Welcome to the MaCS Program, a specialized program at William Lyon Mackenzie C.I.
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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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MaCS Meet and Greet Information Session
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Thank you to all incoming grade 9 MaCS students who attended our MaCS grade 8 Meet and Greet Information Session. Students had the opportunity to meet other MaCS students in the program, tour the school and learn more about the MaCS Program! We look forward to welcoming you to Mackenzie in September!
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MaCS Trip Grade 12 Graduation
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Congratulations to our grade 12 MaCS students who had their grade 12 MaCS Graduation Trip at Ed Mirvish Theatre watching Harry Potter followed by a 3 course dinner at Moxie’s at Yorkdale! We wish all our MaCS graduates a great summer and a great start to post-secondary in September!
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Grade 10 MaCS Trip
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This month our grade 10 MaCS students went on the annual 3 day trip to Muskoka Woods!
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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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Science Club Mystery Event
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This month 148 students converged in the café, science hallways and classrooms with the aspirations of solving the mystery of murder in the science department. Who did it? How did they do it and what scientific evidence could they use to solve the mystery? The exciting, fun and challenging event was supervised by several members of our science department for interested students. Thank you to the science department for coordinating this amazing event (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dWyJsBRYDI)!
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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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Model UN
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Congratulations and thank you to Willa Lee for her leadership and guidance this past month when she took a small delegation of students that attended the SSICSIM - Crisis Model United Nations conference at UofT. 2 of the 4 team members received 'Outstanding Delegate' awards in their respective committees!
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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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Women in Engineering
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This month the University of Toronto WISE (Women in Science and Engineering) program gave a lunchtime presentation to girls interested in science and engineering with a focus on the various programs/career opportunities offered at the university.
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Student Council: Mactoberfest 2022
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Thank you to Student Council for organizing the annual October Mactoberfest with a week of amazing events and activities ending with an extended lunch on Halloween day full of fun filled festivities- photo booth, haunted house, fear-factor stage show, student and staff costume competitions, flash dance mob, food, prizes and more!
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Prime Minister’s Award for Teaching Excellence
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Congratulations to Cindy Law (Science Teacher and Science Club Supervisor) for receiving the 2022 Prime Minister’s Teaching Award for Excellence in STEM. Cindy received her award in Ottawa this month from Prime Minister Trudeau!
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Math Contest
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The math department hosted the first University of Waterloo Math Contest of the year this month with over 175 participants. Good luck to all math contest writers!
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MaCS Graduation
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Congratulations to our MaCS 2022 graduates! We wished our graduates the best of luck at university at our annual MaCS graduation!
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MaCS Orientation
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We welcomed our incoming grade 9 MaCS students at our annual MaCS Orientation.
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Grade 9 MaCS Trip
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At the start of school we had our first MaCS trip in over 3 years since Covid when our grade 9 MaCS students went on the annual grade 9 MaCS trip for 3 days to Muskoka Woods! The leadership and orientation trip was a great opportunity for students in the program to meet each other as well as develop leadership and communication skills that they were able to bring back into the classroom!
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MaCS Graduation and MaCS Meet and Greet
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Congratulations to all our MaCS graduates who will receive their diplomas and certificates at the end of June before the summer break! We wish all our graduates success in their post-secondary programs in September! On the same day we will also welcome our incoming grade 8 MaCS students who will be starting the program in September at our annual meet and greet before the summer break!
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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!
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Math Contest Results
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The math contest results for Euclid (grade 12), Fryer (grade 9), Galois (grade 10) and Hypatia (grade 11) are in and congratulations to all participating students! Overall Mackenzie students received 90 Certificates of Distinction for scoring in the first 25 percentile in Canada. We also as a school placed 2nd in Canada for the Fryer and Galois math contests!
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University of Guelph Science Olympics
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Congratulations to the 40 Mackenzie Science Club members who participated in the Science & Engineering Olympics at the University of Guelph on Thursday, May 5! Our 16 grade 9 & 10 students and 24 grade 11 & 12 students competed against teams from 22 other schools from around the GTA region in interactive STEM events. One junior team placed 1st in their two junior events (Science Scavenger Hunt & The Great Spy Race). One senior team placed 1st in their two senior events (Science Scavenger Hunt and BioBlast) while another senior team placed 1st and 2nd in their respective events (ChemLogic and The Great Ice Experiment). We also had a first place result in the Senior Engineering Challenge and another first place result in the Food Sensory Perception Chemistry event.
