VTT's Glee Club, under the direction of Jennifer Chobotiuk, brought cheer and smiles to the residents of Louis Brier at their annual Mother's Day Tea. Special thanks to Elana Jacobson for accompanying on piano.


Yishar Ko'ach to faculty members Michele Zychlinski, Megan Davey and Sylvester Noel for completing the BMO half marathon on Sunday. It was Michele's first time, Megan's second time and Sylvester's third. They even met their goal of completing the 14km in under two hours. Way to go!


On Wednesday, students sat for the final round of online math challenges as part of the worldwide Caribou Math Contest. Kol Ha'Kavod to those students who elected to participate this year.


Above is a replica of the Jaffa Gate, made out of sugar cubes by fourth grade student Jonah Ezekiel. Click here to see all the fantastic interpretations of Jerusalem's ancient gates and stones--a joint project between VTT and our sister school in Israel's northern Galilee panhandle, Alei Givah.


Above is an example of a second grade student using technology, in this case an iPad, to demonstrate understanding of a Jewish concept, in this case the story of creation, specifically the third day of creation. Translation: "What else did Hashem do (create) on the third day?"


Faculty from our early childhood, primary and intermediate departments spent their lunch hours consulting on space planning with the architects for our new campus. Though funds are still being raised, it is critical to begin these conversations to meet an ambitious deadline of breaking ground in June 2014.

Mazal tov to fourth grade students Maya McNamara and Mikal Stein as well as fifth grader Jessie Miller, the PRO1dancers at the Landing Dance Company for earning the second highest score (95.5%) at the Synergy Dance Competition out of 690 routines, across all age groups and styles, for their Jazz routine "Conduct Yourself Accordingly".  They were then invited to dance at the showdown on Saturday night where they got the award for highest Scoring Level 2 Group. You can watch their dance here.

Congratulations to Grade 7 student Elise Jampolsky who recently auditioned for a part in the Alberta Ballet's production of the Nutcracker. She earned a role as
a Palace Page and will be on stage at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre December 28, 29, 30 and 31st, 2013.

As a culmination to the study of ancient Egypt, Grade 7 students came to class dressed as an ancient Egyptian character. They celebrated with traditional Egyptian food (humus, pita and olives from Nava) while each student shared their expert knowledge of his/her character.