Newsletter

Brain Power student Evelyn Beilin recently participated in Model UN and won an Honourable Mention Award! That’s so great, Evelyn! For the Model UN, Evelyn was on the United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC). In that committee, she was the French delegate, representing France on the topic of girls’ education. She worked with other delegates from other countries in the UN to determine how they could find resolutions to this problem. CONGRATULATIONS, EVELYN!

Brain Power Public Speaking andSenior 1 student Andrey Gubarev has been accepted into the prestigious Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth! He made it after gruelling preparation and tests. He will be studying Advanced Biology with Johns Hopkins University this summer and neuroscience next year! Are you also interested in attending Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth? Join our Ivy League Prep – Training for Talent program (private or semi-private lessons)! For more information, see our summer programs: https://www.brainpower.ca/summer-programs/ CONGRATULATIONS, ANDREY!

Intermediate 1 student Dorian Kang is the 2019 Ontario Chess Challenge (OCC) Final Grade 7 Champion! He will represent Ontario Grade 7 at the 2019 Canadian Chess Challenge (CCC) in Vancouver during the May long weekend! Wow! We love that our students are involved in so many extra-curricular activities. CONGRATULATIONS, DORIAN!

We are so proud of Intermediate 1 student Ken Shibata (pictured with his linear motor train) who recently won a Silver Medal at the Toronto Science Fair on April 6! Toronto Science Fair (TSF) is the organization responsible for the Regional Science Fair for Toronto. TSF seeks to offer a top quality science fair experience for all students in Toronto from Kindergarten to Grade 12. Some of the gold medal winners there will be able to go on to compete in the Canada-Wide Science Fair in May. http://torontosciencefair.ca/ CONGRATULATIONS, KEN!

On April 14, Brain Power Public Speaking students Maxwell He and Serena Ge gave their speeches at the finals of Toronto’s Youth Speaker Slam! Maxwell won the highest honour: the Judges Choice Award!  He also was asked to join one of the judges on a speaking tour during 2019-2020 and will be paid for his upcoming work (on the subject of combating bullying in high schools). Congratulations, Maxwell! Click on pictures to enlarge