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Impressive scholarship success for Elmwood’s Class of 2009

Five Elmwood students have won significant scholarships recognizing outstanding achievement.

Elmwood School’s Grade 12 class is preparing for their transition into post-secondary education, and over 80 per cent of them have been awarded prestigious entrance scholarships to colleges and universities throughout Canada and the United States, totalling almost one million dollars.

Of special note are five students who have won significant scholarships totalling more than half a million dollars recognizing their outstanding achievement while at Elmwood.

Sophia Dhalla has received a National Excellence Award from the Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation. Only 100 of these awards are given across Canada in recognition of academic achievements, significant contributions to the community, leadership and commitment to innovation. In addition, she is one of five Canadian students to earn the prestigious Greville Smith Scholarship from McGill University, and has also been awarded President’s Entrance Scholarships from both Queen’s University and The University of Western Ontario.

Sonya Wadhera was also recognized with a National Excellence Award from the Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation. In addition, she has received entrance scholarships from the University of Ottawa, Queen’s University and The University of Western Ontario, and a prestigious Richard Lewer Scholarship from Carleton University—one of only seven awarded in Canada. This award recognizes academic excellence and significant participation in extracurricular activities.

Joanna Schembri was named a Sesquicentennial Scholar and received a major scholarship from St. Lawrence University in New York State. The award is offered to the top applicants to the university based on the strength of their applications and looking at academic challenge and success, extracurriculars and character. In addition, she was awarded an IB scholarship in recognition of her completion of the IB diploma.

Saumya Saxena has been awarded a President’s Entrance Scholarship from the University of Western Ontario. This award recognizes all around excellence and ability for creative and innovative thought and is offered to only 11 students from across Canada. She has also been offered the McCall MacBain  Scholarship from McGill University and the Principal’s Scholarship from the Commerce Program at Queen’s University. She has also received the highest possible entrance scholarships from the University of Ottawa, Carleton University and McMaster University.

Rina Halili has been awarded an Undergraduate Research Scholarship from the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Science. This scholarship gives students the opportunity to work as a research assistant with one of the University’s world-class research groups during the summer before their first year of studies. Rina is one of only sixteen students across Canada to win this award. Elmwood students have been awarded this scholarship for the past three years. In addition, Rina has also received an entrance scholarship to the school.