Both students and teachers were able to explore the University of Guelph campus and Science & Engineering Program offerings as well as being treated to a well-organized event where all were able to enjoy a beautiful sunny day for one of the first major field trips since before the pandemic.
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OFSAA Badminton Championships
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Congratulations to Amanda Lee and Jimmy Liu who will be competing in Pain Court, Ontario from Wednesday May 4 until Saturday May 7 at the OFSAA Badminton Championships! At City Championships last week, they secured 2nd place in the TDSB, qualifying them for the provincial tournament!
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Mock Trials Competition
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Congratulations to all students and staff who participated in the Mock Trials Competition! Mackenzie's Mock Trial Club participated in the most competitive mock trial tournament in the province. The team won one of two trials! Participants worked very hard all year to prepare for the tournament. Judges of the competition told our students that they would excel in a career in law! A special thank you goes out to our club presidents Kya Ramdhan and Aidan Ang for their leadership and dedication. Great job team!
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Spring Leadership Conference (HOSA)
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Earlier this month students and staff participated in the Spring Leadership Conference for HOSA Canada where students from Mackenzie faced off against competitors from other high schools in a number of different health-related occupational fields. There were 26 Mackenzie students/groups who finished in the top 10. There were 10 who finished in the top 3 and are now eligible to compete at the International HOSA Conference, among them six were first place finishes! Congratulations and good luck at the International Conference later this year!
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Arts in Bloom
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Thank you to the Arts department and all the students involved in organizing an amazing week of Arts in Bloom showcasing our dance, visual art, drama, and music programs/clubs/councils. The live performance was our first live performance in over two years!
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Cybersecurity Competition
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Congratulations to our cybersecurity teams for placing first and second in Canada at the latest competition! Their story to the championship will be on a future City TV broadcast!
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MSEO - Middle School Science and Engineering Olympics
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The Mackenzie science club hosted the 15th annual Mackenzie Science and Engineering Olympics (MSEO) for grade 7 and 8 students this year with 20 TDSB middle schools and over 700 grade 7 and 8 student competitors! The event this year was online and included synchronous and asynchronous science and engineering events. Thank you to all the student volunteers, science club executives, and staff advisors for their leadership, commitment, and determination in organizing another amazing Olympics!
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Math Contests
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Congratulations to all students who participated in the Pascal, Cayley, and Fermat math contests. Mackenzie placed 4th in Canada in the Pascal contest and 2nd in Canada in the Cayley contest! In total Mackenzie received 4 medals and 78 certificates!
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Model UN Conference
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Over the weekend of March 4-6, 2022, a delegation of Mackenzie students participated in the Havergal College Model United Nations Conference. Representing various countries to debate in committees such as Disarmament & Security, Social, Cultural, Humanitarian Committee, Economic and Social Council, and the World Health Organization, students addressed issues as urgent as the proliferation of nuclear weapons, tackled the complex issue of Neocolonialism, developed innovative solutions to improve health and safety for Indigenous women, and even took part in Salem Witch Trials! Special mentions go out to Ryan Atlas for winning the Outstanding Delegate Award in the Ad Hoc Salem Witch Trials Committee and Jerry Chen for winning an Honourable Mention for representing Spain in the Disarmament and Security Committee negotiations. Congratulations!
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CyberPatriot Competition
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Team Unavailable for Legal Reasons (Steven Guikal, Celeste Luo, Ivy Fan-Chiang, Nathan Lu, Tracy Wang, and Matthew Li) were honoured to have represented William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate Institute as the sole Canadian team in the CyberPatriot XIV National Finals defensive cybersecurity competition (click on photo for more info). Over the March break, they traveled to Bethesda, Maryland to compete as one of 28 teams who qualified from an initial pool of over 5 200 teams and 19 000 students. A big congratulations to them for placing 5th overall! We wish them, as well as others from our school, the best of luck in the CyberTitan V Canadian National Finals in May (https://www.cybertitan.ca/)!
