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Competition, OBEA AccountingContests and CA Ontario COINChallenge. Three Lisgar teams made itto qualifying rounds of the SprottBusiness Competition and "Klutch"team made it to Semi-Finals- way to go!Congratulations go out as well toVincent (Zheng) Jiang who placed 3rdin Ontario in the OBEA AccountingContest (Gr. 12 Level) and also toCharles Zhang who placed 6th inOntario in the OBEA Contest. LisgarBusiness and Lisgar Business VentureClub are looking forward to another funand successful year in 2010-2011.Chess ClubThe 2010 Ontario high School ChessChampionship was held at theUniversity of Toronto from Friday, May7 th to Sunday May 9 th . It was a threeday, 5 rounds, Swiss-system tournamentwith three sections: Beginner,Intermediate and Championship. It wasorganized by the Ontario High SchoolChess Association with the support ofall of Ontario’s School Boards. Thirtyfourschools and 107 students from 9different cities participated this year.The Lisgar Chess team won the Teamchampionship, scoring 11 points. TheVictoria Park CI team and theUniversity of Toronto School team were2 nd and 3 rd and both scored 9.5 points.Congratulations to Jerry Xiong, SonjaXiong, and Karoly Szalay. Theyshowed strong team spirit andsportsmanship. The team received atrophy and a $140 Prize. Well done!Team Lisgar – 2010 High School Chess ChampionsKaroly Szalay, our team lead andNational Chess Master, won all fivegames and became the Champion of the2010 Ontario High School ChessChampionship. He also received a $100prize.Sonja Xiong, grade 12, received the topgrade 12 trophy and third for the top girlprize. She received a $60 prize.Jerry Xiong, grade 10 and NationalChess Master, received the top grade 10trophy and also received a $30 prize.Jerry Xiong, Sonja Xiong & Karoly Szalay withtournament organizer.Lisgar parents were also recognized formaking the tournament banner and Jerry& Sonja’s father, Wei Xiong, donatedthe Team T-shirts and made the “LisgarCI” words glow in the dark.Doors Open Ottawa 2010 at LisgarOn Saturday June 5, Lisgar once againthrew open its doors to the communityand participated in Doors Open Ottawa.Sixteen enthusiastic student volunteershad a very busy day conducting toursthat introduced a record 259 visitors toLisgar's significant architectural featuresand long and storied history. As always,visitors were moved by the remarkabledisplay of courage and sacrificerepresented by the war memorials inMemorial Hall. Many were alsosurprised and intrigued by tales fromLisgar's past, among them the fact thatLisgar's cadet corps participated in thehonour guard at the celebration ofConfederation in 1867, and that all ofthe windows on the south side of the2school were shattered by an FLQ bombin 1970. Student volunteers whoparticipated were wonderfulambassadors for our school. Kudos for agreat effort to: Sarah Seward-Langdon, Sandro Young, BrendaWang, Alex Chao, Laura Blackmore,Neil Warnock, Justine Zebrowski,Sam Hamidid-Farahani, DaphneMcLarty, Amy Munro, Jeffrey Do,Harry Rusnock, Franky Quang, DJPaull, Bailey McCulloch and RebekahPotter. Thanks also to parent volunteersRina Young, Tina Hogue, DavidPaull, Liz Melanson and SanjaySrivastava, who gave up their Saturdayto help out.Lisgar students Volunteer for Doors Open OttawaIMPORTANT DATESAug. 26 th – Timetable Pick-up(Grades 10-12)Aug. 27 th – Timetable Pick-up(Grade 9)Aug. 30 th – Timetable Pick-up(Grades 9 – 12)Sept. 7 th – First Day of SchoolSept. 13 th – School Council Meeting(Election Meeting)Sept. 23 rd – Mock Timetable EveningOct. 8 th – School Council MeetingOct. 14 th – Undergrad Awards EveningOct. 21 st – Parent Teacher InterviewsNov. 9 th – Term 2 beginsNov. 19 th – Report Cards issued
