William Burgess E.S. Centennial
100 Torrens Ave. M4J 2P5 Toronto, ON, Canada

Planting flowers for the garden.

Here are pics of material from the previous celebration of a big William Burgess anniversary, which were presented in the library. See all pics at: https://www.dropbox.com//f5wt4f/AACKvvYSBT4NciUM_maEzVtGa

There's more pics of the centennial celebration for us to enjoy. I'll be posting some over the next while. Here's a link to a site where you can see them all: https://www.dropbox.com//f5wt4f/AACKvvYSBT4NciUM_maEzVtGa

Parks People, an organization involved in the greening of the William Burgess grounds, has pics of the centennial event on Flickr. Take a look: https://www.flickr.com//torontopar/sets/72157644150504099/

See the William Burgess Parent Council website for images of the centennial birds, and for a form to order bird magnets and etc. http://wbparentcouncil.weebly.com/

Interested in wearing a William Burgess centennial pin? They will be on sale at William Burgess Carnival, a great event in the schoolyard on Sat., 24 May, 10:30-2:30. Also on sale will be the remaining centennial mugs and T-shirts. Hope you can make it to Carnival!

According to a well-placed source, one centennial celebration attendee managed to snag five (small) piece of the birthday cake. Congrats to that bold cake-lover, and thanks to everyone for being a part of that great day!

I had many favourite moments yesterday, including: -Seeing, and hearing!, former alumni and staff reunite -The alumni speeches during the ceremony -The children's choir -And watching current students enjoy the day, knowing how lucky they were to be part of a such a great school with such a great tradition!

What a fabulous centennial celebration that was! I'm glad to see that some of you are posting photos you took yesterday, and sharing your thoughts. Please feel free to add more. I'll post some pictures in the coming days.

William Burgess is in the news! Check out this radio interview about bringing nature back to WB that mentions the centennial towards the end: http://www.cbc.ca//episodes/2014/05/01/school-yard-renewal/