in public schools,<br />
we find it a valuable resource to check the progress of our<br />
kids. This past year, we did very well again, except that four<br />
children in grade seven seemed to have difficulty in Math<br />
problem solving in the Foundation Skills Assessment (the<br />
only area that was close to an issue amongst all areas tested<br />
in grades four and seven). As a result, we have examined our<br />
Math programme closely from grades five through seven,<br />
and intend to ensure that every child succeeds. Last year<br />
may just have been an unusual testing time, or random error,<br />
but we constantly work to ensure that every piece of data is<br />
considered and acted upon. I was pleased to note that our<br />
aggregate scores on secondary school exams were the fourth<br />
strongest in the province. We will continue to aggressively<br />
monitor our programmes to ensure an excellent education.<br />
About 90% of our students are on the Honour Roll, even<br />
though we maintain high standards. As well, we also provide<br />
many options <strong>for</strong> co-curricular participation, leadership,<br />
and service. The Gryphon Pin is awarded when a child finds<br />
balanced success in these areas. We continue to build on<br />
success in the Duke of Edinburgh programme as well, and<br />
have doubled the number of students who get a Duke of<br />
Edinburgh pin in the last few years…and this will continue.<br />
However, to really build the best programmes possible,<br />
we will need to expand our student base, so that smaller<br />
programmes can have enough students in them to be<br />
af<strong>for</strong>dable.<br />
What all of this adds up to is the determination to provide<br />
our children with the best education possible. To do that, we<br />
welcome the ongoing collaboration with parents to help us<br />
reflect on our practices, and continuously improve.<br />
2. <strong>School</strong> Finances<br />
This year was challenging <strong>for</strong> our school, as we engaged<br />
in a large tuition increase. The school had <strong>for</strong>ecast a deficit<br />
budget <strong>for</strong> this year, and cost pressures meant that we had<br />
to either increase the tuition, lose money, cut programmes,<br />
or significantly increase class size. The choice made was to<br />
maintain the programmes, but increase tuition in order that<br />
the school could remain stable and provide appropriate<br />
resources. One thing that was determined was to <strong>for</strong>ecast
tuition <strong>for</strong> a five-year period on a rolling basis, so that families are not<br />
surprised, and so that everyone understands the pressures on the school. The<br />
Board has undertaken to mitigate future tuition increases while maintaining<br />
programme quality, and the only way to do that is to increase the school<br />
size. It is notable that our benchmarking puts our new tuition still significantly<br />
below the cost of comparable schools, but we would like to continue to<br />
offer very good value, and continue to provide outstanding programmes at<br />
reasonable costs, regardless of what other schools may do, or how high their<br />
tuitions may become.<br />
Some good news from this year was that we did not actually run the<br />
projected deficit, due to higher than <strong>for</strong>ecast enrolment and substantial<br />
contributions to the school through Annual Giving and the Golf Tournament.<br />
We always control our costs very tightly, and so our budget was stronger<br />
due mostly to increased revenue, although we also managed some savings<br />
in other areas. As well, we had a lower attrition this year than our average, so<br />
more students than ever came back, and our new registration has been very<br />
strong. We look <strong>for</strong>ward to next year on that basis. We will have waiting lists<br />
at a number of grades, but we do not have room to add any more classes.<br />
As well, within the PYP, the classroom space itself limits our class size to the<br />
current levels.<br />
Nonetheless, in order to keep tuition stable and predictable in future, we<br />
will need to increase our student population. As costs are spread over more<br />
students, the cost-per-pupil goes down. For example, had we not built a<br />
school expansion when we did, the tuition would have been higher at this<br />
time, since we would have been limited to about 460-470 students, and the<br />
same programme would have then cost more. Our increased revenue from<br />
the new building worked to keep our tuition lower than it would otherwise<br />
have been, even after capital costs are factored in. We intend to work hard<br />
to keep tuition reasonable, but that will mean more expansion so that we<br />
can take more students. The level that we have established at which we can<br />
get the best economies, and offer even better programmes, is about 800<br />
students from junior kindergarten to grade twelve (Diploma Programme).<br />
3. Enrolment and Expansion<br />
There are two reasons <strong>for</strong> expanding the student population. The first is so<br />
that we can offer more programmes, and boost our current programmes<br />
such as music, art, drama, athletics, and multiple course offerings. The second<br />
is to ensure that these programmes are offered at a reasonable tuition. As<br />
noted, the only reason that we did not run a deficit this year was because of<br />
growth, and that growth has also allowed us to offer more courses than we<br />
could have previously. The combination of more choice at contained costs<br />
means that we can offer greater value to families. If we do not grow, then<br />
tuition will grow more quickly than if we do grow. Expansion lowers tuition<br />
costs, as it has in the past.<br />
However, our current facility can only support one more class, and even that<br />
would be challenging. We are short of gym space as well, and need more<br />
practice areas <strong>for</strong> a variety of activities. If we build, we need to build in stages<br />
so that each is economic, and pays <strong>for</strong> itself through student growth. Any<br />
expansion will also require the approval of the Agricultural Land Commission,<br />
since the school is built on agricultural land. Currently, with the land that<br />
we have, we are capped at 600 students, so any expansion will mean<br />
acquiring more land as well. The land in Maple Ridge is relatively af<strong>for</strong>dable<br />
right now, but we do not think that it will stay that way. We know that 240th<br />
street will become busier and busier, and even now there are houses being<br />
built all around us, so more land will also serve to buffer the school from<br />
future community growth. Many schools are now surrounded by houses, or<br />
shopping centres, or other development, and have become very hemmed in,<br />
and so land purchase will help us to buffer the school, provide more space<br />
<strong>for</strong> the children and the means <strong>for</strong> school expansion in order to promote<br />
greater value. The Board is currently working on this land acquisition so as to<br />
secure the future of the school.<br />
Concurrently with acquiring more land, the Board has instructed the<br />
Administration to provide a plan <strong>for</strong> school expansion which is staged, and<br />
which provides strong cost triggers such that each stage of expansion has<br />
a strong return on investment, and so that a single generation of families<br />
does not bear the cost of any part of the expansion. That is, each stage of the<br />
expansion should pay <strong>for</strong> itself over time, and should mitigate tuition rather<br />
than increasing it. We are currently constructing such a plan, and aligning it<br />
with the strategic financial plan so that we can predict with some accuracy<br />
what the impact of each stage of expansion will be.<br />
In the end, we plan to expand our school, both in land and in facility, so as to<br />
offer better programmes at reasonable cost, both <strong>for</strong> now and <strong>for</strong> the future.<br />
Conclusion<br />
We have grown into a school which offers the best international programme<br />
available, with small classes and experienced teachers providing a closely<br />
monitored and excellent education. We need to move <strong>for</strong>ward so as to<br />
continue to offer very good value <strong>for</strong> these programmes, and that will mean<br />
that we grow our population of students. This expansion means that we need<br />
to purchase land, and build in such a way that costs are both contained and<br />
distributed across generations of students. In this way, we can provide our<br />
students with the best education possible at a reasonable cost, both now and<br />
in the future.<br />
Hugh Burke,<br />
Headmaster<br />
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Report from the<br />
ADvAnCement Committee<br />
As always it is the school community and our generous<br />
families and staff, with their dedication to our children and<br />
our school, that is the real motivator and whose ef<strong>for</strong>ts move<br />
us <strong>for</strong>ward. So please take a moment to celebrate with me, a<br />
few of our community’s many accomplishments:<br />
1. Our Diploma programme has been successfully<br />
accredited, making us a full IB Continuum World <strong>School</strong>, only<br />
one of 8 such schools in Canada. This milestone has meant<br />
stronger than ever interest in our school, from families locally,<br />
nationally and internationally.<br />
2. enrollment and re-enrollment are very strong. Our<br />
attrition rate this year was a record low 9%, and we project<br />
opening the 2012-2013 school year with a record high head<br />
count of 540.<br />
3. The desire to build <strong>Meadowridge</strong> into an outstanding<br />
school has also been reflected in participation rates in our<br />
critical Annual Giving Campaign. Overall participation is at<br />
54%, and a very strong 60% in the PYP. It is gratifying to see<br />
how many of our newly enrolled families, whose children will<br />
not start at the school until next year, are participating already<br />
in Annual Giving.<br />
4. Contributing to our fundraising success was a sellout Golf<br />
tournament, which reached its $65,000 target. Thank you to<br />
all our donors, <strong>your</strong> strong engagement with our school and<br />
community will allow us to continue to offer our children the<br />
best programmes we can.<br />
Some of our most important work this year has been to<br />
build on the results of last year’s Visioning Committee, and<br />
begin to shape the dreams and wishes we heard then, into<br />
concrete plans <strong>for</strong> future school development. As I write this<br />
at the end of June, our many Board Committees are giving<br />
our draft Strategic Plan a final review. Over the summer,<br />
Administration staff and Board members will work to develop<br />
the accompanying strategic financial plan, tactical plans, and<br />
key per<strong>for</strong>mance indicators. This is an exciting time to be part<br />
of the <strong>Meadowridge</strong> community and it will be thrilling to see<br />
the vision of a strong and expanded <strong>Meadowridge</strong> begin to<br />
take shape.<br />
It always bears repeating that the successful Advancement at<br />
our school would not happen without the commitment and<br />
generosity of our families. You give graciously of <strong>your</strong> time,<br />
talent and treasure. We are truly more than just a school,<br />
we are a community whose members understand that to<br />
be successful, and help our children, we must continue to<br />
expand our culture of giving. Thank you.<br />
Susan Waugh<br />
Chair, Advancement Committee<br />
The dedicated and hard working committee members are Susan Waugh (Committee Chair),<br />
Christine Bickle, Roy Choi, David Riddell and Lyn Tyler.
