Welcome to the MaCS Program, a specialized program at  William Lyon Mackenzie C.I.

 

• DECA

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  Congratulations to all DECA students for a stellar performance at the first DECA competition of the school year! 71 students moved on to Provincials. Mackenzie students received 82 ribbons, 9 first place category winners, 28 top 3 category winners and 55 top 10 category winners! Well done Mackenzie!

  

• MaCS Test Day

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  Thank you to all 700+ applicants in grade 8 and 9 who wrote the MaCS entrance test and submitted their application last week. Notification letters will be mailed the week of February 3rd.

  

• Mactoberfest

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  This past month student, council hosted our annual Mactoberfest! Thank you to all the staff and students who organized the events, food, and costume competitions.

  

• Grade 9 MaCS Trip

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  This past month, all grade 9 MaCS students had an amazing three-day trip at Muskoka Woods!

  

• MaCS Information Night

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  This past week was our MaCS Information Night for grade 8 students. It was standing room only in both our large gym and cafeteria with a record number in attendance (approximately 1600 people!). Thank you to all the staff and student volunteers for participating at the information night.

  

• Club Crawl/Terry Fox Run

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  Thank you to all the volunteers and organizers for an amazing Terry Fox Run and Club Crawl this past week! Students demonstrated great school spirit at both of these annual events!

  

• Grade 9 Day/Grade 12 Post-Secondary Panel

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  Last month our grade 9 students went to Adventure Valley for our annual grade 9 Leadership Day! Around the same time our grade 12 students attended our post-secondary panel at Mackenzie as they begin their research phase of the application process!

  

• Cyber Security Competition

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  Congratulations to the Mackenzie team for placing 1st in Canada and 5th globally at a Cyber Security Competition organized by Ryerson University and Carnegie Mellon University!

  

• Grade 12 MaCS Graduation

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  Congratulations to all our MaCS Graduates! This past week we celebrated the graduation of our grade 12 MaCS students with a certificate ceremony followed by a reception!

  

• MaCS Alumni News

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  Congratulations to MaCS alumni Nicole Kozlova for being named the ACC Offensive Player of the week this past month! Nicole is an honor roll student at Virginia Tech and is on the Virginia Tech Soccer Team. https://hokiesports.com/news/2019/9/10/womens-soccer-kozlova-named-acc-offensive-player-of-the-week.aspx

  

• University of Toronto "Ask a Laureate Chemistry Essay Contest"

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  Congratulations to the Gr 11 MaCS Chemistry students who submitted an essay for the U of T Ask a Laureate Chemistry Essay Contest! Of the three categories, we placed 1st in two of them! Students will have the opportunity to attend lectures and an awards ceremony on Friday! Special mention to our money prize winners: Maria Yampolsky (1st in category III), Jiayue Wu (1st in category II), Jack Farley (3rd in category III), Abishek Nair (honorable mention in category III), and Ajilan Sivaloganathan (honorable mention in category I).

  

• University of Guelph Science Olympics

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  Congratulations to all participants at the University of Guelph Science Olympics this month! Mackenzie finished with 13 top place finishes!

  

• University of Western Science Olympics

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  Congratulations to all participants at the University of Western Science Olympics this past month! Mackenzie finished with three 1st place event medals and three 2nd place event medals!

  

• Math Contests

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  Congratulations to the Mackenzie Math Team who scored 1st in the Metropolitan Toronto zone North West for all grades 9, 10 and 11 students. Our students placed in the top 10 in Canada in the Fryer, Galois, and Hypatia math contests! Mackenzie was 24th in Canada for the Euclid contest. Thank you to Iulia Gugoiu, Tanya Chevannes, and the whole math department for providing these essential opportunities so our students are prepared for post-secondary admissions and programs.

  

• Grade 8 Orientation

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  Last week we welcomed our incoming grade 9 MaCS students at our annual grade 8 MaCS Orientation and BBQ! Thank you to all the staff and student volunteers for a successful event!

