Seventy-Four Bluewater District School Board (BWDSB) Grades 4 to 12 students representing 11 schools stepped up to the podium to showcase their French skills over two exciting evenings during the annual Concours d’Art Oratoire/French public speaking contest.
Hosted at the BWDSB Education Centre in Chesley, in partnership with the provincial and local chapters of Canadian Parents for French (CPF), students could compete in the categories of Traditional on Wednesday, March 25 or Impromptu on Thursday, March 26.
Schools were invited to send up to three students to compete in the Traditional category, while any student wishing to participate in Impromptu could attend. Each competition was divided into the categories of Core French, French Immersion, and Francophone to reflect different programming in BWDSB schools. Rules, judging, and category placements were conducted by staff, who followed CPF guidelines.
Below are the results from the various categories of competition. Congratulations are extended to these students on their award-winning speeches:
Grade 4 French Immersion Impromptu
1st Place - Yafa Abuoun
2nd Place - Penelope Meekins
3rd Place - Hudson Ricket
Grade 5 French Immersion Impromptu
1st Place - Noah Lanthier
2nd Place - Scarlet Fleming
3rd Place - Gabriel Woodward
Grade 6 French Immersion Impromptu
1st Place - Elsie Harford
2nd Place - Grant Elliot
3rd Place - Ruby Petryk
Grade 7 French Immersion Impromptu
1st Place - Kalaina Lefebvre
2nd Place - Paul Erskine
3rd Place - Erin Cavanagh
Grade 8 French Immersion Impromptu
1st Place - Braelynn Robinson
2nd Place - Mila Martucci
3rd Place - Ellie Stephen
Grade 9 French Immersion Impromptu
1st Place - Emma Roy
Grade 12 French Immersion Impromptu
1st Place - Thomas Stredwick
Grade 4 French Immersion Traditional
1st Place - Ellis Beaton
2nd Place - Lily Pohl
Grade 5 French Immersion Traditional
1st Place - Ben Hughes
2nd Place - Daphne Rathwell
3rd Place - Andrew Ferguson
Grade 5 Core French Traditional
1st Place - Ariya Ray
Grade 6 French Immersion Traditional
1st Place - Bennet Law
2nd Place - Marilla Arnold
Grade 6 Core French Traditional
1st Place - Vyoma Patel
2nd Place - Greta Clark
Grade 7 Francophone Traditional
1st Place - Emma Vander Ploeg
Grade 7 French Immersion Traditional
1st Place - Sawyer Embacher
2nd Place - Travis Brown
Grade 8 French Immersion Traditional
1st Place - Silk Watson
2nd Place - Olivia Tonei
3rd Place - Ayza Noor