Record of Achievement 2013-2014

Record of Achievement
2013–2014
academic school year
mathematics,
sciences,
technology and
social sciences
Morgan represented The Study at the
15th annual Montreal Brain Bee at the
Montreal Neurological Institute and
Hospital.
T
The Study’s grade 2 class participated in
the international o.r.e.o. project (Our
Really Exciting Online Project) with
other grade 2 classes around the world.
The Study’s average was 17.2 / 18!
iffany Mach and Catherine Boisvert
(both ’15) were awarded bronze
medals at the Canada-Wide Science Fair
in Windsor, Ontario. The team was also
awarded a $1,000 entrance scholarship
to Western University. At the Montreal
Regional Science & Technology Fair
(mrstf) hosted by John Abbott College
Tiffany and Catherine received the
McGill University Faculty of Science
Award and the Super Expo-Sciences
Hydro Quebec Experimentation &
Design Award and they were also
runners-up to attend the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair in
Los Angeles.
At the Provincial Science Fair in
Terrebonne, Deschanel Li ’17 won the
Prix de Camillle Rousseau. At the mrstf
Deschanel won the gold medal in the
junior category as well as the McGill
University Faculty of Science Award and
the Super Expo-Sciences Hydro Quebec
Experimentation & Design Award.
Other award-winning Study participants
at the mrstf, Emma Dubroca and Zoe
Wong (both ’17) received bronze medals
in the junior category. Sophie Battat ’15
received the Concordia University –
Women in Engineering & Computer
Science Award, Victoria Beaulé ’15 and
Rachel Kwong ’15 received the McGill
University Psychology Award, Bridget
Zicha received the McGill University
Physics Award, Madison Meehan ’14, Kate
Haichin ’15, Sarah Petrecca ’16 all received
highest and great distinctions.
The Study’s Junior Robotics team – Alice
Yeo-Jung Kim, Léa Monty, Patricia Rose
Brisebois, Tessa Hason, Annika Waschke,
Tara Seirafi, Mia Calandriello and Eva
Payen (all ’20) and Erica Di Battista, Lily
Creaghan, Sydney Kelly (all ’19) – and
coach received the Inspiration Award for
extraordinary enthusiasm and spirit at
the First Lego League Robotics Festival
held at Montreal’s Uniprix Olympic
Stadium.
Grade 10 students Tiffany Mach, Chloë
Mavridis, Catherine Boisvert, Rachel
Kwong, Marisa Dariotis and Amanda
Les élèves de la sixième année ont encore
une fois exposé leurs projets de sciences
sur le corps humain à l’Hôpital Général
de Montréal.
Les élèves de la 5e ont visité le laboratoire
de chimie de l’université McGill et
Professeur Gauthier.
Eight students participated in the
Mathematics competition at the
University of Waterloo: Yonjee Rhee
’18, Emma Dubroca ’17, Melissa Lu ’16,
Rachel Kwong, Victoria Beaule (both
’15), Olivia Charette, Victoria Kent and
Jessica McDonald (all ’14). Rachel Kwong
’15 ranked first in Quebec in the Beaver
Computing Challenge.
Dans le cadre du cours de géographie
de 8e année, les élèves ont participé au
concours provincial de photographie
lancé par l’organisme Action patrimoine.
Sur 826 photos reçues à travers 46 écoles
participantes, Zoe Wong s’est retrouvée
dans les dix premières et Gabriela
Carrara à la 30e place.
Eighteen students from grades 7 and
8 participated in the Let’s Talk Science
Challenge in May.
debating and
public speaking
T
he Study had the honour of hosting
the Quebec Junior Student Debating
Association this year.
Junior verse speaking winners: Deschanel
Li ’17 was the top speaker, while Layla
Razek ’17 and Elodie Petrecca ’18 were
runners-up.
Senior verse speaking winners were
Sophie Battat and Marisa Dariotis
(both ’15).
