2008 - 2009
Results from MusicFest
Bronze : Concert Choir Nationals
Silver: Chamber Strings Nationals
Intermediate Concert Band Nationals
Senior Jazz Band Nationals
Gold: Wind Ensemble Regional and Nationals
Intermediate Concert Band Regionals
Senior Jazz Band Regionals
Senior Concert Band Regionals and Nationals
Canadian National Parks Poster Contest
Sukvir S. 3rd
Waleed B.5th
ECCO Computing Competition: Two Teams tied for second place in Peel.
Team A: Andrew D., Zheng W., and Tian X.
Team B: Ahson K., Alex K., and Ke L.
OFSAA Badminton Championships: Gold and Silver for The Woodlands
Clayton L. 2nd in the province in Flight A of Men's Singles
Ryan L. and Stephanie L. 1st in in the province Flight A in Mixed Doubles
Wenzhangzhi 5th in the Ladies' Singles at ROPSSAA
Michelle L. has a Stellar Golf Season
Canadian Junior Golf Association (CJGA) Mizunao Junior Nationals - 1st place
(Barrie)
Canadian Junior Golf Association Nike National - 3rd place (Oakville)
Golf Association of Ontario (GAO) Junior Girls Match Play - 1st place (Owen
Sound)
Golf Association of Ontario (GAO) Ontario Junior Girls (provincial Juvenile
team) - tied for 7th (Goderich)
Golf Association of Ontario (GAO) Women's Amateur - tied for 8th (Bay of
Quinte)
OFSAA Women's Golf(Oakville)- Gold Medalist
Royal Canadian Golf Association (RCGA) Canadian Junior Girls - tied for 13th
(Winnipeg)
Royal Canadian Golf Association (RCGA) CN Futures Links Prairie - 1st place
(Saskatoon)
Royal Canadian Golf Association (RCGA) CN Futures Links Prairie - 1st place
(Saskatoon)
Grade 11 and 12 Ontario Accounting Contest
Grade 11 Results: all Woodlands Students score in the top 8%
Tahir Z. – 2nd place
Tiffany L. – tied for 3rd place
Timo S. – tied for 3rd place
Urja M. – tied for 4th place
Palash A. - tied for 4th place
Grade 12 results: all Woodlands Students score in the top 10%
Andrew D. – 3rd place
Zheng W. – 4th place
Ke L. – 5th place
Other top 20 winners: Raghav G., Kate L., Kenny Y., Ken W., and Dantong W.
Mathematics
University of Waterloo Fryer Math Contest
Zion L. Gold Standard
Andy L. Gold Standard
Freid T. Gold Standard
University of Waterloo Galois Math Contest
Daniel T. Gold Standard
Mian W. Gold Standard
Gordan Y. Gold Standard
Cheng Z. Gold Standard
University of Waterloo Hypatia Math Contest
Tian X. Gold Standard
University of Waterloo Pascal Math Contest
Iyer G. Honour Roll
Jonathan M. Honour Roll
University of Waterloo Cayley Math Contest
Joel T. Honour Roll
University of Waterloo Euclid Math Contest
Andrew D. Honour Roll
University of Waterloo Fermat Math Contest
Ryan K. Honour Roll
ROPSSAA Championship for Badminton
Regional Bronze Medal Winners
Helen Z.
Regional Silver Medal Winners
Benjamin H.
Amy X.
Hank X.
Daniel T.
Regional Gold Medal Winners
Kitty C
Victor H.
Michael L.
Janet L.
Special congratulations to Andrew L. for placing in the top 16 in national
Competition in Edmonton, advancing to the quarter final round in the
provincial championships in Barrie, winning gold in the High performance
Circuit in Kitchener and achieving an 6th place ranking in the National Men's
under 19 category.
The University of Waterloo Sir Isaac Newton Physics Contest
Great news from Mr. Shaikh:
The Woodlands Physics Team placed 4th nation-wide!
Placing in the top 20%ile: Ke. L., Lun L., and Kurtis. M.
Placing in the top 10%ile:
92.68%ile Alex Y.
94.74%ile Andrew D.
97.08%ile Ragav G.
97.08%ile Nicholas Z.
99.38%ile Will. W.
99.35%ile Tian X.
Ontario Association of Physics Teachers - Grade 11 Physics Contest:
Out of 1116 students writing province- wide, Tian X. placed 7th overall!
Congratulations!
Guelph Science Olympics
On May 28, more than 30 high schools from Ontario competed in a variety of
science challenges and The Woodlands brought home 2 gold medals, a silver and
a bronze!
Gold Medal - Circuit Sleuths - Adam M., Ahson K., Vishaal P., Raghav G.
