Congratulations to all the students who competed at the provincial Concours d’art oratoire last month.
And a special congratulations goes to École Glenbrooke Middle School student Hannah Brine, who won a gold medal in the Grade 6 late immersion category for her speech about a book of poetry she wrote in honour of her late cousin Eva Markvoort.
The Concours is an annual French speech contest organized by the French education advocacy group Canadian Parents for French. Students across the country start by competing against classmates before progressing to districts, provincials and, eventually, nationals (only senior high school students get to participate in nationals).
This year, eight New Westminster students competed at provincials, held on May 6 at SFU Surrey.
From École Glenbrook Middle School:
Avery Tamagi, Les cochons d’inde (guinea pigs); Ray Wang, Qu’est-ce que vous allez faire? (What are you going to do?); Brine, 65 un livre de poèmes (65: a book of poems); Monika Arcadi, Les secrets du sucre (The secrets of sugar); Elena Massing, Le féminisme (feminism); Lucus Melbourne, Pourquoi il faut traiter la toxicomanie comme une maladie? (Why we have to treat substance abuse like an illness).
From New Westminster Secondary School:
Jodie Lee, Nous vivons tous dans une simulation d’ordinateur (We are all living in a computer simulation); Clarissa (Clo) Wang, Le Monde Étrange de la Nourriture Epicée (The strange world of spicy foods).
Where is she now?
She’s been named one of Canada’s Top 20 Under 20, received the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee medal and, more recently, has been nominated in the race for Citizen of the Year – yes, you guessed it, it’s Ceilidh Millar.
The New Westminster native followed her passion for journalism and has landed a gig on Vancouver Island as the new community reporter and weekend weather person for Chek News.
Millar is a graduate of New Westminster Secondary School. While in high school, she was selected to take part in CBC News Days as a student reporter, and she eventually went on to BCIT’s broadcast journalism program to train. Millar was also the student reporter for city council from 2009 to 2011.
You can find Millar on Twitter @CeilidhMillar.
Congrats on your new gig, Ceilidh, and all the best in your future endeavours.