Two greenhouses<br />
Tools & equipment <strong>for</strong> green houses<br />
Recycling containers<br />
Fitness Room TV and DVD player<br />
Fitness equipment including stepper<br />
30 touch clickers <strong>for</strong> DP Science<br />
Patio tables <strong>for</strong> senior patio<br />
Display plinths <strong>for</strong> art gallery<br />
Test tube racks<br />
Stream table kits<br />
Thank you <strong>for</strong> <strong>your</strong> support!<br />
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Mr. & Mrs. Rafael & Lisa Acosta<br />
Adventure Bay Fish Co. (The Larsen Family)<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Paul & Oltita Agafitei<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Ron & Cathy Antalek<br />
Mr. Raffi Antepyan & Mrs. Karen Ruckenstein<br />
Ms. Rebecca Awram<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Osama & Shannon Aziz<br />
Mr. Frank Qin & Mrs. Jenny Bai<br />
Mr. Patrick Barber & Mrs. Sonia Nieto Bustos<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Jose & Paula Barbosa<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur & Elle Bargen<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Randy & Leslie Bargen<br />
Miss Cori Barker & Jake Barker<br />
Mr. & Mrs. John & Terry Becker<br />
Mr. Jonathan Peters & Mrs. Corisa Bell<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Steven & Jacqueline Bentley<br />
Mrs. Kristal Bereza<br />
Mr. Chris Bertoia<br />
Dr. Michael Orser & Ms. Christine Bickle<br />
Mr. Michael Biswas & Ms. P. Dawn Shaw-Biswas<br />
Mr. David Blair & Mrs. Tyese Patton-Blair<br />
Prof. Nicholas Blomley & Ms. Jessie Hill<br />
Mr. Rhys Clarke & Mrs. Julie Bournival<br />
Mr. Hugh Burke & Ms. Eva Boyd<br />
Drs. Dan & Anca Catona<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Dipayan & Samita Chakrabarti<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Cherokee & Joyce Chamorro<br />
Mr. Chen Wei Sun & Ms. Hong Chang<br />
Mr. Gang Chen & Ms. Ping Li<br />
Mr. Xiang Jing Chen & Mrs. Xiao Ming Yang<br />
Mr. Jun Chen & Mrs. Zhe Zhou<br />
Mr. Roy Choi & Mrs. Jeong-Mi Ryu<br />
Mr. Richard Choi & Mrs. Angie Lee<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Bill & Laura Clarke<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur & Adele Cloete<br />
Mr. Bradley Senner & Ms. Tanya Cloete<br />
Ms. Samantha Coates<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Jeff & Katherine Craw<strong>for</strong>d<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Stuart & Moyra Craw<strong>for</strong>d<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Jim & Elizabeth Davies<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Anton & Elna de Klerk<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Clinton & Michelle Denesiuk<br />
Dr. Kalal Derhami & Ms. Shiva Sadighi<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Ninderjit & Lakhvir Dhaliwal<br />
Ms. Zahra Dhanani<br />
Mrs. Amrita Dhanji<br />
Mr. Avio Diniz & Ms. Patricia Lapointe<br />
AnnuAl giving CAmpAign<br />
Funds raised through the Annual Giving Campaign provide<br />
<strong>Meadowridge</strong> with the opportunity to improve core activities,<br />
offer programme enhancements, purchase new equipment and<br />
technology, increase financial aid <strong>for</strong> our students and improve<br />
our exceptional facilities. Thank you to the many donors who have<br />
contributed in annual gifts and funded items such as:<br />
Acid rain weather kits<br />
Electronic balances<br />
Hot plates<br />
Foam trapezoids <strong>for</strong> gym<br />
Incline mats <strong>for</strong> gym<br />
Greek & cultural masks <strong>for</strong> theatre<br />
DP resources <strong>for</strong> physics<br />
Language resources<br />
Chemistry equipment <strong>for</strong> DP<br />
PYP storage cupboards<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Matthew & Wendy Dockerty<br />
Mr. Terry Donaldson<br />
Ms. Allison Esau<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Jack & Agnes Dubas<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Bill & Barbara Durno<br />
Expert Electric (The Brunetta Family)<br />
Dr. & Mrs. John & Theresa Farley<br />
Mr. Phil Brown & Ms. Ramona Franzen<br />
Mrs. Hallie Fraser<br />
Mr. Jay Fraser<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Peter & Kelly Fry<br />
Drs. Deepu & Reena George<br />
Drs. Joe & Diana Germain<br />
Mr. Bob Gill & Mrs. Diana Carwithen<br />
Mr. Kenneth Go & Mrs. Connie Chow-Go<br />
Mr. Mansour Gorji & Mrs. Nastaran Kasravi<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Ralf & Astrid Gottfried<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Kandasamy & Diviam Gounden<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Daniel Gouws & Kimberley Buchanan-Gouws<br />
Ms. Maxine Gracey<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Andy & Cathy Graetz<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Alan & Marlene Graveson<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Warwick & Carolyn Green<br />
Mr. Ying Pei Guan & Mrs. Wei Li Zhang<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Craig & Natalie Gunning<br />
Mr. Yanchuan Guo & Ms. Yun Wei<br />
Hagberg Technical (The Hagberg Family)<br />
Mr. Brian Harrison & Mrs. Joanne Lee<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Amin & Fawzia Hasham<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Carl & Shirly He<br />
Mr. & Mrs. William & Leona Healy<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Don & Linda Hincks<br />
Mr. Ron Hoffart<br />
Ms. Cindy Hops<br />
Mrs. Carrie Hughes-Grant<br />
Mr. Richard Hui & Ms. Stephanie Lee<br />
Mr. John Hwang & Mrs. Catherine Kim<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Ty & Jadina Irving<br />
Ms. Lynelle Johns<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce & Judy Johnston<br />
JP E-Design Ltd. (Peng Family)<br />
Mr. Terry Jung & Ms. Audrey Lum<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Amrit & Kam Kahlon<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Al Karim & Eileen Karmali<br />
Mr. Kevin Kennedy<br />
Dr. Seoungjoon Kim & Mrs. Inhwa Sung<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Richard & Nina Ko<br />
Drs. Murthy & Anu Korada<br />
French home reading resources<br />
Portable basketball hoops<br />
Library tables - <strong>for</strong> lounge area<br />
Piano <strong>for</strong> PYP music room<br />
Chart stands <strong>for</strong> Grade 2<br />
30 laptops <strong>for</strong> library<br />
ECE furniture<br />
Sand & water tables<br />
Tree branch blocks <strong>for</strong> ECE<br />
Sound system <strong>for</strong> special events<br />
Wood <strong>for</strong> garden planters<br />
Dr. Wayne Kuan & Ms. Tracy Lu<br />
Mr. Oh Hyon Kwon & Mrs. JiSoo Jeon<br />
Mr. Hyeok-Sang Kwon & Mrs. Ji-Yeon Ahn<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Al-Karim & Zain Lalji<br />
Drs. Ockie Lampen & Kathy Robson<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Manuel & Virna Lau<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Tom & Rhonda Laurie<br />
Mr. Ron Le Boutillier<br />
Mr. Daniel Le Page<br />
Mr. Gye Ju Lee & Mrs. Whal Ran Park<br />
Mr. Lance Leger & Ms. Sarah Ward<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Darrell & Kim Lester<br />
Mr. Jian Liu & Dr. Xiao Jin Wang<br />
Ms. Shirley MacDonald<br />
Dr. Mitra Maharaj & Mrs. Jacqueline Ainsworth<br />
Drs. Samir & Sangita Malhotra<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Riaz & Fairous Mapara<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Ivo & Justine Marchand<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Edwin & Sandra Margawang<br />
Mr. Luis Marin & Ms. Patricia Restrepo<br />
Mr. James Marriott<br />
Mr. Gareth Mason & Ms. Carolyn Treger<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Dennis & Melissa Mattiazzo<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Shaun & Leah McPhail<br />
<strong>Meadowridge</strong> Student Initiatives<br />
Ms. Glenda Mensah<br />
Mrs. Patricia Merry<br />
Ms. Sherrie Metz<br />
Mr. Yiping Mi & Mrs. Jing Jing Li<br />
Mrs. Christy Mooney<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Vassen & Lovana Moothoo<br />
Mr. Michael Nice & Ms. Danielle Noel<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce & Alda Nicmans<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Patrick & Barbara Niwa<br />
Mr. David Noble<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen & Margot Olah<br />
Ms. Angela Pallister<br />
Mr. Alan Sharda, Ms. Zebeen Panju & Azynah<br />
Mr. Steven Parewyck & Ms. Anita Bonnarens<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Scott & Lisa Park<br />
Mr. Parmjit & Mrs. Malkit Parmar<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Terrance & Moira Passley<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Parin & Bhavna Patel<br />
Mr. Jun Peng & Mrs. Amy Guo<br />
Ms. Toni Perretta<br />
Mr. Bob Peters & Mrs. Marylyn Service-Peters<br />
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2011-2012 Annual Giving Contributors continued from Page 11<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Philip & Nicola Pitzey<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Igor & Katerina Pogrebinsky<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Shahir & Reeshma Premji<br />
Mr. George Read & Ms. Fay Kingwill<br />
Mr. Quan Ren & Mrs. Lin Wu<br />
Mr. David Riddell & Mrs. Karen Wilby-Riddell<br />
Mr. & Mrs. James & Sue Rumble<br />
Mr. Michael Schutz<br />
Mrs. Chantal Schutz<br />
Ms. Jennifer Maynes<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Allen & Rosie Shen<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Gurjit & Parneet Sidhu<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Justin & Jennifer Simpson<br />
Mr. Mangal & Dr. Tanbir Sindhar<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Rajindar & Sheila Singh<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Greg & Carrie Skeeles<br />
Mr. Troy Sobotka & Ms. Andrea Frisby<br />
CApitAl CAmpAign<br />
Mr. Hugh Burke & Ms. Eva Boyd<br />
Crossroads Trucking Ltd.<br />
Drs. Joe & Diana Germain<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Al Karim & Eileen Karmali<br />
Mr. Hyeok-Sang Kwon & Mrs. Ji-Yeon Ahn<br />
Drs. Ockie Lampen & Kathy Robson<br />
Dr. Michael Orser & Ms. Christine Bickle<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Ross & Julie Paul<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Rex<strong>for</strong>d & Marlene Perry<br />
Radius Transport Ltd.<br />
Mr. & Mrs. David & Lyn Tyler<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Julian & Marilyn Turner<br />
geneRAl FinAnCiAl giFts and giFts-in-kinD<br />
