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3 - Sunday, April 16, 1989 ~ Lynn Valley Echo

Do I
hear...?

A BIDDER {not in
the photo) has the
attention of the
auctioneer and
various parents ai-
tending. the recent
Upper Lynn School
Auction, which had
up For bid
everything from
artworks to an
evening in aa
RCMP. car. Pro-
ceeds from the en-
joyable event will
be put towards
school projects.

L. Valley students win
French speaking contest

TWO LOCAL students came out
winners recently in the district
finais of the ‘Concours d'Art
Oratoire,’""’ an annual French
public speaking contest held in
conjunction with the Parents For
French Association.

North Vancouver students from
Grades 6 to 12 competed in Im-
mersion, Francophone and French
as 2 Second Language categories,

This year’s contest included a
range of topics which dealt with
personal experiences, personal
opinions and the sharing of infor-
mation.

Carmen Turner of Ross Road
Elementary won in the Grade 6
Immersion category, while Nichola
Whitehead of Argyle Secondary
took top honors in the Grade 8
Immersion section.

Both girls will go on to compete
in the provincial competition to be
held at UBC, Saturday, April 22.

CARMEN TURNER (left) and Nichola Whitehead were recent winners
in the North Vancouver-wide French public speaking contest. Carmen is
a Grade 6 French Immersion student at Ross Road Elementary, and
Nichola is in Grade 8 at Argyle Secondary.

Locals compete at Science Fair

ABOUT 100 local students participated in the recent District
Science Fair, which was a prelude to the Vancouver-Lower
Mainland Regional Science Fair held April 14 and 15 at

Sutherland Secondary.

The children who entered the
District Fair at Capilano Mall, in
Grades 4 to 7, had to talk about
their displays to the judges, who
evaluated them separately on the
basis of scientific thought, origi-
nality and presentation.

Some 30 participants who
received outstanding award certifi-
cates in all three categories were
presented with special awards of
excellence.

“The awards were not counted
or publicized and the event was

kept. non-competitive,’’ District
Elementary Science Consultant Bill
Thorburn commented later.
Thorburn said that ‘‘construc-
tive criticism: was an important
part of the process for the kids.”’
He also wanted to give credit to
Capilano Mall, which gave each
exhibit a $5 gift certificate and
two-for-one coupon to attend. an

IMAX show.

Sutherland's regional science
fair was open to Grades 6 to 10,
and particpants had to apply for
entry with Science World prior to
March 23.

The fair was not open to the
public until Saturday, April 15, at
10 a.m., by which time the judging
was completed.

“The level of sophistication at
these. fairs has been. amazing,”’
says Thorburn. Award-winners
were not known at presstime.

Outstanding exhibitors at
Sutherland may enter the
Canada-Wide Science Fair which is
being held this year at UBC, with
Grades 7. to 12 competing for ma-
jor prizes. :

‘MAY. 2s:

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