By Mark Squibb | Vol. 13 No. 1 (January 8, 2020)
Several students from St. Kevin’s high School in the Goulds participated in the annual Remembrance Week Poster and Literary Contest hosted by Royal Canadian Legion Branch 34 Southern Shore and the Royal Canadian Legion Provincial Command.
The contest is open to all Canadian children as a means to honour Canada’s veterans through creative art and writing and help perpetuate remembrance of the sacrifices made by Canadian soldiers and their families.
In the Intermediate Poster Contest division, Cheyenne Edmunds-Cull placed first, Adriana Power placed second, and Ethan Evans placed third. At the senior level, for Black and White Posters, Brooklyn Follett placed first, Brianna Hennessey-Hawkins placed second, and Anna Kirby placed third. In the Senior Colour Poster Contest, Brianna Frizzell-Ryan placed first, Caeden Howlett placed second, and Morgan Penney placed third. In the Literary Contest, Sophie Nitschke placed first for her senior essay, while Julia Daley, Abigayle O’Connell, and Madison Brown placed first, second, and third receptively for their senior division poetry entries.
St. Kevin’s teacher Tracy Dixon encouraged students to submit their work.
Front Row (L-R): Cheyenne Edmunds-Cull, Caeden Howlett, Madison Brown, Julia Daley, Abigayle O’Connell, Sophie Nitschke, Morgan Penney, Brianna Frizzell-Ryan
Back Row (L-R) Mr. Tony Power (principal), Ethan Evans, Adriana Power, Brianna Hennessey-Hawkins, Brooklyn Follett , Ms. Tracy Nixon
Missing: Anna Kirby
