Loretto include: Mother & Daughter Tea, Loretto Abbey Film Festival, Christmas Baskets, International Picnic, Multicultural Night, Father and Daughter Barbecue, Academic Awards Night, March Break Trips (International), Musical Performance at the Cardinal's Dinner, Semi-Formal, Pasta Night, Spring Concert, Annual Drama Production, Fashion Show and many more. Overseas programmes Loretto Abbey students participated in the 2009 India Study and Leadership Programme. The students participated in service learning and volunteered at Loretto schools in Calcutta, Darjeeling, and New Delhi. This excursion was in celebration of the 400th anniversary of the Loretto Sisters and marked an ongoing involvement of the Sisters in maintaining the Mary Ward ethos at the school. The third trip occurred in March, 2012. The Abbey also fundraises every year for Loretto schools overseas and for charities in need. In 2007, for instance, $25,000 was raised for Loreto St. Vincent's Primary School in Darjeeling. $10,000 was raised for the new Loreto school is South Sudan in 2012. Proceeds from events like dances and civies day go towards the annual charity. Alumnae Shelley Solmes – CBC Radio 2 host Carly Foulkes – model and actress Jordan Sinclair - golden globes awarded actress Germaine Guèvremont – writer and winner of the 1950 Governor-General's Award Ida Hawley – actress Yolanda Gampp – Host of How to Cake It Anna Olson – TV Host and professionally trained chef Sister Margaret O'Neill (Mother Agatha) – founder of Loretto College at University of Toronto Ivana Santilli – musician (Bass is Base) Jess Walton – actress (The Young and the Restless) Gallery See also List of high schools in Ontario References External links Loretto Alumnae Association Loretto Sisters (Canadian Region of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary) High schools in Toronto 1847 establishments in Canada Private schools in Toronto Girls' schools in Canada Toronto Catholic District School Board North York