  

• Science Contests

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  Congratulations to the students who wrote The University of Toronto National Biology Competition-Out of 190 Canadian teams, Mackenzie placed 11th in Canada and 2nd in Toronto! Three of our students are National Biology Scholars, recognized for placing in the top 5% out of 3,135 eligible contestants! Congratulations also goes out to Andy Cai for receiving a Special Merit Award for the Canadian Chemistry Contest! Congratulations to those students who wrote the Sir Isaac Newton physics contest- Hannah Zhu finished 43rd in the world out of 2024 participants! Lev Raizman placed in the 93% percentile, and all other participants from Mackenzie were in the top 60th percentile or above!

  

• Canadian Computing Olympiad Competition

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  Congratulations to Junyi, Evan, and Richard who have won silver medals in the 2019 CCO competition!

  

• Grade 12 MaCS Trip: Dinner and a Show

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  This week our Grade 12 MaCS students had a fantastic dinner at Quinn's Steakhouse followed by a great performance at the Royal Alexander Theatre (Dear Evan Hansen).

  

• Grade 11 MaCS Trip: Boston Pizza and Escape Games

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  Last week our grade 11 MaCS students had a great lunch at Boston Pizza followed by an afternoon at Escape Games which specializes in technologically advanced, fully interactive gaming experiences. There is a focus on dynamic and collaborative game elements.

  

• Mock Trial Club

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  Mackenzie's Mock Trial Club participated in the most competitive mock trial tournament in the province. The team advanced to the quarter finals! 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 Celine Kim and Gabby Chan for their leadership and dedication. Great job team!

  

• AP Perfect Score

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  Congratulations to Julia Chen who received a perfect score on her AP Computer Science Exam last year! Julia was one of 193 students in the world to earn a perfect score on the exam!

  

• DECA Internationals

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  Congratulations to those students who competed at the DECA International Competition in Orlando Florida this past week! Mackenzie won 31 medals and one trophy in total! Six students placed in the top 10 Internationally for their respective category!

  

• TDSB History and Civics Contest

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  Grade 10 Mackenzie students participated in the 2019 THHSSSC/TDSB History & Civics Contest this past week! It was the first time Mackenzie participated in this annual event and we had a blast!

  

• ECOO Competition

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  Congratulations to all 3 Mackenzie Computer Programming teams, including our all female team, who have qualified for the ECOO provincial final round in May!

  

• Michael Smith Challenge

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  This past winter grade 10 science students had the opportunity to write the University of British Columbia (UBC) Michael Smith Challenge. Congratulations to all contest writers! Special mention to Alexander Li who placed second in Canada out of over 1200 contest writers!

  

• Culturama

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  This past month, Mackenzie hosted our annual Culturama evening event. It was a great success and a lot of fun! Thank you to all the student volunteers and staff supervisors!

  

• Girls Programming Competition

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  This past month, the Computer Programming club hosted their second annual All Girls Computer Programming Competition. Over 15 schools and 150 students participated in the annual event. Thank you to all the volunteers and to Ms. Krasteva for organizing the event! Congratulations to all the winners!

  

• Envirothon Competition- 1st place!

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  Congratulations to all the students who participated in this year's Envirothon Competition! Students had the opportunity to attend a workshop before the competition as well. Our Envirothon club placed first at the Ontario Envirothon competition this past week. This is a well-deserved achievement as our teams were extremely dedicated and worked really hard over the last few months in preparation for the competition.

  

• Canadian Computing Competition (CCC)

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  Congratulations to three of our students who qualified for the Canadian Computing Olympiad at the University of Waterloo in May. Those selected will have the opportunity to represent Canada in the International Olympiad for Informatics (IOI). Best of luck to Richard Yi, Evan Zhang and Junyi Wang!

  

• HOSA Competition

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  Congratulations to all the students who participated at the HOSA Canada SLC 2019 Competition! Best of luck to the top 10 winners who qualified for internationals!

  

• Math Contests

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  Good luck to all our MaCS students who are writing the upcoming math contests such as the Euclid Contest!

