Thistletown Collegiate Institute

Thistletown Collegiate Institute (TCI) is a safe and caring school dedicated to student success. Our longstanding tradition of academic excellence and rich co-curricular programs make TCI a very rewarding place of learning. We honour all pathways and provide great opportunities for all students to prepare for university, college, apprenticeship and the world of work. In addition to a very strong core program, we offer our students terrific opportunities in the Arts, Physical Education, Co-operative Education and Technology including Specialist High Skills Majors in Hospitality & Tourism (Food) and  Arts & Culture  (Dance, Drama, Music and Visual Arts). Many of our graduates go on to post-secondary institutions with prestigious awards and scholarships.

On Thursday Dec 14th, TCI hosted our annual Holiday Lunch. 

Thistletown CI students and Principal Greenaway had the opportunity to meet Education Minister Mitzie Hunter and hear her message about the upcoming changes to the Ontario Curriculum in order to meet the needs of our youth today.  In particular, the students were excited to hear that there will be more emphasis on the experiential learning piece, and opportunities to learn how to learn.  They realized that focusing on certain skills, such as communication, collaboration, problem solving, innovation,  and creativity, is so important, in order to  adapt and be flexible (transferable) in an ever changing world.  They are hoping that the government and schools will provide additional support, in terms of experiential learning opportunities, for all students.  It was also refreshing to hear that academics are important in their learning, but that there is also a focus on well being and equity.  In addition, they had an opportunity to network with a few other students from Toronto and Ottawa, and gain some insight about the Minister’s Advisory Council – as student voice matters!  The message that students’ voices matter made them feel great and optimistic that people are listening.

Join us on Wednesday November 29th for our Grade 8 Info Night!

TCI Math Department is proud to announce the 2017 Waterloo Math Contest Results.

The Centre for Education in Mathematics and Computing (CEMC University of Waterloo):

• Gives Certificates of Distinction for the top 25% of  all contestants and
• A Medal is awarded to the top student in the school in each contest.

15 grade 9 students from TCI participated in the Waterloo Math Contest.

Out of 15, 6 students got the Certificate of Distinction.

We congratulate the following Certificate of Distinction and Medal Award winners.

The Grade 9 PASCAL CERTIFICATE OF DISTINCTION WINNERS:

StUDENT Name               Score out of 150 (Minimum Required Score for Distiction: 112)

Jay       Mistry                                      126

Jesse    Zhang                                      118

Owais  Malik                                       117

Shaili   Kapadia                                   114

Aisha   Saeed                                      112

Subhan Mirpour                                  112

ADIB SHAHID from grade 11 got the Certificate of Distinction. He scored 109 out 150. (Minimum required score is 104).

MEDAL Award WINNERS

STUDENT                 GRADE                     CONTEST                 SCORE/ (Minimum Score Required for the Medal)

Sara Shah                       9                               Pascal                          109      (99)

Steve Le                        10                              Cayley                         96        (91)

Awais Shah                   11                              Fermat                         103      (92)     

Congratulations Winners!!!

On Feb. 27, 2017, students from Mrs. Mangat’s 12 University Biology class participated in a half-day long DNA Biotechnology Workshop at Thistletown. This workshop was organized in collaboration with Let’s Talk Science and facilitated by volunteer students from York University. Through this lab students learned about the structure of DNA and molecular biology techniques such as, Polymerase chain reaction, Gel Electrophoresis and DNA finger printing. Students extracted DNA from bananas and strawberries. They learned to prepare gels for gel electrophoresis and also learned to use micropipettes. Students also got an opportunity to load gels using micropipettes. The real-world applications of these molecular biology techniques were also discussed 

A number of activities were organized by the Environmental Club at Thistletown to celebrate Canada’s 150 Anniversary. The first part of these celebrations that began in November 2016 was dedicated to remembering, commemorating, and paying tribute to the fallen Canadian Soldiers through a number of activities.  Tulip bulbs were planted in school’s vegetable garden and funds were raised to support “The Living Tribute” initiative of “Highway of Heroes” through events such as Samosa Sale, Hot Chocolate Sale, and selling leaves for the symbolic Tribute Tree that was posted in the front foyer.

Students also participated in a “Reflections” activity in their homeroom classes through which they had a chance to express their understanding of “Freedom and what Canada stands for”, “Highway of Heroes”, and “Living Tribute”.

A school-wide contest with the theme “My Favorite Canadian Place” was also organized.  The objective of this contest was to showcase one’s understanding of their Favorite Canadian Place through Art, Poetry, Essay, Video, Presentation, etc.