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Record of Achievement
2009–2010
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Other gold medalists were Jessica Lu
and Francesca Masella, and Ashley
Stendel and Margot Hadaya (all ’12).
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Silver medalists in the intermediate
category were Sabrina Roy, Myriam Gad,
Emilie Palisaitis, Karen Butt, Audrey
Leduc and Amanda Kost (all ’12).
arah Battat ’12 won a gold medal at
the Canada-Wide Science Fair
championship, held in Peterbourough,
Ontario, as well as $5,000 in scholarships and prizes at the intermediate
level. Sophie Bérubé ’11 and Patricia
Johnsson ’11 both received honourable
mentions and a $100 bursary.
At the Québec Final, four Study projects
qualified for the Canada-Wide Science
Fair: Patricia Johnsson and Sophie
Bérubé (both ’11), Sabrina Nolan, Sarah
Battat and Chloé Anassis (all ’12). Chloé
also won the Bronze medal in the intermediate division and the EnviroExpo
Via Rail Canada Award. The Study had
more finalists than any other school.
Seventeen students won medals in the
intermediate category at the Montreal
Regional Science & Technology Fair,
and five teams of the 12 that qualified
for provincials were Study teams.
In addition to winning gold medals,
many students also won other awards.
In grade 9, Sabrina Nolan won the
Concordia University Faculty of Arts
& Science Award, as well as their Exposciences Tuition Entrance Award, and
the Genome Quebec Bursary. Chloé
Anassis won a McGill University
Redpath Museum Award and the
“Centre québecois de recherche et de
développement de l’aluminium” Award.
Sarah Battat won the Concordia
University Faculty of Engineering and
Computer Science Award and their
Expo-Science Entrance Award, as well
as the McGill University Department of
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Award. Caroline Najjar and Carley
Sambrook won the McGill University
Faculty of Science Award and a McGill
University Redpath Museum Award.
Sophie Bérubé and Patricia Johnsson
(both ’11) won the McGill University
Biology Award and their Department
of Animal Science Award. Each of these
girls was also presented a Super ExpoSciences Bell Experimentation & Design
Award.
The senior robotics team, composed
of Mia Silva, Beatrice Bouchard, Felicia
Belli, Areej Jahangir, Myriam Gad, Julia
Facchino, Leila-Alexia Cattelan, Sophie
Bérubé, Sabrina Mach, Hailey Elder,
Sofia Essayan-Perez, Patricia Johnsson,
Shavaun Stendel (all ’11), Sarah Fortin,
Tatiana Cantarovich, Sophie ChabanneSalbaing, Eva Halabian, Brooke Levy
and Amelia Hirst (all ’10), won second
place in the kiosk category at the crc
Robotics Competition held at St-Maxime
High School in Laval.
Three grade 9 Study Robotics teams
were all awarded top three finishes in
one of four categories, out of 42 teams
at the First lego League Regional
Championship in Oshawa and qualified
for the Provincial Championship.
The Study’s physics team, composed of
Asli Buyukkurt, Sascha Wodoslowsky,
Jessica Weibel, Christina Catania, and
Talya Boisjoli (all ’10) took first place in
Montreal and won third place at the
Weizmann Institute’s 15th annual
Shalheveth Freier Physics Tournament
in Israel.
En mai, les élèves de la 6e et de la 7e
année ont participé à la fermeture d’une
capsule du temps qui sera ouverte en
2085 pour célébrer le 75e anniversaire de
l’Institut et de l’Hôpital Neurologiques
de Montréal.
Ten Senior Study students ranked in
the top 25 percent in Canada in the
Canadian Mathematics Competition:
Sarah Battat, Karen Butt, Jessica Lu,
Sabrina Nolan, Georgia Takacsy (all
’12), Sofia Essayan-Perez ’11, Asli
Buyukkurt, Raquel Roth, Natalia
Vilanova and Jessica Weibel (all ’10).
debating and
public speaking
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reej Jahangir ’12, Felicia Belli ’11
and Sophie Battat ’12 participated
in the Aristotle Cup, a debating tournament held at Marianopolis. Also at the
event, Sophie Bérubé ’11 placed second
overall out of 45 debaters.
At the qsda junior high-school tournament, in the teams category, Sabrina
Roy ’12 and Sarah Battat ’12 placed
fourth out of ten teams. In the individual category, Sarah Battat placed first,
and Sabrina Roy placed second.
At the National Debating championships in Calgary, Sarah Battat ’12 and
Sabrina Roy ’12 won third place team in
Canada and first place team in Quebec.
Sarah placed 3rd in Canada and first in
Quebec.
Sabrina Roy ’12, a terminé en troisième
place à la finale d’art oratoire du qais.
Sarah Battat ’12 and Sophie Bérubé ’11
placed second overall as a team at the
North American Debating Qualifier
and went on to compete at the
championships in Winnipeg.
writing and
essay competition
amantha Sambrook ’15 s’est vue
décerner le premier prix pour le 3e
cycle du primaire dans le secteur
francophone au concours « visez droit »,
organisé par le Barreau de Montréal.
