2007 Crystal Growing Contest Details (xlr2004.html)

RESULTS OF THE 2007
CANADA-WIDE CRYSTAL GROWING COMPETITION

CANADA-WIDE

A special thank you to:

Anachemia Science for providing the potassium-aluminum sulphate for the contest
BASF for providing the prizes
The many teachers who supervised their students and gave a lot of their own time
The Chemical Institute of Canada volunteers who coordinated the contest in their local area
The panel of judges who volunteered to evaluate the crystals at Université du Québec à Chicoutimi just before Christmas.

2007 Canadian Crystal Growing Competition Participants and Results Best Overall Students
School Teacher (Participant number corresponding to photos)	Students	Weight (g)	Quality (/10)	Overall Score (/100)	Overall Rank
$300 prize for school Bishop Reding Secondary School Milton, ON	Krystal Kennedy Kristen Jose T. J. Fuster	39.7	5.73	46	1
$200 prize for school Polyvalente des Abénaquis St. Prosper, QC	Émily Vaillancourt	15.91	6.98	43	2
$100 prize for school Middlefield Collegiate Institute Markham, ON	Hira Mir Sahar Mir Mamta Mehra	12.58	7.47	42	3
Harry Ainlay Composite High School Edmonton, AB	Ahmed Ibrahim Abhishek Nage Abhijeet Nage	14.39	6.25	37	4
R. A. McMath Secondary School Richmond, BC	Monica Bennington Luke Pamula	39	3.9	31	5
Collège Catholique Samuel-Genest Ottawa, ON	Omelle Girimana Gaëlle Dovonou Nicole Nizeyimana	7.569	6.5	30	6
École Mgr-Labrie Havre St-Pierre, QC	Vanessa Harvey Karianne Cormier Marika Blais	13.6	5.17	30	6
Hearst High School Hearst, ON	Jessica Denommee Justin Anderson	31.95	3.63	28	8
Fredericton High School Fredericton, NB	Boshen Gao	5.742	6.30	26	9
Holy Cross Secondary School Kingston, ON	Alex Johnson Scott McLean	3.548	7.95	26	9
Fellowes High School Pembrooke, ON	names not available	6.472	5.10	22	11
Buchner Homeschool Chilliwack, BC	Reace Buchner Brayden Buchner	6.219	4.38	19	12
Brocklehurst Secondary School Kamloops, BC	Jessica Ramuno	3.752	4.97	17	13
St-John's-Ravencourt School Winnipeg, MB	Mathew Sigurdson	7.128	2.10	10	14
École Secondaire Natagan Barraute, QC	Michaelël Hardy Maude Lepage	66.75	1.10	10	Late
Polyvalente St-François Beauceville, QC	Cathya Basque-St-Hiliare Élodie Chamberland-Poulin	8.044	6.73	32	double submission

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2007 Canadian Crystal Growing Competition Participants and Results Best Quality Students
School and Teacher	Students	Quality (/10)	Overall Rank
$200 prize for school Middlefield Collegiate Institute Markham, ON	Amina Shaukat Haina Patel Abi Selvarajah	8.65	1
Buchner Homeschool Chilliwack, BC	Reace Buchner Brayden Buchner	7.72	does not meet minimum crystal size rule
Polyvalente St-François Beauceville, QC	Pier-Ollivier Moran Adam Beaudoin Maude Fleury	7.72	2
Bracebridge and Muskoka Lakes Secondary School Bracebridge, ON	Rachel Marr	7.65	does not meet minimum crystal size rule
Harry Ainlay Composite High School Edmonton, AB	Nire Brar Aarusha Kaushal	7.38	3
École Mgr-Labrie Havre St-Pierre, QC	Joany Tremblay Andrée-Anne Larivière-Lajoie	7.28	4
Lisgar Collegiate Ottawa, ON	Stephen Chen	7.08	5
Centennial Collegiate Vocational Institute Guelph, ON	Sgarib Wang	6.77	6
Southridge School Vancouver, BC	Nicole Tan Ying-Ji Chen Karina Bakker	6.37	7
Miramichi Valley High School Mirimichi, NB	Joshua Arsenault Matthew Burt Christina Chamberlain Jennifer Parks	6.20	8
Bracebridge and Muskoka Lakes Secondary School Bracebridge, ON	Brittany Roberts	5.48	9
Brocklehurst Secondary School Kamloops, BC	Vanessa Samborsky Amanda-Grace Swaluk	4.82	10
St-John's-Ravencourt School Winnipeg, MB	Aidan Campbell Dominic Hong	4.18	11
Collège l'Horizon Trois-Rivières, QC	Francis Héroux Jimmy Fortin	6.0	Late
York Mills Collegiate Institute Toronto, ON (27)	Walter Chen Andy Chen	7.62	double submission

2007 Canadian Crystal Growing Competition
Participants and Results
Teachers

School	Teachers	Weight (g)	Quality (/10)	Overall Score (/100)	Overall Rank
$200 prize for school Northern Secondary School Toronto, ON	Peter Bloch	39.48	8.07	65	1
École secondaire les Etchemins Charny, QC	Noël Villeneuve Mélanie Gagné Wendy Tupper	20.01	6.13	41	2
École Mgr Labrie Havre St-Pierre, QC	Éric Fallu	15.95	5.6	34	3
Harry Ainlay Composite High School Edmonton, AB	Aura Pombert	15.95	5.6	31	4
École secondaire publique Louis-Riel Gloucester, ON	Roch Lavigne	17.86	3.4	22	5
École secondaire les Etchemins Charny, QC	Hélène Martel	1.757	7.18	15.8	6
École secondaire les Etchemins Charny, QC	Huguette Lamontagne	2.575	5.33	15.7	7
Hearst High School Hearst, ON	André Dumais	2.575	5.333	14.7	8

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