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Mr. & Mrs. Dennis & Norma-Jean Spika<br />
Mr. Scott Spurgeon<br />
Mr. Robert Stewart<br />
Mr. Kevin Sun & Ms. Feng Li<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Mahmud & Rishma Sunderji<br />
Mr. Preston Tan<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Rick & Susan Waugh<br />
Mr. Dan tenBrink & Ms. Leah Zeballos<br />
Mr. & Ms. Peter & Alison Thompson<br />
Truc Truck Finder Inc. (The Vine Family)<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Mark & Sue Tsoi<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Kurt & Melanie Tsuyuki<br />
Ms. Simmi Khanna<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Julian & Marilyn Turner<br />
Mr. & Mrs. David & Lyn Tyler<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Hanif & Sophie Ukani<br />
Ms. Michelle Vally<br />
Mr. Hugh Burke & Ms. Eva Boyd $50,000<br />
Mr. & Mrs. John & Terry Becker $35,000<br />
Dr. Michael Orser $30,000<br />
Drs. Robert & Diana Germain $28,000<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Daniel & Kimberley Gouws $22,500<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Ross & Julie Paul $17,500<br />
Drs. Ockie Lampen & Kathy Robson $15,000<br />
Drs. Ravi Vanukuru & Rajasree Nadella<br />
Ms. Tamara Warner<br />
Drs. Qasim and Tehmina Wasti<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Matthew & Jennifer Watt<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Rick & Susan Waugh<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence & Tracey Welsh<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Paul & Kalie Whitaker<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Steve & Annette Woloshyn<br />
Mr. William Wong & Ms. Tina Lee<br />
Mr. Han Min Wu & Mrs. Xiao Feng<br />
Mr. Fu Qing Xu & Mrs. Hui Wang<br />
Mr. Zitao Ye & Mrs. Jenny Lu<br />
Mr. Lixiang Yuan & Mrs. Yuhong Yang<br />
Mr. Xiaoping Yuan & Ms. Hongli Gong<br />
Mr. Eric J. H. Yue & Ms. Maggie Ma<br />
Mr. Kyle Jeans & Ms. Krista Zambolin<br />
Mr. Dong Zhang & Mrs. Xiao Hua Qi<br />
Ms. Delores Zibulak<br />
Radius Transport Ltd. (Ko Family) $12,000<br />
Crossroads Trucking Ltd. (Ko Family) $12,000<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Al Karim & Eileen Karmali $11,000<br />
Ms. Christine Bickle $8,500<br />
Mr. & Mrs. David & Lyn Tyler $6,000<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Rex<strong>for</strong>d & Marlene Perry $6,000<br />
Mr. Hyeok-Sang Kwon & Mrs. Ji-Yeon Ahn $4,500<br />
We acknowledge the families and businesses who made general financial contributions to the school. We also<br />
appreciate those families who contributed significant items to the school. These gifts were not made in response to<br />
one of our campaigns or events; rather these donors simply saw a need <strong>for</strong> support and made the decision to help.<br />
We would like to thank the Gunning Family <strong>for</strong> their generous $10,000 donation towards the purchase of greenhouses.<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Robert & Shirley Brunetta<br />
Mr. Hugh Burke & Ms. Eva Boyd<br />
Mr. Gang Chen & Ms. Ping Li<br />
Cinec Education Group<br />
EduTour Homestay Associates Ltd.<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Al Karim & Eileen Karmali<br />
Kintetsu International Express (Canada) INC.<br />
Mr. Gye Ju Lee & Mrs. Whal Ran Park<br />
<strong>Meadowridge</strong> Parent Guild<br />
gRAnDpARent’s AppeAl<br />
We wish to thank the many grandparents and donors who contributed to the<br />
Library Book Campaign at the Grandparent’s Luncheon in April and to other<br />
school fundraisers.<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Dale & Sandra Bekar<br />
Mrs. Dale Bell<br />
Mrs. Susan Brown<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Robert & Shirley Brunetta<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Wayne & Claudette Burnett<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Guy & Gail Chamberlain<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur & Adele Cloete<br />
Mrs. Patricia Davison<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Jay & Jaya Gandesha<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Bill & Betty Hammermeister<br />
Mr. Richard Hui & Ms. Stephanie Lee<br />
We acknowledge the following Capital Campaign donors who completed<br />
their pledges to the campaign this year:<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Al Karim & Eileen Karmali<br />
Mrs. Marge Maddigan<br />
Mr. Hong Margawang & Ms. Wendy Yu<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Rick & Carol Mean<br />
Mrs. Carolyn Spika<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Do Ik & Chung Hai Park<br />
Mrs. Lisa Renaud<br />
Mrs. Krishna Rawal<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Amir & Nargis Samnani<br />
Mrs. Linda Senner<br />
Dr. Matt Smith & Ms. Sandra Young<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Govindbhai & Lila Topiwala<br />
Mr. Rob Milbrath<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen & Margot Olah<br />
RHB Group LP<br />
Telus
Contributions to<br />
AwARDs and sCHolARsHips<br />
We wish to thank the donors who are committed to providing assistance <strong>for</strong> deserving students and scholarship funds<br />
that reward exceptional students.<br />
mrs. shamin Devraj & master Zameer Devraj<br />
(The Arif Devraj Memorial Award <strong>for</strong> Service)<br />
the greg moore Foundation<br />
welCome bACk FAiR<br />
The 2011 Welcome Back Fair was held on Saturday, September 10th and welcomed the entire community to enjoy<br />
delicious food, entertainment, face-painting, and more. Thank you to all the sponsors and volunteers that helped make<br />
this event a success.<br />
Adventure Bay Fish Co.<br />
Blueghost Trucking Ltd.<br />
Mr. Rhys Clarke & Mrs. Julie Bournival<br />
Brandee McWhinney - DLC Canadian<br />
Mortgage Experts<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Robert & Shirley Brunetta<br />
Canuel Caterers<br />
Mr. Roy Choi & Mrs. Jeong-Mi Ryu<br />
CJP Architects<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Anton & Elna de Klerk<br />
outReACH pRogRAmmes<br />
Learning to live well, with others and <strong>for</strong> others… Again our<br />
students led their own fundraising and awareness campaigns in an<br />
ef<strong>for</strong>t to support a variety of local and international charities. We<br />
appreciate the hard work of our dedicated student philanthropists<br />
and thank everyone who supported their initiatives this year. Their<br />
leadership is inspiring. They supported the following causes:<br />
ALS Society $2,036.00<br />
BC Children’s Hospital $3,187.42<br />
CNIB (Shades of Summer) $1,387.78<br />
Covenant House $1,158.11<br />
Feed the Children $308.35<br />
mr. John mclaughlin<br />
(The Mick McLaughlin Memorial Award)<br />
the meadowridge board of governors<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Michael & Daphne Herberts<br />
Froster's Street Team<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Michael & Nirmala Jacob<br />
Kildare Riding Stables<br />
Mr. Gye Ju Lee & Mrs. Whal Ran Park<br />
Lynch Bus Lines<br />
<strong>Meadowridge</strong> Parent Guild<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Mahmud & Rishma Sunderji<br />
Mr. & Mrs. David & Lyn Tyler<br />
Uniglory General Trading Inc.<br />
Free the Children $1,234.15<br />
Friends in Need Food Bank $1,526.78<br />
Matthew’s House $1,572.93<br />
Terry Fox Foundation $1,380.90<br />
total: $ 13,792.42<br />
The Senior Gryphon Council also hosted the Autumn Harvest Dinner <strong>for</strong> local seniors. This cost was partially covered by the<br />
Council and a $500.00 donation from the Parent Guild. We thank the following individuals who provided support to them of<br />
$25 or more:<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Rafael & Lisa Acosta<br />
Mr. Jie Cheng & Mrs. Lan Na Wu<br />
Ms. Allison Esau<br />
Mrs. Lorraine E. Foulon<br />
Drs. Joe & Diana Germain<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Alan & Marlene Graveson<br />
Ms. Cindy Hops<br />
Mrs. Carrie Hughes-Grant<br />
Mrs. & Mrs. Suresh & Sushama Kulkami<br />
Drs. Samir & Sangita Malhotra<br />
<strong>Meadowridge</strong> Students<br />
Ms. Deborah Merritt<br />
Mrs. Patricia Merry<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Scott & Lisa Park<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Rajindar & Sheila Singh<br />
Drs. Chung Lui & Gurpreet Surdhar<br />
the graduation Class of 2011<br />
(The Alumni Scholarship)<br />
Dr. michael orser<br />
(Dr. Michael Orser Health Sciences Scholarship)<br />
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Drive Fore the Future<br />
golF touRnAment<br />
Our 11th annual Golf Tournament was held on Saturday, June 9th at Swan-e-Set. Parents, alumni and staff all came out<br />
to golf, volunteer and have fun. We thank the sponsors, golfers, organizing committee, Parent Guild and volunteers<br />
who worked together to make this another successful fundraising event <strong>for</strong> the school, raising over $65,000 <strong>for</strong> the<br />
purchase of a new school bus <strong>for</strong> our children.<br />
Advance Wire Products Ltd. (Mr. Ron LeBoutillier)<br />
Adventure Bay Fish Co. (Mr. and Mrs. Dan &<br />
Shelley Larsen)<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Ron & Cathy Antalek<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Jag & Gurpreet Bal<br />
Mr. Patrick Barber & Mrs. Sonia Nieto Bustos<br />
Mr. & Ms. Ronald & Janet Batty<br />
Bekar & Sons Contracting Ltd.<br />
Mr. Jonathan Peters & Mrs. Corisa Bell<br />
Dr. Michael Orser & Ms. Christine Bickle<br />
Big Feast Bistro (Mr. & Mrs. Mike & Stacy Mulcahy)<br />
Bill’s Skate Shop<br />
Mr. David Blair & Mrs. Tyese Patton-Blair<br />
Blueghost Trucking Ltd. (Mr. Justin Simpson)<br />
BMO Bank of Montreal<br />
Mr. Rhys Clarke & Mrs. Julie Bournival<br />
Brandee McWhinney - DLC Canadian Mortgage Experts<br />
Bricks 4 Kidz<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Robert & Shirley Brunetta<br />
Canuel Caterers<br />
Canvas Hair Salon<br />
Mr. Gang Chen & Ms. Ping Li<br />
Mr. Roy Choi & Mrs. Jeong-Mi Ryu<br />
Mr. Bradley Senner & Ms. Tanya Cloete<br />
Ms. Candace Coates<br />
Mr. Mark Conaghan<br />
Mr. David Brown<br />
DCT Consultants (Mr. David Tyler)<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Clinton & Michelle Denesiuk<br />
Ms. Zahra Dhanani<br />
DMC Dubas Management & Construction Inc.<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Garett & Sarah Durant<br />
Mrs. Patty Durrance<br />