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Fiona Hamilton ’15 a terminé en
première place durant la finale locale de
la dictée p.g.l.
Samantha Backman’12 won third place
in the polar Expressions competition
and a cash prize. In grade two, Sonia
Blinderman also won a cash prize.
Every year, the Commonwealth Essay
Competition inspires about 60,000
young writers from Commonwealth
countries scattered all over the world,
such as the United Kingdom, Canada,
Australia, Malaysia, India, Jamaica,
South Africa, to name a few. Now over
100 years old, this Competition is the
oldest and largest essay competition in
the world.
This year, Leila Cattelan ’11 received
second prize and Sofia Essayan-Perez
’11 received third prize, in their age category. Nikita Tafazoli ’16 was awarded a
certificate and prize for first place Essay
Competition. She won in the youngest
age category, for all of Quebec.
Hailey Elder ’11 won first place in the
qais Senior Essay Competition.
In the McEntyre writing competition,
seven Study students placed in their age
categories. In grade 1, Eloïse Wein was
awarded first place. In grade 3, Sophia
Tone won first place. In grade 5, Nikita
Tafazoli was awarded first place. In
grade 7, Zoe Zeitouni was awarded third
place. In grade 9, Audrey Leduc won
second place and Stephanie Claxton
received an Honourable mention.
Fifteen students from grade 3 through 6
attended the 12th annual Blue Metropolis Literary Festival. The Study writers
spent the day with Canadian author and
winner of the Mom’s Choice Awards in
2008, Joyce Scharf.
Karen Butt ’12 won the 500-word
nasa/ California Institute of Technology worldwide essay competition in the
9th to 12th grade category.
the arts
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he Study Concert Band, consisting
of 28 students from grade 7 to grade
11, earned a silver ranking at the New
York City Heritage Festival for their
performance of “Free Spirit Overture”
by Jerry Williams, “Irish Legends” by
James Cunrow and “Alamo” by Karl
L. King.
Study musicians in grade 7 and 8 were
selected to attend the “Beginner
Honour Band” hosted by the Quebec
Band Association.
Kristina Fryml, Taylor Nayman,
Stephanie-Marie Iacuessa and Kristen
Crandall (all ’10) were selected to attend
the Quebec Band Associations’s annual
“Honour Band.”
For the second year in a row, The Study
won the gmaa Sportsmanship banner
for their effort, positive attitude,
level-headedness and courteousness to
others.
Thirty Study cast and crew members in
grades 9, 10 and 11 put on two spectacular sold out performances of one of
the world’s best known musicals, CATS.
Student Eleni Metrakos ’11 moved the
audience to tears with her mature and
soulful performance of the musical’s
most beloved number, “Memories.”
Additional popular numbers included
the performance “Rum Tum Tugger”
by Sascha Wodoslawsky ’10, as well as
multiple performances by Julianne
Brock ’10 as Jemima, Leila Cattelan ’11,
as Demeter, and Asli Buyukkurt ’10 as
the “magical, mystical” Mr. Mistoffeles.
The Study’s Bantam Volleyball team
won the gmaa silver medal.
Les élèves de la sixième année ont
présenté Alice au pays des merveilles
d’après l’œuvre de Lewis Carroll.
The Grade 7 and 8 Study players presented “Hollywood Hotels” produced
and directed by grade 11 students.
athletics
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acqueline Perron-Smith ’13 won
seven gmaa Track and Field medals
including four gold. In addition, she
was awarded the aggregate plaque for
being the top athlete in the Bantam girls
category.
Over 7,000 runners participated in the
Elementary and Senior Halo Race.
Carolyn Smith ’13 placed second in the
2km run, Jackie Orr ’12 placed fifth in
the 4 km run, Talya Boisjoli ’10 placed
third in the 5km run and Raquel Roth
’10 placed fourth in the same category.
The Elementary school runners also
represented the school very well:
Mathilde Dumas ’18 placed fourth in
the 1 km run. In the second heat, Mia
Edger-Lacoursière, Zoe Yin-Pak Wong,
Gabriela Carrara, and Layla Razek (all
’17) took first to fourth place. In the 2
km race, Mikaela Ludwick and Marina
Vilanova (both ’16) placed first and
second.
The Bantam Tennis team, midget crosscountry skiing, and midget basketball
team also received their GMAA
championship banners.
The Study’s Midget Basketball team
won the Bishop’s College School invitational tournament. In addition, Study
basketball players received individual
awards. Emilie Palisaitis ’12 won the
most valuable player trophy and
Jacqueline Perron-Smith ’13 won the
tournament’s all-star trophy.
Emily Palisaitis ’13 also went on to win
the gmaa overall mvp award in the
Midget basketball division.
