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AND THE WINNERS ARE . . .

POETRY CONTEST SHORT-STORY CONTEST
First Prize First Prize
Kindergarten Chase Liang, Trinity Montessori School (ON) Kindergarten Zaneta Fung, The Progressive Montessori Academy (ON)
Grade 1 Kennedy Downs, Westmont Montessori School (BC) Grade 1 William Overgaard, Bannockburn School (ON)
Grade 2 Erica Sun, Brain Power Enrichment Program (ON) Grade 2 Azra Kenar, Jeanne Sauvé French Immersion Public Sch. (ON)
Grade 3 Jasper Xiao, Daniela Elza Writing School (BC) Grade 3 John Paul Cesnik, Central Montessori School (ON)
Grade 4 Jocelyn Chan, Richmond Rose Public School (ON) Grade 4 Sophia Wang, James W. Hill Public School (ON)
Grade 5 Layla Radwan, Immaculate Heart of Mary School (NL) Grade 5 Jayden Yang, Quantum Academy (BC)
Grade 6 Lemon Green, Canyon Falls Middle School (BC) Grade 6 Milena Felton, Kilbride Public School (ON)
Grade 7 Vivienne Le, Summit Middle School (BC) Grade 7 Jayme Robertson-Zhou, Fraser Valley School (BC)
Grade 8 Anna Komar, Cunard Junior High School (NS) Grade 8 Lizzie Hutten-Czapski, Area Enrichment Class—Waterloo (ON)
Grade 9 Eva Sun, Louis Riel School (AB) Grade 9 Yiseo Yoon, ReadingGate—Vancouver West (BC)
Grade 10 Theila Cohen, Richmond Green Secondary School (ON) Grade 10 Kalli-Ann Sevaptsidis, Bluevale Collegiate Institute (ON)
Grade 11 Jocelyn McLaren, Kate Andrews High School (AB) Grade 11 Sarah Linn, Lester B. Pearson Catholic High School (ON)
Grade 12 Kate Norman, Father Leo J Austin Catholic Sec. Sch. (ON) Grade 12 Jaxon Gomez, Hants North Rural High School (NS)

Second Prize Second Prize

Kindergarten Mason Allen, Uptown Montessori School (ON) Kindergarten Viviksha Prasanna, St. Thomas More Elementary School (ON)
Grade 1 Jayson Chen, Aurora Montessori School (ON) Grade 1 Brandon Yang, Brain Power Enrichment Program (ON)
Grade 2 Evelyn Koop, Central Montessori School (ON) Grade 2 Dax Ducharme, Westmont Montessori School (BC)
Grade 3 Oceana Szydelski Campuzano, Franklin Public School (ON) Grade 3 Jayden Chen, Northmount School (ON)
Grade 4 Sophie Ma, Denlow Public School (ON) Grade 4 Nonnah Tcherkinsky, Richland Academy (ON)
Grade 5 Sarah Snider, Mackenzie Community School (ON) Grade 5 Avishi Kothalawala, Bairdmore School (MB)
Grade 6 Macie Wong, Our Lady of Fatima School (BC) Grade 6 Xinyi Wang, C&C Educenter (AB)
Grade 7 Ruby Langley, Cunard Junior High School (NS) Grade 7 Theodora Roberts, Blue Mountain Wild School (ON)
Grade 8 Marshall Tucker-Hebb, Cunard Junior High School (NS) Grade 8 Alison Yoon, Glen Shields Public School (ON)
Grade 9 Kali Gunnarson, Erickson Collegiate Institute (MB) Grade 9 Leah Zander, Appleby College (ON)
Grade 10 Aesha Patel, John Fraser Secondary School (ON) Grade 10 Angela Ye, Newmarket High School (ON)
Grade 11 Kylee Booth, St. Margaret’s School (BC) Grade 11 Nathan Hellner-Mestelman, Mount Douglas Sec. Sch. (BC)
Grade 12 Elyse Armstrong, Bluevale Collegiate Institute (ON) Grade 12 Emily Bruneski, Lake City Secondary School (BC)

Third Prize Third Prize

Kindergarten Lilia Roberts, Glenn Arbour Academy (ON) Kindergarten Zachary Magamis, International School of Cambridge (ON)
Grade 1 Eddie Ormsby, Blue Mountain Wild School (ON) Grade 1 Ethan Szeto, Central Montessori School (ON)
Grade 2 Ziyana Kassam, Sidney Ledson Institute (ON) Grade 2 Kylar Gulliver Mangabay, St. Timothy Catholic School (ON)
Grade 3 Ann Hao, Fresh Minds Academy (BC) Grade 3 Maya Press, Briargreen Public School (ON)
Grade 4 Emma Egeland, Medstead Central School (SK) Grade 4 Millin Sohi, Cougar Canyon Elementary School (BC)
Grade 5 Amina Naeem, Hawthorn Public School (ON) Grade 5 Annabel Derksen, Area Enrichment Class—Waterloo (ON)
Grade 6 Alyssa Tong, Unionville College (ON) Grade 6 Evalyn Ho, Toronto Montessori School (ON)
Grade 7 Cassidy Wollmann, Silverwinds School (MB) Grade 7 Leah Butler, Clarenville Middle School (NL)
Grade 8 Amelia Pletsch, Centennial Public School (ON) Grade 8 Claire Bisch, Vista Hills Public School (ON)
Grade 9 Reita Liu, Richmond Hill High School (ON) Grade 9 Esmé La Lusis, Danforth Collegiate and Technical Inst. (ON)
Grade 10 Seniru Kothalawala, Fort Richmond Collegiate (MB) Grade 10 Gabriel McArthur, École secondaire Kelvin High School (MB)
Grade 11 Jessie Zou, Western Canada High School (AB) Grade 11 Sierra He, John McCrae Secondary School (ON)
Grade 12 Signy Thorsteinson, Foam Lake Composite High School (SK) Grade 12 Audrey Gao, Lord Byng Secondary School (BC)

Bonus Prizes for Schools Bonus Prizes for Schools

First Prize Brain Power Enrichment Program (ON) First Prize Area Enrichment Class—Waterloo (ON)
Second Prize Westmont Montessori School (BC) Second Prize Northmount School (ON)
Third Prize Area Enrichment Class—Kitchener (ON) Third Prize Fraser Valley School (BC)

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