Silver Medal - Math Gladiatorials - Ahson K., Ke L. Andrew D., Zheng W.
Bronze Medal- Survivor Biology - Marcus H., Roshan D, Jeremy H., Beini W.
P.S. Congratulations also go to Mr. Rosenblood who came first in the teacher
competition!
University of Toronto National Biology Competition
Once again The Woodlands is in the list of top schools internationally, but
with a depth of field that shows the strength of our students and our
program. Woodlands Students in the top 20% of 5463 contestants are:
Tina B., Hao Chun L., Daniel K., Hannah M., Bieni W., Sally K., Perry G.,
Jungho R., Joanna X.
In the top 10 % are:
Alex Y. 91.3%ile
Yi Fan L. 92.9%ile
Andrew D. 94.2%ile
Aileen L. 94.8%ile
…and leading the team, having written from the DECA competition in
California, in the 95.1%ile, Adam M. Special thanks to the DECA sponsors
for hosting a sattelite contest for Woodlands students and students from
other schoools as well.
Michael Smith Challenge
876 students from across the country wrote this contest.
Cheng Z - 2nd Place in Canada, 1st Place in Ontario
Charlie G. - 2nd Place in Ontario
Claire D. - top 10 %
Jim C. - top 10 %
Dickson W. - top 10 %
Helen S. - top 10 %
Steven L. - top 25 %
Shannon W. - top 25 %
The Woodlands Math Contest
There were 47 students who participated in the 2008 Canadian Open
Mathematical Olympiad. Out of these 47 participants, we had 17 successfully
earn an award of distinction (top 25% of all contest writers)and one student
qualify for the Canadian Mathematical Olympiad. Congratulations to all the
participants!
Senior 2009 Canadian Computing Competition
A heart felt congratulations to Zheng W. who placed 15th in Canada and was the
highest ranking student in Peel Region.
Peel Robotics Competition
The Woodlands Junior Robotics Team travelled to Aurora to Robofest. Team 2
captured the "Artistic Drawing" Silver Medal with Sachary L. and Jonathan M.
drawing a very precise and fun loving stick figure which the judges loved for
its precision. Other members of Team 2 were: Bryce W., Vinh K., Nguyen H.,
Damien P. and Calvin J.
Team 1 was successful in securing a position in the quarter finals of
the "Performance Challenge" with the programming skills of Steven L., Charlie
G. and Hank X. Their trouble shooting was evident right down to the very end,
modifying both hardware and software. Complementing the team were Brian H.,
Richard M., John S. on the Artistic drawings.
The Senior Robotics team competed for the Bronze Medal at the Peel
Technological Skills Competition. Purussoth S. and Chen G. represented our
school with theirtennis ball Connect 4 robot. They were commended for
their "Keep It Simple" design, but due to technical difficulties were unable
to secure a place in the Ontario Skills competition.
Best of Class!
Jason L., one of our grade 9 music students, won a Gold and Best of Class
with a mark of 94 in the Open Piano Romantic Composer Class. He was competing
mostly with university students,some of whom were music majors!
2007 - 2008
Chem 13 News
This is the senior chemistry exam. 2790 students wrote and our very own
Thanh N. ranked 4th overall. His teammates had very impressive scores as
well.
100 %ile Thanh N.
91 %ile Michael M.
87 %ile Alex Y.
82 %ile Kurtis M.
81 %ile Raghav G.
79 %ile Benny Z.
Avagadro
This grade 11 chemistry exam written by 4841 students. Again, Team Woodlands
did extremely
well.
99% ile Kurtis M.
99 %ile Andrew D.
98 %ile Gorazd T.
98 %ile Raghav G.
95 %ile Adam M.
93 %ile Tina B.
92 %ile David P
91 %ile Siddhant M.
90 %ile Forest L.
84 %ile Sirui Z
81 %ile Joanna X.
RobotX Championship - Woodlands Students win First Place
Congratulations to Bryce W. and Purussoth S. who, teamed with students from
Vancouver, designed
built a robot appropriately named "Shredder".
Stellar Awards
Business
Annie D. and Jedy W.
First, DECA International - Financial Management Decision Making
Joanna X. and May Z.
First, DECA International - Hospitality Management Decision Making
Varun B. and Kenny Y,
Second, DECA - Financial Management Decision Making
Farhad. B.
Second, DECA - Restaurant and Food Services Marketing
Andrew D., Karen Lien, Siddhant M. and Jackson T.
Third, DECA Quiz Bowl
Science, Technology and Design
Umair B. and Junaid I.
Bronze - Virtual Robotics
Matt A. and Deyu W
First Place - Search and Rescue Team
Jake A. and Calvin J.
