Welcome to the MaCS Program, a specialized program at William Lyon Mackenzie C.I.
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November Staff Report
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Please click on the photo to view some highlights from the Staff Report for Fall 2024
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MaCS Information Night
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Thank you to the over 1000 people who attended our grade 8 MaCS Information Night in November to learn about the MaCS Program as well as the TDSB application process for all CSIP programs!
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Grade 9 MaCS Trip 2024
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This month our grade 9 MaCS students spent three days at Muskoka Woods. For over 20 years, grade 9 MaCS students have experienced this amazing leadership trip! As the first MaCS trip in the program, students meet other students in the program as well as build on their leadership and communication skills which they bring back into the classroom. Thank you to all the staff who supervised the trip!
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Science Competitions- University of Western Science Olympics, U of T Biology and Waterloo Chemistry Contests
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Congratulations to all students who participated at the annual University of Western Science Olympics this past month. Students returned to Mackenzie with 4 team trophies and one individual trophy! At the University of Waterloo Canadian Chemistry Olympiad one student received a silver medal and ranked 9th in Canada and at the Canadian Chemistry contest one student ranked 10th in Canada! At the University of Toronto National Biology contest we had 2 students rank 1st and 5th in Canada and as a school Mackenzie was ranked 2nd in Canada! CLICK THE IMAGE FOR AN MSC END OF YEAR NEWSLINK!
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Final Staff Report - School Council
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Click the image for the staff report!
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MaCS Graduation
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Congratulations to the MaCS class of 2024!
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The CCC-CCO-IOI path of Daniel Ye
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Every year 80 to a 100 Mackenzie students write the Canadian Computing Contest prepared and facilitated by the University of Waterloo. The contest is written by thousands of students competing nationally and internationally. Every year, at least one, and often two or three Mackenzie students are selected based on their high scores to attend one week training camp and the Canadian Computing Olympiad at U of Waterloo in the hopes of becoming one of four members of the national team representing Canada at the International Olympiad of Informatics. This year, Daniel Ye, a gr 12 Mackenzie student will be joining the Canadian national team and travelling to Egypt for this year’s IOI after earning a gold medal at CCO! Congratulations!
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MaCS Trip - Niagara Falls
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Last month the grade 10 MaCS students had the opportunity to visit Niagara Falls for a two day trip!
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SHAD
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Congratulations to the following students for being accepted to the SHAD Valley Summer Enrichment Program 2024! (Crystal Cai, Raquel Canto, Ruigang Chen, Kadeyn Cho, Stephanie Fan, Hyrbod Ghashghaeesaadi, Elya Keren-Sagiv, Danielle Kong, Hunter Li, Kayla Lin, Nathan Wang, Shayne Yang, Jonathan Ye, Clara Yeung, and William Zhou)
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DECA International
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The WL Mackenzie DECA Team returned to Toronto in the early hours of Friday May 3rd from the DECA ICDC competition in Anaheim, California. The DECA team did very well, and we are pleased to share the following information- Sharmin Dabidiyan and Derek Ma placed in the Top 10. (Business Law and Ethics Team Decision Making), Rachel Jing got a glass award - second place! (Apparel and Accessories), Pouya Karimi placed in the Top 10. (Automotive Services), Sophia Butych placed in the Top 10. (Marketing Communications), and Brian Song received a top performer award for the role play segment in his series. (Sports and Entertainment). Congratulations!
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TDSB French Speaking Contest
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Congratulations to Daisy Li, Olivka Rozenberg, and Aidan Wang who performed in the Provincial wide French Speaking Competition ( 'Concours d’art oratoire' ). It is Canada’s largest annual French public-speaking competition and is open to students in every province and territory in a wide range of age/grade categories and French abilities. In their respective categories, Daisy & Olivka placed 2nd, and Aidan placed 3rd. We are all very proud of this incredible accomplishment.
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Math Contests
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The Math Department is proud to share some amazing results from the Euclid Waterloo Math contest and the Fryer, Galois Hypatia Waterloo Math contest- For the Euclid math contest, out of 115 participating students, 36 qualified for Certificates of Distinction ranking in the first 25 percentile in Canada and 1 student received the school medal. Overall, the Mackenzie Math Team ranked 5th in Canada. Congratulations!
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HOSA Competition
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84 Mackenzie students competed at the HOSA competition down at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. There were over 3000 students from schools around Ontario and Canada there to compete. 28 of our students made it into the top 10 of their categories! Our Behavioural Health team was particularly successful, snagging 5 of the top 10 positions. Congratulations!
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French Contest
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Four of our students (Olivka Rozenberg, Aidan Wang, Kelly Ni, and Daisy Li) all performed incredible speeches, and well represented Mackenzie. Furthermore, Olivka, Aidan, and Daisy all won in their respective categories, and will now move onto the Provincial French Speaking Competition which will take place May 4 at York University Glendon College, and will be representing the TDSB. Congratulations!
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Business News
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In February, over 70 Business Council members participated independently in the Canadian National Leadership Conference (CNLC), hosted by Canada FBLA. The conference was hosted in a hybrid format for the first time ever, welcoming over 1850 competitors from 8 provinces and 100+ schools. It was entirely youth planned and hosted, and three Mackenzie students were part of the organizers (Canada FBLA's National Officer team of 10). After an eventful two days at the Hilton, we are proud to announce that the Business Council had 6 qualifiers for FBLA's National Leadership Conference in Orlando, Florida, one of the most prestigious business competitions for high schoolers. We also had six additional students place in the top 10, and four in the top 20. Business Council looks forward to our next competition, Target Alpha's Financial Planners' Conference, where students will take the role of a financial consultant, accountant, or marketing specialist in a real-world inspired scenario.
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Canadian Computing Contest
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On February 21, 2024 84 WL Mackenzie students wrote the 3 hour Canadian Computing Contest, courtesy of Waterloo University. Thousands of students across Canada write the contest. The University selects the top scorers and invites 25-30 students to a 1 week long training camp at the University of Waterloo. It is a great honour to share that 3 WL Mackenzie students have been invited for this very special opportunity. Congratulations to Colin Cai, Victor Sarca and Daniel Ye!
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Math Contests
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The Math department is proud to announce the following award recipients of the prestigious COMC 2023-2024 Mathematical Challenge- Victor Sarca (Honorable Mention Toronto Championship), Tom Philip (Honorable Mention Toronto Championship), Alyn Huang (Bronze Award Toronto), Daniel Ye (Honorable Mention Canada, Bronze Award Ontario, Silver Award Toronto), and Raymond Ouyang (Honorable Mention Canada Championship, Bronze Award Canada grade 11, Bronze Award Ontario Championship, Gold Award Ontario Grade 11, Silver Award Ontario grade 11, Gold Award Toronto Grade 11 and a $50 cheque). In the 2024 Pascal, Cayley Fermat Waterloo Math Contests Mackenzie was awarded 4 medals and 87 certificates!
Congratulations to the Mackenzie Math Team Tom Philip, Glen Lin, Raymond Ouyang, Alex Zhu, Aaron Zhu, and Daniel Ye for their stellar performance at the Canadian Team Math Competition at the University of Waterloo. Our team competed against 50 other teams from across Canada and placed first in the Individual Event, first in the Team Event, and first in the Relay event, bringing home the first prize in this prestigious competition!