EECOL Electric Ltd.<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Matthew & Brenda Eichhorst<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Brad & Heather Elliott<br />
Expert Electric (The Brunetta Family)<br />
Flynn Canada Ltd.<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Martin & Michelle Flintermann<br />
Flynn Canada Ltd.<br />
Four Seasons Lawn & Garden Care (Mr. Bradley Senner)<br />
Mr. Phil Brown & Ms. Ramona Franzen<br />
Free<strong>for</strong>m Communications Inc. (Mr. Robert Ferguson)<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Michael & Andrea French<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Sam & Yamini Gandesha<br />
Drs. Joe & Diana Germain<br />
Mr. Bob Gill & Mrs. Diana Carwithen<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Mike & Amanda Girling<br />
Glentel Inc.<br />
Mr. Kenneth Go & Mrs. Connie Chow-Go<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Ralf & Astrid Gottfried<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Warwick & Carolyn Green<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Amar & Kal Grewal<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Craig & Natalie Gunning<br />
Mr. Yanchuan Guo & Ms. Yun Wei<br />
H.Y. Louie Co. Limited<br />
Hammond Jewellers<br />
Ms. Colleen Hayes<br />
Mr. Robert Jeeves<br />
Golf tournament Committee<br />
Christine Bickle<br />
Shirley Brunetta<br />
Brittany Demas<br />
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Sarah Durant<br />
Sam Gandesha<br />
Diana Germain<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Richard & Tammy Haywood<br />
Mr. & Mrs. William & Leona Healy<br />
Heather Hills Golf Course<br />
Hemlock Valley Resort<br />
Drs. Joe and Diana Germain<br />
Ms. Jennifer Higginson<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Don & Linda Hincks<br />
Mr. Nick Hohorelos & Ms. Trudy Conniff<br />
Ms. Cindy Hops<br />
HUB International TOS Limited<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Mike & Shannon Huber<br />
Infinity Alliance Corp. (The Bal Family)<br />
Investors Group<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Ty & Jadina Irving<br />
Mr. Steven Jang & Mrs. Veronika Lee<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Jeff & Patricia Knutson<br />
Mr. John Aasen<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce & Judy Johnston<br />
Johnston Meier Insurance Group<br />
Mr. Terry Jung & Ms. Audrey Lum<br />
Just Enterprises Inc. (Mr. & Mrs. Julian & Marilyn Turner)<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Al Karim & Eileen Karmali<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Pete & Amy Kim<br />
Dr. Seoungjoon Kim Inc.<br />
Kinder Heart Montessori<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Robert & Vesna Kliman<br />
Mr. Dan Kosicki<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Gregory & Joie Kotylak<br />
Dr. Wayne Kuan & Ms. Tracy Lu<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Ketan & Kiran Ladva<br />
Drs. Ockie Lampen & Kathy Robson<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Dan & Shelley Larsen<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Manuel & Virna Lau<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Tom & Rhonda Laurie<br />
Mr. Ron Le Boutillier<br />
Mr. Gye Ju Lee & Mrs. Whal Ran Park<br />
Mr. Chris Lee & Mrs. Soo Park<br />
Mr. Lance Leger & Ms. Sarah Ward<br />
Mrs. Shelley Lewis<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Sam & Yamini Gandesha<br />
Mrs. Jadina Irving<br />
Ms. Samantha Coates<br />
Lotus & Lemongrass<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Kenny & Carmen Lui<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Stephan & Nancy Mackenzie<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Edwin & Sandra Margawang<br />
Mr. Luis Marin & Ms. Patricia Restrepo<br />
Mr. James Marriott<br />
Mr. Gareth Mason & Ms. Carolyn Treger<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Mohit & Sandhya McLaren<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Shaun & Leah McPhail<br />
<strong>Meadowridge</strong> Parent Guild<br />
<strong>Meadowridge</strong> Students<br />
Meadows Golf Centre (Mr. Ken Park)<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Brian & Sylvia Mielke<br />
Mr. Mike Colter<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Behrooz & Azar Motameni<br />
Mr. Terry & Dawn Mullis<br />
Mr. Shuhachi Naito<br />
Daniel Le Page<br />
Shelley Lewis<br />
Jamie Marriott<br />
Christy Mooney<br />
Phil Pitzey<br />
Brad Senner<br />
Mr. Michael Nice & Ms. Danielle Noel<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Godwin & Ezinne Obioha<br />
Mr. Steven Parewyck & Ms. Anita Bonnarens<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Terrance & Moira Passley<br />
Payworks<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Brent & Paddy Perry<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Philip & Nicola Pitzey<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Igor & Katerina Pogrebinsky<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Shahir & Reeshma Premji<br />
Mr. David Prevedello & Mrs. Carrie Burnett<br />
Puro Clean Property Damage Services (Mr. Kevin<br />
Demas)<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Sheetal & Seema Rawal<br />
Mr. George Read & Ms. Fay Kingwill<br />
Red Robin Restaurant<br />
RHB Group LP<br />
Mr. Scott Rinn<br />
Mr. Ryan McWhinney & Ms. Renata Ruiz<br />
Ryan Jewellers<br />
Save On Foods<br />
Mr. Richard Schmohl & Mrs. Camilla Brown<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Aaron & Pamela Schultz-Lessing<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Allen & Rosie Shen<br />
Shoppers Drug Mart<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Gurjit & Parneet Sidhu<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Justin & Jennifer Simpson<br />
Mr. Mangal & Dr. Tanbir Sindhar<br />
Dr. Matt Smith & Ms. Sandra Young<br />
Mr. Troy Sobotka & Ms. Andrea Frisby<br />
Specimen Trees<br />
Sportchek<br />
Staples Business Depot<br />
Starbucks Coffee Company<br />
Stylistix Hair and Body Spa<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Mahmud & Rishma Sunderji<br />
Mr. Vivek Taneja & Mrs. Vandana Nayar Taneja<br />
Mr. Dan tenBrink<br />
Mr. & Ms. Peter & Alison Thompson<br />
Tomax Construction Ltd. (Mr. Max Bader)<br />
Triple Tree Nursery<br />
Mr. & Mrs. John & Belinda Tsen<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Kurt & Melanie Tsuyuki<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Julian & Marilyn Turner<br />
Mr. & Mrs. David & Lyn Tyler<br />
Dr. & Mrs. Hanif & Sophie Ukani<br />
Van De Poll Gardens<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Mark & Joanne van Pelt<br />
Vancouver City Savings Credit Union<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Darren & Kellie Walker<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Matthew & Jennifer Watt<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Rick & Susan Waugh<br />
West Coast Auto Group<br />
Winners/Homesense<br />
Mr. Andrew Wong<br />
Mr. William Wong & Ms. Tina Lee<br />
Mr. & Mrs. Tony & Rachel Wood<br />
Mrs. Cathy Yamamoto<br />
Mr. Kyle Jeans & Ms. Krista Zambolin<br />
Mrs. Leah Zeballos<br />
Mr. Yu Zhou & Ms. Mary Liang<br />
Alison Thompson<br />
Carolyn Treger<br />
Devon Turner<br />
Lyn Tyler<br />
Karen Wilby-Riddell
“We are truly more than just a school, we are a community whose<br />
members understand that to be successful, and help our children,<br />
we must continue to expand our culture of giving.”<br />
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Report from the<br />
FACilities Committee<br />
The Facilities Committee of the Board was reappointed by<br />
the Board of Governors to work with Administration on a<br />
number of matters. These included the ongoing strategic<br />
mandate to acquire additional land when and where<br />
appropriate, committee oversight of the facilities component<br />
of the long term Vision Plan, and review of the evolving<br />
Campus Master Plan.<br />
On the operational side there were some significant facilities<br />
achievements during the past year, including; replacement of<br />
all the atrium skylights in the original facility, the completion<br />
of Gym C and the bouldering wall, classroom renovations<br />
to remove offices and increase useable space, renovations<br />
to the staff room and art gallery, and the development of a<br />
special purpose room <strong>for</strong> student interviews.<br />
The Strategic Plan has been recently reworked through a<br />
Board of Governor’s workshop and the facilities component<br />
delivers on the requirements <strong>for</strong> fiscal responsibility through<br />
economies of scale while at the same time ensuring we<br />
have the facilities to sustain and enhance programmes of<br />
international high quality.<br />
The Campus Master Plan was recently approved by the Board<br />
of Governors with a <strong>for</strong>mal community presentation planned<br />
<strong>for</strong> early Fall 2012. Dialogue with the school community will<br />
be ongoing. The Campus Master Plan components anticipate<br />
a phased schedule allowing quick positive responses to<br />
opportunities <strong>for</strong> grants or directed capital fundraising.<br />
New facilities are designed <strong>for</strong> maximum use and, where<br />
appropriate, extracurricular use. <strong>Meadowridge</strong> <strong>School</strong><br />
continues to look at partnerships with other institutions,<br />
government agencies and organizations not only to share<br />
costs of facility improvements but to enrich the learning<br />
environment through these additional inputs.<br />
As we move into the school term 2012-2013 the Strategic<br />
Financial Plan and the Campus Master Plan will come<br />
together. A business case will be made <strong>for</strong> each of the<br />
additional facilities and a very conservative capital budgeting<br />
plan will be prepared and introduced to the school<br />
community.<br />
Committee thanks go as well to the administrative and<br />
education teams who work together with the Board of<br />
Governors on design and programme enhancement and<br />
“best bang <strong>for</strong> the buck” principles on all of our facility<br />
initiatives.<br />
John Becker<br />
Chair, Facilities Committee<br />
The members of the Facilities Committee are John Becker (Committee Chair), Sam Gandesha,<br />
Steve Guo, Don Hincks, Ockie Lampen and Lyn Tyler. Our thanks to all of them <strong>for</strong> their<br />
commitment and contributions to the work of the committee over the past year.