Four-time Canadian Olympic Ice
Hockey medalist and Harvard University graduate, Jennifer Botterill, gave an
inspiring keynote speech at The Study’s
2010 Athletic Banquet on May 27.
Study Alumna, and Olympic rower,
Andréanne Morin (’98) joined International Olympic Committee member
Richard Pound, and Westmount Mayor
Peter Trent on the steps of City Hall to
welcome the Olympic flame along with
enthusiastic Study athletes and coaches.
special
achievements
ll 31 of The Study’s 2010 graduating
students were accepted into their
first choice post-secondary institution
including six students who chose
Collège Jean-de Brébeuf.
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Grade 8 student Sara Ordonselli shaved
her head as part of her valiant effort to
support the Quebec Breast Cancer
Foundation. She raised over $4,000 for
the cause.
Dans le cadre de leur cour d’entrepreneuriat, les élèves en 9e année ont eu le
défi de trouver des produits québecois,
dans le but de les lancer sur le marché
chinois. Après avoir preparé leur plans
de marketing, les dépliants publicitaires,
et les kiosks, elles sont allées en Chine
pour promouvoir leurs produits à la
foire commerciale de Jiangmen.
Mia Silva, Emily Campbell, Felicia
Belli, and Areej Janangir (all ’11)
attended the annual CAIS Student
Leadership Conference held at Strathcona-Tweedsmuir School in Calgary.
Six Study students received the Silver
Duke of Edinburgh award, which
requires participants to engage in
community service, practice a skill such
as music for 12 months, and a physical
activity for 5 months. The award
recipients were Tatiana Cantarovich,
Kristen Crandall, Sascha Wodoslawsky,
Alexandra Quigley, Talya Boisjoli,
Sophie Chabanne-Salbaing, and
Anastasia Johnson (all ’10).
Hailey Elder ’11 was one of three
students to represent Canada at the
2nd International Chinese Bridge
Proficiency Competition for Foreign
Secondary School Students, held in
Chongqing, China.
Legendary school spirit was evident
during a full school assembly where
The Study had their biggest surprise
dance party ever, led by head girl
Sascha Wodoslawwsky ’10.
Study Alumna Jessica Magonet ’09 was
awarded a full scholarship from International Polar Year and traveled
through Canada’s arctic as part of
a polar education program called
“Students on Ice.” She learned about
the wildlife, geography and the dangers
they face, through polar experts who
joined the expedition.
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Study Alumna Julia Deutsch ’08
assumed a leadership role as the codirector of the national university
debating championships, held at Marianopolis. It was the first time a cegep or
college hosted the event.
Anastasia Johnson ’10 was recognized
by the Jamaican America Friendship
Association for her pivotal role in the
creation, and ongoing support of the
annual “Music Through the Ages
Concert.”
community service
at the study
i on exige des élèves de 11e année
qu’elles effectuent 40 heures de
travail communautaires, les finissantes
de The Study en 2010, elles ont consacré
en moyenne plus de 100 heures au
bénévolat.
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Ainsi, nos élèves de 11e année ont
genereusement donné plus de 1 300
heures de bénévolat à différents organismes, comme Jeuness au Soleil, Le bon
Dieu dans la rue, l’Hôpital de Montréal
pour enfants, diverses residences pour
personnes âgées, Splash and Dash pour
n’en nommer que quelques-uns.
Sofia Essayan-Perez ’11 was awarded the
Youth in Philanthropy Award from the
Association of Fundraising Professionals for her efforts to coordinate
science-related workshops for
Nicaraguan girls. Another Study
Alumna and parent, Erika FloresLudwick ’88, was also named “Outstanding Volunteer of the Year.”
Grade 9, 10 and 11 girls raised funds for
a University scholarship for two young
women in Nicaragua. The girls travelled
to Diriá, a rural village in Nicaragua,
during their spring break for a oneweek intensive community service trip
to honor the two recipients. They also
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helped build a potable water tank and
tower, which provides the community
with a constant supply of drinking
water.
Seventy-five students in grades 5 to 11
raised funds for the St. Gabriel’s Parish
food basket campaign, by old-fashioned
door-to-door caroling. They raised over
$700 that was used for food vouchers
given to 21 families by the school.
Grade 8 students spent a day at the
N.D.G. food depot lending a helping
hand, sorting and packing nonperishable food items in the spirit of
sharing with those less fortunate over
the holiday season.
A group of grade 6 girls composed of
Taylor Geyer, Asia Al-Zawahri, Megan
Kouri and Francesca Scardera, organized a benefit concert to help kids in
Haiti. They raised $1,881 for Free The
Children, the world’s largest network
of children helping children through
education.
This past year, as part of Girls for
The Cure, our girls joined five other
independent girls’ schools to raise a
combined amount of $125,000 to help
fund women’s cancer related treatments
and services at St-Mary’s Hospital.
Pour la deuxième année d’affilée,
l’école a envoyé des bénévoles à la série
d’exposés médicaux de la mini-école de
l’hôpital de Montréal pour enfants du
cusm.
Amalia Liogas, The Study’s Director of
IT, received national recognition
in the educator category for her work
with Free the Children (Me to We).
She was nominated by Study alumna
Jessica Magonet ’09.
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