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March Break Trip
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On behalf of the 29 students and 5 staff that travelled abroad to Spain and Portugal over the break, we just wanted to say thank you for your support! Throughout the 10-day trip, students had the opportunity to visit Madrid, Toledo, Avila, and Salamanca in Spain and in Portugal we visited Coimbra, Porto, Batalha, Fatima, and Lisbon. The trip was filled with tours of cathedrals/monasteries, royal palaces, museums, walled cities, famous bookstores, delicious food, and so much more. Thanks again for your support of this opportunity for Mackenzie's students to discover the rich history and culture of Spain and Portugal!
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Department Updates
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Click photo to see an MSEO update video!
The following links provide department updates!
Athletics: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rKxiL15qE2gbcB3fNkEgED4oplzVP6ei5mttx0QnEg4/edit
Science: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RbO0U_Ls-Kds3yS-CBV_v5duadz-veZY009vH4O-yLc/edit
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Business DECA News
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The WLM DECA Team did extremely well at the Provincial Championships last week. We are delighted to share that eight WLM students have qualified to compete at the International DECA competition! The event is April 25 - May 2 in Anaheim, California. Congratulations!
Our outstanding performance at provincials included winning over 50 medals in addition to securing eight spots for the International Career Development Conference (ICDC).
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Athletic News
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The athletic council just announced the restart of intramurals! We are excited to start co-ed dodgeball in the coming weeks and we encourage all Mackenzie students to sign-up. Additional information can be found on our Instagram (@wlmac.athletics) or our newly released athletics website. The website is still being finalized, however it will aim to feature everything you need to know about Mackenzie sports and athletics.
The Ski Team and staff supervisor Eugene Kravache are pleased to share the great news that two WLM students have qualified to go to OFSAA! Well done!
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Science News
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Art News
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Department News
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Please click the photo to view links to department updates!
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Student Council Updates: SACMAS: A Spirit of Giving and Giving Back to the Mackenzie Community
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Lastly, SACMAS is around the corner! Looking forward to a Student Council week full of celebrations and spirit events for the upcoming Holiday Season! From Monday December 18th to Friday December 22nd, the Mackenzie community will come together to have a daily celebration courtesy of Mackenzie’s Student Council: from hot chocolate serves, to cereal themed breakfasts, to making gingerbread houses, to a Mackenzie’s Got Talent stage show to dressing up in our favourite Ugly Holiday Themed Sweater… we will all enjoy a happiness filled send off to 2023! (https://youtu.be/8Ep7sIlgxUU)
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Ontario Science Centre
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The grade 12 biology classes attended a full day hands on DNA fingerprinting workshop at the Ontario Science Centre where they extracted their own DNA from cheek cells and analyzed a region of chromosome 1 to identify tandemly repetitive sequences.
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Business News
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In November, the Business Council held its first two meetings for our over 100 members. Currently, we are preparing for Target Alpha's Stock Pitch Competition, the largest national competition of its kind. Last year, half of the top 6 finalist teams were from Mackenzie. We hope to continue our exceptional performance this year.
Our DECA team has successfully completed the regional competition! Out of the 68 dedicated members who participated, an outstanding 52 have advanced to the provincial level! We will be hosting our annual holiday case study competition! This will be happening right before the winter break, engaging our students with a chance to not only apply their skills in a creative and fun setting but also get to know each other well with free food!
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Student Council's Annual Club Crawl
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On Tuesday October 3rd, Student Council alongside our wonderful Vice Presidents Zoe and Aidan, hosted our Annual Club Crawl featuring the showcasing of the over 65 club and council offerings at Mackenzie for the 2023 year!
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Mactoberfest: An Annual Halloween Tradition since 1960!
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In keeping with our Mackenzie tradition, we are providing students with a spirit week filled with activities to promote and market our big Mactoberfest Carnival in honor of Halloween on October 31st. Mactoberfest features a lunch time of Student Council and club food offerings alongside a student and teacher costume contest, alongside a haunted house and our fear-factor min-it-to-win-it mini competitions in the spirit of everything Halloween. Leading up to Mactoberfest we will be hosting a number of spirit days including the selling of our Halloween themed candygrams that students may purchase to send to their friends. We look forward to our Halloween celebrations!
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Science Club News
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Video of egg drop event: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1noFwFDAFcOsPdNUUke2T-asVWMFP3wpK/view?usp=sharing
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Business Council News
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On July, 10 Mackenzie Business Council members participated in FBLA's (Future Business Leaders of America) elite international competition in Atlanta, Georgia. Just like in the Canadian National Leadership Conference, Business Council members dominated the competition, gaining the most top 10 finalists from any school in Canada (four). We also look forward to continuing to participate in Target Alpha's Stock Pitch, Stock Trading, and Financial Planners' Conferences.
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DECA News
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DECA provides an exceptional platform for students to explore the realms of business and leadership through competitions including case studies and written exams. This business competition consists of 3 levels - regionals, provincials, and internationals. At DECA Mackenzie, we have some initiatives for our general members to assist them in their journey to success at DECA. First, we will be hosting mock provincials with potentially 2 other schools, Earl Haig and Victoria Park. This event will serve as a preparation for those who have advanced from regionals to provincials. We will also be having a Holiday Case Study Competition within Mackenzie, where we will split members into various groups and give them a case study that they will prepare within a time limit and pitch to the DECA Mackenzie Executive Team!
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Math Contests
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Good luck to all students who participated in the Math contests this fall!
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Grade 9 MaCS Trip
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This month our grade 9 MaCS students attended our annual 3 day trip to Muskoka Woods to participate in a variety of leadership activities. Thank you to all staff who attended the trip as well!
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School Wide Highlights for the Spring
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Please see the attached report to read about a number of exciting events that happened at Mackenzie this past spring. Also included are department field trips and student competitions. Congratulations to all our winners in the arts, business, math, science and French competitions that took place this spring! Click image for Staff Report - 2023 May/June - Google Docs
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Science News
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Congratulations to all participants who went to compete at the University of Guelph Science Olympics in May! Mackenzie earned three 1st place finishes, six 2nd place finishes and one 3rd place finish! Congratulations also go out to the participants who competed at the University of Western Science Olympics where Mackenzie also won numerous awards in the top 3 in a variety of events! Congratulations to the Envirothon team who won the Aquatics testing competition in the Ontario Envirothon Competition! Congratulations to Olivia Park who won $400 for placing 3rd in the DNA Day Essay contest out of almost 1000 submissions from 40 countries! The school also receives $400 to purchase genetics equipment! Congratulations to the HOSA participants at the HOSA Spring Leadership Conference! Good luck to the 9 participants who qualified for the International Leadership Conference in Dallas, Texas!
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Computer Science News
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Congratulations to Mackenzie’s Cyber Security Team. Mackenzie had two teams that competed this year in the Cyber Titan Competition at the University of Waterloo and one of our teams finished at the top of their competition class securing a third consecutive first place finish! Our second team fought hard until the end but just fell short, closing the competition in 5th place overall! Please see the video clip from the Cyber Titan Competition covered by CTV News. Each member of the winning team received $1000! Click image to see broadcast!
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Business News
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Congratulations to Misheel Batkhuu and Kailey Cheng for an outstanding finish at DECA's International Career Development Conference in Orlando, Florida. Both of them finished the competition in second place making themselves, their families and all of us at Mackenzie very proud! Click image to see the finalists!
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Math Contests - University of Waterloo
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Congratulations to all the students who wrote the University of Waterloo Math Contests this winter! Out of 121 participants, 86 placed in the first 25 percentile in Canada. The grade 9 Math team placed second in Canada, the grade 10 team 4th in Canada, and the grade 11 team 23rd in Canada! Congratulations to Raymond Ouyang for winning a silver award and $200 at the 2023 Canadian Junior Mathematical Olympiad (CJMO)!
