The Regional Concours d'art oratoire was held at the School District #5 offices in Cranbrook this year with participating students in grades 6 to 10 from Golden, Fernie and Cranbrook.
Concours is a French-language public-speaking competition supported and promoted by Canadian Parents for French and organized in conjunction with school staff.
The event happens across Canada, involving close to 100,000 students. The competitions happen at the school, regional, provincial and national levels with thousands of dollars worth of prizes.
The winners in their categories were as follows:
School District 6 (Golden)
Grade 6
1st place: Robert Caldwell
2nd place: Maeve Wilson
Grade 7
1st place: Madeline Archibald
2nd place: Carrington Mitchell
School District 5 (Cranbrook
and Fernie)
Grade 6
1st place: Maeve Murtagh
Grade 7
1st place: Megan McCall
2nd place: Ethan Heavey
Grade 8
1st place: Jodi Stemberger
2nd place: Celeste Hart
Grade 9
1st place: Vicky Deraspe
2nd place: Eliza Hughes
Grade 10
1st place: Mckinley Richards
The winners have the opportunity to attend the provincial Concours, being held this year on May 4 in Surrey.
Concours relies heavily on the support of parent and community volunteers and CPF would like to extend a huge thank you to Anne Beurskens, Philippe Lurol and Yvette Relkoff who volunteered to judge the students' speeches.