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Burnaby Schools Students Earn Top Awards at Concours d’art oratoire

Burnaby Schools students earned top awards at the 36th annual French public speaking competition, Concours d’art oratoire. The Provincial Finals were held at Simon Fraser University’s Surrey campus in May.

10,000 students competed in the provincial competition, with 209 students moving to the Finals – 12 from Burnaby Schools. Here are the results:

Jinian Beharrell 
1st Place
Grade 12 Early Immersion
“Le bilinguisme: est-il menacé?”
École Alpha Secondary

Michelle Fong
1st Place 
Grade 10 Immersion
“L’effet placebo”
École Moscrop Secondary
(Winner of RésoSanté prize for health subject)

Alexei Luis Villareal 
1st Place 
Grade 10 Core French
“Le cerveau plastique”
Byrne Creek Secondary
(Winner of RésoSanté prize for health subject)

Armaan Parwana
2nd Place
Grade 6 Early Immersion
“Les bracconage des éléphants”
École Armstrong Elementary

2019 Provincial finalists from Burnaby Schools:

Klara Nevrtalova | Grade 6 Francophone | “Le mariage d’enfants” | Brantford Elementary
Brando Konopinski | Grade 6 Immersion | “L’histoire d’immigration au Canada” | École Marlborough Elementary
Ava Senf | Grade 7 Immersion | “Les droits des humains” | École Aubrey Elementary
Owen Turnacliff | Grade 7 Late Immersion | “Le paradoxe Fermi” | École Capital Hill Elementary
Elsie Li | Grade 8 Immersion | “Le piratage” | Burnaby North Secondary
Alexander Hodaly | Grade 9 Immersion | “Les épreuves des Palestiniens” | Moscrop Secondary
Aileen Xue | Grade 10 Francophone | “L’influence des médias sur l’idéal de la beauté” | Burnaby North Secondary
Sarra Pirmohamed | Grade 11 Immersion | “La mutilation génitale feminine” | Moscrop Secondary

Learn more about French Immersion in Burnaby Schools.