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French Contest
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Congratulations to Olvika Rozenberg, who qualified for the next level in the Concours d'art oratoire french competition! The next level of the competition will be held at Glendon Campus in May!
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Exploravision Contest/ Science Club
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The 2023 ExploraVision Regional winners were recently announced and congratulations to Avery Mai, Daphne Tu, Katelyn Xu, and Rita Xu for winning the regional competition in the grade 10-12 division! The region consists of the entire Canada and some of the northern states. Their winning project titled Optic Nerve Assistant Technology (ONATech) is an innovation that aims to combat the pervasive and currently incurable problems associated with glaucoma. You can read more about their project on their website and watch their 2 minute video summarizing the tech: https://nstawebdirector.wixsite.com/onatech and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSCYC-LSmAc; The regional win awarded each student with a Chromebook. The team is now well into the national phase of the competition which has them competing for $10,000 and a trip to Washington D.C. to meet Bill Nye. Good luck! Click image for spring event summaries.
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Mackenzie Europe Trip 2023
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Arts Updates
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On April 5 the Dance Team competed in the Strive Competition and took FIRST place, plus a special award for Performance, Expression, and Audience Connection. We are extremely proud of our incredible team of talented dancers, led by Ms. Paravanno! The Concert Band performs at MusicFest Nationals in Niagara Falls on May 19th!!
Arts and Culture Showcase - show on May 24 at 7pm. Java in the Garden - June 7 at 7pm
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Math Symposium
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The math department hosted a Math Symposium from the University of Waterloo where Professor Kotecha showed students different strategies for taking high school math contests and real life math applications. Professor Kotecha also talked to students about the math transition from high school to university. The math department would also like to recognize 3 students who qualified to write the Canadian Junior Math Olympiad this month. Good luck!
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Student Council - Spirit Week
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Spirit Week took place the week before march break. Thank you to student council for another amazing spirit week! Student council also hosted their annual semi-formal last month at the Grand Luxe (click image for video)
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16th Annual MSEO
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The 16th annual Mackenzie Science and Engineering Olympics (MSEO) was finally back in person after 3 years on March 7th. It was a great day with almost 300 middle school students participating and over 100 Mackenzie student volunteers. Thank you to staff and students for organizing this amazing opportunity for grade 7 and 8 students!
Click image to view events summary and https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2179759683735, at approximately 34:21 that covered this magnificent event.
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Grade 11 MaCS Trip
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For the first time since 2020, the grade 11 MaCS students returned to the Canadian Ecology Centre for a three day overnight trip!
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Concert Band
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This past month the Mackenzie Concert Band performed at the Ontario Band Association Provincial Band Festival. The students were impeccable, and represented Mackenzie exceptionally well. They were awarded a Silver+ rating which secured them an invitation to the 2024 MusicFest Nationals Festival! Congratulations to Ms. Scott-Barnier and all the students who are part of the school band!
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DECA Provincials
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DECA Mackenzie swept Provincials at the Sheraton Centre Hotel in downtown Toronto this month. Stronger than ever, members won more than 30 medals among competitors from across Ontario. A huge congratulations to Misheel and Kailey for qualifying for internationals in Orlando, Florida as provincial champions! Shoutouts to our top 10 overall winners Kevin, Riddhi, Diana, Gene, Pouya, Jeffery, Brian, Patrick, and Edna as well! A special thanks to our presidents Nicole, Celine, Jeffery, Misheel and Olga and our trainers Kailey, Gene, Derek, Zachary, Andrew, Patrick, Ilana, Elle, Harriet, and Philip for their incredible dedication this year!
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Queen’s Chancellor Scholarship
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Congratulations to Elizabeth Trykin for winning the Queen’s Chancellor scholarship at Queen’s University for $48 000!
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Athletics - Volleyball
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Congratulations to the Senior Girls Volleyball team on their North Region Final victory over York Mills! Good luck at the City Semi-Finals!
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SHAD
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Congratulations to all our students (12 in total!) who were accepted into the SHAD summer university enrichment program for July! With a number of students on their waitlist that number could grow before July.
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Math Contests
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Good luck to all our semester 2 math contest writers!
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Student Activity Council
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Thank you to the Student Activity Council for organizing a great Semi Formal this month. It was a phenomenal success that saw over 425 students experience something they have not in over 3 years! The coordination of the event was excellent and everyone thoroughly enjoyed themselves.
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Student Council
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Thank you to Student Council for organizing the annual Spirit Week Festivities before the winter break! Themes included dress-up days, karaoke, breakfast, ginger bread house making, jersey day, and so much more!
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Business Department
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After being recognized as the top FBLA and Target Alpha school club in the country, Business Council has continued to train for the national competitions. Currently, Business Council members are participants in Target Alpha’s Stock Trading Competition, where competitors trade stocks in a 3-month simulation. Members are also preparing for FBLA’s Canadian National Leadership Conference in March. Students that place in the top 3 will have the opportunity to attend FBLA’s international competition in Atlanta, Georgia — an opportunity that many students describe as a cornerstone of their high school experience. Recently, a reporter from the National Observer interviewed members of Mackenzie’s Business Council about their involvement in Target Alpha's national competitions. We are proud of the dedication and hard work of all our Business Council members and executives, including Angelika Bell, Shiv Kanade, and Judah Brill, who were interviewed by the reporter. National Observer Article: Financial literacy key to equity for students behind Target Alpha (click image for more info). DECA Mackenzie officially has only 3 training sessions left before our last stage of business case competition - Provincials! Students are set to write multiple choice exams and participate in oral role-play presentations in downtown Toronto in February!
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Science Department
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The science department is preparing for their upcoming in-person Middle School Science Olympics this March since 2019! https://sites.google.com/site/macolympics?pli=1; For Science Club News, click image.
HOSA: In the fall, our school's HOSA chapter competed in the Fall Leadership Conference. HOSA, also known as Future Health Professionals, is an organization with a mission to empower members to become leaders in the global health community, through education, collaboration, and experience. The FLC is an opportunity to see where the students stand amongst their peers, and practice for the highlight Spring Leadership Conference where students will compete with others for a chance to move on to international competition. 14 of our students placed in the top 10 for their area of expertise. The students continue to work hard and prepare for the SLC competition in May - we look forward to their continued success!
Science Department News: On Monday, Dec. 19, 2022 the Grade 12 University Physics course this first semester, were able to visit the University of Waterloo's Quantum Nano Centre to participate in a Quantum Technology workshop and a series of Physics lab where they could apply their Grade 12 Physics knowledge. On December 8, 2022, grade 10 science classes visited the Museum of Illusions in downtown Toronto, near St. Lawrence Market. The museum’s hands-on interactive displays fit well with the optics unit with concepts related to light, mirrors and reflection, lens and refraction.
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Math Department
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Congratulations to everyone who wrote the Waterloo Math Contest! Our Senior Team ranked 5th in Canada, Fourth in Ontario, and First in Zone (Toronto)! Our Junior Team ranked 2nd in Canada, 2nd in Province, and 1st in Toronto. In all 55 (out of 9895) senior and 26 (out of 8450) intermediate Mackenzie students ranked in the first 25 percentile and received Certifications of Distinction. Impressive work and outstanding results! 4 students who wrote the COMC contest scored among the top in Canada and qualified to write the Repechage for the next level of this prestigious Contest!
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Arts Department
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Mackenzie News
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Please click the image to view links that contain information about math contests, arts events/competitions, science club events, and student council school wide events this past month.
