On November 23, 2019, Brain Power student Charlotte Wong received a medal and award (in Baltimore) from Johns Hopkins University for achieving Advanced Center for Talented Youth (CTY) scores (above 99%) in their CTY Talent Search. CONGRATULATIONS, CHARLOTTE!

Brain Power students Jayred and Rachel Robles competed in the Provincial Finals for bowling! Rachael won in the YBC (Youth Bowling Canada) Championship Singles Provincial Finals (Bantam Girls Division). Her brother Jayred, also won in the same tournament (Junior Boys Division). They will both compete in the YBC Championship Singles National Finals on May 3-5, 2020, in Calgary, Alberta. This competition is considered as one of the most prestigious tournaments in Youth Bowling Canada! CONGRATULATIONS, JAYRED AND RACHEL!

On November 30, Brain Power’s book club met to have a detailed discussion of J. M. Coetzee’s The Lives of Animals. We also had a guest talk from Maureen Hutchison, a field educator with the Educated Choices Program, who discussed central issues in the book including the environment and modern agriculture. Our students had an enthusiastic reaction, and one of our Intermediate 1 students said, “I think that the book club was amazing and different than what I was expecting and that...