On January 20, all NOIC students, credit course teachers and staff participated in the 2023 Lunar New Year celebration in the campus gymnasium.
“Secret guest”congratulatory video, dumplings for lunch, exciting pinball games, calligraphy contest…… Everyone was having fun on that day.
Photos and video incoming!
Lunch time
New Year’s group lunchDelicious dumplingsAll NOIC mentors were personally serving the students at the eventHappy meal pick-up moment for NOIC credit course teacher Melissa!The happy holiday atmosphere makes people feel warm!
Game time
Group basketball shootingTo find a way!”Not easy for a group!“Can you guess what I am describing?”“What a skill for using the chopsticks”“One of the most welcomed games!”Students are having fun at the event.NOIC credit course teacher Hassan：“I am about to show my talent！”Another exciting game at the eventCalligraphy show time！What a masterpiece from students!
Winner time
Good times are always short. According to the NOIC credit teacher’s score for each game, everyone finally cheered for the winner of the team game and the calligraphy contest!
On December 21st, the 2022 NOIC Christmas Luncheon was successfully held at the NOIC Gymnasium. This most anticipated Christmas event of the year ended perfectly with cheers and laughter. The Christmas event this year is the first offline event that NOIC students have participated since the outbreak of the Covid-19 epidemic at the end of 2019. After nearly 3 years, the enthusiasm of all teachers, students and staff of NOIC was completely ignited in the campus gymnasium on the afternoon of the 21st…
Christmas Luncheon
A truly spectacular moment in the gymnasium!
NOIC’s credit course teachers are also very cute when they check on the Christmas dishes
LUNCHEONTIME
NOIC Principal Timothy Yawney and Vice-Principal Ms. Devi are very interested in the pastries
LUCKY DRAW：
Much curiosity about the Christmas gift here!
NOIC Principal Timothy Yawney told students never leave their eyes on the big screen when winners being drew!
01 NOIC credit course teachers on stage
02 Students are getting excited
We got 10 lucky winners!
03 Time for winners!
We got seven 3rd prize winners!
Three 1st to 3rd prize winners! Congrats！
HAPPY HOLIDAY
With the festive greetings sent by NOIC President Roy to the students and all staff at the end of the event, this spectacular 2022 Christmas event has come to a successful ending. Merry Christmas to every one of you!
Just recently, two NOIC Class of 2022 students received a sudden surprise. One of them, student Chen, achieved a full score of 9 in both reading and listening in IELTS and received a total average score of 8, while the other student Du has already received an early offer from a top Canadian university, an admission letter from the University of Waterloo, and the major is Honours Arts and Business, Co-op.
Student Chen was able to achieve full scores in both IELTS reading and listening in high school, which has already been far ahead of almost all international students in Canada. Frankly speaking, even for a Canadian-born local, it’s not easy to get a full score of 9 in IELTS listening and reading, not to mention it is quite challenging for an international student to get full score in such a global standardized language test.
At the same time, Student Du in NOIC has already received an early offer from the University of Waterloo at the end of November, an admission letter major in Honours Arts and Business (Co-op). Normally, the majority number of university offers are scheduled to be issued to applicants at the beginning of the year, while student who is able to obtain admission letter in such an early time is extremely lucky, specially receiving offer from one of the top Canadian universities. University of Waterloo has shown its full recognition and trust to NOIC and students in the school.
Let’s once again congratulate the above two NOIC students, we are proud of you for achieving such outstanding achievements!
2. NOIC embraced 22-23 winter term opening day
Last Friday, NOIC students gathered in the campus library to participate in the kick-off meeting for the new winter semester. Principal Timothy Yawney, together with vice Principal Ms. Devi and all NOIC credit course teachers, has joined the event.
As the prospective graduates of this year have begun to receive admission letters from top universities all around the world, we are here wishing all grade-12 students in NOIC will be able to receive offers from their favorite universities in the short future! Your dream will never be late, NOIC students!
