Félicitations!
(Shailee Shah, a Grade 6/7 Intensive French student from Frost Road Elementary, with her first place medal and Senator Yonah Martin)
Five Surrey Schools students have won medals at a provincial French public speaking competition that attracted 10,000 entrants.
A further eight Surrey Schools students were among the 285 finalists at the Concours d’art oratoire, which is open to all students in grades 6 to 12 who are learning French through a dedicated program.
(Haley Biggin, a Grade 7 Early Immersion student from Martha Currie Elementary, with her first place medal and Senator Yonah Martin)
Four of the students from Surrey who won medals came in first place. They were:
â'¢ Shailee Shah, Grade 6/7 Intensive French, Frost Road Elementary
â'¢ Haley Biggin, Grade 7 Early Immersion, Martha Currie Elementary
â'¢ Julia Albert, Grade 8 Immersion, Earl Marriott Secondary
â'¢ Coralie Tcheune, Grade 8 Francophone, Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary
(Julia Albert, a Grade 8 Immersion student from Earl Marriott Secondary, with her first place medal and Senator Yonah Martin)
There was a second place medal at the competition for Jazlyn Melnychuk, a Grade 12 Early Immersion student at Earl Marriott Secondary.
Concours d’art oratoire was judged by French speaking volunteers and sponsored by the Canadian Parents for French BC and Yukon.
“It’s an incredible feat to make it to the provincial finals â- taking home a medal is a real achievement,” says chief judge Renée Hamilton-Clark.
(Coralie Tcheune, a Grade 8 Francophone student from Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary, with her first place medal and Senator Yonah Martin)
The other finalists from Surrey school district were:
â'¢ Thomas Spoule, Grade 6 Francophone, Peace Arch Elementary
â'¢ Sara Selje, Grade 11 Immersion, Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary
â'¢ Vicky Yi Qing Liu, Grade 12 Core French, Fraser Heights Secondary
â'¢ Giselle Klynsoon, Grade 6 Early Immersion, Riverdale Elementary
â'¢ Mariam Ayubi, Grade 7 Late Immersion, K.B. Woodward Elementary
â'¢ Gabrielle Bourassa-Tait, Grade 8 Francophone, Sullivan Heights Secondary
â'¢ Daniella Zinetti, Grade 7 Francophone, Peace Arch Elementary
â'¢ Adrien Rebselj, Grade 10 Francophone, Earl Marriott Secondary
(Jazlyn Melnychuk, a Grade 12 Early Immersion student at Earl Marriott Secondary, with her second place medal and Patti Holm, President of the Canadian Parents for French BC and Yukon)
(Images courtesy of cpf.bc.ca)
