We are excited that the 2010 Olympic Winter Games are coming to Canada this year! Our school has been learning about the significance of the Olympic Torch, and eagerly awaiting the start of the games in one week.
We are especially interested in the games because one of the teachers at our school is a former Olympic athlete and a silver medal winner! Her name is Ms. McCormack and she teaches grade 8 and physical education. (That's her picture above) Here is her biography:
Forward Kathy McCormack did not play ice hockey for the first eight years of her life, and she spent the next eight playing on boys’ teams. She made her first appearance on a female team in 1991 at the Canada Winter Games representing New Brunswick, and later won a silver medal at the 1995 Canadian Championships and a bronze one at the 1996 edition with the squad. She joined the Maritimes Sports Blades club in 1996 and then qualified for the Canadian national team the following year. Her efforts earned her a trip to the 1998 Winter Olympics, where she suited up for six matches and took home a silver medal in the first official Olympic women’s ice hockey tournament. In 1999 she moved to Oakville, Ontario to skate with the Oakville Ice of the National Women’s Hockey League, but soon took up a job as a grade school teacher and retired from active play. As of 2009 she is a teacher at Albion Heights Junior Middle School in Toronto, Ontario. She carried the Olympic torch through her hometown of Blackville, New Brunswick in preparation for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
Forward Kathy McCormack did not play ice hockey for the first eight years of her life, and she spent the next eight playing on boys’ teams. She made her first appearance on a female team in 1991 at the Canada Winter Games representing New Brunswick, and later won a silver medal at the 1995 Canadian Championships and a bronze one at the 1996 edition with the squad. She joined the Maritimes Sports Blades club in 1996 and then qualified for the Canadian national team the following year. Her efforts earned her a trip to the 1998 Winter Olympics, where she suited up for six matches and took home a silver medal in the first official Olympic women’s ice hockey tournament. In 1999 she moved to Oakville, Ontario to skate with the Oakville Ice of the National Women’s Hockey League, but soon took up a job as a grade school teacher and retired from active play. As of 2009 she is a teacher at Albion Heights Junior Middle School in Toronto, Ontario. She carried the Olympic torch through her hometown of Blackville, New Brunswick in preparation for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
Wow - amazing that you have a former Olympic athlete at your school. Here in Vancouver the whole city is 'getting ready' for the Olympics... 5 days to go.
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