Congratulations to Rachel Philipose for being selected by her peers as the St. Thomas Aquinas Valedictorian for the class of 2022.  Rachel has been an excellent ambassador the Information Communication Technology Specialist High Skills Major (ICT SHSM) program.  Through ICT SHSM she represented STA in the VRAD Virtual Drone competition, as well as led the Sphero Workshop with Girls Who Code.  She earned excellent feedback from her co-op position as a software developer.  She will continue on this path as she attends The University of Waterloo next year for Computer Science.

Rachel has earned academic success consistently during her time at STA including earning the following academic awards:

• Accounting (Gr. 11)
• Transportation Technology (Gr. 10)
• English (Gr. 9)
• Math (Gr. 9)
• Extended French (Gr. 9)