An iconic image from the Second World War captured the imaginations of local students during Heritage Week.
This year’s Heritage Week contests featured a colouring contest for Kindergarten to Grade 3 students and a heritage poster or photography contest for Grade 4 and 5 students. The colouring contest featured a line drawing by local artist Katherine Freund-Hainsworth of the Wait for Me, Daddy image.
“Five-hundred-and-twenty-eight entries were received, so you can understand why it was difficult for the judges to choose the winners,” said Mayor Wayne Wright. “We are very pleased with the enthusiastic response and the quality of
entries. These contests highlight the importance of our community’s heritage, to us.”
In the kingergarten category, Irelynn Oraas from F.W. Howay took first place, with Teya Porter from F.W. Howay in Second and Ashley Tablac from Queen Elizabeth in third. Five students also picked up honourable mentions: Jared Courtney and Nadir Rishard (Queen Elizabeth); Gavyn Hollet (John Robson); Billy Kim (Lord Tweedsmuir); and Molly Morriss (F.W. Howay).
Bailey McHaffie from Richard McBride placed first in the Grade 1 contest, with Patricia Lagas from Queen Elizabeth in second and Margaret Galloway from Herbert Spencer in third. Honourable mentions also went to Maisie Bruce (Herbert Spencer); Charleze Sityar (John Robson); Audrey Leung, Chelsea Hodson and Isabel Fulop (F.W. Howay); and Nellie Russell from Lord Tweedsmuir.
In the Grade 2 competition, Aichen Chen from John Robson took top honours, Katrina Selby from Lord Kelvin in second and Ishman Kaur Deol from Queen Elizabeth in third. Grade 2 honourable mentions went to: Anthony Almonte (John Robson); Kyle Inamac, Brant Lee and Diana Craciun (Richard McBride); Mariam Alganim (Herbert Spencer); and Hannah Yu (Connaught Heights).
Anna Rodriguez from F.W. Howay placed first in the Grade 3 contest, with Maria Olenchenko (John Robson) coming in second and Jamie Lam (Lord Tweedsmuir) in third. Grade 3 honourable mentions were awarded to Emma Hillaby (F.W. Howay); Lisa Paskar and Violet-Harmony Pootlass (John Robson); Nicole Shane (Queen Elizabeth); and Nicole Manke (Lord Tweedsmuir).
F.W. Howay dominated the Grade 4 competition, with Ayana Seymour placing first, Cat Sabinin coming second and Sophie Crowther earning a third-place award. Chiara Zlatovic- Diewald from Richard McBride tied for third place in the Grade 4 competition. Students recognized with honourable mentions in the Grade 4 category were: Minami Sakamoto (F.W. Howay); Veronica Popova and Neve LaRosa (John Robson); and Megan Norton (Richard McBride).
Trinity Armstrong from Richard McBride took top spot in the Grade 5 category, followed by Samia Afrin Khan from Lord Kelvin in second and Didi Dimitrova from Richard McBride in third. Grade 5 honourable mentions were presented to: Melissa Lee, Mattias Ciprian and Serafim Kolarov (Richard McBride); and Ted Kandonoff and Briece Saunders (John Robson).
Students received a verity of prizes at an award ceremony in council chambers on April 7, including bikes, items from local businesses and IPOD Touches.
“Once again, we would like to thank our sponsors, as their contributions make this the best Heritage Week in the province year after year,” said Wright.