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Athletic News
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Sports and athletics came roaring back at the start of the school year. September was kicked off with the annual Terry Fox Run/Jog/Walk, in which our school community aimed for a $2000 fundraising goal for the Terry Fox Foundation. Mackenzie came together to meet AND exceed that goal by fundraising a grand total of $2012. The Mackenzie Athletic Council, with help from the Student Council, also organized and marshalled a very successful community walk for the entire school community.
The Fall sports season just wrapped up and it was tremendous showing across several sports. Some of the highlights include: Cross Country OFSAA births for both the novice and senior boys' divisions; Jr Boys Soccer Regional Semi-Finalists; Varsity Girls Basketball Regional Finalists (Undefeated in the regular season); Senior Boys Volleyball Regional Finalists (Undefeated in the regular season); Golf OFSAA birth for Jessica Chen (3rd at Regionals)
We look to build upon this momentum as we roll into the Winter Sports Season. Sports results and updates can be found on our instagram by following @wlmac.athletics. Dodgeball intramurals were also a huge success! 12 teams across different cohorts and grades competed across several weeks, to determine who the best dodgers, duckers, dippers, divers and dodgers were. After it was said and done, the Mackenzie Athletic Council awarded 'Team No-Name' (a grade 10 team) the eventual champions!
Finally, OFSAA has graciously provided a $700 grant to try a new sport. TRY Day is a provincial initiative that encourages schools to 'try' a new sport within their school community. The sport that we have chosen is Pickleball (fastest growing sport in North America) and will be exposing it to several classes and intramurals throughout this semester and next.
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Robotics
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The VEX robotics team began in the early weeks of September where the team has made amazing progress in building robots to compete in the upcoming term 2 competition. By using 3D design programs and coding software made by VEX, this team’s participants have learned a lot about the principles of robotics, design, and manufacturing. Working with a limited variety of parts has forced the teams to think in new, innovative ways to build the best robots possible. Good luck in term 2!
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Business Department News
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Mackenzie has 2 teams competing in the Global Investment Competition, hosted by the Wharton School of Business at UPenn. The competition consists of a trading period and development of a mock investment report. In the competition, students form groups of 4-7 and are supported by their school's teacher advisor to learn about stocks, investments, and basics of portfolio management. Good luck to our team participants!
DECA Mackenzie has officially returned after a number of years on hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic and DECA-related sanctions. The executive team has conducted extensive interviews and accepted 62 members to compete and represent the school at competitions. We are happy to announce that 57 members have achieved exceptional results and qualified for Provincials! Good luck in the second round of the competition which will take place downtown, at the Sheraton Hotel, in February!
Mackenzie's largest business club competes in national and international competitions hosted by Target Alpha and FBLA Canada. Recently, the Business Council competed in Target Alpha's National Stock Pitch Competition, in which students pitched a stock of their choice to a panel of industry experts. Despite the conference setting a 10-year record for attendance, Mackenzie dominated, with six of the nine national finalist teams being members of the Business Council! The club looks forward to competing in FBLA and Target Alpha's two other competitions in the upcoming months! The Business Council was also recently — for the first time — certified as the largest FBLA and Target Alpha club in the country, with over 110 active members.
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Science Coding
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Our thanks to the Administration team for allowing the science department to purchase the needed materials to implement the new coding requirement component into our grade 9 science courses. A special recognition should be given to Mr. Devine for designing the arduino kits and creating a manual that our grade 9 teachers and students could use to complete these new coding activities!
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Math: Contests and Lecture
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Good luck to all our MaCS students who have written the November math contests! Our grade 12 MaCS Calculus students were invited to attend the University of Toronto’s Department of Mathematics lecture in November on communication, information and geometry . The guest speaker was Professor Mark Braverman who is a Professor at Princeton University in the Computer Science department.
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MaCS Information Night
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This past month over 1200 people attended our grade 8 MaCS Information Night on Monday November 14th. Thank you for your interest in the MaCS Program!
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Athletics
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Congratulations to our students in athletics and their team coaches for there leadership and guidance of our girls and boys who competed in OFSAA for Cross Country, Senior and Varsity North Region Championships in basketball and volleyball this month! The atmosphere in that gym for both semi-finals and finals this week was fascinating!
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Business Council
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Congratulations to the business council members who competed in Target Alpha’s Stock Pitch Competition. Mackenzie dominated with 6 national finalist teams out of a possible 9 finalists country wide!
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Business News
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The last few months were an exciting period for Business Council's members who took part in FBLA Canada's Canadian National Leadership Conference and Target Alpha's Financial Planner's Conference. We are thrilled that Franklin Ramirez, Daniel Chung, Diana Hdalevich, Judah Brill, Max Sun, and Ethan Zhu placed top three nationally in their respective categories at FBLA's conference, advancing to FBLA's international competition in Chicago, Illinois! Their accomplishment is remarkable considering FBLA advances less than 4% of its 1750 members to the international level. In addition, Business Council member's performed exceedingly well at Target Alpha Financial Planner's Conference where two Mackenzie teams placed top ten in the country in their pitch to help a struggling business overcome challenges exacerbated by the pandemic.
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Science News
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Congratulations to all students who participated in the Sir Isaac Newton Physics Contest and Canadian Chemistry Competition last month! Special mention to Patrick Lin who placed in the 90th percentile and in the top 200 in the world for the physics contest and Di Hu and Pranav Mahabal for the chemistry contest for placing 115th and 150th in Canada!
The grade 10 science classes participated in a Fashion Impacts Challenge competition where students had to choose a fashion brand and research their environmental sustainability and human rights practices. Key to the competition was their ability to provide solutions to turn these brands into a fully circular and ethical company. Only 3 high school teams were chosen to compete in the final rounds of the competition and two of them were from Mackenzie. These students presented at the Fashion Impacts Youth Summit on Friday, May 27 for a chance to win $1,000! (Lexi Han, Victor Vasilev, Joshua Firew, Sion Gang and Taihan Mobasshir on PUMA) and (Tom Philip, Nabrang Sarma and Ethan Xu on Uniqlo). Congratulations to the team consisting of Lexi Han, Victor Vasilev, Joshua Firew, Sion Gang and Taihan Mobasshir who won first place and $1000!
Excursions for May and June:
Grade 12 physics Rock Climbing @ True North Climbing (May 20);
Grade 12 biology Human demographic field study @ York Cemetery (May 25);
Grade 10 science Climate change workshop with squid dissection @ Ripley’s Aquarium (May 31);
Grade 12 biology Cheese Tour @ Ingersoll’s Cheese and Agricultural Museum and Gunn’s Hill Artisan Cheese (June 9);
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Department News
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Please click image for link to department summary documents of their end of the year events!
November Staff Report
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2021/03/School-Name-crop.pngPlease click on the photo to view some highlights from the Staff Report for Fall 2024
MaCS Information Night
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2024/12/thumbnail_IMG_1454.jpgThank you to the over 1000 people who attended our grade 8 MaCS Information Night in November to learn about the MaCS Program as well as the TDSB application process for all CSIP programs!
Grade 9 MaCS Trip 2024
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2024/10/muskokawoods.jpgThis month our grade 9 MaCS students spent three days at Muskoka Woods. For over 20 years, grade 9 MaCS students have experienced this amazing leadership trip! As the first MaCS trip in the program, students meet other students in the program as well as build on their leadership and communication skills which they bring back into the classroom. Thank you to all the staff who supervised the trip!
