Alumni News

What a wonderful way to kick-off the holidays with our Parent Association Merry Market on Thursday, November 21, 2024! We cheered, we shopped, we had the best time! The holiday magic was definitely in the air with a wonderful selection of vendors, delicious baked treats and hot chocolate, pictures with Santa and crafts and the… Read more: Parent Association Merry Market 2024

Parent Association Merry Market 2024 Date: Thursday, November 21, 2024Time: 2:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.Location: J.T.M. Guest Theatre, Bayview Glen Moatfield Campus It’s the most wonderful time of the year! The Bayview Glen Parent Association is very pleased to invite you to our annual Merry Market! Come and join us in celebrating the holiday season… Read more: Join Us for Parent Association Merry Market 2024

Thank you to the many members of the Bayview Glen community for joining our annual Parent Association Halloween festivities on Sunday, October 27, 2024. The Prep School Gymnasium and J.T.M. Guest Theatre were full of wonderful families dressed in their favourite Halloween costumes, enjoying trick or treating, the dance party, yummy treats at the BeaverTails… Read more: Parent Association Halloween Fun 2024

Our Alumni Reunion Weekend on Friday, May 24, and Saturday, May 25 was a huge success. We are grateful to all our alumni who travelled near and far to attend. Your presence made this reunion truly memorable. We look forward to welcoming you back at future events. Once a Gryphon, always a Gryphon!

Bayview Glen Student Well-Being and the Bayview Glen Parent Association warmly invite our parent community to come together for an inspiring evening of learning and connection at our Parent Book Club and Parent Association Speaker Series on Thursday, May 2, 2024. Register online: bayviewglen.ca/pa-events Bayview Glen Parent Book ClubBook: “Drop The Worry Ball” by Dr.… Read more: Join us on Thursday, May 2, 2024 for Bayview Glen Parent Book Club and Parent Association Speaker Series with Dr. Alex Russell

Celebrate with us as Bayview Glen marks its 62nd Founder’s Day on February 4, 2024! Watch the video below to journey through the inspiring history of Bayview Glen, from its humble beginnings to the thriving institution it is today. Founder’s Day marks not just a celebration of the past, but a commitment to shaping the… Read more: Founder’s Day 2024

Viewpoint — our annual showcase celebrating notable Bayview Glen (BVG) alumni is hot off the print and digital press! The 2023 edition of the magazine focuses on the theme of transitions, delving into how each featured alumnus has navigated change throughout their academic and professional paths, after graduating from BVG. And new this year, digital… Read more: Introducing…Viewpoint 2023

The May/June 2023 edition of The Glen school newsletter is now available! Read it online and watch for a printed copy sent home with your child or in the mail.

(Source: Pexels) In the more than 10 years he has been speaking to students, parents, educators and corporations about online safety, the core of Paul Davis’ message has not wavered — resonating even more so now. “The internet never forgets,” says Davis, in advance of his upcoming visit to Bayview Glen School (BVG), as part… Read more: Online Safety and Responsibility: Speaker Series Focus

The journey from concept to canvas featured many strokes. And a few twists and turns. Doris Rose likely wouldn’t have wanted it any other way.  “Creating this painting has reconnected me with the BVG community,” says the Class of 2009 graduate. “Collaborating with staff and the alumni team has been a wonderful experience!”  An accomplished figurative… Read more: Portrait of an Artist and Alumnae  

Each of their career pathways has been filled with multiple twists and turns — and one constant — key lessons learned during their time as students at Bayview Glen School (BVG).  “It is always great to have the chance to contribute back to the community that I benefited from when I was young,” says Daniel… Read more: Charting Their Own Course: Final Career Breakfast Highlights Innovation

Friday, December 2, we celebrated significant milestones at Bayview Glen. A sincere congratulations to the faculty and staff members who have reached their 10th, 15th and 20th year milestones and to Frances Lambert – on her beloved retirement. It was a tremendous honour to celebrate this special moment together. For those who were unable to… Read more: The Order of the Gryphon

Join us for our third, and final Career Breakfast Speaker Series of this academic school year on Tuesday, February 28 at 7:30 a.m. Enjoy some hot chocolate, coffee and pastries while we shine the spotlight on Bayview Glen alumni focusing on Innovation and Engineering. Saba Ketabchi Haghighat from the Class of 2016 is an Apple… Read more: Career Breakfast: Tuesday, February 28

We are excited to invite you to in-person performances of The Play That Goes Wrong (High School Edition) running in the J.T.M Guest Theatre for two nights only. Our Upper School students have had a lot of fun working on this production and are really looking forward to sharing it with you!

