Excellence & Honors

Awards & Certificates

IAAC 2026 — 2. National Award, Canada
IAAC 2026 — Bronze Honour, Final Round, top 5% of participants
IAAC 2026 — Pre-Final Certificate, qualified for the Final Round

IAAC Astrophysics

  • National Award, Canada — International Astronomy & Astrophysics Competition, Edition of 2026
  • Bronze Honour — Final Round 2026: scored 27 points and placed among the top 5% of all participants
  • Pre-Final Certificate — completed the Pre-Final Round, one basic, one advanced and one research problem, qualifying for the Final Round 2026
National Awards
National
University of Waterloo Certificate of Distinction, Sir Isaac Newton Exam 2026

Waterloo National Physics Contest

Top 5% in Canada and Top 15% internationally at the Waterloo Physics Sir Isaac Newton Contest, 2025–2026.
Top 5%
2026 UBC Physics Olympics overall rankings of the top 20 schools, with R.C. Palmer Secondary School 20th

UBC Physics Olympics

1st in City and 20th Overall at the 2025–2026 UBC Physics Olympics — an annual competition at the University of British Columbia where 81 student teams from across the Lower Mainland showcase hands-on science and engineering skills. Teams compete across six collaborative events, featuring custom pre-build projects, experimental mystery labs, and a physics quiz game.
2026 Overall Rankings
1st in City
CEMC Certificate of Distinction — Fermat Contest 2026, top 25% of contestants
CEMC Certificate of Distinction — Cayley Contest 2025, top 25% of contestants
CEMC Certificate of Distinction — Pascal Contest 2023, top 25% of contestants
CEMC Certificate of Distinction — Pascal Contest 2024, top 25% of contestants

Waterloo National Math Contests

  • Fermat Math Contest — Distinction, 2025–2026 (Top 25% internationally)
  • Cayley Math Contest — Distinction, 2024–2025 (Top 25% internationally)
  • Pascal Math Contest — Distinction, 2022–2023 (Top 25% internationally)
  • Pascal Math Contest — Distinction, 2023–2024 (Top 25% internationally)
  • Euclid Math Contest — school-selected participant, 2025–2026
Distinction
R.C. Palmer Subject Award — Life Science 11, 2024–2025
R.C. Palmer Subject Award — Concert Band 10, 2024–2025
R.C. Palmer Subject Award — Incentive Humanities 8, 2022–2023
R.C. Palmer Level 1 Service Award — 30 hours of service, 2022–2023
R.C. Palmer Level 2 Service Award — 100 hours of service, 2023–2024
R.C. Palmer Service Award — 30 hours of service, 2024–2025
R.C. Palmer Performance Award, 2023–2024
R.C. Palmer Service Award, 2025–2026

Palmer Secondary School Awards

  • Life Science 11 subject award, 2024–2025
  • Concert Band 10 subject award, 2024–2025
  • Incentive Humanities 8 subject award, 2022–2023
  • Service Award, Level 2 — 30+ hours, 2022–2023
  • Service Award, Level 2 — 100+ hours, 2023–2024
  • Service Award, Level 2 — 100+ hours, 2024–2025
  • Performance Award, 2023–2024
  • Service Award, 2025–2026
  • Palmer School Science Fair — 2nd / Silver, 2023–2024
  • MusicFest National Concert Band Silver, 2023–2024
School Awards