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Department Newsletter 109
Department Newsletter

What is AP?

February 1, 2016

​“Advanced Placement” refers to a set of courses that are geared towards gifted and/or very highly motivated students who are often finished the regular material and are looking for something more interesting and challenging. Typical AP students are high achievers, curious, motivated, driven to excel and interested in breadth of study. The course content includes topics often taught in University as an extension to present high school curriculum. More information on AP can be found at the two web sites: http://apcentral.collegeboard.com (this is the home site of AP) and http://www.ap.ca
NHS currently offers AP courses in History (European History), Mathematics (Calculus and Statistics), and Science (Biology, Chemis-try and Physics). Students in the French Immersion program can write the AP French exam without taking a specific AP course, as the excellent preparation in their current courses is more than sufficient for them to be successful.<br />
As the end of semester 1 approaches, many of our grade 11 and 12 students will continue to work on their present courses into next semester. They will be preparing for their Advanced Placement (AP) Exams – to be written in the first two weeks of May.<br />
If you have any questions, feel free to contact the AP subject teachers at NHS.

University of Waterloo Math Contests

July 7, 2016

Congratulations to the students who participated in the University of Waterloo Math Contests. 

 

The Canadian Senior and Intermediate Mathematics Contests (CSMC and CIMC) are two contests designed to give students the opportunity to have fun and to develop their mathematical problem solving ability.  It is for students in Grades 10 or 9 or below (CIMC) and senior secondary school (CSMC); motivated students in lower grades are also encouraged to write these contests.

A school's team score consists of the sum of the scores of its five highest scoring official contestants.  Our Intermediate team scored 11th in our zone and 42nd in the province.  Congratulations to Lindsay Toffolo, Vasily Kapustin, Andrew Su, Nicholas Mota, Richard Sun and Shirley Sukachev.  Our top scorer, Lindsay Toffolo, ranked 8th in our zone and 178th (of 4085) in the province.

Our Senior team scored 13th in our zone and 43rd in province.  Congratulations to Gregory Wong, Devanjith Ganepola, Kathryn Toffolo, Jeff Niu and Ryan Lithgow.  Our top scorer, Gregory Wong, ranked 117th in our zone and 282nd (of 4331) in the province   

The Pascal, Cayley and Fermat Contests are an opportunity for students to have fun and to develop their mathematical problem solving ability.  A school's team score consists of the sum of the scores of the three highest scoring eligible students.

Students in Grade 9 or below are eligible to write the Pascal Contest.  Our school team ranked 15th in our zone (49 schools).  Congratulations to our team:  Daniel Hui, Joy Chen, Bill Cui and Jacob Wadsworth.  Our top scorer, Daniel Hui, rank 71st in our zone, 436th (of 10091) in the province.   

Students in Grade 10 or below are eligible to write the Cayley Contest. Our school team ranked 12th in our zone (49 schools).  Congratulations to our team:  Lindsay Toffolo, Emily Anas, Ethan Chisamore Johnston, Joshua Dunn and Harry Zhao.  Our top scorer, Lindsay Toffolo, ranked 5th (of 1047) in our zone, 21st (of 8260) in the province.

Students in Grade 11 or below are eligible to write the Fermat Contest.  Our school team  ranked 31st in our zone (50 schools).  Congratulations to our team:  Eric Zan, Ryan Lithgow, Mitchell Vendrov, Vincenzo Alaimo and James Watkinson.  Our top scorer, Eric Zan, 193rd (of 939) in our zone and 869th (of 6775) in the province.

The Fryer, Galois and Hypatia Math Contests are an opportunity for students to write a full-solution contest. They are fun way to develop mathematical problem solving skills through a written mathematical activity.

Students in Grade 9 or below are eligible to write the Fryer Contest.  Our school team (top five scores) ranked 8th of 21 schools in our zone and 24th of 48 schools in the province.  Congratulations to this year’s top five contest writers:  Andrew Su, Bill Cui, Richard Sun, Luke Klassen, and Daniel Lu.  Our top scorer, Andrew Su, ranked 11th (of 289) for our zone and 40th (of 2146) in the province.

Students in Grade 10 or below are eligible to write the Galois Contest.  Our school team (top five scores) ranked 11th of 21 schools in our zone and 34th of 49 schools in the province.  Congratulations to Lindsay Toffolo, Vasily Kapustin, Emily Anas, Harry Zhao and Josh Dunn.  Our top scorer, Lindsay Toffolo, ranked 11th (of 306) for our zone and 51st (of 2058) in the province.

Students in Grade 11 or below are eligible to write the Hypatia Contest.  Our school team (top five scores) ranked 20th of 26 schools in our zone.  Congratulations to Tulsi Rajani, Mitchell Vendrdov, Eric Zan, Ryan Lithgow and Vincenzo Alaimo.  Our top scorer, Tulsi Rajani, ranked 124th (of 361) in the zone and 496th (of 2118) in the province.

The Euclid Mathematics Contest is an opportunity for students to have fun and to develop their mathematical problem solving ability.  The Euclid is open to students in their final year of secondary school and motivated students in lower grades.  A school's team score consists of the sum of the scores of its three highest scoring official contestants.  Congratulations to Jeff Niu, Kathryn Toffolo, and Gregory Wong.  Our top scorer, Jeff Niu, ranked 107th (of 7000) in Ontario.​

 
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