Below is a picture of Max Finch, a grade 12 biology student, and a molecule that he and some fellow classmates built. If Max is looking tired, perhaps it was the 'energy' he required to build the complex molecule that is ATP.

This year our Danforth students have done exceptionally well on the Chem 13 News Exam (Chemistry competition) written worldwide. Ten MaST have been awarded prizes (Elemental plaques) and certificates in recognition of their outstanding performances for being in the top 200 in Canada and US. A hearty congratulation goes to Samrin S. who scored within the 95^th percentile and ranked as 8^th in Toronto. The following is the list of students who were recognized for their performances;

• Thomas L. (19^th in Toronto)
• Jack L. (21^st in Toronto)
• Sam C. (21^st in Toronto)

Other notable performaces were accomplished by Abdullah A., Yuan D., Emma P., Sam P., Raisa H., and Ananya P. Fourteen of our Danforth students scored in the top 25th percentile and our overall school average was 20% higher than the Canadian average. Amazing job Danforth!

Four Danforth MaST students have been awarded prizes (Elemental plaques) and certificates in recognition of their outstanding performances for being in the top 200 in Canada and U.S. on the Avogadro Chemistry Exam. Souradeep S. finished in the 94^th percentile  and Cole J., ANisha N., and David T. finished in the 92^nd percentile.

Nicole F., Ryan M., Mikhail S., Aidan F., Shafee R., Matthew L., and Mahdin A. also scored in the top 80 percent on this internationally written exam. Congratulations to all who wrote the exam.

The team of Eileen W., Max F., Caroline E-K., Priota H., and Prinoti K. won the 2019 University of Toronto Space Design Contest while the other team from Danforth finished second. The challenge this year was to develop a plan to clean up the ever growing problem of space debris. With the win they recieved this telescope for the school. Both teams had to present their proposals in front of a panel of judges consisting of U of T faculty and grad students.

Pictured above from left to right are Eileen W., Oliva R., Chandrima B., Arion H., Megan F., Leigh H., Max F., and Caroline E-K.

Danforth students experienced another successful year on this year's Avogadro Chemistry competition.  Congratulations to Jack L. for receiving an elemental tile for his score within the 92^nd percentile and to Varun P. for scoring within the 84^th percentile.  Honorable mention goes out to 5 more of our Danforth students; Evan B., Samya T., Jonah G-Y, Thomas L., and Ananya P. for scoring within the top 25^th percentile.

Congratulations are in order for Elysia who scored in the 93rd percentile on the Chem 13 chemistry competition and for Emily who scored in the 85th percentile.

Danforth had a stacked team for the competition this year. As a school we finished 12% higher than the Canadian average. Below are the four anchors of the team (Emily, Elysia, Sultan and Adam).

These four scored in the top 25th percentile. Well done  Danforth!

The award ceremony for the York University High School Biophysics contest was held on Friday June 15th at the Life Science Building at York. Danforth knew going in that we had some students in the top 5, but what we didn't know was that we took first and second place along with an honorable mention. Pictured below are Abiali B. (first place) and Ajwad K. (second place) with their certificates. Missing are Maya T. (second place with Ajwad) and Saskia R-S. and Annie D. (honorable mention).

After the award ceremony the students got a tour of some of the facilities at York including the observatory and the antimatter lab. Pictured below are Ajwad and Abiali in the lab.

Danforth is now 2 for 2 in this competition and we are looking forward to the next installment in two years time (unfortunately York does not have enough funds to run the competition annually).  Well done!