Community Events
This year, St. Patrick's Day falls on a Sunday. The Irish and their friends have planned parties in downtown Toronto to celebrate the day. There will be, as in previous years, one of the biggest parades in the city. People wear green or even painted their faces green. (Remember our green blazers at school?)
90 years ago in 1923, William Butler Years (1865-1939) was the first Irish to be awarded The Nobel Prize in Literature, "for his always inspired poetry, which in a highly artistic form gives expression to the spirit of a whole nation".
Yu Fong-ying (61) of Vancouver has selected some of his poems including, The Lake Isle of Innisfree and When You Are Old, to share with our readers to enjoy the day.
“小記者”名人專訪活動 之「邁向成功之路 － 葉以安教授專訪」
聖文德書院及慈雲山聖文德天主教小學，聯同香港慈善團體狄恒教室 (Father Deignan Education Studio)，於2013 年3 月11 日上午舉行 “小記者” 名人專訪活動。
兩間學校的中小學生通過V-China 遠程教學及學習平臺，與美國加州大學洛杉磯分校醫學院葉以安教授(WYK, 1975-80)進行即時的面對面的交流。[Please click here to view the photos.]
Trailblazers in Habits [中文譯名:《巾幗先驅》]
《巾幗先驅》是一部有關瑪利諾修女事績的紀錄片，長六十五分鐘。
1922年，美國紐約瑪利諾女修會派遣6名修女往香港服務。從此她們留居香港，在教育，醫療，社區工作各方面默默工作，幫助居民改善生活。她們建立香港及九龍瑪利諾修女學校，黄大仙聖母醫院，及社區中心，成績有目共睹。先後到香港服務的修女超過一百五十人。
International Students’ Visual Arts Contest-cum-Exhibition of Hong Kong –Photography (HKISAC)2013
Click here for the English Invitation Letter.
Click here for the Chinese Invitation Letter.
For more details, please visit website HKISAC at http://www.hkisac.org
Mr. Laurence Tam makes an effort to write from Queen Elizabeth Hospital, "Attached is information on an international student art event which I took part in its initiation 3 years ago.
Please click the image to read the acknowledgement letter.
It’s another year of great success for raising over $5,000 (click here for the latest figure) by the WYKAAO team in the annual Terry Fox Run that was held on Sunday September 16th, 2012. We are one of a handful of teams, as announced by the organizer, which contributed to about half of the funds raised in the Markham-Unionville run site. Thank you all for your generous donations and continuing support! Click here to see the pictures taken in the sunny and refreshing morning event. Click here for the warm-up exercise. Check out the event Facebook page as well. Our team also appears on the SNAP Markham community website. Click here to view a short video.
WYKAAO table tennis team participated in the 4th Annual Charity Table Tennis Tournament presented by the New Horizon Lions Club on Sunday September 16th, 2012. Our Team A finished as the second runner-up among the six teams from three schools that include Ying Wa College Old Boys’ Association (Toronto Chapter), DBS Old Boys’ Association (Toronto Chapter) and WYKAAO. All players have had a good time, fought hard in matches and made a few friends along the way. Click here to see the pictures. More pictures are posted here in the website of the table tennis club. Click here to see the picutres posted in the New Horizon Lions Club website.
WYKAAO will once again participate in the Terry Fox Run this year (Sunday, Sept 16). The run site chosen is our favourite Markham-Unionville location, a major part of the route inside the Toogood Pond Park with breath-taking scenery.
For a number of years, we have been proudly supporting The Terry Fox Foundation in its ongoing work to fund innovative and progressive cancer research programs. Please support our team by joining, or making a donation. Your kindness will impact the lives of so many people living with cancer.
Dominic Lam of Hong Kong Wah Yan College was invited to be a featured artist of the 2012 London Olympic Games. His Millennium Olympic Odyssey II: From the Great Wall to River Thames - Embrace the World was awarded a gold medal among the 500 exibits. The whole story was reported by Hong Kong Tiger Standard.
He wore his Gold Medal received in London on August 3 to attend the International Students' Visual Arts Prize Giving Ceremony on August 4. It was a great encouragement to the young talents. Click here to view the album.