About 10,000 students from across British Columbia competed, 209 made the provincial finals, including four students from School District 43  that won at Canada's largest, annual French-language public speaking competition, Concours d'art oratoire hosted by the Canadian Parents for French BC & Yukon on May 4, 2019. 

The competition is open to all students, grades 6 through 12, who are learning French through programs such as: French Immersion, Core French and the native Francophone School Board (SD93). 

Students competed  by delivering a 3  to 5 minute speeches, en français on a topic/ subject that interests them. 

Congratulations to the students! 

2019 Provincial finalists from Coquitlam:

Meha Muralidharan | Grade 6 Immersion | "Le traitement injuste envers les personnes d'ascendance africaine" | École Pitt River Middle School
Elizabeth Wang | Grade 6 Late Immersion |  "Le plagiat" | École Citadel Middle |
Kaitlyn Connelly | Grade 8 Immersion | "La depression" | École Pitt River Middle School

Luc Wool 

(CPF BCYK President Greer Cummings, right) 

1st Place 

Grade 7 Early Immersion 

"Réflexions sur L'Avare" 

École Banting Middle School

Photos by CPF BCYK