Second Place - Search and Rescue Team
Arts and Creative Writing
Senior Jazz Band
Gold - MusicFest Canada
Gold - Musicfest Ontario
Wind Ensemble
Gold - MusicFest Canada
Gold - MusicFest Ontario
Senior Concert Band
Gold - MusicFest Ontario
Mathematics
Xiaokun Y.
Gold Standard - Fryer Contest
Cheng Z.
Gold Standard - Fryer Contest
Andrew D.
Gold Standard - Perfect Score - Hypatia Contest
Xuan H.
Gold Standard - Hypatia Contest
Hao Chen L.
Gold Standard - Hypatia Contest
Zheng W.
Gold Standard - Hypatia Contest
Matthew W.
Gold Standard - Perfect Score - Pascal Contest
Bruce L.
Provincial Medalist - Canadian Open Mathematics Challenge
Valedictorian Selection
Congratulations to Derek C. on being elected Valedictorian of the
Class of 2008!
Congratulations! Felicitations!
The organizing committee of Le Concours U of T French Contest 2008
has awarded to Florence M. the 2nd Prize - Prix d'excellence en
francais".
Peel's John Fraser Scholarship to Marius M.
This scholarship is awarded annually to a graduating student who has
displayedexemplary skill in writing and is planning to pursue post-
secondary studies in a related field. Congratulations!
The Woodlands is on the U of T Biology Competition Top Schools List!
11th Thanh N. offer of a $5000 entrance scholarship
99.8%ile National Biology Scholar with Distinction
$50 cash prize
182nd
96.6%ile Sandra K. National Biology Scholar
88.6%ile Benny Z.
84.4%ile Benjamin L.
81.8%ile Kai Y.
80.1%ile Florence M.
76.6%ile Aileen L.
75.3%ile Andrew D.
75.3%ile Serena L.
75.3%ile Shreya S.
Music Double Gold in Canada
The Jazz Band and the Wind Ensemble both received Gold Standings at
the national
competition in Ottawa.
Ontario Association of Physics Teachers Contest
Out of 1762 contestants,
Raghav G. ranked 16th,
Tian X. ranked 22nd,
Zheng W.ranked 44th
Sirui Z. ranked 82nd in Ontario. Well done!
University of British Columbia's Michael Smith Science Challenge
Two Woodlands Students in the top 10 percentile
Matt L. and Tian X. - Congratulations!
Geography: Great Canadian Geography Challenge
School champion, Jerry X., was one of only 42 students from across
Canada (only 10 from Ontario) to be invited to participate in the online
National Finals of the Great Canadian Geography Challenge. Jerry placed
an amazing 18th nationally. Fantastic!
DECA Team - International Competition - 100% win
All eleven of the students from The Woodlands DECA team placed in the top 10
in the
international finals in Atlanta!!
Niayti M. - top 10 multiple choice
George T. - top ten in oral case and a finalist
Lily F. - finalist and top 10 in the finals
Grace F. - top ten in multiple choice , top 10 in the
finals
Kenny Y & Varun B. - finalists
Farhad B. - top 10 in oral case, finalist
Joanna X. - top 10 in oral case, top 10 in the finals
May Z.- top 10 in oral case, top 10 in multiple choice,
top 10 in the finals
Annie D. & Jedy W. - top 10 in oral case, top 10 in multiple choice,
winners of the first place trophy in the finals.
Sears Drama Festival Award Winners
The Adjudicator's Award for Hosting
- The Woodlands' Stage Crew and Front of House
Sound and Lighting award of Merit for "Malevolence"
- Claire D., Peter W., Hillary C. and Sam F.
Playwriting and Directing awards of merit for
"Eggs, Milk, Bread, I Love You"
- Karina Palmitesta
Playwriting, Directing, Composition awards of Excellence for "Malevolence"
Outstanding New Play Award for "Of Bunnies and Rabbits"
Playwriting Award of Excellence for "Of Bunnies and Rabbits"
- Marius Masalar
Robotics Success
Tuesday, Woodlands hosted the Peel Regional Qualifiers for Skills Ontario
Virtual Robotics competition. Umair B. and Junaid I. tackled the task of
learning Fisher technique hardware and Microsoft Robotics Studio to design a
robot and power it to victory.
On Wednesday, the Robotics Team travelled to George Brown College's "Tech in
the City, Micromania Competition". This maze solving robotic challenge
hosted schools from across the GTA to solve the maze in the least amount of
time. Woodlands came away big winners. First place was won by Bruce L. and
Josh L. with their robot called Lucky. Third place was won by Umair and
Junaid with their robot Freddy.