Sophie Battat and Chlöe Shahinian
(both ’15) placed third as a team at the
Marianopolis College High School
Debate Tournament. Chlöe was the
top Quebec speaker at the tournament,
she placed third overall individual. In
addition, at the McGill High School
Debate Tournament, they ranked in the
top six teams from Quebec and went on
to represent The Study at the Oxford Cup
in Vancouver.
qais Senior Public speaker finalists were:
Layla Razek ’17 and Sophie Battat ’15.
Aitana Juristo Andrade ’16 s’est mérité la
troisième place au concours d’art oratoire
senior qais.
Leah Annia Plante-Wiener ’17 s’est mérité
la première place au concours d’art
oratoire junior qais.
Sophie Battat and Chlöe Shahinian (both
’15) attended the Queens University High
School Debate Championship.
Les élèves de 11e année ont participé à un
concours organisé par Société historique
du Canada.
Quatre élèves de 10e année ont participé
durant trois jours à une simulation
les travaux de l’Assemblée Nationale,
Chlöe Shahinian, Camille Zeitouni et
Frédérique Cannon et Sophie Battat.
Sophie a été choisie afin de représenter
la vice-présidence à la chambre
d’Assemblée.
writing and
essay competition
E
very year, the Commonwealth Essay
Competition inspires young writers
from Commonwealth countries scattered
all over the world, such as the United
Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Malaysia,
India, Jamaica, and South Africa. This
year 9,500 entries were received from
young people in 44 Commonwealth
countries and territories.
Leah Annia Plante-Wiener ’17 was named
the overall Junior Runner-Up in the
Royal Commonwealth Society’s 2014
Essay Competition for her essay titled
“United We Stand.”
Chlöe Shahinian ’15 was one of five
winners of the Compassion in Action
Essay Contest, a collaboration between
learn and Encounters with Canada.
Chlöe’s essay earned her a week in
Ottawa at Encounters with Canada.
Pour la 27e année, le Barreau de Montréal
a organisé un concours de composition
pour les élèves de la 5e à la 11e année.
Cette année, à The Study, des élèves de 5e
et 6e année ont participé en français.
Dans la catégorie des élèves du 3e cycle
du primaire, dans le secteur francophone,
pour son originalité et la qualité de son
texte, la grande gagnante est Anna Shi
’20. De plus, le texte de Laura Maréchal
Houillon ’19 a aussi été remarqué pour la
qualité de la langue.
Eleven Study students placed at their
grade level in the McEntyre Essay writing
competition. Ella Rose Coderre ’24 won
second place, Clara Marcoux ’ 23 won
first place, Isabella Michel-Decker and
Megan Higgins (both ’22) won first and
second place, Anna Xuyao Shi ’20 won
third place. In the Senior School, Maya
Bedjaoui ’17 won third place, Aitana
Juristo-Andrade and Samantha Levy
(both ’16) won second and third place,
Samantha Sambrook ’15 won third place
and Julia Cohen ’14 won third place.
Eva Redondo Cruselles ’14 received an
honourable mention.
Cent soixante-deux élèves de The Study
ont écrit la dictée « Dictée Paul Guérin ».
Erica Di Battista ’19, gagnante de la finale
régionale de dans la catégorie
immersion.
the arts
T
he cast and crew from grades 9 to 11
delivered two sold-out performances
of The Music Man. The 29 cast and crew
members received standing ovations after
each performance.
The Study’s Senior Choir, Concert Band,
and Senior Jazz Band all received a Silver
Ranking at the 2014 New York City World
Strides Heritage Performance Festival.
Les filles de 5A et 6A ont présenté
« La quête d’Opaline » et « La Lune de
Baltadine ». Les filles en 5B ont présenté
« Coraline, reporter étoile » et les filles
en 6B ont présenté « Les lunettes de
Bonheur ». Les filles ont ébloui la
salle avec leurs productions, réalisées
entièrement en français.
The grade 7 and 8 Study Players
presented a crowd-pleasing At the
Murder Mystery, produced by grade
11 students Julia Cohen and Victoria
Hayman.
For the 22nd year in a row Study
carollers in grades 3 and 4 performed
at the Annual Toy Tea, chaired by Study
past parent Claire Kruyt, benefitting
5,000 children of battered women in
Montreal.
The Study took part in an international
virtual concert with schools from South
Korea, Australia and the United States.