Science Competitions- University of Western Science Olympics, U of T Biology and Waterloo Chemistry Contests
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2024/06/western1.jpgCongratulations to all students who participated at the annual University of Western Science Olympics this past month. Students returned to Mackenzie with 4 team trophies and one individual trophy! At the University of Waterloo Canadian Chemistry Olympiad one student received a silver medal and ranked 9th in Canada and at the Canadian Chemistry contest one student ranked 10th in Canada! At the University of Toronto National Biology contest we had 2 students rank 1st and 5th in Canada and as a school Mackenzie was ranked 2nd in Canada! CLICK THE IMAGE FOR AN MSC END OF YEAR NEWSLINK!
Final Staff Report - School Council
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MaCS Graduation
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2024/06/thumbnail_IMG_2537.jpgCongratulations to the MaCS class of 2024!
The CCC-CCO-IOI path of Daniel Ye
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2024/06/informatics.pngEvery year 80 to a 100 Mackenzie students write the Canadian Computing Contest prepared and facilitated by the University of Waterloo. The contest is written by thousands of students competing nationally and internationally. Every year, at least one, and often two or three Mackenzie students are selected based on their high scores to attend one week training camp and the Canadian Computing Olympiad at U of Waterloo in the hopes of becoming one of four members of the national team representing Canada at the International Olympiad of Informatics. This year, Daniel Ye, a gr 12 Mackenzie student will be joining the Canadian national team and travelling to Egypt for this year’s IOI after earning a gold medal at CCO! Congratulations!
MaCS Trip - Niagara Falls
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2024/06/20240416_124308-scaled.jpgLast month the grade 10 MaCS students had the opportunity to visit Niagara Falls for a two day trip!
SHAD
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2023/03/SHAD.pngCongratulations to the following students for being accepted to the SHAD Valley Summer Enrichment Program 2024! (Crystal Cai, Raquel Canto, Ruigang Chen, Kadeyn Cho, Stephanie Fan, Hyrbod Ghashghaeesaadi, Elya Keren-Sagiv, Danielle Kong, Hunter Li, Kayla Lin, Nathan Wang, Shayne Yang, Jonathan Ye, Clara Yeung, and William Zhou)
DECA International
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2024/06/Decateam-scaled.jpgThe WL Mackenzie DECA Team returned to Toronto in the early hours of Friday May 3rd from the DECA ICDC competition in Anaheim, California. The DECA team did very well, and we are pleased to share the following information- Sharmin Dabidiyan and Derek Ma placed in the Top 10. (Business Law and Ethics Team Decision Making), Rachel Jing got a glass award - second place! (Apparel and Accessories), Pouya Karimi placed in the Top 10. (Automotive Services), Sophia Butych placed in the Top 10. (Marketing Communications), and Brian Song received a top performer award for the role play segment in his series. (Sports and Entertainment). Congratulations!
TDSB French Speaking Contest
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2024/06/thumbnail_20240504_161915.jpgCongratulations to Daisy Li, Olivka Rozenberg, and Aidan Wang who performed in the Provincial wide French Speaking Competition ( 'Concours d’art oratoire' ). It is Canada’s largest annual French public-speaking competition and is open to students in every province and territory in a wide range of age/grade categories and French abilities. In their respective categories, Daisy & Olivka placed 2nd, and Aidan placed 3rd. We are all very proud of this incredible accomplishment.
Math Contests
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2021/12/waterloo-2.pngThe Math Department is proud to share some amazing results from the Euclid Waterloo Math contest and the Fryer, Galois Hypatia Waterloo Math contest- For the Euclid math contest, out of 115 participating students, 36 qualified for Certificates of Distinction ranking in the first 25 percentile in Canada and 1 student received the school medal. Overall, the Mackenzie Math Team ranked 5th in Canada. Congratulations!
HOSA Competition
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2021/01/HOSA.png84 Mackenzie students competed at the HOSA competition down at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. There were over 3000 students from schools around Ontario and Canada there to compete. 28 of our students made it into the top 10 of their categories! Our Behavioural Health team was particularly successful, snagging 5 of the top 10 positions. Congratulations!
French Contest
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2024/04/IMG_2035_1-scaled.jpgFour of our students (Olivka Rozenberg, Aidan Wang, Kelly Ni, and Daisy Li) all performed incredible speeches, and well represented Mackenzie. Furthermore, Olivka, Aidan, and Daisy all won in their respective categories, and will now move onto the Provincial French Speaking Competition which will take place May 4 at York University Glendon College, and will be representing the TDSB. Congratulations!
Business News
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2024/04/business.pngIn February, over 70 Business Council members participated independently in the Canadian National Leadership Conference (CNLC), hosted by Canada FBLA. The conference was hosted in a hybrid format for the first time ever, welcoming over 1850 competitors from 8 provinces and 100+ schools. It was entirely youth planned and hosted, and three Mackenzie students were part of the organizers (Canada FBLA's National Officer team of 10). After an eventful two days at the Hilton, we are proud to announce that the Business Council had 6 qualifiers for FBLA's National Leadership Conference in Orlando, Florida, one of the most prestigious business competitions for high schoolers. We also had six additional students place in the top 10, and four in the top 20. Business Council looks forward to our next competition, Target Alpha's Financial Planners' Conference, where students will take the role of a financial consultant, accountant, or marketing specialist in a real-world inspired scenario.
Canadian Computing Contest
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2021/03/download.pngOn February 21, 2024 84 WL Mackenzie students wrote the 3 hour Canadian Computing Contest, courtesy of Waterloo University. Thousands of students across Canada write the contest. The University selects the top scorers and invites 25-30 students to a 1 week long training camp at the University of Waterloo. It is a great honour to share that 3 WL Mackenzie students have been invited for this very special opportunity. Congratulations to Colin Cai, Victor Sarca and Daniel Ye!
Math Contests
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2024/04/20240403_102434-scaled.jpgThe Math department is proud to announce the following award recipients of the prestigious COMC 2023-2024 Mathematical Challenge- Victor Sarca (Honorable Mention Toronto Championship), Tom Philip (Honorable Mention Toronto Championship), Alyn Huang (Bronze Award Toronto), Daniel Ye (Honorable Mention Canada, Bronze Award Ontario, Silver Award Toronto), and Raymond Ouyang (Honorable Mention Canada Championship, Bronze Award Canada grade 11, Bronze Award Ontario Championship, Gold Award Ontario Grade 11, Silver Award Ontario grade 11, Gold Award Toronto Grade 11 and a $50 cheque). In the 2024 Pascal, Cayley Fermat Waterloo Math Contests Mackenzie was awarded 4 medals and 87 certificates! Congratulations to the Mackenzie Math Team Tom Philip, Glen Lin, Raymond Ouyang, Alex Zhu, Aaron Zhu, and Daniel Ye for their stellar performance at the Canadian Team Math Competition at the University of Waterloo. Our team competed against 50 other teams from across Canada and placed first in the Individual Event, first in the Team Event, and first in the Relay event, bringing home the first prize in this prestigious competition!
March Break Trip
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2024/04/IMG_8542-scaled.jpgOn behalf of the 29 students and 5 staff that travelled abroad to Spain and Portugal over the break, we just wanted to say thank you for your support! Throughout the 10-day trip, students had the opportunity to visit Madrid, Toledo, Avila, and Salamanca in Spain and in Portugal we visited Coimbra, Porto, Batalha, Fatima, and Lisbon. The trip was filled with tours of cathedrals/monasteries, royal palaces, museums, walled cities, famous bookstores, delicious food, and so much more. Thanks again for your support of this opportunity for Mackenzie's students to discover the rich history and culture of Spain and Portugal!
Department Updates
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Business DECA News
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2023/03/DECA-logo.pngThe WLM DECA Team did extremely well at the Provincial Championships last week. We are delighted to share that eight WLM students have qualified to compete at the International DECA competition! The event is April 25 - May 2 in Anaheim, California. Congratulations! Our outstanding performance at provincials included winning over 50 medals in addition to securing eight spots for the International Career Development Conference (ICDC).
