Premier of Ontario Visits DCTI

On Thursday, March 24, Kathleen Wynne, Premier of Ontario visited Danforth CTI for a meeting with students about the 'Free Tuition' initiative. Grades 10, 11 and 12 students had a unique opportunity to ask the Premier questions regarding how this funding initiative will impact them as they plan for post secondary education.
Danforth CTI's Principal Denise Martins and Student Council Vice President Chantelle Johnson greeted the Premier upon her arrival at Danforth CTI.  The meeting was in a town hall format and began with the TDSB's chair Jennifer Arp who provided a warm welcome. MPP's Arthur Potts and Michael Couteau, as well as Superintendent Mike Gallagher attended the event.  John Reston, President of Student Council thanked Premier Wynne and presented her with a gift in appreciation.

Superintendent Mike Gallagher greets the Premier

TDSB Chair Jennifer Arp meets the Premier.

Principal Denise Martins meets MPP Michael Couteau

Premier Wynne meets Student Council President John Reston

Students ask the Premier questions

Left to Right - MPP Arthur Potts, Winston, Marisia, Martin, Premier Wynne, Student Council President John Reston, Lazar, Trisha, TDSB Chair Jennifer Arp, MPP Michael Couteau

MaST create and launch plastic rockets!

On March 10th, the Grade nine MaST tech students launched their rockets, aiming to fulfill their design goals.  The requirements of this Tech Design rotation were to plan, build and launch a ballistic rocket that would carry a payload and be structurally sound enough to survive the landing and be launched again.  This involved the use of computer aided software, manufacturing techniques and applied scientific (ballistic) theory.  Though one rocket unexpectedly flew left halfway through its flight pattern, all exceeded their mark by travelling at least 250 feet (twice) in our football field.  A fine effort provided by everyone.

Sci-Tech Fair 2016

Danforth CTI students in science and engineering classes presented their projects at Danforth's annual 'Sci-Tech Fair'. Here are the winning teams by grade level:

Grade 9s

1.  Alison Wong and Claire Desmarais--Biosand Filtration

2.  Manning Whitby--White Cane Substitute

3.  Jack Locke and Yuan Dai--Generators

4.  Kauser Fatima and Emily Grant--Refraction

Grade 11s

5.  Turna Mallik and Caitlyn Gellatly--Electrostatic Detector

6.  Masum Billah and Calvin Veenkamp--Walking Gait Analyzer

7.  Meghan Paleolog and Camille Leblanc--Anaerobic bacteria power cells

Grade 12s

8.  Andre Bertram and Frank Nguyen--Heart Monitor

9.  Sheema Abdella and Fahreen Bushra--Bioplastics

10.  Nabiha Tahsin and Nahian Khan--Laser people detector

Grade 10 winners:

Grade 9 winners:

Grade 11 winners:

Grade 12 winners: