Canada Essay Winners, Our Weekly Meeting of June 17, 2013

Our weekly meeting was graced by representatives of our municipal, provincial, and federal governments who were in attendance to help us celebrate the recognition of four outstanding students who won our annual Canada Day essay competition.  The four students, pictured along with Kevin Duguay, Chair of our Canada Day Committee, are Maria Vassilakos who is in Grade 6 at St. Theresa’s, Mackenzie Lunn, a Grade 4 student at St. Patrick’s, Jodi Overwijk who is in Grade 4 at St. Patrick’s, and Claire Johnston, a Grade 6 student at Kawartha Heights Elementary School. The essay theme was: “What it means to me to be a Canadian.”  The contest was open to elementary students ages 10 to 14 in Grades 4-8. Over 100 entries were received this year from four classes.