A Birthday Celebration at the Historic Fox Theatre!

A Birthday Celebration at the Historic Fox Theatre!

On Thursday, January 9, Hawthorn celebrated so many things: reuniting with friends after the Christmas holiday, the start of the brand new year 2025, and the birthday of St. Josemaria Escriva, the founder of Opus Dei, whose teachings inspired a group of parents to establish Hawthorn School.

4 Hawthorn School for Girls high school students smile with hot chocolate and cupcakes in their hands

This annual event is an opportunity for Hawthorn students and staff to come together, be grateful for our school, and have fun! This year we ventured out to an exclusive showing of the wonderful new adaptation of the beloved novel The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.

2 Hawthorn School for Girls students sit inside a school bus in front of Fox Theatre

We were hosted by the historic Fox Theatre (est’d 1914) in the Beaches neighbourhood, Toronto’s oldest continuously operating theatre.

2 Hawthorn School for Girls students with smiles stand in front of the ticket booth at Fox Theatre with their teacher inside the booth

Walking through their doors provided a beautiful, unique step back in time, and the perfect setting for this nostalgic holiday comedy, a wonderful movie for us to share laughter and a few tears, and be filled with the true spirit of Christmas, which truly happened… for everyone.

Credits for the movie appear on the big screen inside Fox Theatre as Hawthorn School for Girls students get up from their seats

6 grade 10 Hawthorn School for Girls students sit below a sign that says "Candy Bar" in Fox Theatre