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MaCS Math Grade 9
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Infographics were created by the grade 9 MaCS math class taught by Dr. Sinclair. The goal was to introduce students to their exploration into the connections between math and culture - whether their personal culture, or to other cultures in the world. They had the opportunity to reflect independently, then share in small groups before exploring a number concept in pairs, creating an infographic and then presenting to the rest of the class. In doing so, they told a story about the development of a number concept, its use in a culture and its relevance in today's world.
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Science Club Events
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Please click on this photo to learn about the MSC events from January to March: MSC Winter Event Summaries
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Athletics Return!
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After a 2 year hiatus, WLMAC sports and athletics are back! Volleyball was the first sport approved by the TDSB and we were able to offer 4 simultaneous volleyball teams (Jr/Sr Girls and Boys). The student-athletes worked tremendously hard throughout the season, which resulted in all 4 teams qualifying for either play-ins or playoffs. Congratulations to the Senior Girls Volleyball team who made it to the North Regional Finals!
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MSEO
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The 15th annual Mackenzie Science and Engineering Olympics (MSEO) will be held online on Monday, April 11th. The details are on the website (click image): https://sites.google.com/site/macolympics/home. Thank you to Cindy Law for organizing such an amazing event!
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Business Council
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Business Council members this past month took part in the Future Business Leader’s Canadian National Leadership Conference. Congratulations to Mackenzie’s Business Council who earned several awards. We would like to congratulate Franklin Ramirez who placed second in Canada in accounting, Daniel Chung for placing third in economics, and Diana Hdalevich for placing second in healthcare administration, and Judah Brill and Max Sun for placing third in Sports and Entertainment Management. Franklin, Daniel, Diana, Judah, and Max have been invited to FBLA’s International Finals in Chicago, Illinois!
Additionally, we would like to recognize Kamron Minoo for placing top 20 in accounting, Patrick Bian for placing 8th in Canada in economics, Derek Ma for placing 5th in introduction to business, Nabrang Sarma for placing 9th in introduction to business, Victor Vasilev for placing 8th in personal finance, Philip Chen for placing top 20 in personal finance, Dora Pal for placing top 20 in business management, and Joshua Firew for placing top 20 in entrepreneurship.
Congratulations once again to all of the Business Council’s tremendous competitors!
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Queen’s Chancellor Scholarship
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Congratulations to Rachel Leong for being awarded the Queen's University Chancellor's Scholarship ($36,000)!
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FIRST FTC Robotics
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Congratulations to Alexandra Miller who is a Dean's List Finalist again this year for FIRST FTC Robotics. There are 6 Finalists in Canada, 2 in each Region. Alexandra is the first person to win this award twice!
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Rhodes Scholar 2022
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Congratulations to MaCS Alumni Aditi Sriram who has been selected as a Rhodes scholar for 2022 and will be attending Oxford University in September!
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SAC
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Thank you to Student Council for organizing an amazing food drive for the Harvest Food Bank! Over 50 boxes of non-perishable food items were donated to our local community food bank! Thank you to student council for supporting such a great cause! Student council also organized an amazing week of activities before the winter break that included two food days at lunch in the gym, Pyjama Day, Fan Appreciation Day, Virtual Scavenger Hunt, and Ugly Sweater Day! Prizes were awarded to students for each day as well during winter spirit week!
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Math Contests
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Congratulations to the math department- Our students scored 10th place and 11th place in Canada for the CSMC and CIMC competitions!
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Robotics Competition
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Congratulations to Alexandra Miller, Radha Kotra, and Jacob Kuo (Grade 11 MaCS) who were part of a team with students from Brebeuf College that won overall first place this month at the FIRST FTC North Bay Qualification Tournament with the Inspire Award! This is the most prestigious award and enters the team automatically into the Provincial Finals tournament. Alexandra was a Dean's List winner last year and is currently a semi-finalist this year! Good luck at the North York Qualifiers later this month!