Athletic News
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2021/01/gym-scaled.jpgThe athletic council just announced the restart of intramurals! We are excited to start co-ed dodgeball in the coming weeks and we encourage all Mackenzie students to sign-up. Additional information can be found on our Instagram (@wlmac.athletics) or our newly released athletics website. The website is still being finalized, however it will aim to feature everything you need to know about Mackenzie sports and athletics. The Ski Team and staff supervisor Eugene Kravache are pleased to share the great news that two WLM students have qualified to go to OFSAA! Well done! Click image to view further updates!
Science News
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Art News
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Department News
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Student Council Updates: SACMAS: A Spirit of Giving and Giving Back to the Mackenzie Community
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2021/01/gym-scaled.jpgLastly, SACMAS is around the corner! Looking forward to a Student Council week full of celebrations and spirit events for the upcoming Holiday Season! From Monday December 18th to Friday December 22nd, the Mackenzie community will come together to have a daily celebration courtesy of Mackenzie’s Student Council: from hot chocolate serves, to cereal themed breakfasts, to making gingerbread houses, to a Mackenzie’s Got Talent stage show to dressing up in our favourite Ugly Holiday Themed Sweater… we will all enjoy a happiness filled send off to 2023! (https://youtu.be/8Ep7sIlgxUU)
Ontario Science Centre
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2024/01/front-amphitheatre-steps.jpgThe grade 12 biology classes attended a full day hands on DNA fingerprinting workshop at the Ontario Science Centre where they extracted their own DNA from cheek cells and analyzed a region of chromosome 1 to identify tandemly repetitive sequences.
Business News
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2021/03/School-Name-crop.pngIn November, the Business Council held its first two meetings for our over 100 members. Currently, we are preparing for Target Alpha's Stock Pitch Competition, the largest national competition of its kind. Last year, half of the top 6 finalist teams were from Mackenzie. We hope to continue our exceptional performance this year. Our DECA team has successfully completed the regional competition! Out of the 68 dedicated members who participated, an outstanding 52 have advanced to the provincial level! We will be hosting our annual holiday case study competition! This will be happening right before the winter break, engaging our students with a chance to not only apply their skills in a creative and fun setting but also get to know each other well with free food!
Student Council's Annual Club Crawl
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2021/03/School-Name-crop.pngOn Tuesday October 3rd, Student Council alongside our wonderful Vice Presidents Zoe and Aidan, hosted our Annual Club Crawl featuring the showcasing of the over 65 club and council offerings at Mackenzie for the 2023 year!
Mactoberfest: An Annual Halloween Tradition since 1960!
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2021/01/gym-scaled.jpgIn keeping with our Mackenzie tradition, we are providing students with a spirit week filled with activities to promote and market our big Mactoberfest Carnival in honor of Halloween on October 31st. Mactoberfest features a lunch time of Student Council and club food offerings alongside a student and teacher costume contest, alongside a haunted house and our fear-factor min-it-to-win-it mini competitions in the spirit of everything Halloween. Leading up to Mactoberfest we will be hosting a number of spirit days including the selling of our Halloween themed candygrams that students may purchase to send to their friends. We look forward to our Halloween celebrations!
Science Club News
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Business Council News
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2023/11/download_5.pngOn July, 10 Mackenzie Business Council members participated in FBLA's (Future Business Leaders of America) elite international competition in Atlanta, Georgia. Just like in the Canadian National Leadership Conference, Business Council members dominated the competition, gaining the most top 10 finalists from any school in Canada (four). We also look forward to continuing to participate in Target Alpha's Stock Pitch, Stock Trading, and Financial Planners' Conferences.
DECA News
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2023/03/DECA-logo.pngDECA provides an exceptional platform for students to explore the realms of business and leadership through competitions including case studies and written exams. This business competition consists of 3 levels - regionals, provincials, and internationals. At DECA Mackenzie, we have some initiatives for our general members to assist them in their journey to success at DECA. First, we will be hosting mock provincials with potentially 2 other schools, Earl Haig and Victoria Park. This event will serve as a preparation for those who have advanced from regionals to provincials. We will also be having a Holiday Case Study Competition within Mackenzie, where we will split members into various groups and give them a case study that they will prepare within a time limit and pitch to the DECA Mackenzie Executive Team!
Math Contests
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2023/11/20231026_130302-scaled.jpgGood luck to all students who participated in the Math contests this fall!
Grade 9 MaCS Trip
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2023/10/52ace6df-1848-402a-8c91-2ab7cc2be2fc.jpgThis month our grade 9 MaCS students attended our annual 3 day trip to Muskoka Woods to participate in a variety of leadership activities. Thank you to all staff who attended the trip as well!
School Wide Highlights for the Spring
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2021/12/school.pngPlease see the attached report to read about a number of exciting events that happened at Mackenzie this past spring. Also included are department field trips and student competitions. Congratulations to all our winners in the arts, business, math, science and French competitions that took place this spring! Click image for Staff Report - 2023 May/June - Google Docs
Science News
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2023/06/Picture1-scaled.jpgCongratulations to all participants who went to compete at the University of Guelph Science Olympics in May! Mackenzie earned three 1st place finishes, six 2nd place finishes and one 3rd place finish! Congratulations also go out to the participants who competed at the University of Western Science Olympics where Mackenzie also won numerous awards in the top 3 in a variety of events! Congratulations to the Envirothon team who won the Aquatics testing competition in the Ontario Envirothon Competition! Congratulations to Olivia Park who won $400 for placing 3rd in the DNA Day Essay contest out of almost 1000 submissions from 40 countries! The school also receives $400 to purchase genetics equipment! Congratulations to the HOSA participants at the HOSA Spring Leadership Conference! Good luck to the 9 participants who qualified for the International Leadership Conference in Dallas, Texas!
Computer Science News
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2023/06/ctv.pngCongratulations to Mackenzie’s Cyber Security Team. Mackenzie had two teams that competed this year in the Cyber Titan Competition at the University of Waterloo and one of our teams finished at the top of their competition class securing a third consecutive first place finish! Our second team fought hard until the end but just fell short, closing the competition in 5th place overall! Please see the video clip from the Cyber Titan Competition covered by CTV News. Each member of the winning team received $1000! Click image to see broadcast!
Business News
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2023/03/DECA-logo.pngCongratulations to Misheel Batkhuu and Kailey Cheng for an outstanding finish at DECA's International Career Development Conference in Orlando, Florida. Both of them finished the competition in second place making themselves, their families and all of us at Mackenzie very proud! Click image to see the finalists!
Math Contests - University of Waterloo
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2023/05/mathcontest.pngCongratulations to all the students who wrote the University of Waterloo Math Contests this winter! Out of 121 participants, 86 placed in the first 25 percentile in Canada. The grade 9 Math team placed second in Canada, the grade 10 team 4th in Canada, and the grade 11 team 23rd in Canada! Congratulations to Raymond Ouyang for winning a silver award and $200 at the 2023 Canadian Junior Mathematical Olympiad (CJMO)!
French Contest
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2023/05/frenchcontest.pngCongratulations to Olvika Rozenberg, who qualified for the next level in the Concours d'art oratoire french competition! The next level of the competition will be held at Glendon Campus in May!