2006-2007
Deca Award Winners 2006 -2007
Regionals
First Place Winners
Quiz Bowl: A. Ravi, K. Lien, J. Tian, S. Sadagopan
Sports and Entertainment Marketing (Individual): J. Wu
Sports and Entertainment Marketing Decision Making (Team):
J. Younan and K. Wu
Business Law and Ethics Decision Making (Team):
S. Khemraj and P. Sood
Financial Management Decision Making (Team): A. Dai and J. Wang
Buying and Merchandising Decision Making (Team): J. Xu and M. Zhang
Second Place Winners
Travel and Tourism Decision Making (Team): M. Kim and F. Mok
Hotel and Lodging Marketing (Individual): T. Lee
Sports and Entertainment Marketing (Individual): A. Mistry
Third Place Winners
Hospitality Marketing Decision Making (Team): R. Chandra and J. Musgrave
Provincials
First Place Winners
Quiz Bowl: A. Ravi, K. Lien, J. Tian, S. Sadagopan
Sports and Entertainment Marketing Decision Making (Team):
J. Younan and K. Wu
Financial Management Decision Making (Team): A. Dai and J. Wang
Business Law and Ethics Decision Making (Team):
S. Khemraj and P. Sood
Second Place Winners
Fashion Marketing Plan: A. Singh
Waterloo Case: J. Smith
Third Place Winners
Waterloo Case: A. Zhang
Hudson’s Bay Case: T. Zaman
E-commerce Marketing Decision Making (Team):
R. Chandra and J. Musgrave
Fourth Place Winners
Sports and Entertainment Marketing (Individual): A. Mistry
Retail Marketing Services (Individual): J. Lau
Hospitality Marketing Decision Making (Team): L. Li and C. Liu
Entrepreneurial Research Project: K. Li
A. Zhang and J. Smith also each won a $2 000 entrance scholarship
to the University of Waterloo.
November 11 – University and High School DECA Competition
First Place Winners:
G. Jain, R. Patel, K. Wu, S. Khemraj, P. Sood,
J.Boye, A. Bucktowonsing, A. Dai, and J. Wang.
The Marion Drysdale Award Ceremonies!
First Place
Honourable Mention
McMaster Science and Engineering Olympics
GOLD Medal - Egg-drop Team
2005 - 2006
Grade 11 Accounting Contest
first and third place in Peel
second in Ontario
Grade 12 Accounting Contest
second in Peel
MacMaster French Competition
first place
Canadian National Mathematics League
10th Place Overall
Credit Humber Association for Mathematics Promotion (CHAMP)
Top Team Grade 11
Canadian Open Mathematics Contest
Placed three students in top 5%
qualified for Canadian Mathematical Olympiad
Waterloo Contests
Grade 12 Euclid 45th in Canada
23rd in Ontario
2nd in our region
23 students placed in the top 25%
Grade 11 Fermat
30th in Canada
17th in Ontario
2nd in our region
Grade 10 Cayley
194 in Canada
88th in Ontario
7th in our region
Grade 9 Pascal
10th in Canada
6th in Ontario
1st in our region
38 students placed in the top 25%
Fryer, Galois, and Hypatia Contests
(more challenging Waterloo contests for Grade 9, 10, 11 respectively)
8 students receiving a Gold Standard award (top 4-5%)
9 students receiving a Silver Standard award (top 12-15%)
12 students receiving a Bronze Standard award (top 25%)
University of Toronto National Biology Competition
2 students higher than 90%ile
9 students 80%ile - 90%ile
6 students 70%ile - 80%ile
Searfest District Level
Award of Merit
Writing and Direction of Park Bench
Invitation to the Regional Competition at
HartHouse, University of Toronto
Searfest District Level
Award of Merit
Ensemble of Tick Tock
Searfest District Level
Awards of Merit
Two members of the cast of Tick Tock
Senior Repertiore Class
Double Gold Standing at the Musicfest Regional
An invitation to the Nationals next year in Calgary.
Senior Jazz Band
Double Gold Standing at the Musicfest Regional
An invitation to the Nationals next year in Calgary.
The Woodlands Concert Choir
Kiwanis Music Festival in Toronto
Mark in the 90's.
20 Woodlands Students
have received
Certificates of Distinction
in the
Canadian Open Mathematics Challenge
Region of Peel E-waste Award – Second Place
Community Environment Alliance
The Woodlands DECA Business Team
35 ribbons and medals
for top scores in province-wide competition!
First Place: Hospitality Marketing
First Place: Sports Marketing
Third Place: Hudson's Bay Event
Honourable Mention
Marion Drysdale Competition
Poetry and Prose
Senior/University Level Category
First Place
Poetry and Prose
Marion Drysdale Competition
Intermediate Academic Category
Gold Medal
McMaster Science Olympics
Biology Team
Toronto Biotechnology Award
Top Student in Science
$100