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Loran Scholarship
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Congratulations to Matthew Li who advanced to the semi-finals of the Loran Scholarship and received the Loran Provincial Award scholarship ( https://loranscholar.ca/becoming-a-scholar/our-awards/)!
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HOSA Conference
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Congratulations to our HOSA participants who took part in competitions at the Fall Leadership Conference. We came out with 21 top 10 finishers, including the following in the top 3 of their event:
(Sarah Khan - 1st, Biomedical Laboratory Science, Sarira Behnia - 2nd, Dental Science, Kyubin Kim - 3rd, Dental Science, Min Kang - 2nd, Epidemiology, Aidan Wang - 3rd, Behavioural Health, Rachel Leong - 1st, Human Growth and Development, Synthia Xing - 3rd, Human Growth and Development, Amanda Lee - 1st, Pharmacology, Alex Sun - 2nd, Pharmacology, Tracy Wang/Celeste Luo - 2nd, CERT Skills, Nicole Cui/Elaine Liu - 3rd, CERT Skills, Monica Urquiaga-Pardo (9th - Dental Science), Lexi Han (6th - Epidemiology), Zachary Yin (9th – Epidemiology), Pranav Mahabal (4th - Pharmacology), Naga Sindhuja Vellanki (7th - Pharmacology), Patrick Bian (10th, Pharmacology), Mya Epstein/Keren Ophir (6th, CERT Skills)). Good luck at the next competition in the spring that decides who is eligible for the international conference!
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
MaCS Meet and Greet Information Session
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2020/03/081-1.jpgThank you to all incoming grade 9 MaCS students who attended our MaCS grade 8 Meet and Greet Information Session. Students had the opportunity to meet other MaCS students in the program, tour the school and learn more about the MaCS Program! We look forward to welcoming you to Mackenzie in September!
MaCS Trip Grade 12 Graduation
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2023/06/graduation.pngCongratulations to our grade 12 MaCS students who had their grade 12 MaCS Graduation Trip at Ed Mirvish Theatre watching Harry Potter followed by a 3 course dinner at Moxie’s at Yorkdale! We wish all our MaCS graduates a great summer and a great start to post-secondary in September!
Grade 10 MaCS Trip
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2023/06/IMG_2037-scaled.jpgThis month our grade 10 MaCS students went on the annual 3 day trip to Muskoka Woods!
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
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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
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Mackenzie News
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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!
Science Club Mystery Event
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2022/11/science.pngThis month 148 students converged in the café, science hallways and classrooms with the aspirations of solving the mystery of murder in the science department. Who did it? How did they do it and what scientific evidence could they use to solve the mystery? The exciting, fun and challenging event was supervised by several members of our science department for interested students. Thank you to the science department for coordinating this amazing event (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dWyJsBRYDI)!
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.
Model UN
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2022/11/fddf64e8-d215-4652-abcf-5f2e8e28d659.jpgCongratulations and thank you to Willa Lee for her leadership and guidance this past month when she took a small delegation of students that attended the SSICSIM - Crisis Model United Nations conference at UofT. 2 of the 4 team members received 'Outstanding Delegate' awards in their respective committees!
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!
Women in Engineering
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2022/11/images.pngThis month the University of Toronto WISE (Women in Science and Engineering) program gave a lunchtime presentation to girls interested in science and engineering with a focus on the various programs/career opportunities offered at the university.
Student Council: Mactoberfest 2022
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2022/10/Halloween-MaCS.jpgThank you to Student Council for organizing the annual October Mactoberfest with a week of amazing events and activities ending with an extended lunch on Halloween day full of fun filled festivities- photo booth, haunted house, fear-factor stage show, student and staff costume competitions, flash dance mob, food, prizes and more!
Prime Minister’s Award for Teaching Excellence
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2022/10/20221003_172254.jpgCongratulations to Cindy Law (Science Teacher and Science Club Supervisor) for receiving the 2022 Prime Minister’s Teaching Award for Excellence in STEM. Cindy received her award in Ottawa this month from Prime Minister Trudeau!
Math Contest
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2022/10/20221027_142730-scaled.jpgThe math department hosted the first University of Waterloo Math Contest of the year this month with over 175 participants. Good luck to all math contest writers!
