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The secret door
In mid-December, in front of our cafeteria, a mysterious grey rectangle covered the wall. With an unstable wood patch below the door on the ground in front of it. Everyone had lots of questions, “Why was it there?’ “How did it get there?” For a week or two after, no one seemed to know its Read more
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DECA students return from an energetic provincial competition
From February 6th to 8th, DECA students took part in the provincial competition. The competition took place in Toronto, where students had to stay at the Sheraton Hotel for three nights. With all of the students who competed, it was amazing to see our awesome classmates show their knowledge of business to everyone. At 11:30 Read more
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Model UN team achieves historic win
On March 19th, the 15 delegates from the Model UN team attended Applewood Heights for the first time. They left victorious, winning Best Delegate (1st place) across all committees. The 3 committees that the Model UN team competed in were Star Wars, The League of Corinth and UNESCO. Four of our delegates attended the League Read more
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Computer competition pushes students to their limits
On February 19th, students participated in the University of Waterloo’s Canadian Computing Competition (CCC) which required students to use their programming skills and solve a series of difficult problems. The competition challenged participants to push themselves and improve their skills. The CCC is run annually by the University of Waterloo for high school students. It Read more
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Students and teachers differ on the value of exams
In the last week of January, lasting from the 23rd of the month to the 28th, the school witnessed a surge and swerve in emotions as exams took place in classrooms. An external and internal amount of pressure was placed on students as the dates approached, and the survey conducted further suggested that mental health Read more
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Students gain valuable experience at Mock Bail competition
On November 8th, North Park’s grade 11 students participated in a Mock Bail trial at the Brampton Courthouse, competing against eight different schools. This experience was a unique opportunity for the grade 11s as they were able to learn more about the law through the challenging case of R v Costa. Preparations for the mock Read more
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