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About 60-70 students from Ladysmith Secondary School presented their annual Dance Showcase Friday, Jan. 18. For more photos of the performance, please turn to page 12.
Ladysmith student accepted at Oxford Nick Bekolay
Friday, Jan. 11, and she plans to service through which most prostudy anthropology and archae- spective undergraduate students ology at Oxford beginning next in the U.K. apply to university. Charlotte McDonald’s academ- September, provided she main- Her choice of schools included ic bent is readily apparent as she tains an average of 85 per cent the University of Edinburgh, St. recaps how her essay comparing through the remainder of the Andrews, University College the similarities between Hamlet school year. London (UCL), the University and Montaigne, inventor of the Her acceptance to Oxford is of Durham and Oxford. modern essay, helped pave the the result of several months’ She was accepted to all five of way to her acceptance at Oxford worth of effort. her candidate schools, selecting University. McDonald applied to five Oxford and UCL as her “firm” McDonald, a Grade 12 stu- schools last October, abiding and “insurance” choices. dent at Ladysmith Secondary by the standard rules of UCAS, A week-long visit to the U.K. School (LSS), said she learned the Universities and Colleges for in-person interviews at both of her conditional acceptance on Admissions Service, a non-profit Oxford and UCL followed in THE CHRONICLE
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December, and she received final confirmation of her acceptance a few weeks later. McDonald has yet to learn which of Oxford’s 40-odd colleges she’ll attend, but she said she’s happy to finally be “in.” Earning herself a spot at Oxford wouldn’t have been possible without the help of her mentor, Bill Taylor, McDonald added. Taylor, a drama teacher at LSS and coach of the school’s improv and drama clubs, guided McDonald through every step of
the process. “He was super supportive through the whole process,” McDonald said. “Honestly, I probably would not have made it to Oxford if Mr. Taylor hadn’t been by my side the whole time. He’s definitely encouraged me to reach for my goals.” McDonald listed “technical theatre” — she manages the lighting and sound controls for school performances — and reading as her hobbies. See McDonald Page 3
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