  

• Concours French Speaking Contest

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  Congratulations to 3 MaCS students (Rachel Leong, Lauren Altomare, and Yu Fei Liu) who have won the learning centre level of the Concours and will continue to the board level on Saturday, May 4, 2019, at Glendon College!

  

• March Break Trip 2019

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  During March break, under the direction of Mr. O'Brien, Ms. Lee and Ms. McDowell, 23 students from WL Mackenzie CI traveled to Portugal and Spain. The trip began in Lisbon and continued from there to Evora, Sevilla, Cordoba, Madrid and Toledo. Students experienced the wonders of La Capela dos Ossos, La Mezquita, the Catedral de Sevilla, the Prado and the Palacio Real, among many others!

  

• ECOO Competition

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  Congratulations to our three computer programming teams who competed at the ECOO programming competition this past month. All three teams have advanced to the Regional competition later this year!

  

• Arts Week

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  Last month MaCS students had the opportunity to participate in Dance Night and Java after Dark! Both evening events were well attended and all participants did an amazing job!

  

• Grade 10 MaCS Trip: Canadian Ecology Centre

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  Last month the grade 10 MaCS students had an amazing experience at our annual three day grade 10 MaCS overnight trip to the Canadian Ecology Centre!

  

• MSEO

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  Congratulations to all the middle schools who participated in the 13th annual Mackenzie Middle School Science and Engineering Olympiad! Thank you to all the staff and student volunteers for making this event so successful! (https://sites.google.com/site/macolympics/)

  

• DECA 2019

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  Congratulations to all DECA students who participated at the DECA Provincial Championships this past month! Over 70 medals, and 26 overall finalists! Good luck to the 19 students who qualified for international competition this spring in Florida!

  

• SHAD Summer 2019

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  Congratulations to 4 of our MaCS students who were selected for the SHAD Valley Summer University Enrichment Program! Six other students are currently on the waitlist, which could bring the total number of students up to 10 to participate in this amazing University Enrichment Experience!

  

• Grammy Award Nomination

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  Isaac Rosenberg (Grade 10 MaCS) has been nominated for a Grammy Award for Best World Music Album as one of the vocalists on Yiddish Glory: The Lost Songs of World War II. Good luck next month at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles! (https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/isaac-rosenberg)

  

• Spirit Week

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  Student Council held their annual Spirit Week before Winter break! The theme for Monday was Pajama Day where students built gingerbread houses, played board games (twister & monopoly) or watched a movie in the library at lunch. Tuesday's theme was Tropical Tuesday where students enjoyed free pizza and freezies! Wednesday's theme was Wacky Wednesday where during lunch, students participated in minute to win it or holiday kahoot games! Thursday's theme was Ugly Sweater Day where during lunch, there were teacher vs. student competitions. Thank you to Student Council and staff for organizing an amazing Spirit Week before the Winter Break!

  

• Moose Competition

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  In keeping with the holiday tradition, the Mackenzie Computer Programming Senior Team in collaboration with Reyno Tilikaynen (MaCS alumni) prepared and administered a practice programming contest for schools in the TDSB and the Southern Ontario region. More than 100 teams signed up and successfully participated in this challenging annual event!

  

• MaCS Alumni Visit

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  Thank you to Reyno Tilikaynen (MaCS Alumni) for visiting our computer MaCS classes this month to talk to students about his post-secondary program and career choice. Reyno will be graduating from the University of Waterloo this month and will start his full time job at Google in January!

  

• TDSB Just Read It!

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  Congratulations to Megan Holmes (Grade 10 MaCS) for receiving a book prize in honour of her submission page for the book "Feast of Roses"!

  

• Arts Week

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  This month, the Art department held its annual Arts week with dance performances on Monday followed by a drama play on Tuesday. Wednesday night, the school band performed their annual Sounds of the Season concert and on Thursday the visual art department displayed their art work in an Arts Battle competition!

  

• English Speech Contest

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  This past week, the English department hosted their annual semester Speech Contest. Congratulations to all our participants and winners this semester!

