Palmer’s Grade 8 & 9 Math teams participated in the 2015 Math Challengers Lower Mainland Regional Competition at UBC on Saturday, February 14th. Both teams competed hard during the day-long event that was attended by approximately 500 student competitors. The competition included two individual contest rounds, a team round, and finally a head-to-head buzzer round … More Palmer competes at the 2015 Math Challengers
Approximately 90 Grade 8 to 10 Pre-AP/Incentive Science students competed in Palmer’s 9th Annual Science Fair on Thursday, January 29, 2015. Each year, Palmer’s Science Fair provides students with opportunities to gain experience in long-term planning and scientific experimental design. Over a period of three months, students work diligently to have their projects ready for presentation … More Palmer Science Fair 2015
All of Palmer’s Pre-AP/Incentive Program students did very well on their June 2014 Provincial Examinations. Of special note, Palmer had a record number of our Pre-AP/Incentive Program and Honours Math Program students scoring 100% on these Provincial Exams. Congratulations and kudos to the following students for this outstanding achievement! Foundations & PreCalculus Mathematics 10: Jessica … More Incentive students earn perfect score on provincial exams
The 2013/14 Potluck unfortunately had to be cancelled. However, a group of students still worked hard together to produce a slideshow celebrating the year’s Incentive events, camps and activities. Thanks to Bill C., Jocelyn T., Mary L., Vivien H., and Ashley C. for their great efforts in producing the slideshow, which may be viewed below:
The 2014 BCDI Provincial Tournament was held at Palmer on Saturday, April 12th, attended by over 80 student teams and around 800 people. Hosted by a small army of Palmer Incentive students under the coordination of Palmer teachers Ms. Kwan and Mr. Wong, the day-long tournament ran ultra-smoothly, and Palmer’s Incentive students earned much praise … More Palmer hosts the 2014 DI Tournament
The Incentive Grade 8 – 10 classes have just returned from three days at our annual Fall retreat, held at the Easter Seal camp on the shores of the Squamish River in Brackendale, BC. There was glorious sunshine and perfect weather – and even a visit by a mother black bear and her two cubs. … More Camp Squamish 2013
This year’s Incentive Potluck – held on Thursday, May 30, 2013 – was attended by close to 300 people, including students, parents and staff, which therefore made it the single largest Potluck gathering ever held at Palmer! During the evening, the year’s Incentive events and achievements were celebrated, interspersed with musical and other performances from … More Incentive Potluck 2013
Palmer’s two Destination Imagination (DI) teams competed at the 2013 BCDI Provincial Finals Tournament at Kwantlen Polytechnic University in Surrey, and had a very successful day. After a full day of competition, both teams earned first place in their respective divisions in the Instant Challenge problem solving competition. In their long-term Team Challenge competitions: The … More Palmer at Destination Imagination 2013
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