MaCS Graduation
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2022/10/grad.jpgCongratulations to our MaCS 2022 graduates! We wished our graduates the best of luck at university at our annual MaCS graduation!
MaCS Orientation
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2022/10/pic1-scaled.jpgWe welcomed our incoming grade 9 MaCS students at our annual MaCS Orientation.
Grade 9 MaCS Trip
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2022/10/thumbnail_IMG_3689.jpgAt the start of school we had our first MaCS trip in over 3 years since Covid when our grade 9 MaCS students went on the annual grade 9 MaCS trip for 3 days to Muskoka Woods! The leadership and orientation trip was a great opportunity for students in the program to meet each other as well as develop leadership and communication skills that they were able to bring back into the classroom!
MaCS Graduation and MaCS Meet and Greet
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2018/10/IMG_1641.jpgCongratulations to all our MaCS graduates who will receive their diplomas and certificates at the end of June before the summer break! We wish all our graduates success in their post-secondary programs in September! On the same day we will also welcome our incoming grade 8 MaCS students who will be starting the program in September at our annual meet and greet before the summer break!
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!
Math Contest Results
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2022/05/mathcontest-scaled.jpgThe math contest results for Euclid (grade 12), Fryer (grade 9), Galois (grade 10) and Hypatia (grade 11) are in and congratulations to all participating students! Overall Mackenzie students received 90 Certificates of Distinction for scoring in the first 25 percentile in Canada. We also as a school placed 2nd in Canada for the Fryer and Galois math contests!
University of Guelph Science Olympics
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2022/05/guelph-rotated.jpgCongratulations to the 40 Mackenzie Science Club members who participated in the Science & Engineering Olympics at the University of Guelph on Thursday, May 5! Our 16 grade 9 & 10 students and 24 grade 11 & 12 students competed against teams from 22 other schools from around the GTA region in interactive STEM events. One junior team placed 1st in their two junior events (Science Scavenger Hunt & The Great Spy Race). One senior team placed 1st in their two senior events (Science Scavenger Hunt and BioBlast) while another senior team placed 1st and 2nd in their respective events (ChemLogic and The Great Ice Experiment). We also had a first place result in the Senior Engineering Challenge and another first place result in the Food Sensory Perception Chemistry event. Both students and teachers were able to explore the University of Guelph campus and Science & Engineering Program offerings as well as being treated to a well-organized event where all were able to enjoy a beautiful sunny day for one of the first major field trips since before the pandemic.
OFSAA Badminton Championships
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2021/01/gym-scaled.jpgCongratulations to Amanda Lee and Jimmy Liu who will be competing in Pain Court, Ontario from Wednesday May 4 until Saturday May 7 at the OFSAA Badminton Championships! At City Championships last week, they secured 2nd place in the TDSB, qualifying them for the provincial tournament!
Mock Trials Competition
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2022/05/mock-scaled.jpgCongratulations to all students and staff who participated in the Mock Trials Competition! Mackenzie's Mock Trial Club participated in the most competitive mock trial tournament in the province. The team won one of two trials! Participants worked very hard all year to prepare for the tournament. Judges of the competition told our students that they would excel in a career in law! A special thank you goes out to our club presidents Kya Ramdhan and Aidan Ang for their leadership and dedication. Great job team!
Spring Leadership Conference (HOSA)
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2022/05/HOSA.jpgEarlier this month students and staff participated in the Spring Leadership Conference for HOSA Canada where students from Mackenzie faced off against competitors from other high schools in a number of different health-related occupational fields. There were 26 Mackenzie students/groups who finished in the top 10. There were 10 who finished in the top 3 and are now eligible to compete at the International HOSA Conference, among them six were first place finishes! Congratulations and good luck at the International Conference later this year!
Arts in Bloom
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2022/05/arts-scaled.jpgThank you to the Arts department and all the students involved in organizing an amazing week of Arts in Bloom showcasing our dance, visual art, drama, and music programs/clubs/councils. The live performance was our first live performance in over two years!
Cybersecurity Competition
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2021/01/gym-scaled.jpgCongratulations to our cybersecurity teams for placing first and second in Canada at the latest competition! Their story to the championship will be on a future City TV broadcast!
