Category: Weekly

Ms. Kate Lane“Just a typical evening in Gillin” is the caption for the pictures, below. As you can see, we love our fine foods and drinks (Starbucks and bubble tea top the list), cooking and, of course, studying… While the pandemic restrictions no doubt limit extra-curricular activities for our students, the girls are lucky to...

Mr. Brian StoroskoLast weekend was busy with many great activities. The Boarding activity (optional) was a trip to the trampoline park—a visit that really had its ups and downs! There was also student cooking and baking, an amazing educational poster was produced for the upper common room wall and the newly-added sports time was well...

Ms. Kate LaneMany of our girls enjoyed a true Canadian experience last Friday, when venturing out on a very cold, windy day to go dogsledding in Quebec with a beautiful pack of Huskies. Special thanks to Mr. Lavergne for organizing, and Ms. Kerr and Ms. Huang for attending— I think all involved had a wonderful...

Mr. Brian StoroskoSpring has arrived, the sun is out and the sap is starting to run in the Maple trees on campus. We are even hoping to boil our own sap to create our own Matthews House Maple syrup this weekend. Last weekend the boys had the opportunity to be busy with learning to make...

Mr. Brian StoroskoWe have had a new arrival, (Brenton) a birthday (Patrick) and a great last weekend of activities in residence. Cribbage was introduced to the boys. Plenty of chess this week and some amazing baking, choreographed by Ms. F in the Matthew kitchen

Ms. Kate LaneAs we complete our four-day week and enter the first three-day weekend in March, while not what we hoped for “March break,” the ladies in Gillin continue to impress us with their resiliency and understanding. Four consecutive three-day breaks amid these unusual times will provide a more balanced schedule while allowing us to...

Mr. Brian StoroskoLast weekend we had boys shoveling snow from the rinks in order to engage in skating and curling. Others took advantage of the snow to head to the hills to do some sleigh riding with the girls from Gillin.. As part of distance learning, we had a Physics group working together in the...

Ms. Kate Lane The February long weekend provided some much-needed down (and study) time for our Gillinites. With the news of March break being postponed (and IB exams not), our girls definitely deserved this opportunity to enjoy some rest and relaxing activities. Some highlights were: a “Galantines” Friday evening with rom-com movies and a celebration...