Report from the<br />
FinAnCe Committee<br />
The Committee was strengthened this fiscal year with the<br />
addition of Ron Batty, Craig Gunning, and Lance Leger.<br />
We regretfully said goodbye to Bruce Johnston and Jenny<br />
Meyer and would like to thank them <strong>for</strong> their service to the<br />
Committee. These members have been approved by the<br />
Board of Governors via the Nominating Committee.<br />
purpose<br />
The role of the Finance Committee is to provide professional<br />
expertise and oversight of the Annual Budget and Strategic<br />
Financial Plan, prepared by the Administration <strong>for</strong> the<br />
Treasurer and the Board of Governors. The Committee<br />
is focused on the long-term benefit to the school, in all<br />
financial matters, including property acquisition. They are<br />
also responsible <strong>for</strong> drafting financial policies <strong>for</strong> Board<br />
consideration and approval. The Finance Committee reviews<br />
insurance coverage to ensure the assets of the Society are<br />
adequately protected.<br />
Accomplishments<br />
In collaboration with the Administration and the Board of<br />
Governors, the Committee has participated in the following:<br />
• The Finance Committee and Administration has<br />
continued to monitor the school’s cash reserves.<br />
A segregated bank account is maintained to hold<br />
these reserves to provide specifically <strong>for</strong> future facility<br />
maintenance, <strong>Meadowridge</strong> Education Investment<br />
Deposit, debt reduction, and expansion projects or<br />
property acquisition.<br />
• Our financial comparatives to other Independent <strong>School</strong>s<br />
continue to be among the best in the country and are<br />
helping us to establish and maintain financial stability.<br />
During the year, the Committee and the Board reviewed<br />
comparative financial data from independent schools<br />
across Canada, provided as part of an annual survey<br />
done by CAIS, as well as comparatives with other ISA<br />
schools in BC.<br />
• The Finance Committee reviewed and proposed<br />
improvements to the Investment Policy, in conjunction<br />
with Harris Bank, to maximize returns and minimize risks<br />
in the deposit of reserve funds.<br />
• The Finance Committee made progress in developing a<br />
Foundation and Endowment as part of the Strategic Plan.<br />
• The Finance Committee reviewed the<br />
recommendations provided in the CESI review and<br />
approved implementation of many of the financial<br />
recommendations.<br />
• Revenues were in excess of expenses again this past<br />
fiscal year. This is attributed to an increase in participation<br />
rates from Annual Giving, fundraising proceeds from the<br />
Golf Tournament, increase in actual student count from<br />
budget, coupled with an increase in tuition fees and close<br />
control of expenditures.<br />
• The Committee made financial recommendations<br />
to purchase land adjacent to the school property. It<br />
is anticipated two of these purchases will close in<br />
September 2012.<br />
• The Finance Committee, in consultation with the Board<br />
and Administration, approved an 11.7% tuition increase<br />
<strong>for</strong> the school year 2012-2013, to cover the previous<br />
budget shortfall, the school’s basic operating costs, and<br />
keep pace with the increase in teaching salaries.<br />
goals<br />
• We will work with the Administration to consider ways<br />
to fund implementation of the initiatives identified in<br />
the Strategic Financial Plan. We will work closely with<br />
the Vision Committee to assess the cost and funding <strong>for</strong><br />
future initiatives identified, and the impact of these on<br />
future tuition increases.<br />
• We will continue to work with the Business Manager and<br />
the Administration, to develop improved reporting, to<br />
assist the Board and Committee members in financial<br />
decisions.<br />
• We will provide ongoing support and recommendations<br />
in conjunction with the Facilities Committee, with regard<br />
to the acquisition of neighbouring land and properties,<br />
and with planned maintenance to the facilities.<br />
• We will consider solutions to hedge the school from<br />
rising costs and inflation through investments and<br />
additional revenue sources. An ad-hoc Committee<br />
was authorized by the Board to discuss solutions in<br />
collaboration with parents and the Administration played<br />
an active role.<br />
• We will continue to prepare policy recommendations<br />
regarding the ongoing financial requirements, including<br />
cash reserves, signing authorizations, approvals <strong>for</strong><br />
variance levels, etc.<br />
• We will continue to review, with the Administration, the<br />
current accounting software and the school’s insurance<br />
coverage and risk procedures.<br />
Michael Schutz<br />
Chair, Finance Committee<br />
The members of the Finance Committee are Michael Schutz (Committee Chair), Ron Batty, Julie<br />
Bournival, Kelly Fry, Craig Gunning, Don Hincks and Lance Leger.<br />
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FinAnCiAls<br />
For the year ended June 30, 2012<br />
stAtement of opeRAtions<br />
Revenue June 2012 June 2011<br />
Expenses<br />
Tuition $ 7,297,863 $ 6,909,240<br />
Government Grants 1,310,611 1,240,277<br />
Field Trip Revenue 342,731 317,267<br />
Programme Revenue 159,083 149,097<br />
Registration and Assessments 240,525 211,125<br />
Financing Revenue 42,400 -<br />
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9,393,213 8,827,006<br />
Instructional 4,947,140 4,575,762<br />
Administrative 2,176,260 2,079,430<br />
Operating 2,276,584 2,131,020<br />
9,399,984 8,786,212<br />
(Deficiency) Excess of Revenues over Expenses from Operations (6,771) 40,794<br />
Other Revenue 357,606 427,395<br />
Other Expenses 35,502 23,724<br />
Net Other Revenue 322,104 403,671<br />
Excess of Revenue over Expenses $ 315,333 $ 444,465<br />
For the year ended June 30, 2012<br />
stAtement of CAsH Flow<br />
Operating Activities June 2012 June 2011<br />
Excess of Revenue over Expenses $ 315,333 $ 444,465<br />
Amortization 942,904 876,419<br />
Loss on Disposal of Capital Assets 10,002 724<br />
Net Change in non-cash working capital 444,378 424,543<br />
Financing and Investing Activities<br />
1,712,617 1,746,151<br />
Acquisition of Capital Assets (508,949) (218,645)<br />
Proceeds on Disposal of Capital Assets 470 60<br />
Net Deposits Received 136,500 (8,200)<br />
Educational Investment Deposits Donated (28,250) (13,550)<br />
Deferred Financing Costs 14,879 20,134<br />
Deferred Contributions Received (70,379) 4,512<br />
Principal Reduction of Long-Term Debt (165,343) (204,721)<br />
(621,072) (420,410)<br />
Change in Cash Position 1,091,545 1,325,741<br />
Cash and Cash Equivalents Beginning of Year 2,363,422 1,037,681<br />
Cash and Cash Equivalents End of Year $3,454,967 $2,363,422
FinAnCiAls<br />
As of June 30, 2012<br />
stAtement of FinAnCiAl position<br />
Assets<br />
Current Assets June 2012 June 2011<br />
Cash $ 2,636,609 $ 3,008,846<br />
Term Deposits 431,210 525,000<br />
Tuition Fees Receivable 61,577 98,297<br />
Other Accounts Receivable 216,783 181,623<br />
Inventory 15,260 6,002<br />
Prepaid Expenses 125,014 92,914<br />
Investments 1,205,180 -<br />
liAbilities and net Assets<br />
4,691,633 3,912,682<br />
Deferred Financing Costs 21,518 36,397<br />
Capital Assets 16,060,423 16,504,857<br />
$ 20,773,574 $ 20,453,936<br />
Current Liabilities June 2012 June 2011<br />
Bank Indebtedness $ 818,032 $ 1,170,424<br />
Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities 334,863 273,909<br />
Unearned Tuition Revenue 2,469,141 2,045,919<br />
Current Portion of Long-Term Debt 236,390 226,716<br />
3,858,426 3,716,968<br />
Deposits (MEID) 3,731,000 3,622,750<br />