MSEO - Middle School Science and Engineering Olympics
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2022/05/MSEO.pngThe Mackenzie science club hosted the 15th annual Mackenzie Science and Engineering Olympics (MSEO) for grade 7 and 8 students this year with 20 TDSB middle schools and over 700 grade 7 and 8 student competitors! The event this year was online and included synchronous and asynchronous science and engineering events. Thank you to all the student volunteers, science club executives, and staff advisors for their leadership, commitment, and determination in organizing another amazing Olympics!
Math Contests
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2022/05/mathcontest-scaled.jpgCongratulations to all students who participated in the Pascal, Cayley, and Fermat math contests. Mackenzie placed 4th in Canada in the Pascal contest and 2nd in Canada in the Cayley contest! In total Mackenzie received 4 medals and 78 certificates!
Model UN Conference
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2018/10/IMG_1641.jpgOver the weekend of March 4-6, 2022, a delegation of Mackenzie students participated in the Havergal College Model United Nations Conference. Representing various countries to debate in committees such as Disarmament & Security, Social, Cultural, Humanitarian Committee, Economic and Social Council, and the World Health Organization, students addressed issues as urgent as the proliferation of nuclear weapons, tackled the complex issue of Neocolonialism, developed innovative solutions to improve health and safety for Indigenous women, and even took part in Salem Witch Trials! Special mentions go out to Ryan Atlas for winning the Outstanding Delegate Award in the Ad Hoc Salem Witch Trials Committee and Jerry Chen for winning an Honourable Mention for representing Spain in the Disarmament and Security Committee negotiations. Congratulations!
CyberPatriot Competition
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2022/03/computer.jpgTeam Unavailable for Legal Reasons (Steven Guikal, Celeste Luo, Ivy Fan-Chiang, Nathan Lu, Tracy Wang, and Matthew Li) were honoured to have represented William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate Institute as the sole Canadian team in the CyberPatriot XIV National Finals defensive cybersecurity competition (click on photo for more info). Over the March break, they traveled to Bethesda, Maryland to compete as one of 28 teams who qualified from an initial pool of over 5 200 teams and 19 000 students. A big congratulations to them for placing 5th overall! We wish them, as well as others from our school, the best of luck in the CyberTitan V Canadian National Finals in May (https://www.cybertitan.ca/)!
MaCS Math Grade 9
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2022/03/math.jpgInfographics were created by the grade 9 MaCS math class taught by Dr. Sinclair. The goal was to introduce students to their exploration into the connections between math and culture - whether their personal culture, or to other cultures in the world. They had the opportunity to reflect independently, then share in small groups before exploring a number concept in pairs, creating an infographic and then presenting to the rest of the class. In doing so, they told a story about the development of a number concept, its use in a culture and its relevance in today's world.
Science Club Events
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2022/03/MSc.jpgPlease click on this photo to learn about the MSC events from January to March: MSC Winter Event Summaries
Athletics Return!
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2021/01/gym-scaled.jpgAfter a 2 year hiatus, WLMAC sports and athletics are back! Volleyball was the first sport approved by the TDSB and we were able to offer 4 simultaneous volleyball teams (Jr/Sr Girls and Boys). The student-athletes worked tremendously hard throughout the season, which resulted in all 4 teams qualifying for either play-ins or playoffs. Congratulations to the Senior Girls Volleyball team who made it to the North Regional Finals!
MSEO
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2022/03/science.jpgThe 15th annual Mackenzie Science and Engineering Olympics (MSEO) will be held online on Monday, April 11th. The details are on the website (click image): https://sites.google.com/site/macolympics/home. Thank you to Cindy Law for organizing such an amazing event!
