Students from across the District are being recognized for their talents and skills, with several recent examples where they’ve applied what they’ve learned at school and turned it into award-winning achievements.
Students in District-wide Programs of Choice earned gold, silver, and bronze medals at the Skills Canada British Columbia event. After a six-hour competition, the podium was fully owned by youth in the Cisco Networking Academy, which is held at Burnaby South Secondary. A silver medal was captured by a student in the Professional Cook program, which is held at Burnaby Central Secondary. And a Cariboo Hill Secondary student in the Auto Collision and Refinishing Technician program took home the gold medal.
A dozen Burnaby Schools students placed in the top three, taking 19% of the available medals for their speeches at this year’s regional Canadian French public speaking contest. 200 students in Grades 6 to 12 from across BC and the Yukon competed at the annual Concours d’art oratoire event held this year at Simon Fraser University. Top students in Grades 11 and 12 qualify for the national competition.
The Robotics Team from Byrne Creek Community School ranked in the top three from BC who competed at the First Robotics Competition. With teams from as far away as Vietnam, the Byrne Creek students finished 22nd out of 44 teams.
Burnaby Schools students earned 15 of the 23 wins at an event led by the District-administered Provincial Outreach Program: Deaf and Hard of Hearing. 300 students from 17 school districts and four independent schools came together for one or both of POPDHH’s annual events, including Friendship Day. The theme was “not a disability, but a difference.” Students from the BC Provincial School for the Deaf, Burnaby Mountain Secondary and Stoney Creek Community School were among the winners at the DHHproud Showcase, which had categories for DHH Art, ASL Poetry, and Spotlight Presentations.
Posted May 2026