News and Announcements

On Monday, Sept 21, the school is hosting grade 9 curriculum night.  This is an opportunity to meet the schools’ leaders and your child’s grade 9 teachers. You will have a chance to walk in your child’s shoes through a shortened rotation of their classes.

Please use your child’s schedule and the attached list of teacher room locations to build your timetable for the evening. We will be following the schedule below:

Click here: Grade 9 curriculum night room locations

It’s the start of a new school year and time for annual school portraits! All students must be photographed for student ID and yearbook purposes.

Photo proofs will be sent home with students approximately two weeks after photo day to place an order.

Want the perfect pose? Click here for helpful photo day tips!

The Toronto District School Board does not provide accident insurance coverage for student injuries that occur on school premises or during school sponsored activities. Download the attachment to see instructions on how to purchase student accident insurance for your child. Participation is voluntary.School Accident Insurance 2015

Tuesday, Sept 8 is a registration day. Students are reminded to bring $75 for their student card. If you are bringing a cheque, please make it payable to William Lyon Mackenzie CI. Please bring a Dudley combination lock for your locker. When you arrive, check the list in the front foyer for your homeform classroom.

Students should be in school at the times listed in the schedule below:

• Grade 10: 9:00 am
• Grade 11: 10:00 am
• Grade 12: 11:00 am
• Grade 9: 1:00 pm

Wednesday, Sept 9 is a regular Day 1 Schedule.

We’re looking forward to seeing you!

This is a reminder that students are encouraged to come to school on Monday, June 22^nd to review their exams. It’s agreat learning opportunity that allows students to reflect on their exam writing skills.

Students with surnames A-L come between 10-11, and students with surnames M-Z come from 11-12.

Many students forgot to bring in their textbooks.

Please remind students to bring all William Lyon Mackenzie textbooks to school, if they forgot to bring them during examination week.

Textbooks are expensive, and we need your support to recover all textbooks.

Attached is this year’s exam procedures and schedule.

EXAM PROCEDURES for students_JUNE

Please find attached a letter from Toronto’s Medical Officer of Health, Dr. David McKeown, with regards to the discovery of Blacklegged Ticks in the city. These ticks can be infected with the bacteria that cause Lyme disease. The ticks have been sent to the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg for further testing – a process that could take weeks. It’s important to note that the risk of Lyme disease in Toronto is low and the vast majority of ticks are not infected, but this letter is being sent out by Toronto Public Health as a precaution.

Schools_Blacklegged Ticks_May 21

Toronto Public Health has received notification of a possible case of chickenpox at William Lyon Mackenzie CI. Please click on the following link for more information:

Chickenpox Info

Congratulations Mackenzie Math Competitors!

COMC Sun Life Financial (50 participants)
12 Certificates of Performance with Distinction
20 Certificates of Performance with Honours

CIMC Waterloo Grade 9-10 (50 participants)
Math team Ranked 25^th in Ontario, 3^rd in the Toronto Zone 70
2 students on Honour Roll
30 students in the top 25% percentile

CSMC Waterloo Grade 11-12 (100 participants)
Math team Ranked 8^th in Ontario, 1^st in the Toronto Zone 70
12 students on Honour Roll
50 students ranked in the top 25% percentile

Pascal Math Contest grade 9 (80 students)
Math team Ranked 5^th in Ontario, 1^st  in the Toronto Zone 70!
1 Gold Medal
27 students on Honour Roll
60 students ranked in the top 25% percentile

Cayley Math Contest grade 10 (50 students)
Math team Ranked 25^th in Ontario, 2nd in the Toronto Zone 70
15 students on Honour Roll
25 students ranked in the top 25% percentile

Fermat  Math Contest grade 11 (70 students)
Math team Ranked 28^th in Ontario,8^th  in the Toronto Zone 70
15 students on Honour Roll
40 students ranked in the top 25% percentile

2015 AMC 10/12 B American Mathematics Competition (20 students)
1 student made it to the AIME Qualifier
2 students scored Honours

2015 AIME II Invitational
Certificate of Participation was awarded

Waiting for the scores for: Fryer (90 students) Galois (10  students)  Hypatia (60 students)
Euclid (90 students)  …. stay tuned!

Congratulations Mackenzie for a spectacular performance!

ExploraVision Contest Winners (Mackenzie place in the top 10%)

• Project: Natural Cancer Senescence Treatment (NCST)
• Project: Regenerative Epigenetics and Dedifferentiation (REaD)

UBC Michael Smith Challenge (Grade 10 Science Contest)

Mackenzie sent 32 participants to the competition with one winner scoring in the top 1% nationally and five winners earning a spot in the top 10% nationally.

Participation in Competition this Year:

• McMaster Science Olympics – 40 Participants (Gr 9-12)
• Middle School Science and Engineering Olympiad  – 130 Participants (Gr 9-12)
• Envirothon (Ontario Forestry Association Competition)  – 10 Participants (Gr 12)

Upcoming Competitions

• UofT National Biology Competition – 44 Participants (Gr 11-12)
• U. of Waterloo Avogadro Chemistry Exam – 45 Participants (Gr 10-11)
• U. of Waterloo Chem 13 Exam – 30 Participants (Gr 11-12)
• Ontario Association of Physics Teachers Exam – 20 Participants (Gr 11)
• Sir Isaac Newton Physics Contests – 20 Participants (Gr 12)
• U. of Western Ontario Science Olympics – 40 Participants (Gr 9-12)