Reflections of Havergal: 1994-2019

Arts teachers, Ludemus, 2009.

Self-portraits, Ludemus , 2006.

honours and educates emerging artists in drama, dance, band, strings, singing, graphic arts, painting, photography, sculpture and print making. A whole team of passionate and committed educators (who are also artistic in their own right) helps our students express their creative selves in ways that can surprise our students and their families. In addition to the very popular arts courses offered at Havergal, students from Junior Kindergarten to Grade 12 are provided with a wide range of co-curricular activities that engage them with the arts and yield very impressive results. When students pursue the arts outside the classroom, for the most part they do so simply for the pleasure of creation and the sense of accomplishment. In the process, however, they learn about themselves and the world in which they live, insights they carry with them when they leave

how to manipulate different media to express a conceptual idea. (“Artistic Expression and the Havergal Experience,” Torch , Spring 2000) For example, in “Celebrating the Arts at Havergal,” written for the Fall 2014 Torch , Leslie Anne Dexter, head of Junior School, and Michael Simmonds, head of Upper School, wrote that through stone carving, students “learn first-hand that creating art requires tremendous patience, perseverance, problem solving,

courage, practice, thought and revision.” For these reasons, the writers conclude that

[t]he arts play an integral role in developing the hearts and minds of students at Havergal. Whether it be the self-portraits drawn by our Kindergarten students that adorn the walls of their classrooms or the arias sung by an Upper School student at Prayers, this school celebrates,

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