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Making our new school feel like home: UTS Co-Captains Harry and Kat

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Making our new school feel like home: UTS Co-Captains Harry and Kat

By Kimberley FehrSeptember 02, 2022Comments Disabled

UTS Captains S6 (Grade 12) students Harry and Kat are excitedly anticipating the big day when students gather for the first time in the Withrow Auditorium to welcome our new F1 (Grade 7) students with a standing ovation, with the hope of making all...

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A culture of greater inclusion: UTS Principal Rosemary Evans

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A culture of greater inclusion: UTS Principal Rosemary Evans

By Kimberley FehrSeptember 02, 2022Comments Disabled

The leadership of UTS Principal Rosemary Evans, along with the generosity of our entire community, brought our school home to a beautiful renewed building. Now, she is looking to the future, paving the way for an even more inclusive UTS culture, where...

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A school for change: Lisa Freeman ’87, P ’27

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A school for change: Lisa Freeman ’87, P ’27

By Kimberley FehrSeptember 02, 2022Comments Disabled

The arts were her passion and at UTS, Lisa Freeman ’87, P ’27 was in her element, taking part in school plays and talent shows while learning to lead – she became the first female captain at our school. “The arts can help you change how people...

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His love for music lives on in the heart of our new school: UTS Founder John Withrow ’32

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His love for music lives on in the heart of our new school: UTS Founder John Withrow ’32

By Kimberley FehrAugust 03, 2022Comments Disabled

Soon the spirit of John and Margaret Withrow will be with us every day, when the doors open to the new Withrow Auditorium this September. They’ve given us what they loved so much in life – the gift of music. And now their greatest gift to the school...

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The idea is what matters: Gavin Pitchford ’76

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The idea is what matters: Gavin Pitchford ’76

By Kimberley FehrJune 25, 2022Comments Disabled

The idea is what matters at UTS – the debate – not your age or where you stood in the social scheme of things. “If you had the best idea, people gravitated towards that,” says Gavin Pitchford ’76, just one of many reasons...

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At home in our new school and loving it! Vice Principal Garth Chalmers

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At home in our new school and loving it! Vice Principal Garth Chalmers

By Kimberley FehrJune 01, 2022Comments Disabled

Our renewed school already feels like home to Vice Principal Garth Chalmers. “The new building feels so right,” he says. “And the timing is perfect. We are back home with fabulous new facilities that meet the needs of our students, and at the same...

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A life-changing education for Hana Dhanji ’05

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A life-changing education for Hana Dhanji ’05

By Kimberley FehrJune 01, 2022Comments Disabled

UTS opened the door to life-changing experiences for Hana Dhanji ’05. An exchange to France gave her the opportunity to see the world through another culture. She went to Zambia to film a documentary about the HIV/AIDS pandemic with a group of UTS students....

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The light in their eyes: English Teacher Sandeep Sanghera

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The light in their eyes: English Teacher Sandeep Sanghera

By Kimberley FehrMay 03, 2022Comments Disabled

This week, Sandeep Sanghera’s F1 (Grade 7) English students seized the opportunity presented by our new building’s communal spaces to workshop A Midsummer Night’s Dream in small groups outside the classroom. “The new...

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Exhilaration in education: Dr. Gillian Bartlett

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Exhilaration in education: Dr. Gillian Bartlett

By Kimberley FehrMay 03, 2022Comments Disabled

UTS took retired UTS English Teacher Dr. Gillian Bartlett’s favourite assignment – writing a letter to the editor – to an entirely new dimension, when her two F1 (Grade 7) classes challenged David Cope’s classes to a contest in December...

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The UTS Interconnection: The Bitidis and Earthy families

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The UTS Interconnection: The Bitidis and Earthy families

By Kimberley FehrApril 01, 2022Comments Disabled

Daron Earthy and Jon Bitidis in the Twig Some UTS connections take on a life of their own. When Jon Bitidis ’99 and Daron Earthy ’99 became friends as F1 (Grade 7) students, no one knew it would lead to the next generation of the Bitidis and Earthy...

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