The Dancer
Ava says ¹Ü¼ÒÆÅ×îÈ«Ãâ·Ñ×ÊÁÏ´óÈ« has helped her discover passions she never knew she had – such as dance, which she now does competitively.
“I hadn’t even realized I liked dance that much or had a talent until I took dance as one of my electives,” recalls Ava, who loves mastering choreography and getting up before an audience.
“¹Ü¼ÒÆÅ×îÈ«Ãâ·Ñ×ÊÁÏ´óÈ« welcomes you to try anything.”
She started with jazz, and in Grade 10 formed a hip-hop dance club at ¹Ü¼ÒÆÅ×îÈ«Ãâ·Ñ×ÊÁÏ´óÈ«. “I actually started it with my friend. All we had to do was fill out an application and get a Teacher Supervisor.”
Learning about and better understanding different cultures is another one of Ava’s passions. As a mixed-race student and a member of ¹Ü¼ÒÆÅ×îÈ«Ãâ·Ñ×ÊÁÏ´óÈ«’s Afri-View Club, she participated at an assembly about black culture.
“It was eye-opening to hear the perspectives of people of colour,” she says.
Going into her second last year at ¹Ü¼ÒÆÅ×îÈ«Ãâ·Ñ×ÊÁÏ´óÈ«, Ava (whose favourite subject is Science) plans to join the Debating and Public Speaking Society and try out for the Soccer team.
“¹Ü¼ÒÆÅ×îÈ«Ãâ·Ñ×ÊÁÏ´óÈ« makes it so you can join or try out for something anytime,” she points out. “The environment is very supportive.”