Fifteen Prince Edward Island students are on their way to Victoria, British Columbia for the National Historica Heritage Fair.
The National Heritage Fair, which will take place July 7 - 14, 2008, is an annual event which brings together students from across Canada to share their experience and culture. The Fair is the culmination of a series of heritage fairs at local schools and provincial events in all provinces and territories. Prince Edward Island participants were selected following the provincial heritage fair in May.
Hon. Carolyn Bertram, Minister of Communities, Cultural Affairs and Labour saw the students off at the Charlottetown Airport and offered her best wishes. She praised them for the high quality of work which will be showcased at the National Fair.
“The students have worked hard and demonstrated their appreciation and understanding of the unique and important history of Prince Edward Island and of Canada,” she said. “I am pleased that these students will represent our province and proudly share our heritage at this national exhibition.”
BACKGROUNDER:
Following judging at the Provincial Heritage Fair, and upon recommendation of school principals and with the consent of parents/guardians, the following 15 students were selected to attend the National Heritage Fair:
• Kieran Atkinson, Morell Regional High, Project title: Cirque du Soleil
• Alivia Bryenton, West Royalty School, Project title: Barbara Ann Scott
• Brodie Burke, Morell Regional High, Project title: Changes in Agricultural Machinery
• Patrick Byrne, Donagh Regional, Project title: Potato Cropping: Then and Now
• Liam Carpenter, Rollo Bay Consolidated, Project title: The Fur Trade
• Zachary DesRoche, Elm Street Elementary, Project title: Unsung Heroine
• Jasmine Frizzell, West Royalty School, Project title: Maud Lewis
• Sumin Kim, Stonepark Intermediate, Project title: L.M. Montgomery
• Kyle Marchbank, Hernewood Intermediate, Project title: Oyster Fishing
• Heidi Matheson, St. Peter’s Consolidated, Project title: Women in PEI Politics
• Keely McGill, Sherwood Elementary, Project title: Deblois Brothers
• Emily Proude, Stonepark Intermediate, Project title: Notre entreprise familiale Proude’s Shoes
• Emma Smith, Spring Park Elementary, Project title: Mon Patrimoine Highland
• Isaac Taylor, Sherwood Elementary, Project title: Sailing Away
• Evan Tynski, Athena Consolidated, Project title: My Polish Family’s Life in Canada
Daniel Hughes, a student at Morell Regional High School, will join the Prince Edward Island delegation as an alumni student. An alumni student is one who has previously attended a National Heritage Fair and acts as a junior counsellor to delegates as well as a contributor to Heritage Press, the National Fair e-zine found at www.histori.ca.
The Island students will travel with Head of Delegation Corinne Chappell (Colonel Gray Senior High School), and chaperones: Laura Ann Noye (Department of Education and Early Childhood Development), Darwin Woods (Eliot River Elementary) and Bryan Bradley (Glen Stewart Elementary).