  

• Inside Ride

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  The Physical Education department held their annual Inside Ride Challenge and raised money in support of children with cancer and their families. Thank you to all the student and staff volunteers who helped make this event a huge success!

  

• Cyber Security Competition

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  Congratulations to all students who participated in the next round of the Cyber Security Competition this past weekend. One of our teams is currently third internationally and second in Canada (out of 1657 teams). The senior girls team placed in the top 20% (and 25th in Canada) and the junior girls team placed in the top half overall internationally. This competition is a great opportunity for learning and skill development as it requires students to learn how to solve problems they are presented with during various security challenges.

  

• Academic and Citizenship Awards and Math Contests

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  Congratulations to our grade 10, 11, and 12 students who were awarded an academic or citizenship certificate at our annual assembly last Friday! We also want to congratulate all those students who participated in the CSMC and CIMC Math contests last week as well!

  

• Staff vs. Students Volleyball Game

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  Thank you to the staff and students who participated in the annual staff versus students volleyball game! It was a close game with the students winning once again! We look forward to the next Teacher vs. Student competition!

  

• DECA

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  Congratulations to all the business students who participated last week at the DECA Regional Finals. Mackenzie earned 81 Ribbons and 44 medals! Good luck to the 59 competitors who advanced to the Provincial Championships in February!

  

• Cyber Security Competition

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  Congratulations to the three Mackenzie teams who competed in an international Cyber Security Competition with over 6000 other schools worldwide. One of Mackenzie's teams placed 2nd in Canada and 30th in the world. Our two other teams placed 45th and 52nd in Canada. http://www.uscyberpatriot.org/Pages/About/What-is-CyberPatriot.aspx

  

• Mactoberfest and School Dance

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  This past month Mackenzie hosted their annual Halloween themed Mactoberfest and School dance. Thank you to all the staff and student council members for organizing these amazing events!

  

• Remembrance Day Assembly

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  On Friday November 9th Mackenzie held a school wide Remembrance Day Assembly. Thank you to all the staff and students who participated and organized this very important assembly.

  

• MaCS Test

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  Thank you to everyone who wrote the MaCS Entrance Test last week. We had over 700 applicants! Special thank you to all the staff and student volunteers!

  

• MaCS Information Night

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  Thank you to everyone who attended the MaCS Information Night this week. We had over 1100 guests in our school gym and cafetorium who wanted to learn more about the MaCS Program! Thank you to all the staff and students who volunteered for the event!

  

• University Fair and Scholarship Workshop

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  This past week Student Services hosted our annual University Fair and Scholarship workshop presentation for our graduating students!

  

• Grade 9 MaCS Trip

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  This past week our Grade 9 MaCS students went for three days to Muskoka Woods for our annual three day Leadership Trip!

  

• MaCS Alumni

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  Thank you to Ms. Mailvaganam for organizing an afternoon event with MaCS Alumni this month!

  

• OFSAA

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  Congratulations to Hannah Kim for qualifying for OFSAA for Golf!

  

• Club Crawl

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  Last week was our annual Club Crawl for grade 9 and 10 students. Thank you to the over 60 clubs for participating in this amazing event!

  

• Terry Fox Run

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  Last month all Mackenzie students participated in the Terry Fox Run. Congratulations to Mackenzie for reaching our fundraising goal!

  

• Grade 9 Curriculum Night

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  Thank you to everyone who attended our grade 9 Curriculum Night this week. This was a great opportunity for parent(s)/guardian(s) to meet their child's teacher and learn about the curriculum in each of their child's classes.

  

• Grade 9 Orientation Day

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  This past week all grade 9 students participated in our annual Grade 9 day at Adventure Valley Outdoor Education Centre! Thank you to all our staff volunteers and student leaders for organizing an amazing day that focused on building community!

  

 

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.

If you are interested in being a part of this elite program, please go to the Application Page for more information.

For present students, please go forward to the Current Events Page.

Thank you and I hope you enjoy your experience.

 

S. Leder

MaCS Coordinator
W.L. Mackenzie C.I.