Olivia Charette ’14 was selected to
perform at the 2014 High School Honors
Performance Series at Carnegie Hall
in February. She performed with the
Honors Choir as a soprano singer. Grace
Jast ’16 was also selected for the 2014
Honours Performance Series at Carnegie
Hall. She performed at Carnegie Hall in
June with the Honours Choir as an alto
vocalist.
Cellist Juno Adelman ’20 won the 2013
Quebec Music Educators Association
Competition.
Three Study girls performed at the
Montreal Jazz Festival, Grace Jast ’16 and
Olivia Charette ’14 performed on the
TD Outdoor Stage, while Study alumna
Martha Wainwright ’93 performed at the
Maisonneuve Théâtre.
athletics
E
lodie Petrecca ’18 won gold in the
singles category of the Greater
Montreal Amateur Athletic Association
(gmaa) Tennis Championship (she was
playing at the juvenile level although
she is only Bantam age). Her sister
Sarah Petrecca ’16 won silver in the
Juvenile singles. Julia Takacsy and Alexa
Antoniazzi (both ’14) received silver in
the doubles category. The Study’s tennis
team placed first overall and took home
the gmaa banner.
The Juvenile Basketball team made it
all the way to the gmaa playoffs and
finished second in their division.
The Bantam Basketball team made it to
the finals at the Bishop’s College School
Tournament.
The grade 8 Basketball team finished first
in their division.
In the Juvenile category at the gmaa golf
tournament, Emily Nolan ’14 and Victoria
Kent ’14 placed second and third. In the
Bantam category Alexandra Cossette ’17
placed second.
The Juvenile Volleyball team finished first
in their division and went on to win gold
in the gmaa finals.
The u15 soccer team travelled to the Holy
Trinity School in Richmond Hill, Ontario
to compete in the cais National u15
Soccer Tournament.
The Juvenile soccer team competed in the
cais National Senior Soccer Tournament
in Montreal.
Emily Nolan and Julia Takacsy (both
’14) took home gold in gmaa Juvenile
Badminton. Morgane-Marie Dackiw and
Alexandra Kouri (both ’17) took home
gold in the Bantam category.
Erica Di Battista ’19 finished first in the
Bantam category at the gmaa Cross
Country Run. Followed by Grace
Manning ’17 in third place and Rachel
Kwong ’14 in tenth place in the Juvi
category.
Sixteen Study students participated in the
nba Fit Clinic led by the Director of the
Timberwolves Basketball Academy and
Basketball Hall-of-Famer Robert Parish.
In the Halo Road Race, in the 1 km run,
Laurence Bérard ’22 came first. In the 2
km race Tessa Hason came second, Amel
Melanson third and Victoria Hason came
fifth (all ’20). In the Senior School, in the
Bantam race, Grace Manning ’17 came first.
At the gmaa track and field championship, Shilloh Brathwaite ’17 won medals
in all five of her events: gold in the
80-meter sprint hurdles, silver in the long
jump, bronze in the 100-meter sprint,
bronze in the 200-meter sprint and
bronze in the high jump.
Grace Manning ’17 won a silver medal in
the 3000-meter run at the gmaa track
and field championship.
Emma Dubroca ’17 took home a bronze
medal in the Midget 1500-meter sprint
run, and a bronze in the 4x400 relay
along with Lisa-Marie Melatti, Layla
Razek, and Alexandra Wexler (all ’17).
The Study Bantam track team placed
third out of 21 teams.
The Study received a gmaa
sportsmanship certificate for effort,
positive attitude and courteousness to
others, teams and players alike.
Victoria Sebag, Aitana Juristo Andrade,
Kaela Alexander-Young, Grace Jast (all
’16), Marisa Dariotis and Victoria Beaulé
(both ’15) were awarded a bronze Duke of
Edinburgh award.
Amanda Nicol ’13 was honoured at a
special ceremony and received the
Lieutenant-Governor Medal for Youth.
This medal recognized her outstanding
commitment to academics and
community service.