MATHEMATICS, COMPUTERSCIENCE & TECHNOLOGICALSTUDIESOnce again, Lisgar students achievedimpressive results in the Fryer, Galois,and Hypatia Contests. Bringing home aGold Certificate were Bailey Gu(Fryer), Joe Su (Galois), and Di Xiao(Hypatia). Silver Certificates wereawarded to Marta Calitoiu and GeorgeLiu (Fryer), Yunjae Kim, Sean Xia,and Eddy Gao (Galois), and RutgerCampbell (Hypatia). Karoly Szalaywon a Bronze in the Hypatia. Ourschool champion in the Euclid Contest,a contest aimed at grade 12 students,was Di Xiao, who just completed grade11!In March, a group of Lisgar studentsparticipated in the InternationalContest-Game, Math Kangaroo 2010,hosted by the University of Ottawa andseveral were recognized as follows:Bailey Gu – First in Canada, Gold MedalOttawaNancy Guo – Top 25% in CanadaRyan Warnock – Top 25% in CanadaSean Xia – Silver Medal OttawaNeil Warnock – Silver Medal OttawaRutger Campbell – Gold Medal OttawaAnd Congratulations to Geoffrey Song,Sandro Young, Joe Su and Eddy Gaowho finished second in the province,winning the Silver Medal in the ECOOProgramming Contest Provincial Finals atYork University on May 1 st .Finally, here is a little something fromthe Math Department for you to ponderover the halcyon days of summer…Theorem: A cat has nine tails.Proof: No cat has eight tails. Since onecat has one more tail than no cat, itmust have nine tails!QEDSee you in September.PHYSICAL EDUCATION &ATHLETICSAthletic BanquetThe annual athletic banquet celebratedthe efforts and achievements of the wellover 200 coaches and alumni of L.C.I.Congratulations to our team awardwinners and the recipients of thefollowing major athletic awards:Intramural Leadership: Leslie Chaplin& Laura CornerVolunteer Service: Grafton Reid150 th Anniversary Award forSportsmanship and Selflessness: KimNguyenOutstanding Junior Boy: Ryan LiuOutstanding Junior Girl: MorganWilliamsOutstanding Senior Girl: LeslieChaplinOutstanding Senior Boy: MustaphaAyyobLisgar Athletic “L” Award forgraduating students making a significantcontribution to Athletics during thecourse of their career at Lisgar:Jennifer ErskineConor KingKim NyguyenLeslie ChaplinNick ChenLaura CornerEvan MunroJessica FangMadelaine Erola-ChannenThank you to all the Physical Educationstaff, Care staff, and volunteers formaking the event a great success.Thank you to Mr. McMahon for hissupport of athletics at Lisgar.3RugbyThe Junior Boys’ finished the regularseason with only one defeat andadvanced to the East Conference Finalwhere they dominated possession andterritory for large periods of time butunfortunately came up just short of thechampionship game. The team’sperformance was outstanding and bodeswell for our fortunes in senior rugbyover the next two years. The seniors’team also advanced to the East final.The Women’s’ teams had successfulrebuilding season but was unfortunatelyhampered by injuries to our experiencedveterans. The future all teams looksgreat as we have attracted a largenumber of junior athletes to the sport.BadmintonJessie Luo and Jessica Fang competedin OFSSAA Badminton in Stratford andwon a Gold medal in the B-Flight.They won all of their matches exceptone, which they lost to the No. 1 rankedteam who eventually won in the A-flight. Every other match was won intwo games. Both girls played very welland had an excellent tournament.The Ottawa 'team'(NCSSAA) also wongold medals in MS, XD and MD (all A-flight!).Badminton Gold Medalists: Jessie Luo & JessicaFangGirls’ SoccerThis years’ team was again very youngand continues to mature. They took astep forward into the playoffsContinued on page 4
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