After information session from University of Toronto, Queen’s University, University of Windsor and University of Alberta, on November 22nd, the admission officer from University of Waterloo officially visited NOIC and brought students a great admission presentation. The well-known Co-op project and the high employment rate of students who graduate from mathematics and computer science major are very interested by NOIC students.
The University of Waterloo is one of the schools that Microsoft recruits the most graduates
University of Waterloo offer showing out (NOIC graduates, class of 2022):
Mr. Wang, University of Waterloo, Mathematics/financial analysis and risk management. Co-op.（Top offer from UofW）
Mr. Zhang, University of Waterloo, Mathematics
Mr. Liu, University of Waterloo, Mathematics
Mr. Tang, University of Waterloo, Sustainability and financial management
Mr. Xu, University of Waterloo, Mathematics
Mr. Yang, University of Waterloo, Mathematics/Business administration
Ms. She, University of Waterloo, Mathematics/financial analysis and risk management. Co-op.（Top offer from UofW）
Mr. Yu, Wilfrid Laurier University business administration and computer science at University of Waterloo double degree
Ms. Zhang, University of Waterloo, Science
University of Guelph Information Session
On December 1st, the admission officer from University of Guelph visited NOIC and shared an extraordinary university presentation to NOIC students.
01 The school of science at York University announced NOIC to be its global partner
With the latest announcement from Dean’s Round-up in the school of science at York University, it was officially announced that NOIC has become a global partner of the school of science at York University. In the future, students from NOIC Academy will be automatically enrolled in the fast track of application when applying for the school of Science at York University as their target university. In addition to simplified application paperwork and early application acceptance, the joint scholarship program established by NOIC and York University will also be awarded to NOIC graduates in the first place.
02 University information session from University of Windsor
Right after admission officer from University of Toronto, in the morning of November 10th, the admission officer from the University of Windsor came to the NOIC and sent “the greetings from the Motor City” to all the students.
The University of Windsor (U of W or UWindsor) is a public research university in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada’s southernmost university. It has approximately 12,000 full-time and part-time undergraduate students and 4,000 graduate students. The university was incorporated by the provincial government in 1962, and has graduated more than 135,000 alumni. (Quoted from Wikipedia)
03 Greetings from Simon Fraser University
In the afternoon on 17th November, the admission officer from Simon Fraser University, one of the top universities in Canada, arrived at NOIC and brought the students university information session of this great university from the west coast of Canada.
Simon Fraser University (SFU) is a public research university in British Columbia, Canada, with three campuses, all in Greater Vancouver: Burnaby (main campus), Surrey, and Vancouver. The 170-hectare (420-acre) main Burnaby campus on Burnaby Mountain, located 20 kilometres (12 mi) from downtown Vancouver, was established in 1965 and comprises more than 30,000 students and 160,000 alumni. (Quoted from Wikipedia)
On 1st November, the University of Toronto information session has kicked off in the campus library of NOIC. The admission officer from the University of Toronto explained in details about the history of U of T, campus introduction and the latest admission policy in 2022.
From 2017 to 2022, NOIC graduates have maintained an average annual acceptance rate of 86% to the University of Toronto. Amazing! That is to say, in the past 6 years, among NOIC graduates every year, 8 out of every 10 graduates have been admitted to the University of Toronto on average.
NOIC’s annual graduation ceremony is set to be held at Hart House, University of Toronto’s Grand Auditorium, which has become one of the most anticipated events for NOIC students.
2. Queen’s University
In the afternoon on 2nd November, the admission officer from Queen’s University in Canada also came to NOIC and brought a warm greeting from Kingston, Ontario. Although the main campus of Queen’s University is located in Kingston, which is about an hour’s drive from downtown Toronto, the high reputation of Queen’s University still catch the attention of many students.
3. University of Alberta
In the afternoon on 28th October 28, the admission officer from the University of Alberta came to the NOIC campus library and shared a great information session of this top university from the west coast of Canada to the students.
