Programmathon Champions
QHS Comes out on Top in Provincial-wide Computer Game Creation Event QHS Coding teams showed their top colors in this year's Programmathon event with a first place overall finish in the secondary 1-2 category, beating out over 85 teams. Dannick Cantin and Maxence Frazer came out on top with their elegant game to answer the theme of 'abandoned Space Station.' This one-day competition, created by a teacher Mathieu Légaré from École Mont St Sacrament, challenges teams of students to create a video game in a high- pressure, real-world setting. Students are given the theme and constraints at 9am and at 5pm they must submit a game. Over 150 teams participated in the 2024 edition in the 2 categories.
Photo: Ms Bourbonnais (coach) Maxence Fraser and Dannick Cantin, winners of the Sec 102 provincial game coding competition.
Teams train for the event for 8 weeks at lunchtime to prepare through a variety of activities that help them prepare as a team. They practice coming up with ideas when thrown a theme as well as create a large variety of games to build a bank of skills and code functions. The 2025 Programmathon is scheduled for the month of April. Our goal is to have even more teams participating in the event next year.
About the Cover QHS has collaborated with HEMA Quebec for the last 10 years hosting a blood donor clinic. This is a Quebec High Cares Project and one that is successful on many levels. For one, is a great way to teach our students about event planning and all the logistical things that go into a big event. Secondly, it is an awesome opportunity for our students to be involved in a service- based learning project. Thirdly, it creates awareness for our students about the need to give blood. Students involved are too young to donate blood. Each year we have Alumni show up to donate, and they usually let the students know that they too, once helped run the Blood Drive! Great job, secondary 2 Student Life Class. We look forward to you visiting us at a future blood drive when you are old enough to donate.
About the Back Cover Quebec High participates in various student exchanges and, in the spring of 2024, 22 secondary 4-5 students had the opportunity to spend one week in St.
John’s, Newfoundland with Prince of Wales Collegiate. QHS student (right) prepares to head out on the ocean for a day of lobster fishing. These exchanges have introduced our students to the many different cultures that make up this great country of ours. Many thanks to the QHS alumni for helping with some of the costs of the exchange.
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