A Westside Secondary School student has been recognized with an “Outstanding Achievement” award from the University of Waterloo.
Grade 11 student Blake Russell received the recognition for the 2025 Avogadro Exam Contest, which took place on May 15, 2025. The contest is for Grade 11 students in their first high school chemistry course with topics covering structure of matter, bonding, reactions, solutions, and gases.
According to the contest description, the “test includes a few probing and demanding questions on some of the main topics of high school chemistry.” Only the top performing students receive recognition from the university.