In the past two weeks, NOIC has welcomed three admission officers from Canada’s top universities to share the university info sessions. The three senior university admission officers are from Toronto Metropolitan University, King’s College of Western University and McMaster University.
1. Toronto Metropolitan University
TMU Toronto Metropolitan University is located in the center of Toronto, surrounded by a large number of world-leading companies and the headquarters of major Canadian companies. If students enroll in TMU, the school’s versatile paid internship Co-op programs will provide students with future career opportunities.
The admission officer from King’s college listed several advantages of the school, including graduating with a diploma from the Western University, holding a Western University student card, and being able to join all student clubs at Western University freely.
Ivey Business School is a very prestigious business school at Western University. It was established in 1922 and is also known as Canada’s “Little Harvard”. The relevant business majors in King’s College are affiliated to IVEY, which shows to be a good choice for NOIC students who want to study business in the future.
The admissions officer from McMaster University emphasized the importance of the students’ current OSSD course grades, and for students who want to study business in the future, the 11th grade academic performance is also crucial.
As two popular majors that NOIC students are more interested in, the admission requirements of McMaster Business and Computer Science are also very strict. For students who want to study the popular major of McMaster University, improving their grades is the top priority.
NOIC embraced with the 2nd university info session in the fall of 2022. On 20th October, Ms.Thish, the admission officer from the University of British Columbia came to NOIC’s campus in Toronto and brought a “long-awaited” university info session to the NOIC students.
Some students raised question about whether UBC professors are strict, while some students have doubt if it’s hard to apply for UBC. In addition to patiently answering students’ questions, Ms. Thish also encouraged NOIC students to apply for UBC as the application for the entrance scholarships are automatically included in the UBC application package.
The NOIC Academy 2022-2023 school year opening ceremony was successfully launched in the afternoon of September 29 at the NOIC campus library. This opening ceremony was the first offline brick-and-mortar school opening ceremony since the Covid-19 pandemic started at the end of 2019. All credit teachers and Fall 22 new students gathered together to welcome and celebrate the beginning of this new autumn semester.
At 2pm in the afternoon, the opening ceremony officially kicked off, and NOIC principal Timothy Yawney delivered a welcome speech for the new students. After experiencing the online virtual opening ceremony for more than two years due to the epidemic, this offline “face-to-face” opening ceremony allowed all freshmen who have landed in the NOIC Toronto physical school to feel the excitement of NOIC, whether it is the rigorous academic atmosphere, The rich school community life is also the activities of the local community in Toronto. The impact of all these on the new students is really exciting.
From the above video, Principal Tim told the students that the years in NOIC will become an unforgettable period of time in their future memory
Student council election
As a must-have event for each NOIC opening ceremony, the student council campaign was staged on campus again today. At the opening ceremony, the students of the school held a secret election the positions of the chairman and vice chairman of the new student council, the head of the academic department and the head of the marketing department，the positions will be elected strictly according to the votes of all students.
Two candidates showed their passion in the election. Two candidates in the photo: Thomas, candidate for the marketing department. Bob, candidate for the academic departmentAndy, candidate for the president.Bob, candidate for the academic departmentJason, candidate for the president.Teresa, candidate for the vice president.
The admission officer from Western University brought the 1st University Information Session to NOIC
This university info session gave a further understanding to NOIC students of the Western University, one of Canada’s top universities.
On September 6, 2022, the new autumn semester of NOIC was officially kicked off to celebrate first offline “PD Day” (Teacher Professional Development Day) since the Covid-19 pandemic two years ago. On the morning of the 6th, NOIC teachers gathered in the campus library for the 1st PD Day announcement prepared by NOIC principal Timothy Yawney and NOIC online education director Lorne Young.
Part 2. 2022 NOIC “Roundtable Forum” Live Videos
The connection between Elon Musk’s plans and IB education?
Confidence in NOIC’s real-time livestreaming OSSD credit course?
What is the real difference between brick-and-mortar OSSD program and online OSSD?
