Group 4 Fighting Island Trip

All grade 11 IB science students participated in the trip to Fighting Island where they ran science experiments in the areas of biology, chemistry, physics and computer science.  They  engaged in the interdisciplinary collaboration with fellow students while having tons of fun.. 2017 Group 4 Project ! 

 

 A special thanks to Mr. Chiandussi for accompanying the students.  We wish you all the best on your retirement.

University of Waterloo Winners!!

Several of our senior science students participated recently in the annual University of Waterloo Chemistry Exam. These rigorous papers are meant to probe the chemistry knowledge of the brightest students who have completed or are currently taking senior chemistry courses. As usual the Raiders performed extremely well. 

grade 12 student Catherine Pham placed 1st in Windsor in the Chemistry 13 Exam in which was written by over 2000 from across Canada. Congratulations Catherine and good luck next year at the university.

Twenty grade 11 students participated in the Avogadro exam written by over 4200 participants from across Canada. From these the top three at Assumption are:

In the third place: Dahn Phan who also placed in the 80th percentile in Canada.

In the second place: Monika Kojic, who placed 2nd in Windsor and also placed in the 80th percentile in Canada.

Finally in first place: Alexander Borden (aka Quatro) who placed 1st in Windsor and was in the 80th percentile in Canada.