at the Arts Advisory Committee Awards Ceremony. Mrs. Henkelman won the Secondary School Drama Teacher of the Year (2008–2009) award and the AYJ play A Few Good Men won an award for 'Outstanding Event of the Year'. In 2010, their production of "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" won in the Critic's Favourite Musical category at the annual Cappies Gala and, in 2011, they won the Critic's Favourite Play category with the Canada's Capital Cappies for their production of Neil Simon's "Plaza Suite". The Drama and Music Department co-produced "The Addams Family Musical". This production was directed by drama teacher Illona Henkleman with music teacher Jessica Sullivan conducting the pit band. They won multiple awards at the Cappies in June, including the award for Best Musical. Music In February 2015, the AYJ Senior Band competed in the Capital Region Music Festival, a regional qualifying competition for MusicFest Canada. For the first time in the school's history, the band was awarded the Gold Standard for their performance. Athletics The school has achieved city National Capital Secondary School Athletic Association championships for the Varsity lacrosse (2015, 2016, 2018 & 2019) and junior boys rugby program. Senior Boys Volleyball won city championships in 1986, 1988, 1995, 2001, and 2002 as well as three Western Conference Championships in 2003, 2004, and 2020. The Junior Boys Basketball won three Western Conference titles (2003, 2005, 2006). The Blue Jays also won city championships for boys baseball in 2005, 2011, and 2014. The AYJ Badimation Club won championships in 1983, 1985, 1986, 1997, 1998, 2005, and 2010. In 2008, the senior boys' basketball team won the provincial OFSAA AA championship, the first Ottawa high school to win a provincial basketball championship in 59 years. In 2020, AYJ won a Tier 2 Girls Hockey Championship. In 2009, the varsity boys non-contact hockey team won the city championship. The Snowboard & Ski Club is the largest club at the school with regular multi-day excursions during the winter months to Le Massif and Mont-Sainte-Anne, as well as single-day trips to Mont-Tremblant. Controversy In late 2011 a student at A. Y. Jackson, Jamie Hubley (son of Allan Hubley) committed suicide due to bullying. According to a news report at the time, the student was the “only openly gay student at the school,” and was bullied as a result. Hubley described in his final blog post being called "fag" in