I’m very pleased to share with you this photo (right) of Howard Hight and Wayne Grier from a recent cruise in Greece. Oct. 17, 2015 MCHS Sixties Reunion Howard Hight, who lives near Boston, and Wayne Grier have been friends going back many years. Howard is a key member of the organizing group that is […]
I’ve recently had the opportunity to encounter many resources that address how we absorb information. Among the resources is a book entitled How We Learn: The Surprising Truth about When, Where, and Why It Happens (2014). A blurb at the Toronto Public Library website notes: Thinking, Fast and Slow (2011) “In the tradition of The […]
A July 27, 2014 Etobicoke Guardian article notes that on Aug. 4, 1914 Britain declared war on Germany, automatically bringing Canada into the First World War. That was now over 100 years ago. On the same day, Robert Home Smith opened the Old Mill Tea Room in Toronto. The Tea Room is located at Old Mill […]
Ron Van Dyke writes: “Music from the MCHS days in the 60s ….and then some.” http://www.45rpmdb.com/Top10.html Thank you, Ron, for the link! Updates on the way from MCHS 60s Reunion Committee We are currently preparing a series of blog posts with updates about the following topics. During the past two weeks, the MCHS 60s […]
When I recently read a mention of the Church of the Good Shepherd, in Cartierville, I recalled a passage in Memory Fitness (2004), in which it is noted that sometimes when we hear a particular name, then many memories, that otherwise are inaccessible to us, come back to us at once. I am keen to […]
In planning for the MCHS 60s Reunion, we want to find a way to remember the classmates who have passed away. The following post reminds us how important it is to do that. Barry Anderson (MCHS 1964) has kindly given us permission for sharing of the following post, a tribute to Heinz Schlutz, which Barry […]
Barbara Sayfy, class of ’70 I graduated from MCHS in 1970 and went onto Dawson CEGEP for a 3 year Business Administration program. Raised in Montreal (lived in Ahuntsic and then in New Bordeaux living on Joseph Casavant Street). I have two older siblings – our family is now split from Vancouver to Toronto to Montreal. My niece and nephew are growing their […]