Exploravision Contest/ Science Club
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2023/05/exploravision.pngThe 2023 ExploraVision Regional winners were recently announced and congratulations to Avery Mai, Daphne Tu, Katelyn Xu, and Rita Xu for winning the regional competition in the grade 10-12 division! The region consists of the entire Canada and some of the northern states. Their winning project titled Optic Nerve Assistant Technology (ONATech) is an innovation that aims to combat the pervasive and currently incurable problems associated with glaucoma. You can read more about their project on their website and watch their 2 minute video summarizing the tech: https://nstawebdirector.wixsite.com/onatech and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSCYC-LSmAc; The regional win awarded each student with a Chromebook. The team is now well into the national phase of the competition which has them competing for $10,000 and a trip to Washington D.C. to meet Bill Nye. Good luck! Click image for spring event summaries.
Mackenzie Europe Trip 2023
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Arts Updates
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2021/03/School-Name-crop.pngOn April 5 the Dance Team competed in the Strive Competition and took FIRST place, plus a special award for Performance, Expression, and Audience Connection. We are extremely proud of our incredible team of talented dancers, led by Ms. Paravanno! The Concert Band performs at MusicFest Nationals in Niagara Falls on May 19th!! Arts and Culture Showcase - show on May 24 at 7pm. Java in the Garden - June 7 at 7pm
Math Symposium
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2023/04/symposium-scaled.jpgThe math department hosted a Math Symposium from the University of Waterloo where Professor Kotecha showed students different strategies for taking high school math contests and real life math applications. Professor Kotecha also talked to students about the math transition from high school to university. The math department would also like to recognize 3 students who qualified to write the Canadian Junior Math Olympiad this month. Good luck!
Student Council - Spirit Week
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2023/02/council.jpgSpirit Week took place the week before march break. Thank you to student council for another amazing spirit week! Student council also hosted their annual semi-formal last month at the Grand Luxe (click image for video)
16th Annual MSEO
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2023/04/MSEO-1.pngThe 16th annual Mackenzie Science and Engineering Olympics (MSEO) was finally back in person after 3 years on March 7th. It was a great day with almost 300 middle school students participating and over 100 Mackenzie student volunteers. Thank you to staff and students for organizing this amazing opportunity for grade 7 and 8 students! Click image to view events summary and https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2179759683735, at approximately 34:21 that covered this magnificent event.
Grade 11 MaCS Trip
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2023/03/7B70F3C9-EA80-40F5-B917-31A2C7A507DA-scaled.jpegFor the first time since 2020, the grade 11 MaCS students returned to the Canadian Ecology Centre for a three day overnight trip!
Concert Band
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2023/03/music.pngThis past month the Mackenzie Concert Band performed at the Ontario Band Association Provincial Band Festival. The students were impeccable, and represented Mackenzie exceptionally well. They were awarded a Silver+ rating which secured them an invitation to the 2024 MusicFest Nationals Festival! Congratulations to Ms. Scott-Barnier and all the students who are part of the school band!
DECA Provincials
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2023/03/DECA-logo.pngDECA Mackenzie swept Provincials at the Sheraton Centre Hotel in downtown Toronto this month. Stronger than ever, members won more than 30 medals among competitors from across Ontario. A huge congratulations to Misheel and Kailey for qualifying for internationals in Orlando, Florida as provincial champions! Shoutouts to our top 10 overall winners Kevin, Riddhi, Diana, Gene, Pouya, Jeffery, Brian, Patrick, and Edna as well! A special thanks to our presidents Nicole, Celine, Jeffery, Misheel and Olga and our trainers Kailey, Gene, Derek, Zachary, Andrew, Patrick, Ilana, Elle, Harriet, and Philip for their incredible dedication this year!
Queen’s Chancellor Scholarship
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2022/03/Queens-2.pngCongratulations to Elizabeth Trykin for winning the Queen’s Chancellor scholarship at Queen’s University for $48 000!
Athletics - Volleyball
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2020/03/081-1.jpgCongratulations to the Senior Girls Volleyball team on their North Region Final victory over York Mills! Good luck at the City Semi-Finals!
SHAD
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2023/03/SHAD.pngCongratulations to all our students (12 in total!) who were accepted into the SHAD summer university enrichment program for July! With a number of students on their waitlist that number could grow before July.
Math Contests
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2023/03/20230222_092311-scaled.jpgGood luck to all our semester 2 math contest writers!
Student Activity Council
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2021/03/School-Name-crop.pngThank you to the Student Activity Council for organizing a great Semi Formal this month. It was a phenomenal success that saw over 425 students experience something they have not in over 3 years! The coordination of the event was excellent and everyone thoroughly enjoyed themselves.
Student Council
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2018/10/IMG_1641.jpgThank you to Student Council for organizing the annual Spirit Week Festivities before the winter break! Themes included dress-up days, karaoke, breakfast, ginger bread house making, jersey day, and so much more!
Business Department
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2023/02/business.pngAfter being recognized as the top FBLA and Target Alpha school club in the country, Business Council has continued to train for the national competitions. Currently, Business Council members are participants in Target Alpha’s Stock Trading Competition, where competitors trade stocks in a 3-month simulation. Members are also preparing for FBLA’s Canadian National Leadership Conference in March. Students that place in the top 3 will have the opportunity to attend FBLA’s international competition in Atlanta, Georgia — an opportunity that many students describe as a cornerstone of their high school experience. Recently, a reporter from the National Observer interviewed members of Mackenzie’s Business Council about their involvement in Target Alpha's national competitions. We are proud of the dedication and hard work of all our Business Council members and executives, including Angelika Bell, Shiv Kanade, and Judah Brill, who were interviewed by the reporter. National Observer Article: Financial literacy key to equity for students behind Target Alpha (click image for more info). DECA Mackenzie officially has only 3 training sessions left before our last stage of business case competition - Provincials! Students are set to write multiple choice exams and participate in oral role-play presentations in downtown Toronto in February!
Science Department
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2023/02/science.jpgThe science department is preparing for their upcoming in-person Middle School Science Olympics this March since 2019! https://sites.google.com/site/macolympics?pli=1; For Science Club News, click image. HOSA: In the fall, our school's HOSA chapter competed in the Fall Leadership Conference. HOSA, also known as Future Health Professionals, is an organization with a mission to empower members to become leaders in the global health community, through education, collaboration, and experience. The FLC is an opportunity to see where the students stand amongst their peers, and practice for the highlight Spring Leadership Conference where students will compete with others for a chance to move on to international competition. 14 of our students placed in the top 10 for their area of expertise. The students continue to work hard and prepare for the SLC competition in May - we look forward to their continued success! Science Department News: On Monday, Dec. 19, 2022 the Grade 12 University Physics course this first semester, were able to visit the University of Waterloo's Quantum Nano Centre to participate in a Quantum Technology workshop and a series of Physics lab where they could apply their Grade 12 Physics knowledge. On December 8, 2022, grade 10 science classes visited the Museum of Illusions in downtown Toronto, near St. Lawrence Market. The museum’s hands-on interactive displays fit well with the optics unit with concepts related to light, mirrors and reflection, lens and refraction.
Math Department
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2021/12/waterloo-2.pngCongratulations to everyone who wrote the Waterloo Math Contest! Our Senior Team ranked 5th in Canada, Fourth in Ontario, and First in Zone (Toronto)! Our Junior Team ranked 2nd in Canada, 2nd in Province, and 1st in Toronto. In all 55 (out of 9895) senior and 26 (out of 8450) intermediate Mackenzie students ranked in the first 25 percentile and received Certifications of Distinction. Impressive work and outstanding results! 4 students who wrote the COMC contest scored among the top in Canada and qualified to write the Repechage for the next level of this prestigious Contest!
Arts Department
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2021/01/gym-scaled.jpgClick image for information.
