Academics
Hawthorne is known for its strong mathematics program. In the City Wide Regional Math Olympics, Hawthorne has won several times. This is mainly attributed to Hawthorne's strong gifted program, with the only competition being Glashan and Katimavik Public School. For the past two years, Hawthorne has sent a team to the provincial Math Olympics. For the past several years, Hawthorne has also sent many students to the Regional Science and History Fairs, with many award recipients. Hawthorne has also sent some teams to the All Science Challenge, a local science-trivia competition between citywide grade 7s and 8s. However, due to the lack of high schools with a gifted program near the school, most children coming out of the gifted program end up cross boundary transferring to other schools. High schools that students attend include Lisgar, Colonel By, Canterbury, Hillcrest, Ridgemont, and many others.
In 2006, a book called Hawthorne Writes was published with the help of fund raising and donations from the families of children involved with the project. The book featured stories written by students of Hawthorne in the format of the popular series "Chicken Soup." Stories in the book came from a large array of grades from grade 1 to grade 8 with stories written by faculty as well. The stories were then translated into many different languages by parents, teachers and students in order to promote and display the school's multiculturalism. After completing their stories students were able to choose an available language to translate their story into. Languages included French, Chinese, Spanish and Romanian. Media coverage was present from many different stations. Every student got to take home a copy of the Hawthorne Writes book in exchange for a donation of 8$ or more (although the donation was technically optional, it was encouraged nonetheless).
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