Woodlands School Council

The Woodlands was all golden at the Golden Horseshoe Music Festival this past Wednesday as  the Intermediate and Senior Concert Bands and Wind Ensemble all earned Gold Standings .  The Jazz Bands continued the week earning a Silver for the Intermediate  Jazz Band and a Gold for the Senior Jazz Band.  All the ensembles  have been invited to the Nationals taking place in Ottawa next May.  The adjudicators applauded the outstanding solo and ensemble work that each group brought to their polished performances.  The level of commitment and musicianship resonated in each ensemble and we are so fortunate to enjoy this fabulous gift of music. 

Congratulations to all of our outstanding musicians and the music teachers for your work and for upholding the continued standard of excellence here at The Woodlands School.

Twenty-three students from the Woodlands Robotics competed in the 8th annual Canadian National Robot Games this past Sunday at the Ontario Science Center and were very successful.  The Woodlands team was awarded a thermostatically controlled Soldering Station for being the largest team in attendance. Damien P. won Gold in the Advanced Line-Following Competition upsetting a 4 year reign by Truffle Pig.  Damien's speedy little robot was quite the crowd pleaser.  Increasingly challenging line courses posed problems but Damien's robot navigated to capture First. Woodlands took all three medals in the Search and Rescue.  Bronze was won by Viren G.,Silver was won by Mark S., and Gold was won by Sachin D..  This competition required rescuing a bear and returning it to the hospital by both autonomous and remote controlled robots. 

A great start to the robotic season saw Woodlands setting the stage for a very sportsmanlike and successful season.  Well done!

The Senior Girls volleyball team kicked off their season with a win against St. Martins.  Leading the Rams with kills was Tammy D. and Lisa B.  Way to go girls!  Next home game is this coming Wednesday.

Student Standings by Grade:

This showed to be a far tougher round than the first, but we still as a school have a perfect score and so we're still number 1 in the country, well done!!  The turnout was again very strong with 187 contestants writing.  The scoring breakdowns are as follows:

Score                                # of People

6                                                6

5                                                14

4                                                45

3                                                61

2                                                42

1                                                19   

The overall scoring leaders ended up as follows:

Grade 9

Name                                      Score

James J.                                     9

Sachin D.                                    8

Maxwell T.                                  8

Six students tied for 4th              7

Grade 10

Name                                      Score

Andy L.                                       11

Six students tied for 2nd place     10

Grade 11

Name                                      Score

Alex L.                                         12

Cheng Z.                                     12

Matt W.                                       11

Gordon Y.                                    11

5 students tied for 4th                  7

Grade 12

Name                                      Score

Tian X.                                         12

Ryan K.                                        11

Kevin T.                                        11

Jim Z.                                           11

Five students tied for 5th place    10

Students were expected to make a windmill that would create the most power.  However, the final prototype was only worth 10% of their final grade.  40% was their presentation to the expert panel and 40% aesthetics.  The purpose was for the design and the design process. 

We came in second place and fourth place out of 31 teams.

2nd place team:
                              Charlie G.
                              Gordon Y.
                              Cheng Z.
                              Dickson W.
                              Steven L.

The Woodlands School came in second place, after UTS, in the 30th Annual YES Olympics (York Engineering and Science Olympics) held on October 14th! The YES Olympics invites high school students to step outside of the classroom environment and compete in six challenging science and engineering focused events.  This competition attracts an average of 900 students province-wide each year.  Way to go Woodlands!

The CNML is run through the University of Windsor and is open to any secondary student.  The contest is broken down into six rounds (once a month from October through March) each running for 30 minutes comprising of 6 problems.  Each problem counts as 1 point if solved correctly.  The top five scores from each round are added together as our "School Score".  The total school score after all six rounds are then totaled to provide the final national standings, overall there are 226 schools in the league.

Overall School Standings:First Round – Team Score of 30 – First Overall in the League  Student Standings by Grade:

We had a very effective start to the season this year.  An amazing turnout of 192 students wrote the first round, a school record.  Furthermore we are guaranteed a first place standing in the league as an incredible 23 students wrote a perfect paper, well done!  The scoring breakdowns are as follows:

Score                                     Number of People

6                                                23

5                                                36

4                                                54

3                                                40

2                                                25

1                                              14

The overall scoring leaders ended up as follows:

Grade 9 

NAME                                       SCORE

James J.                                           6

5 students tied for 2nd place          5

Grade 10

NAME                                        SCORE

Andrew J.                                     6

Jason L.                                       6

Zion L.                                         6

Andy L.                                        6

Christine Y.                                  6

Grade 11

9 students tied for 1st                    6

Grade 12

9 students tied for 1st                     6 

Well done!

The Cross country team had a fantastic meet.  Everyone did an excellent job.  Special mention goes to the top 5 runners:

Hassaan K. in 21st place, Sarah Z. in 43rd, Steven T. in 46th, Travis M. in 56th and Howard W. and Chetanand N. both in 66th place.  Good luck to everyone for their next meet, ROPSSAA.

A solid effort was made by the entire Senior Girls Basketball team.  The final score was 30-15 for the Senior Girls Team.  A special shout out for Rebecca L., our top scorer.  Good luck this Thursday!

The Woodlands School participated in six different events at the McMaster University Engineering and Science Olympics.  A total of forty-eight schools partook in this event.  Two of our teams won gold and bronze medals. 

Event: Physics Paper Triathlon: First Position - Gold Medal

Team Members:Keshav G., Deyu W., Dickson W., and Charlie G.

Event: Egg High Jump: Third Position - Bronze Medal

Team Members: Kevin T., Jim Z., Samuel X., and John L.

Congratulations to all of the participants and Mr. Shaikh for all of their hard work and dedication!