Mackenzie News
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2021/03/School-Name-crop.pngPlease click the image to view links that contain information about math contests, arts events/competitions, science club events, and student council school wide events this past month.
Athletic News
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2021/01/gym-scaled.jpgSports and athletics came roaring back at the start of the school year. September was kicked off with the annual Terry Fox Run/Jog/Walk, in which our school community aimed for a $2000 fundraising goal for the Terry Fox Foundation. Mackenzie came together to meet AND exceed that goal by fundraising a grand total of $2012. The Mackenzie Athletic Council, with help from the Student Council, also organized and marshalled a very successful community walk for the entire school community. The Fall sports season just wrapped up and it was tremendous showing across several sports. Some of the highlights include: Cross Country OFSAA births for both the novice and senior boys' divisions; Jr Boys Soccer Regional Semi-Finalists; Varsity Girls Basketball Regional Finalists (Undefeated in the regular season); Senior Boys Volleyball Regional Finalists (Undefeated in the regular season); Golf OFSAA birth for Jessica Chen (3rd at Regionals) We look to build upon this momentum as we roll into the Winter Sports Season. Sports results and updates can be found on our instagram by following @wlmac.athletics. Dodgeball intramurals were also a huge success! 12 teams across different cohorts and grades competed across several weeks, to determine who the best dodgers, duckers, dippers, divers and dodgers were. After it was said and done, the Mackenzie Athletic Council awarded 'Team No-Name' (a grade 10 team) the eventual champions! Finally, OFSAA has graciously provided a $700 grant to try a new sport. TRY Day is a provincial initiative that encourages schools to 'try' a new sport within their school community. The sport that we have chosen is Pickleball (fastest growing sport in North America) and will be exposing it to several classes and intramurals throughout this semester and next.
Robotics
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2022/12/robotics.pngThe VEX robotics team began in the early weeks of September where the team has made amazing progress in building robots to compete in the upcoming term 2 competition. By using 3D design programs and coding software made by VEX, this team’s participants have learned a lot about the principles of robotics, design, and manufacturing. Working with a limited variety of parts has forced the teams to think in new, innovative ways to build the best robots possible. Good luck in term 2!
Business Department News
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2022/12/wharton.jpegMackenzie has 2 teams competing in the Global Investment Competition, hosted by the Wharton School of Business at UPenn. The competition consists of a trading period and development of a mock investment report. In the competition, students form groups of 4-7 and are supported by their school's teacher advisor to learn about stocks, investments, and basics of portfolio management. Good luck to our team participants! DECA Mackenzie has officially returned after a number of years on hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic and DECA-related sanctions. The executive team has conducted extensive interviews and accepted 62 members to compete and represent the school at competitions. We are happy to announce that 57 members have achieved exceptional results and qualified for Provincials! Good luck in the second round of the competition which will take place downtown, at the Sheraton Hotel, in February! Mackenzie's largest business club competes in national and international competitions hosted by Target Alpha and FBLA Canada. Recently, the Business Council competed in Target Alpha's National Stock Pitch Competition, in which students pitched a stock of their choice to a panel of industry experts. Despite the conference setting a 10-year record for attendance, Mackenzie dominated, with six of the nine national finalist teams being members of the Business Council! The club looks forward to competing in FBLA and Target Alpha's two other competitions in the upcoming months! The Business Council was also recently — for the first time — certified as the largest FBLA and Target Alpha club in the country, with over 110 active members.
Science Coding
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2022/12/Picture1.jpgOur thanks to the Administration team for allowing the science department to purchase the needed materials to implement the new coding requirement component into our grade 9 science courses. A special recognition should be given to Mr. Devine for designing the arduino kits and creating a manual that our grade 9 teachers and students could use to complete these new coding activities!
Math: Contests and Lecture
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2022/11/20221116_095930-scaled.jpgGood luck to all our MaCS students who have written the November math contests! Our grade 12 MaCS Calculus students were invited to attend the University of Toronto’s Department of Mathematics lecture in November on communication, information and geometry . The guest speaker was Professor Mark Braverman who is a Professor at Princeton University in the Computer Science department.
MaCS Information Night
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2022/11/IMG_1902-scaled.jpgThis past month over 1200 people attended our grade 8 MaCS Information Night on Monday November 14th. Thank you for your interest in the MaCS Program!
Athletics
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2021/11/gym.jpgCongratulations to our students in athletics and their team coaches for there leadership and guidance of our girls and boys who competed in OFSAA for Cross Country, Senior and Varsity North Region Championships in basketball and volleyball this month! The atmosphere in that gym for both semi-finals and finals this week was fascinating!
Business Council
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2022/11/stock.pngCongratulations to the business council members who competed in Target Alpha’s Stock Pitch Competition. Mackenzie dominated with 6 national finalist teams out of a possible 9 finalists country wide!
Business News
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2018/10/IMG_1641.jpgThe last few months were an exciting period for Business Council's members who took part in FBLA Canada's Canadian National Leadership Conference and Target Alpha's Financial Planner's Conference. We are thrilled that Franklin Ramirez, Daniel Chung, Diana Hdalevich, Judah Brill, Max Sun, and Ethan Zhu placed top three nationally in their respective categories at FBLA's conference, advancing to FBLA's international competition in Chicago, Illinois! Their accomplishment is remarkable considering FBLA advances less than 4% of its 1750 members to the international level. In addition, Business Council member's performed exceedingly well at Target Alpha Financial Planner's Conference where two Mackenzie teams placed top ten in the country in their pitch to help a struggling business overcome challenges exacerbated by the pandemic.
Science News
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2018/10/IMG_1641.jpgCongratulations to all students who participated in the Sir Isaac Newton Physics Contest and Canadian Chemistry Competition last month! Special mention to Patrick Lin who placed in the 90th percentile and in the top 200 in the world for the physics contest and Di Hu and Pranav Mahabal for the chemistry contest for placing 115th and 150th in Canada! The grade 10 science classes participated in a Fashion Impacts Challenge competition where students had to choose a fashion brand and research their environmental sustainability and human rights practices. Key to the competition was their ability to provide solutions to turn these brands into a fully circular and ethical company. Only 3 high school teams were chosen to compete in the final rounds of the competition and two of them were from Mackenzie. These students presented at the Fashion Impacts Youth Summit on Friday, May 27 for a chance to win $1,000! (Lexi Han, Victor Vasilev, Joshua Firew, Sion Gang and Taihan Mobasshir on PUMA) and (Tom Philip, Nabrang Sarma and Ethan Xu on Uniqlo). Congratulations to the team consisting of Lexi Han, Victor Vasilev, Joshua Firew, Sion Gang and Taihan Mobasshir who won first place and $1000! Excursions for May and June: Grade 12 physics Rock Climbing @ True North Climbing (May 20); Grade 12 biology Human demographic field study @ York Cemetery (May 25); Grade 10 science Climate change workshop with squid dissection @ Ripley’s Aquarium (May 31); Grade 12 biology Cheese Tour @ Ingersoll’s Cheese and Agricultural Museum and Gunn’s Hill Artisan Cheese (June 9);
Department News
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2018/10/IMG_1641.jpgPlease click image for link to department summary documents of their end of the year events!
With over 350 students, a good portion of the student population at Mackenzie is part of this program. This program is one of a kind, giving students many opportunities both academically and non-academically. Please feel free to take the time to search the site and learn about the many possibilities that are waiting for you. For a start, look at our Gallery Page for pictures and descriptions of a variety of activities/events our students take part in.
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Thank you and I hope you enjoy your experience.
S. Leder
MaCS Coordinator
W.L. Mackenzie C.I.