Together, they took a bite out of the ‘big apple’ in what was a Bayview Glen School (BVG) first!  A group of BVG alumni, admin and teachers met in New York recently for the inaugural Alumni Chapter visit in the city.  “Living in New York, I’ve never been able to make it back to Toronto for… Read more: First Alumni Chapter Visit to New York Sets the Stage  

When L. Doreen Hopkins began teaching young children in her home in the early 1960’s, little could she have imagined that the seed she planted is still growing — more than six decades later.  On February 4, 2023, Hopkins’ bold vision and enduring legacy will be remembered as part of Founder’s Day when Bayview Glen… Read more: Legacy of Learning: Founder’s Day 2023  

The joy and anticipation of the upcoming holiday season was on full display this evening during the Bayview Glen Upper School Holiday Concert! If you were able to attend, we hope you enjoyed our talented musicians and singers, as well as the behind-the-scenes efforts of our students, faculty and staff. This annual celebration is always… Read more: Annual Fund 2022 – Thank You!

Their paths were distinctly different following high school and none of them was a straight line to their current roles. Those were among the perspectives shared by three Bayview Glen (BVG) alumni invited to speak at the second Career Breakfast of the school year.  The commonality? The impact of their BVG experience on their life… Read more: Pathways to Professional Life: Career Breakfast Spotlights Media 

We are overwhelmed with gratitude! Thank you to everyone who participated in Giving Tuesday at Bayview Glen! Your gift will further enhance the world-class education we provide. From all of our students and staff, THANK YOU for making an impact!

On November 10, 2022, we gathered as a Whole School for our Remembrance Day Ceremony. Join us in honouring the legacies of our veterans, watch the recording here.

Happy 60th Birthday Bayview Glen (and many more)! As we reflect on the past 60 years, we are excited to celebrate what we’ve accomplished nd look forward to what the future holds! We can’t wait to see everyone today (Sunday, September 25, 2022) at our 60th Celebration event! Our family walk this morning will be… Read more: Happy 60th Birthday, Bayview Glen!

What’s a better way to get to know our Head of School, Mr. Lee, than have him answer questions from our students? Enjoy the rest of your summer and we look forward to seeing everyone in September!

It is with great pride that the Bayview Glen Alumni Association presents Dr. George Foussias ’93 with the 2022 Bayview Glen Distinguished Alumni Award. Dr. Foussias graduated from Bayview Glen in 1993, and is a Clinician Scientist in the Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Chief of the Schizophrenia Division and Director of the Slaight… Read more: Congratulations to the 2022 Recipient of the Bayview Glen Distinguished Alumni Award

On Friday, May 27, the Alumni Association celebrated our Alumni Reunion 2022, making it our first in-person event since the return to the Moatfield Campus after COVID-19. Alumni spanning from the classes of 1991 to 2022 returned to the Daunt Dining Hall to visit with faculty and staff, both current and retired. This year’s celebration… Read more: #BVGAlumni Reunion 2022 – A Great Success

A big welcome and congratulations to #BVGAlumni Daniella Brown ’10 for joining our Advancement team as the new Director of Alumni Relations at Bayview Glen. No stranger to many of you, Daniella is excited to return to her alma mater to “give back to the school and faculty that made her who she is today”.… Read more: Welcome New Director of Alumni Relations – Daniella Brown ’10

Special thanks to #BVGAlumni Rawlson O. King ’95, an Ottawa City Councillor, for his generous contribution to the Eileen Daunt Bursary Fund. Rawlson personally thanked Mrs. Daunt for leading Bayview Glen School with great distinction, direction and foresight, and he is happy that a bursary has been established in her name as a legacy to… Read more: Alumni Support to the Eileen Daunt Bursary Fund

On Tuesday, March 1, Olivia Nightingale ’08 and Christina Crisostomo ’09 joined as alumni speakers at our last virtual Career Breakfast of this school year and shared their insights in the Social Justice and Advocacy industry with our current students and parents from the Prep and Upper School community. Olivia shared her career trajectory with… Read more: Career Breakfast on Social Justice and Advocacy

A quick look through the past 60 years for Founder’s Day 2022! Ms. Daunt and students from each division shared their birthday wishes to our school. From the beginning as a small nursery school and day camp in 1962 to growing to our two campuses, our school community continues to be as connected and supportive as… Read more: Founder’s Day 2022

The Fall/Winter 2021 issue of the Bayview Glen Alumni eNewsletter, The Glenner, is now published. Please click here to read the updates on our alumni initiatives and school news, as well as class notes shared by our alumni network. If you have any alumni stories to share (weddings / births / achievements / etc.), please… Read more: BVG Alumni eNews Fall/Winter 2021

Welcome to our newest members of the Bayview Glen Alumni Association, #BVGgrads2021. Congratulations on your graduation and we wish you all the best in your future endeavours. Congratulations also to #BVGAlumni J-M Erlendson ’03 (pdf) on being selected by the Bayview Glen Alumni Association Board as the recipient of this year’s Bayview Glen Distinguished Alumni Award 2021,… Read more: Congratulations to the Bayview Glen Class of 2021 Graduates and the Bayview Glen Distinguished Alumni Award 2021 Recipient