p28 weekender april 24 1993 strong minds strong bodies strong morals william d gairdner ma phd founder and director is most pleased to invite you to celebrate the creation of a new coeducational school for grades 4 to oac e yor for academic athletic achievement come and enjoy our open house sports night date wednesday may 5th 1993 time 7 9pm place the yorkland school 255 yorkland boulevard willowdale the premises formerly occupied by the fitness institute bring the whole family to see talented young athletes in action on the diving tower on the wrestling and judo mats on the tumbling mats in the squash courts and much more do you want a school with academic leadership where do we start mr gairdner has a ba in psychology an ma in structural linguistics and a phd in literature and philosophy cum laude from stanford university his two recent national bestsellers the trouble with canada and the war against the family have sold 80000 copies between them and then theres our academic director mr john hunt b a john has been a dedicated classics and english teacher for 26 years many of them asa viceprincipal who believes in the fundamentals and he is one of the few men ever to have beaten sharif khan to 13 points in the north american squash championships not a bad start for a new school do you want to see a kids dream the yorkland school has 35000 square feet of classroom space and 50000 square feet of indoor sport and fitness space including an indoor track large gyms five squash courts six tennis courts a 75foot swimming pool with one and three metre diving boards and what can we say its just a kids dream come see it for yourself do you want sport and fitness leadership mr gairdner and his wife love sports he placed 1 1th in the decathlon in the 1 964 olympic games and has a firstdegree black belt in judo discipline prob lems are unlikely at this school right his wife jean gairdner bsc a published author herself is a former multiple goldmedallist in the canada games and is currently an alevel squash competitor andthentheresour athleticdirector mr ron weeseronhasamasters degree inhuman kinetics has been a professor at seneca college for 1 2 years is a published sport scientist a former juniora hockey competitor and an allround great coach not bad for a new school will your children get fit at this school most certainly mr gairdner and his wife are the former owners of the fitness institute which they built to international stature overafifteenyearperioa enjoyable and progressive learning through daily sport and fitness is part of our philosophy and all our teachers regardless of subject area have a serious personal interest in fitness and sport or we dont hire them do you want to be sure your child can tell right from wrong contrary to much modem teaching we do not believe that the great moral values are relative core values such as honesty and integrity are enduring and important in themselves call for our brochure or for more information and a tour of the school call mr gairdner or mr don corbett our director of enrolment hell move fast foryou he is a former canadian junior champion in the steeplechase so please dont delay the phone is already ringing and we havent even opened the doors yet the yorkland school 255 yorkland boulevard willowdale ontario m2j 1s3 telephone 416 4917667 fax 4164938158 m a mi 7 immm vvv a vi-