It’s debate. It’s international affairs. It’s solving modern issues through research, collaboration, and a strong resolve to enact change. It’s Model UN. I recently had the pleasure of attending my first Model UN conference, where I won Best Delegate on the Commission of Science and Technology for Development.
On March 22, 2024, the Newmarket High School Debate Team engaged in a debate collaboration with Dr. G. W. Williams Secondary School. As the president of NHS Debate, I sought out this interschool opportunity to promote a culture of meaningful engagement within York Region.
Relay for Life is an event in collaboration with the Canadian Cancer Society where schools from across the nation come together as a community to raise money and awareness for those impacted by cancer. Last year, on the 16th year that Newmarket High School had been partaking in Relay for Life, we reached our million dollar milestone. I relay because when we come together as a society, we are bigger than cancer.
As the president of my school’s Debate Team, I have presented several competitive opportunities to our club, one of them being the Ontario Ethics Bowl, hosted by the University of Toronto on February 3, 2024. I was my team leader for “The Quackers,” but as a whole, I had the opportunity to mentor a total of nineteen participants from Newmarket High School that were split amongst three teams.
When discussing various sources of vitamins, some interesting questions can arise. What are the main differences between synthetic and organic vitamins? And can they be used interchangeably? The short answer is no. Read on to learn why!
As the Event Chair of the Newmarket Youth Leadership Group, a not-for-profit organization, the first big event we planned for the 2023-2024 school year was a Networking Conference called “Empowering Youth Leaders.” Being a leader can seem daunting and scary, but when I came up with the idea for this event, I wanted to showcase that anybody can be a leader.
The Central Ontario Leadership Seminars is a not-for-profit organization that has been running since 1987 with an aim to empower youth from across the province to reach their leadership potential. One tenth grade student from every high school in Central Ontario is nominated to attend the three-day-long seminar, where they are subjected to icebreakers, team-building activities, keynote speakers, and daily reflections with a group of talented individuals they have never met before. I had the fabulous opportunity of embarking on my COLS adventure from May 26, 2023 to May 28, 2023 at the University of Guelph as a brand new ambassador.
Seeing people solely as how they present themselves is a common lapse in human judgement. William Shakespeare plays with this notion of deceitful appearances in his The Taming of the Shrew, a play in which several of the characters take on disguises in order to achieve their goals. By using clothing as a prominent symbol for deception, and by slowly revealing character, Shakespeare demonstrates that outer appearances are not indicative of a person’s social role or actual characteristics.
The Art-A-Thon is a fundraiser where students pledge to create murals on school walls for 12 hours straight in order to promote inclusivity and an arts awareness throughout the school. With our design for the event, we hoped to promote the message that life is a wondrous thing, and that science plays an integral part in allowing one to truly experience life.
On Monday, April 24, 2023, I acted as Newmarket High School’s grade ten representative at the Student Outreach Meeting organized annually by the York Region President’s Council. The atmosphere we built was lively and personally inspiring, and I look forward to working with the YRPC as I continue my high school education.
