Branksome Hall - Slogan Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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Appointments 1978-1979 Head Girl Carolyn Campbell Prefects Wendy Aird Ginny Campbell Patricia Christie Ann Duncan Janet Hall Carolyn Helbronner Rebecca McCormack Margaret Moffat Theresa Norris Mirabel Palmer Marianne Reynolds Sports Captains Senior School Janet Hall Junior School Jill Wigle Clan Chieftain Sub-Chieftain Bruce Sarah Wiley Charlotte Alexander Duncan Laura Loewen Heather Fleming Fraser Sheila Ross Ellen Miller Grant Pamela Smith Alison Helbronner Johnston Susanne Lawson Alison Tasker Robertson Marcia Hartill Jennifer Huycke Campbell Kathryn Campbell Susan Le Feuvre Douglas Joanne Stinson Kathleen Slater MacGregor Kathy Martin Victoria Graham MacLean Jacqui Atkin Martha Allan Mc Alpine Leslie Gorwill Margaret Kemp McLeod Anne Clements Hope Humphrey Ross Vicki Pinnington Andrea Duncan Scott Molly Falconer Susan Farrow Class Officers Class President Secretary-Treasurer Sports Captain 7R8 Diane Dempsey Tory Wilgar Sally Robertson 7R9 Jaclyn Churcher Genevieve Perron Laura Nichols 7R10 Lisa Halyk Susan Higgins Tori Hackett 8R3 Kim Joseph Dianne Daminoff Martha McCarthy 8R4 Cynthia Hathaway Cynthia Higgins Megan Johnson 8R7 Mariann Lawrie Sally Pitfield Tessa Griffin 9R10 Julia Weinstein Diana Woodrooffe Martha Wilson 9R11 Janice Loudon Virginia Kent Barbara Inksater 9R12 Anna Bright Alison Carr Mary Bartlett 10R6 Sarah Chisholm Heather Allen Gwen Baillie 10R7 Alison Wiley Amanda Worley Kimberly Thomson 10R14 Mary Gayner Heather Harwood-Nash Tricia Heward 10R15 Sarah MacCulloch Susan Quaggin Sandra Palmer 11R18 Jill Palmer Suzanne Toro Kate Wiley 11R19 Michelle Leman Eileen McConnell Susan Le Feuvre 11R20 Susan Farrow Marjorie Barr Signy Eaton 12R3 Janet Bennett Jill Adams Sheila Buchanan 12R4 Menta Murray Catherine Le Feuvre Teresa Fischer 12R5 Judith Quinnhill Kristen Wilby Sally Rigby 13R1 Melissa Gracey Sandra French Judy Garay 13R2 Sarah Pitman Pamela Pepper Suzanne Shamie

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Much of my time is spent assessing just where Branksome is as an educational community, and where it should be going. No one can deny today that Branksome is a very successful school. Our graduates find desired places at universities and community colleges and tell me that they feel well prepared. Our physical education programme is expanding to include gymnastics, ice hockey and cross-country running and we compete now with both the public and independent schools, thus expanding opportunity for training and competition. Our debating club continues to honour, our drama clubs and choirs perform to a high standard and there are many other ac- tivities in which students may participate and learn. Most of our students take their work seriously — they do their homework, study for tests and care about their progress at school. Their behaviour makes it a pleasure to accompany them on field trips as far as Quebec City or just to the O ' Keefe Centre. In fact all the things I have been talking about make Branksome an enjoyable place to work and study. I would like all of us to concentrate now on making Branksome increasingly a place where excellence is the aim of everything we do, where we set goals beyond what we may consider our capabilities. I would like to see it a place where staff and students care enough about our continuous progress to question, to experiment, to discuss openly and have the courage to make mistakes and accept generously the mistakes of others. If we really wish to develop as individuals and as a school, we must be willing to risk.

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For the first few weeks as head girl you are sure that rigor mortis will set in if you pause to catch your breath and you are worried that the school will cease to function if you are not there to ring the bell for prayers. But, once you ' ve developed an organized system and you ' ve slipped into your new role a little more comfortably you can sit back and enjoy the ride. The hardest part is getting your priorities straight. You have to reaUze that food and T.V. are no longer number one. Next is fitting into residence. I soon found that boarding gave me a new meaning to the word home. Then the fun can begin. Our motto this year could almost be It ' s fun to be isolated . Many new ideas were introduced. One of the most memorable was the Father-Daughter dance which gave the dads a chance to prove that they could boogie with the best of us. I was also very lucky to have landed on Branksome ' s 75th an- niversary year and given the opportunity to meet Pauline McGibbon as well as stake my claim on the corner piece of the cake! I ' ve been a lot of things this year. I ' ve been a big sister, Santa Claus, Friar Tuck, Mork from Ork, and yes, sometimes I ' ve even been myself. But it has been fun-work. I did want to leave with you something very profound but someone I admire very much once said that it is not making an impression that counts. It is what we can give to people. I can only hope that anything I have given this year has been well received. Here ' s to you, Branksome. Cheers! Love Nylorac (I couldn ' t resist) 6