Deferred Contributions 457,355 527,740<br />
Long-Term Debt 7,058,305 7,233,323<br />
Total Liabilities 15,105,086 15,100,781<br />
Total Net Assets 5,668,488 5,353,155<br />
$ 20,773,574 $ 20,453,936<br />
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Report from the<br />
goveRnAnCe Committee<br />
The Governance Committee is a standing Committee of the<br />
Board, and takes a role in ensuring the correct and healthy<br />
operation of the Board according to appropriate regulations<br />
and rules. Specific responsibilities include:<br />
• Facilitating a review of Board structure, Committee<br />
structure and mandates, including the examination of<br />
ways to include others in the work of the Board.<br />
• Facilitating discussion on the best method of governance<br />
to achieve the Board’s goals.<br />
• Advising the Board regarding constitutional and legal<br />
matters, using appropriate external legal resources as<br />
needed.<br />
• Carrying out the annual Board evaluation process.<br />
• Proposing <strong>for</strong> discussion, the policies relating to Board of<br />
Governors issues.<br />
The policy work is per<strong>for</strong>med largely in the Policy Sub-<br />
Committee, with responsibilities including:<br />
• Assisting the Board with understanding of different policy<br />
types, and on the differentiation between Board policies<br />
and <strong>School</strong> operating policies.<br />
• Undertaking project work to construct, or draft revisions<br />
to the Board Policy Manual, and bringing those policies<br />
to the Board <strong>for</strong> adoption.<br />
• Advising the Board on the process <strong>for</strong> drafting, reviewing<br />
and adopting new Policy, or changes to existing Policy;<br />
this includes advising on whether drafting can be done<br />
within the Policy Sub-Committee, or is best per<strong>for</strong>med by<br />
the specialist Committee.<br />
This year, the Governance Committee refined its mandate,<br />
and revised an annual calendar to pre-plan recurring<br />
governance activities. The Committee refreshed the overall<br />
Board Committee membership procedure, and worked<br />
on clarification of the distinct roles of the Governance,<br />
Executive and Nominations Committees in the evaluation and<br />
nomination processes.<br />
Supporting the overall strategic Board activities, the<br />
Governance Committee contributed to the review of the<br />
draft constitution and bylaws <strong>for</strong> the proposed foundation,<br />
and also reviewed from a governance perspective, the goals<br />
crafted in the draft Strategic Plan.<br />
Gareth Mason<br />
Chair, Governance Committee<br />
The members of the Governance Committee are Gareth Mason (Committee Chair), Daniel<br />
Gouws, Hugh Burke, Jessie Hill, Bob Gill and Gordon MacIntyre. In the Policy Sub-Committee,<br />
we are grateful <strong>for</strong> the help of Steve Olah, and <strong>for</strong> the Administration’s ongoing work drafting<br />
school policy enhancements.
Report from the<br />
CommuniCAtions Committee<br />
The Communications Committee was <strong>for</strong>med in early 2012<br />
to support the Board of Governor’s internal and external<br />
communications while maintaining the Board’s strategic focus.<br />
The purpose and mandate of the Communications<br />
Committee is to:<br />
• Provide in<strong>for</strong>mation from the Board of Governors to the<br />
<strong>Meadowridge</strong> community regarding the health and wellbeing<br />
of the Society and <strong>School</strong>, especially in terms of<br />
planning and financial stability.<br />
• Communicate, advance, and support the implementation<br />
of the <strong>School</strong>’s vision (plans <strong>for</strong> the future).<br />
• Manifest the desire of the Board of Governors to<br />
communicate.<br />
• Promote knowledge, insight, understanding, inclusion<br />
and engagement of community members with the<br />
<strong>School</strong>’s vision.<br />
• Raise the profile of the Board of Governors as thoughtful,<br />
caring and respectful community members learning to<br />
live well, with and <strong>for</strong> others, in a just community.<br />
In the few months that we have been working together we<br />
have created a new letterhead and appearance <strong>for</strong> Board<br />
communications, developed a preliminary communications<br />
plan, and have undertaken to develop a more extensive<br />
communications package in the coming year.<br />
We have begun a quarterly letter to the community series<br />
and hope to highlight the roles and profile of the Board of<br />
Governors. We will be working to build awareness of the<br />
Board and the work that the Board and its committees do.<br />
Jessie Hill<br />
Chair, Communications Committee<br />
The members of the Communications Committee are Jessie Hill (Committee Chair), Christine<br />
Bickle, Christy Mooney and Lyn Tyler.<br />
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2011-2012<br />
AwARDs and sCHolARsHips<br />
the Duke of edinburgh Award<br />
Duke of Edinburgh Recipients<br />
Deborah Holbard memorial Award <strong>for</strong> excellence in Arts<br />
passport to education<br />
The Duke of Edinburgh is a challenging programme that<br />
has been designed in ascending standards of achievement:<br />
Bronze, Silver and Gold levels. The sections of which each<br />
participant must master are: Service, Expeditions and<br />
Explorations, Skills, Physical Recreation, and a Residential<br />
Project (<strong>for</strong> Gold Award participants). If a student attains<br />
Gold level status, they are given their award by Prince Phillip,<br />
the Duke of Edinburgh founder. All students in Grade 9 are<br />
encouraged to complete the Bronze level.<br />
grade 6 to 10 - Aidan Waugh<br />
grade 11 to 12 - Alice Yuan & Allan Read<br />
This award is given to students who demonstrate originality, exceed expectations in art appreciation, technical skill, ef<strong>for</strong>t and<br />
creativity. These students are self-motivated, self-critical, and open to new ideas and approaches. The recipients of this award<br />
are recognized as always striving to achieve a higher level of artistic endeavour and appreciating art in its many <strong>for</strong>ms.<br />
The Passport to Education Scholarship is awarded to students in Grades 10 and 11 at $250 and to students in Grade 12 at<br />
$500. At least two-thirds of the weighting must be on course grades. Up to one-third of the weighting should be on ef<strong>for</strong>t, work<br />
habits, and other factors such as citizenship and/or school/community involvement.<br />
Grade 10<br />
Grade 11<br />
Grade 12<br />
Gold Silver<br />
Grade 12<br />
Allan Read<br />
Kyle Sholes<br />
Grade 11<br />
Omar Virani<br />
Tom Lee<br />
Grade 11<br />
Lauren Craw<strong>for</strong>d<br />
Raheem Esmail<br />
Sahib Surdhar<br />
Grade 10<br />
Christopher Awram<br />
Emma Graveson<br />
David Gouws<br />
Isaiah Hasham<br />
Josh Lampen<br />
Katlyn Richardson<br />
Emily Super<br />
Grade 9<br />
Jennifer Ahn<br />
Jonathan Antepyan-<br />
Ruckenstein<br />
Elina Blomley<br />
Benjamin Chang<br />
Ioana Cheptea<br />
Ishdeep Grewal<br />
Renee Guan<br />
Morgan Gunning<br />
Andy Guo<br />
Anky Guo<br />
Taya Hanson<br />
Alexander Howkins<br />
Jessica Jacob<br />
Bronze<br />
Davina Gounden, Emma Graveson, Victoria Horne, Mehar Kang, Josh Lampen,<br />
Adriana Marchand, Katlyn Richardson, Aidan Waugh<br />
Qaisara Bogani, Lauren Craw<strong>for</strong>d, Ming Hsu, Alice Kwon, Marlena Ornowska, Adrian Spira,<br />
Omar Virani<br />
Somayan Chakrabarti, Madeline Hanson, Lyndsey Merry, Avery Milne, Kyle Sholes<br />
Charaney Johal<br />
Hannah Johnson<br />
Kalvin Kwan<br />
Luna Lo<br />
Christina Pan<br />
Katherine Pan<br />
Lisa Ren<br />
Gurshan Sahota<br />
Gurshaan Sidhu<br />
Sydnie Skeeles<br />
Alia Virani<br />
Morgan Waugh<br />
Ray Xu<br />