Ballerinas Mia Calandriello ’20 and
Melissa Lu ’16 were selected to dance in
lead roles Les Grands Ballets Canadians
performance of The Nutcracker.
guest speaker at The Study’s Father
Daughter grades 5 to 8 breakfast.
Head of School Nancy Sweer was
appointed to the Greater Montréal
Amateur Athletic Association (gmaa)
Board of Directors.
community service
at the study
S
i on exige des élèves de 11e année
qu’elles effectuent 40 heures de travail
communautaire, les finissantes de The
Study en 2014 ont consacré en moyenne
plus de 100 heures au bénévolat.
Ella Rose Coderre ’24, Laurence Bérard,
Thérèse Fotso, Sophia Harasymowycz,
Charlotte Lebon, Ava Roza (all ’22),
Alexandra Kaine, Bianca Maselli, Mia Su
(all ’21), Mia Calandriello, Julia
Capolicchio, Emma Goucher, Tessa
Hason, Victoria Hason, Tara Seirafi and
Anna Xuyao Shi (all ’20) took part in the
television show Look Kool, an educational
series about math on tvokids.
Ainsi, nos élèves de l’école secondaire
ont généreusement donné plus de
4,000 heures de bénévolat à différents
organismes, comme Jeunesse au Soleil,
Le bon Dieu dans la rue, l’Hôpital
de Montréal pour enfants, diverses
résidences pour personnes âgées, Tyndale
St. Georges Community Centre, Splash &
Dash, L’institut Diria au Nicaragua, pour
n’en nommer que quelques-uns.
Sarah ’16 and sister Elodie ’18 Petrecca
also shone on the national junior elite
tennis circuit.
All 20 grade 11 girls who wrote the
Advanced Placement (AP) French
Language and Culture exam received a
five-on-five prefect score of excellence.
Students in grade 1 to grade 4 raised
$4,662.97 for the Terry Fox Foundation.
special achievements
Sabrina Nolan ’12 won the Governor
General’s Medal from Marianopolis
College and was accepted into the McGill
University pre-medicine program.
Yonje Rhee ’18 won seven medals at the
Provincial Swimming Championships,
she also ranked number one in Canada
for her 50-meter Fly at the competition.
Erica di Battista ’19 came seventh in the
Canadian Youth Tennis Championship in
Calgary.
T
he Ministry of Education (mels)
results for the June 2013 exams noted
The Study in the number 2 spot among
all private high schools in the province,
and number 1 spot among all English
private schools in Quebec.
Jessica Lu ’12 won the Margaret Taussig
award for excellence in Biology at
Marianopolis College. She was accepted
into the McGill University pre-medicine
program.
The Study, together with five other girls’
schools in the area, presented over
$120,000 to help treat women’s cancers
at St-Mary’s Hospital at the 19th Annual
Girls for the Cure Walk.
The girls in grade 7 and 8 went on
community service day trips to the
Friendship Circle, Dianne Richler Jteens
of Westmount, Step-by-Step Child
& Family Centre and the Tyndale St.
Georges Community Centre.
The Study hosted its second All Girls’
Student Leadership Conference for
grades 5, 6, and 7. The conference
empowered over 140 young women from
local Montreal schools.
The honourable Madam Justice Sarah
Pepall ’69 received The Study’s
prestigious Judy Elder Alumna Award.
Olivia Charette and Victoria Kent (both
’14) were awarded a gold Duke of
Edinburgh award.
Alumna Genie Bouchard ’11 became the
first Canadian to reach a senior woman
singles Grand Slam Final at Wimbledon.
Fifteen Senior School girls traveled
for a ten-day intensive Community
Service trip to our sister school in Diria,
Nicaragua. The girls raised over $3,000
on “Open Your Heart Day” and took
with them suitcases full of technology
equipment.
Clara Leduc, Noella Alexander-Young
(both ’14) and Victoria Beaulé ’15 were
awarded a silver Duke of Edinburgh
award.
The Honourable Justice Thomas (Tom)
Davis, father of two Study alumnae
(Courtney ’01 and Jessica ’03), was the
Students raised $8,513.29 during the
Annual Bazaar for the ymca Kanawana
Sam Lazarus Fund.
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