2018 Scholar
FRANCOEUR, Elizabeth (Grace)
The McGill Bermuda Scholarship
Grace attended Warwick Academy between 2004 and 2018, although she spent three years at Greenfield Elementary School in Prince Edward Island between 2008 and 2011. In 2016, she passed 11 GCSEs with top grades. Grace next entered the International Baccalaureate programme at Warwick, from where she successfully graduated in 2018 among the top in her year. Her grades led her to the Principal's List honour roll every year since 2014. She has won numerous subject awards in ICT, Chemistry, Economics and French as well as Outstanding Effort awards in 2015 and 2017.
While at Warwick, Grace held several leadership positions, including prefect and ultimately Deputy Head Girl. Her primary responsibility was creating and implementing a peer mentoring program across year groups at the high school level. Also, in her final school year, she worked on a team to choreograph the Warwick Academy school musical, “Our House”. Grace also worked with others to raise money to build a school herb and vegetable garden which supported the Warwick Academy Food and NutritionvDepartment. She also read with primary children once a week during her lunch time.
In 2018, Grace attended the Berlin Model United Nations Conference as a delegate of the Republic of Korea. She was a member of the Economic and Social Council where she drafted resolutions and participated in debates regarding the topic of Women’s Empowerment. Grace’s main focuses of research and debate were gender equality in the work place and ways to further female entrepreneurship.
Grace has been a keen dancer throughout her life. She was a member of the In Motion Dance Company where she achieved a high level of technical proficiency in ballet, jazz, tap and modern, although she is particularly keen on modern. Grace has been a member of their Senior Company since 2014. She represented the school overseas at the Grier Gala in Pennsylvania and performed at TedX Bermuda and the America’s Cup. She has also taught pre-ballet dance classes to younger students as part of the In Motion student teacher program. Grace has also spent time working at the In Motion Office through their Work-Study program. There she assists in all of the administration and retail aspects of In Motion School of Dance. Her dedication and commitment to this role lead her to achieve the Work-Study of the Year award in 2015. Grace also holds her Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award.
Grace will enter McGill in September, 2018 to study for a Bachelor of Commerce.