Mia Yin<br />
Douglas Zhu
oard of govenors Citizenship and scholarship Award<br />
Kyle Sholes<br />
This award is given to a student who has shown outstanding service and leadership to<br />
<strong>Meadowridge</strong> <strong>School</strong>.<br />
mick mclaughlin memorial scholarship Alex Kwon & Avery Milne<br />
Mick McLaughlin was a man who came to Canada without a nickel in his pocket and had the<br />
<strong>for</strong>titude to work hard, make use of his opportunities, and never let go of his pride. In honour of<br />
this man who through the principles of hard work, honesty and integrity succeeded in all aspects<br />
of his life, a scholarship of up to $10,000 is awarded to a member of each graduating class. The<br />
Mick McLaughlin Memorial Scholarship is awarded to a student who has similarly made the most of<br />
his/her opportunities and who wishes to improve him/herself through post-secondary education.<br />
Dr. michael orser Health sciences scholarship Lyndsey Merry<br />
In 2010, Dr. Orser founded the Dr. Michael Orser Health Sciences Scholarship in the amount of<br />
$1,000 to be awarded annually to a grade 12 student accepted into a Canadian university <strong>for</strong><br />
the purpose of studying in a health related programme. Applicants will be assessed on their<br />
preparations <strong>for</strong> post-secondary studies in a health related field as well as on their initiative in<br />
preparing financially <strong>for</strong> post-secondary studies.<br />
maple Ridge Amateur Athletic Association scholarship<br />
Allan Read & Emma Germain<br />
Students must have a background in extra-curricular inter-scholastic competitive athletics at his/her<br />
school, as a player, manager or other significant position with a team. This participation must have<br />
included the senior year. Proficiency in the sport is not a deciding factor. Selection of successful<br />
candidates will be left to the school based Scholarship Committee as constituted by the Principal.<br />
male Athlete of the Year Allan Read<br />
Allan Read broke two track records during the 2011-2012 year:<br />
1) 200 metre in 24.24 sec 2) Shot put (5.4 kg) <strong>for</strong> a distance of 12.29 metres<br />
senior boys gvissA scholarship Allan Read<br />
The GVISAA Senior Boys Scholarship is awarded to a senior male student athlete who not only<br />
excels in GVISAA competition, but also maintains worthy academic standing. The individual has<br />
also demonstrated good citizenship, character and leadership, making significant impact within<br />
their school and community.<br />
outstanding senior Athlete Allan Read<br />
This Athletic Award is given to one student in Grades 11 and 12. The winner has participated<br />
in a minimum of two school teams, has demonstrated outstanding sportsmanship in all athletic<br />
endeavours, exhibited commitment to their team, contributed to the development of the athletic<br />
programme and has achieved a high level of proficiency in the school’s extracurricular sports.<br />
greg moore memorial scholarship<br />
Emma Germain ($5,000), Lyndsey Merry ($2,500) & Madeline Hanson ($2,500)<br />
The Greg Moore Foundation was pleased to once again offer three scholarships in the total<br />
amount of $10,000. These scholarships are awarded to students in the school who have not only<br />
shown determination through the achievement of high scholastic standings, but also participated<br />
in extra-curricular activities and shown leadership amongst their peers.<br />
esprit de corps Avery Milne<br />
This honour is awarded to a student who demonstrates the most school spirit. It is measured<br />
through positive leadership, involvement in school life, and respectful and positive demeanour.<br />
This student is chosen by the Gryphon Council.<br />
outstanding Contributions in Drama<br />
Stephanie Cramer & Faran Mahboubi<br />
The students who demonstrate the highest degree of enthusiasm, involvement and support<br />
<strong>for</strong> Drama.<br />
governor general’s Award Alisa Walsh (Class of 2011)<br />
This award is given to the student with the highest averaged mark in all courses in Grades 11 and<br />
12 (provincial exams are included).<br />
provincial scholarship Recipients<br />
The $1,000 scholarship is awarded to students that receive<br />
at least three Bs and one A on their provincial exams.<br />
Somayan Chakrabarti Kaitlyn MacDonald<br />
Stephanie Cramer<br />
Faran Mahboubi<br />
Emma Germain<br />
Lyndsey Merry<br />
Dashen Gounden<br />
Avery Milne<br />
Kerrin Hagberg<br />
Allan Read<br />
Madeline Hanson<br />
Kyle Sholes<br />
Jordan Jeknavorian<br />
Sam Weselowski<br />
Alex Kwon<br />
Alice Yuan<br />
Oliver Liu<br />
Audrey Zhang<br />
Alumni scholarship Emma Germain<br />
This $500 scholarship is chosen by past Alumni<br />
and is awarded to a <strong>Meadowridge</strong> Graduate who<br />
demonstrates high academic standing, as well as<br />
leadership abilities and a commitment to school and<br />
community service.<br />
science Council Award<br />
Stephanie Cramer<br />
This external award is presented to the student who has<br />
taken a minimum of four courses in Science in grades<br />
11 and 12. Proficiency in English 12 must be at a C+<br />
level or better.<br />
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top Academic grades<br />
grade 11: Adrian Spira grade 10: Mehar Kang, Victoria Horne<br />
Arif Devraj memorial scholarship<br />
Marlena Ornowska, Mehar Kang, Janine de Klerk<br />
The Arif Devraj Memorial Scholarship is awarded to students in Grades 9, 10 and 11. The award<br />
remembers the late Mr. Arif Devraj, who lived with great passion and unlimited determination, taking<br />
on risks and facing new challenges. The $1,500 scholarship is awarded to up to three students annually.<br />
Recipients best demonstrate the qualities of “Learning to live well, with others and <strong>for</strong> others, in a just<br />
community” through their leadership in community service, while pursuing excellence and leading others<br />
with a kind spirit.<br />
Athletes of the Year<br />
grade 11: Danika Kotylak<br />
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grade 6-10: Josh Lampen &<br />
Aidan Waugh<br />
Hookey Family scholarship<br />
Lauren Craw<strong>for</strong>d<br />
The recipient of this $1,000 scholarship is a<br />
returning student that is selected by staff as<br />
someone who best represents the qualities<br />
engendered in the acronym P.R.I.D.E.: Positivethinking;<br />
respect and responsibility; industry,<br />
determination and excellence.<br />
outstanding Contributions<br />
in music Nicole Duncan<br />
The student who demonstrates the highest degree<br />
of enthusiasm, involvement and support <strong>for</strong> music.
gryphon pins - grades 6 to 12<br />
bRonZe<br />
Grade 6<br />
Melissa Aziz<br />
Clea Catona<br />
Ava Chapman<br />
Keanna Cloete-Senner<br />
Deaven Galati<br />
Shivani Gandesha<br />
Shauna Graveson<br />
Bruno Hidalgo Monroy Lerma<br />
Emma Hsu<br />
Nicholas Jung<br />
Selena Kang<br />
Tatiana Kliman<br />
Nicole Kwon<br />
Timothy Lampen<br />
Holly Leonard<br />
Nimrit Mangat<br />
Antalya Mapara<br />
Katrina Perretta<br />
Carina Rawal<br />
Lauren Shen<br />
Suhaana Sidhu<br />
Bronte Sobotka<br />
Derek Sun<br />
Jaimie Walker<br />
Rose Welsh<br />
Lillian Zhang<br />
Grade 7<br />
Imogen Blomley<br />
Kendra Brindley<br />
Sophia Chapman<br />
Angelica Chen<br />
Owen Craw<strong>for</strong>d<br />
Jeffrey Elliott<br />
Jo-Raul Farley<br />
Senior gRYpHon CounCil<br />
president Kyle Sholes<br />
vice-president Somayan Chakrabarti<br />
treasurer Madeline Hanson<br />
Arts gryphon Audrey Zhang<br />
House gryphon Stephanie Cramer<br />
sports gryphon Allan Read<br />
media gryphon Dashen Gounden<br />
Community service gryphons Emma Germain, Lyndsey Merry<br />
Activities gryphon Asaan Maherali<br />
