Torch - Spring 2015

Institute at Havergal

Junior School Student Initiatives

When asked, What do you care about? many Junior School students expressed a deep concern for this big, beautiful Earth.

Zoe Safran (Grade 4) focuses her energy on the conservation of lions.

Caroline Vesey , Sarah Hunt and Ava El-Ayari (Grade 4) are passionate about sea turtles.

Lulu Deluca , Katie Sievenpiper and Eliza Brown (Grade 4) are passionate about conserving the Northern White Rhino.

Tara Prole , Aniela Stanek, Mackenzie Pabbies and Katarina Dlacic (Grade 3) have been researching the preservation of milkweed and its importance for monarch butterflies.

Kaitlyn Daley (Grade 2) and Callia Newall (Grade 3) care about the health of our planet. Both of them have created special projects that investigate the effects of litter and pollution and ways we can all help preserve the environment. Kaitlyn made a poster that was posted around the Junior School.

Jennie Morris (Grade 5) has been learning about Heart to Heart, an organization that aims to bring Israeli and Palestinian youth together at a Canadian summer camp. With the support of friend Lily Jilesen Hancock (Grade 4), Jennie bravely called one of the organization’s leaders to ask some of her burning questions about how the camp works.

Jennipher Polygenis and Danielle Stavropoulos (Grade 5) were inspired by reading about Malala Yousafzai and the state of girls’ education in Pakistan. They decided to host a trivia game to educate their classmates about this topic.

Jessica Yi (Grade 3) has been researching the debate around de-extinction genetics, and claims that scientists could revive species such as the dodo bird or wooly mammoth.

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