Brandon McPhail
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Brandon Nicholas McPhail is an elementary school teacher at Churchill Heights Public School, in the Scarborough district of Toronto.
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[edit] As a Teacher
He is also called Brandon McPahil or Brandon McPhalo by most individuals who are aquainted with him, as he is currently also the official mascot of the school. In addition to being a teacher and mascot, he also has a large amount of influence, being a senior administrator at his school. He is a honours B.A at the University of Toronto, and a Bachelor of Education from Queen's University. [1] Since Churchill Heights is a dual-track school, Brandon McPhail has had to teach students part of the gifted programme, which can occasionally be a problem because these students love to talk, and they do not stop talking easily.
[edit] Extra-Curricular Activities
He is currently one of two coaches of the Churchill Heights baseball team, which won the TDSB championship, as they finished the season undefeated, winning the first three games 15-0. In addition, Brandon McPhail coaches the soccer team, which does not exist this year, and he also leads the Student Leadership Council, which is a group of students who help give the students' view on what happens in the school. The SLC is in charge of most events that occur in the school, including fun fairs, the monthly pizza lunches, and other events that the students want to occur. One such event was the building of a new playground in the school, as the old one had been taken down, and the SLC had been charged with managing the creation of a new one. [2]
[edit] RoboNerds
The Churchill Heights RoboNerds has a long history as a successful team, led by Brandon McPhail. It is a team of students who build and program robots to compete in the First Lego League, which is the larges robotics competition for those students not yet in high school. Churchill Heights is known for its success in these competitions, as it has routinely placed near the top at about every single competition that it has been in. In 2007, the Churchill Heights team won the teamwork award at a competition, which allowed them to qualify for the subsequent Provincial Championships, which they were unable to win. Sadly, they were not able to qualify for the Provincial Championships in 2008, as they were eliminated due to three other teams receiving additional points for using the worse RCX robots, instead of the NXT robot that the Churchill Heights team used. The Churchill Heights Robonerds has always been assisted by the mentors from Woburn, who are former members of the Churchill RoboNerds, and they pass on their useful experience, which is very useful.