secretary Lauren Craw<strong>for</strong>d<br />
Activities gryphon Victoria Horne<br />
sports gryphon Mehar Kang<br />
Matheson Go<br />
Jonathan Hsu<br />
Erin Huang<br />
Berrender Johal<br />
Zain Karmali<br />
Richard Laurie<br />
Yerin Lee<br />
Olivia Maddigan<br />
Devyani McLaren<br />
Azynah Panju Sharda<br />
Amisha Sodhi<br />
Miranda Tsuyuki<br />
Kieran Wood<br />
silveR<br />
Grade 8<br />
Claire Batty<br />
Jessica Bournival<br />
Amanda Brooks<br />
Thomas Burke<br />
Mark Chen<br />
Erika Dempsey<br />
Eleanor Dennis-Dockerty<br />
Khushbash Dhillon<br />
Colin Gill<br />
Anika Gong<br />
Christine Ho<br />
Cullen Johnston<br />
Daniel Jordan<br />
Brandon Jung<br />
Mehima Kang<br />
Vienna Kliman<br />
Nickolas Ko<br />
Joyce Kook<br />
Ezaan Mangalji<br />
Eleanor Maplethorp<br />
Conor Mielke<br />
Frances Moore<br />
Lachlan Neibergall<br />
Julia Oh<br />
Ralph Parewyck<br />
Joanna Pater<br />
Robert Read<br />
Jessica Rumble<br />
Trevor Shen<br />
Madison Stoughton<br />
Sean Tsen<br />
Alexa Turner<br />
Jac Walker<br />
Chloe Watt<br />
Poppy Welsh<br />
Chloe Yoo<br />
Grade 9<br />
So Yeon Ahn<br />
Elina Blomley<br />
Benjamin Chang<br />
Ioana Cheptea<br />
Ishdeep Grewal<br />
Renee Guan<br />
Morgan Gunning<br />
Andy Guo<br />
Anky Guo<br />
Taya Hanson<br />
Alexander Howkins<br />
Jessica Jacob<br />
Charaney Johal<br />
Hannah Johnson<br />
Kalvin Kwan<br />
Luna Lo<br />
Katherine Pan<br />
Lisa Ren<br />
Gurshan Sahota<br />
Gurshaan Sidhu<br />
Congratulations to the KanaKa KodiaKs <strong>for</strong> winning the House Cup!<br />
2011-2012 Final House Points:<br />
outstanding service Recognition of gryphons<br />
Sydnie Skeeles<br />
Alia Virani<br />
Nicolas Vroom<br />
Morgan Waugh<br />
Ray Xu<br />
Grade 10<br />
Christopher Awram<br />
Ryan Cho<br />
Nicole Duncan<br />
Kimberly Dyer<br />
Davina Gounden<br />
David Gouws<br />
Emma Graveson<br />
Isaiah Hasham<br />
Victoria Horne<br />
Emily Hwang<br />
Mehar Kang<br />
Elisa Kuan<br />
Joshua Lampen<br />
Thomas Laurie<br />
Layne Liberty<br />
Heidi Lo<br />
Adriana Marchand<br />
Rijk Mollema<br />
Helena Parewyck<br />
Kelsey Peng<br />
Katlyn Richardson<br />
Tianna Stewart<br />
Emily Super<br />
Aidan Waugh<br />
golD<br />
Grade 11<br />
Qaisara Bogani<br />
Lauren Craw<strong>for</strong>d<br />
Janine de Klerk<br />
Kanaka: 16,171 | Fraser: 15,916 | Alouette: 14,572 | Whonnock: 13,768<br />
Junior gRYpHon CounCil<br />
Junior president Ezaan Mangali<br />
Junior vice-president Zain Karmali<br />
Junior House gryphon Mehima Kang<br />
Junior treasurer gryphon Ujjwal Nambiar<br />
Junior secretary gryphon Erin Huang<br />
Junior Contest gryphon Berrender Johal<br />
Junior Community gryphons Brandon Jung, Chloe Yoo<br />
Junior sports gryphons Devyani McLaren, Ralph Parewyck<br />
Junior media gryphons Christine Ho, Miranda Tsuyuki<br />
Junior Activities gryphon Poppy Welsh<br />
Junior Fine Arts gryphon Anika Gong<br />
Emily Drain<br />
Sarah Dugdale<br />
Raheem Esmail<br />
Cameron Herberts<br />
Ming Hsu<br />
Danika Kotylak<br />
Katrina Kwan<br />
Alice Kwon<br />
Shermaine Lee<br />
Tom Lee<br />
Marlena Ornowska<br />
Kavya Shah<br />
Ashwin Singh<br />
Melody Sizer<br />
Adrian Spira<br />
Ismail Tahir<br />
Eric Tsoi<br />
Omar Virani<br />
Jerry Yang<br />
Iris Yu<br />
Grade 12<br />
Abby Aguilar<br />
Somayan Chakrabarti<br />
Stephanie Cramer<br />
Emma Germain<br />
Kerrin Hagberg<br />
Madeline Hanson<br />
Lyndsey Merry<br />
Avery Milne<br />
Allan Read<br />
Kyle Sholes<br />
Diba Taghvai-Arabi<br />
Maria van Noordenne<br />
Alice Yuan<br />
Audrey Zhang<br />
Junior members At large Emma Hsu, Timothy Lampen<br />
Antalya Mapara, Lillian Zhang<br />
June 2012 Annual Report 25
we tHAnk You <strong>for</strong> <strong>your</strong> seRviCe<br />
Board Member Years of Service<br />
Yasmin Alladina 1993/94, 94/95<br />
Ronald Andrews 1985/86<br />
Ken Antifaev 1999/2000, 00/01, 02/03, 03/04, 04/05<br />
Gregory Ardon 1987/88, 88/89<br />
Awni Ayoubi 1991/92, 92/93<br />
Randy Bach 2002/03, 03/04, 04/05<br />
John Becker 2001/02, 02/03, 03/04, 04/05, 05/06, 06/07,<br />
07/08, Chair 08/09, Chair 09/10, Chair 10/11,<br />
Past Chair 11/12<br />
Anil Bharwani 1998/89, Chair 91/92, Chair 92/93, Chair 93/94,<br />
Chair 94/95, Chair 95/96, Chair 96/97, Chair 97/98<br />
Ted Bojanowski 2003/04, 04/05, 05/06<br />
Gary Campbell 2002/03<br />
Marjatta Chapman 1987/88, 88/89<br />
Roy Choi 2011/12<br />
Greg Clark 1995/96<br />
Jos Clement 1990/91<br />
Stephen Coret 1996/97, 97/98<br />
Trish Darby 1987/88<br />
Pat DeLuca 1997/98, Chair 98/99, Chair 99/00<br />
Thomas Dinsley 1987/88, 88/89<br />
Cori Doering 2001/02, 02/03, 03/04<br />
Louis Duprat 1985/86, 86/87<br />
Kenneth Eis 1986/87, 87/88, 88/89<br />
Faye Embree 1990/91, 91/92<br />
Ann English 2000/01, 01/02, 02/03, 03/04, 04/05, 06/07<br />
Peter Ferguson 2003/04, 04/05, 06/07, 07/08<br />
Julie Ferguson 1991/92, 92/93, 93/94, 94/95, 95/96, 96/97, 97/98<br />
Clarence Fernandes 1993/94, 95/96<br />
Kim Fox 1996/97, 97/98, 98/99<br />
Kelly Fry 2007/08, 08/09, 09/10, 10/11, 11/12<br />
Diana Germain 2005/06, 06/07, 07/08, 08/09, 09/10, 10/11<br />
Bob Gill 2011/12<br />
Christopher Godwin 1995/96, 96/97<br />
Daniel Gouws 2005/06, 06/07, 07/08, 08/09, 09/10, 10/11,<br />
Chair 11/12<br />
Shirley Hannah 1999/00<br />
Toni Hawkes 1996/97, 97/98, 98/99<br />
Susan Hayes 1993/94, 94/95, 95/96, 96/97<br />
Paul Hayes 1997/98<br />
Trish Higgins 1985/86, Chair 86/87<br />
Jessie Hill 2011/12<br />
Karim Hirji 1991/92, 92/93, 98/99, 99/00, 00/01<br />
Ron Hoffart 1987/88, 88/89<br />
Deborah Hogarth 1991/92<br />
Wilf Jacobson 1985/86, Chair 86/87, Chair 87/88<br />
Mike Jahraus 2005/06, 06/07, 07/08, 08/09, 09/10<br />
Bruce Johnston 2004/05, 05/06, 06/07, 07/08, 08/09, 09/10, 10/11<br />
Al Just 1999/00, 00/01, 01/02<br />
26 DeSIGn the next 25 years<br />
Board Member Years of Service<br />
Eboo Keshani 1991/92, 92/93, 93/94, 94/95, 95/96, 96/97<br />
Frank Klassen 1986/87, 88/89, 90/91, 97/98, Chair 91/92<br />
Anne Kober 1990/91, 91/92<br />
Ockie Lampen 2007/08, 08/09, 09/10, 10/11, 11/12<br />
Jeanne Kurz 1990/91, 91/92<br />
Susan Levine 1997/98<br />
Roy Lind 1987/88, Chair 88/89, Chair 90/91<br />
Gary Lycan 1988/89<br />
Lloyd Mah 2000/01, 01/02, 02/03<br />
Gareth Mason 2008/09, 09/10, 10/11, 11/12<br />
Hanif Mawji 2005/06, 06/07, 07/08<br />
Darrel McEachern 1985/86<br />
Donna McKenzie 1988/89<br />
Susan McLeod 1998/99, 2004/05<br />
Leo Mide 1988/89<br />
Ken Miki 1986/87, 87/88<br />
Lorne Montaine 1987/88, 91/92, 92/93, 93/94, 94/95<br />
Donna Moore 1991/92, 92/93<br />
Chris Nieman 1994/95, 95/96, 96/97<br />
Stephan Nolan 1991/92<br />
Michael Orser 1998/99, 99/00, Chair 00/01, Chair 01/02, Chair<br />
02/03, Chair 03/04, Chair 04/05, Chair 05/06,<br />
Chair 06/07, Chair 07/08, Past Chair 08/09, Past<br />
Chair 09/10, Past Chair 10/11, Past Chair 11/12<br />
Scott Park 2007/08, 08/09, 09/10, 10/11, 11/12<br />
Harry Perler 2001/02<br />
Anar Popatia 2002/03, 03/04, 04/05<br />
James Prince 1999/00, 00/01, 01/02, 02/03<br />
Richard Rainey 2007/08<br />
Mary Robson 1986/87<br />
Gordon Robson 1985/86, 86/87, 87/88, 90/91, 00/01<br />
Chris Rounding 2002/03, 03/04, 04/05, 05/06, 06/07<br />
Joy Rutquist 1988/89<br />
Fares Salloum 1991/92, 92/93, 93/94<br />
Rudy Sanchez 1998/99, 99/00<br />
Ron Seymour 1998/99<br />
Mike Schutz 2010/11, 11/12<br />
Rajindar Singh 2004/05, 06/07, 07/08, 08/09, 09/10, 10/11<br />
Donna Slauenwhite 1986/87, 87/88<br />
Donna Telep 1999/00, 00/01<br />
Jolanta Teszka 1993/94, 94/95, 95/96, 01/02, 02/03, 03/04<br />
Kevin Thomas 1985/86<br />
Masami Tomioka 2005/06, 06/07<br />
Dereck Walker 1985/86<br />
Maureen Walsh 2004/05, 05/06, 06/07<br />
Andrew Walters 1998/99<br />
Aurora Weinlein 1991/92, 92/93<br />
Susan Waugh 2007/08, 08/09, 09/10, 10/11, 11/12<br />
Chad Whyte 1986/87
Design the next 25 years...<br />
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