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Year: 1993 – Province: Ontario

Local Recipients

Ralph Sorella

Ralph Sorella is the Department Head of Science at Notre Dame College High School in Welland. To encourage students to develop leadership skills in science, he initiated a peer tutoring course in which senior students can earn a credit for participating. Mr. Sorella has also been a leader in the destreaming initiative and the grade 9 destreamed science course he developed with his staff is used as a model throughout Welland county.