Burnaby Schools students earned top awards at the 36th annual French public speaking competition, Concours d鈥檃rt oratoire. The Provincial Finals were held at Simon Fraser University鈥檚 Surrey campus in May.
10,000 students competed in the provincial competition, with 209 students moving to the Finals 鈥 12听from Burnaby Schools. Here are the results:
Jinian Beharrell听
1st Place
Grade 12 Early Immersion
鈥淟e bilinguisme: est-il menac茅?鈥
脡cole Alpha Secondary
Michelle Fong
1st Place听
Grade 10 Immersion
鈥淟鈥檈ffet placebo鈥
脡cole Moscrop Secondary
(Winner of R茅soSant茅 prize for health subject)
Alexei Luis Villareal听
1st Place听
Grade 10 Core French
鈥淟e cerveau plastique鈥
Byrne Creek Secondary
(Winner of R茅soSant茅 prize for health subject)
Armaan Parwana
2nd Place
Grade 6 Early Immersion
鈥淟es bracconage des 茅l茅phants鈥
脡cole Armstrong Elementary
2019听Provincial finalists听from听Burnaby Schools:
Klara Nevrtalova听| Grade 6 Francophone | 鈥淟e mariage d鈥檈nfants鈥 | Brantford Elementary
Brando Konopinski听| Grade 6 Immersion | 鈥淟’histoire d’immigration au Canada鈥 | 脡cole Marlborough Elementary
Ava Senf听| Grade 7 Immersion | 鈥淟es droits des humains鈥 | 脡cole Aubrey Elementary
Owen Turnacliff听| Grade 7 Late Immersion | 鈥淟e paradoxe Fermi鈥 | 脡cole Capital Hill Elementary
Elsie Li听| Grade 8 Immersion | 鈥淟e piratage鈥 | Burnaby North Secondary
Alexander Hodaly听| Grade 9 Immersion | 鈥淟es 茅preuves des Palestiniens鈥 | Moscrop Secondary
Aileen Xue听| Grade 10 Francophone | 鈥淟’influence des m茅dias sur l’id茅al de la beaut茅鈥 | Burnaby North Secondary
Sarra Pirmohamed听| Grade 11 Immersion | 鈥淟a mutilation g茅nitale feminine鈥 | Moscrop Secondary
Learn more about French Immersion in Burnaby Schools.