Business Council
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2020/03/081-1.jpgBusiness Council members this past month took part in the Future Business Leader’s Canadian National Leadership Conference. Congratulations to Mackenzie’s Business Council who earned several awards. We would like to congratulate Franklin Ramirez who placed second in Canada in accounting, Daniel Chung for placing third in economics, and Diana Hdalevich for placing second in healthcare administration, and Judah Brill and Max Sun for placing third in Sports and Entertainment Management. Franklin, Daniel, Diana, Judah, and Max have been invited to FBLA’s International Finals in Chicago, Illinois! Additionally, we would like to recognize Kamron Minoo for placing top 20 in accounting, Patrick Bian for placing 8th in Canada in economics, Derek Ma for placing 5th in introduction to business, Nabrang Sarma for placing 9th in introduction to business, Victor Vasilev for placing 8th in personal finance, Philip Chen for placing top 20 in personal finance, Dora Pal for placing top 20 in business management, and Joshua Firew for placing top 20 in entrepreneurship. Congratulations once again to all of the Business Council’s tremendous competitors!
Queen’s Chancellor Scholarship
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2022/03/Queens-2.pngCongratulations to Rachel Leong for being awarded the Queen's University Chancellor's Scholarship ($36,000)!
FIRST FTC Robotics
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2022/03/DeansListFinalist_AM_2022-002.pngCongratulations to Alexandra Miller who is a Dean's List Finalist again this year for FIRST FTC Robotics. There are 6 Finalists in Canada, 2 in each Region. Alexandra is the first person to win this award twice!
Rhodes Scholar 2022
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2021/12/rhodesscholar.jpgCongratulations to MaCS Alumni Aditi Sriram who has been selected as a Rhodes scholar for 2022 and will be attending Oxford University in September!
SAC
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2021/12/school.pngThank you to Student Council for organizing an amazing food drive for the Harvest Food Bank! Over 50 boxes of non-perishable food items were donated to our local community food bank! Thank you to student council for supporting such a great cause! Student council also organized an amazing week of activities before the winter break that included two food days at lunch in the gym, Pyjama Day, Fan Appreciation Day, Virtual Scavenger Hunt, and Ugly Sweater Day! Prizes were awarded to students for each day as well during winter spirit week!
Math Contests
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2021/12/waterloo-2.pngCongratulations to the math department- Our students scored 10th place and 11th place in Canada for the CSMC and CIMC competitions!
Robotics Competition
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2021/01/gym-scaled.jpgCongratulations to Alexandra Miller, Radha Kotra, and Jacob Kuo (Grade 11 MaCS) who were part of a team with students from Brebeuf College that won overall first place this month at the FIRST FTC North Bay Qualification Tournament with the Inspire Award! This is the most prestigious award and enters the team automatically into the Provincial Finals tournament. Alexandra was a Dean's List winner last year and is currently a semi-finalist this year! Good luck at the North York Qualifiers later this month!
Loran Scholarship
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2021/11/loran.jpegCongratulations to Matthew Li who advanced to the semi-finals of the Loran Scholarship and received the Loran Provincial Award scholarship ( https://loranscholar.ca/becoming-a-scholar/our-awards/)!
HOSA Conference
http://wlmac.ca/macsprogram/files/2021/01/HOSA.pngCongratulations to our HOSA participants who took part in competitions at the Fall Leadership Conference. We came out with 21 top 10 finishers, including the following in the top 3 of their event: (Sarah Khan - 1st, Biomedical Laboratory Science, Sarira Behnia - 2nd, Dental Science, Kyubin Kim - 3rd, Dental Science, Min Kang - 2nd, Epidemiology, Aidan Wang - 3rd, Behavioural Health, Rachel Leong - 1st, Human Growth and Development, Synthia Xing - 3rd, Human Growth and Development, Amanda Lee - 1st, Pharmacology, Alex Sun - 2nd, Pharmacology, Tracy Wang/Celeste Luo - 2nd, CERT Skills, Nicole Cui/Elaine Liu - 3rd, CERT Skills, Monica Urquiaga-Pardo (9th - Dental Science), Lexi Han (6th - Epidemiology), Zachary Yin (9th – Epidemiology), Pranav Mahabal (4th - Pharmacology), Naga Sindhuja Vellanki (7th - Pharmacology), Patrick Bian (10th, Pharmacology), Mya Epstein/Keren Ophir (6th, CERT Skills)). Good luck at the next competition in the spring that decides who is eligible for the international conference!
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Thank you and I hope you enjoy your experience.
S. Leder
MaCS Coordinator
W.L. Mackenzie C.I.