Jayce Broda, former NCCI teacher and owner of howtobecome.tv, recently visited NCCI to collect footage on how to become a teacher. Two videos featuring NCCI teachers are now available on the website:
The Blue Moon Music Hall and Dinner will take Place this Saturday evening at the Imperio Banquet Hall at 6:00. See the information at the following link for more details:
NCCI Students Natalie Salguero and Mohamed Nimir are participating in the Partners in Experiential Learning (PEL) Cancer Research Co-op Program at the London Health Sciences Centre. Natalie is working on a project investigating tumors in chicken embyos while Mohamed is working on frog and bacterial DNA studies. Each student is gaining a rich laboratory experience, contributing to research projects and learning to use a variety of laboratory equipment and techniques.
This initiative is part of an ongoing partnership between NCCI and the PEL organization which began in 2007. Students who get such experience while still in secondary school are often able to secure jobs typically reserved for students in later university. Our students have often been given important roles in various research projects and drawn the praise of a number of professors and researchers. Best wishes to Natalie and Mohamed in their research efforts!
Mohamed Nimir processes frog embryos in preparation for an experiment
Natalie Salguero prepares to use a microscope
Recently, Zhang Houpu, ‘Hope’, a grade twelve chemistry student, created a shape consisting of thirteen closely packed dodecahedra and asked the following question:
“Is there a way to calculate the number of vertices in this shape without counting?”
Further to his question, we might ask whether there is also a way to determine the number of edges without counting or we might calculate the radius of the smallest sphere inside which this shape would fit.
What are your answers to these questions?
Thirteen closely packed dodecahedra
Our annual Spring Festival is scheduled to take place on Saturday, April 16th from 3:00 to 5:00 at the Royal View Church on Clarke Road. A variety of performances from students of all ages will be presented. This will be an opportunity for our students to share their artistic talents with the community. Admission to the Spring Festival is by donation and free with a Fundraiser ticket.
Later that evening, the Nancy Campbell Collegiate Institute Foundation is proud to present the Blue Moon Music Hall and Dinner. The event begins at 6:00 pm with an outstanding gourmet meal prepared by chefs at the lovely Imperio Banquet Hall followed by a concert of first-class entertainment from Canadian folk artist, Ed VandenDool, and guests.
Invite your friends and family to this terrific event. The price is right at $50 per adult and $25 per student (14+).
Please click on the link below to purchase your tickets for an evening of great food and entertainment.
We are pleased to announce the 2011 NCCI Grade 11 service trip scheduled for early May.
This year, as with last year, we plan to travel to Guyana, South America. The objectives of the trip are to foster ties of international friendship and collaboration and to offer service to a distant community. This will provide grade 11 and 12 students with a rich opportunity to consider what we have studied here at NCCI in light of practical international experience.
Our service trip this year is organized in collaboration with the Guyana Ministry of Amerindian Affairs and will see the students travel to Amerindian (First Nations) villages in Guyana. Currently, we are considering two regions for the trip – an area centring around Santa Mission, a small village up the Demerara river from the national capital, Georgetown, or Lethem, a small town in the south west area of the country. The Guyana Ministry of Amerindian Affairs hopes to confirm one of the two locations within the next few business days.
Our activities this year will centre on interactions with local elementary schools. Our students will offer artistic presentations, activities and virtues lessons to the students at these school. In addition, our activities may include the following:
Service Trip 2010 - NCCI and Essequibo Youth
Last Year's Guyana Service Group at the Sea Wall in Georgetown, Guyana
The school will be holding a science fair on May 25th, open to all staff and students. This will be an opportunity for the entire school community to come together, celebrate and encourage each other in our study of science. Projects are welcome from all scientific and technological domains of study including physics, chemistry, biology, earth and space science, computer studies, mathematics and social sciences.
What Project Will You Present?
Thank you to everyone who participated in the MS Readathon this year. Our Elementary students (JK to Grade 6) at NCCI raised $931.
In the past four years, students in the elementary grades have raised an amazing $3586!!
I would like to encourage any students who were unable to participate this year to endeavour to join us next year as we continue to assist the MS Society
towards finding a cure for MS.
Thank you once again!
Sincerely,
Mrs. Claire Eden
(NCCI coordinator for MS Read-a-thon)
Nancy Campbell Collegiate Institute
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