Congrats to Burnaby's Daniel Piechnik, one of 16 students in Western Canada to land a $1,000 bursary for helping his community. The bursaries are from RE/MAX, and winners had to submit an essay, outlining their contributions.
In Piechnik's essay, he wrote about visiting Kenya, witnessing rampant poverty, and fundraising with fellow students at Burnaby Mountain Secondary to help build a school in Kenya and a well in Sierra Leone. Piechnik also helped collect food and toiletries for the food bank and the Burnaby Task Force on Homelessness.
The cash bursary is intended for post-secondary, but students can use it for whatever they need, be it books, food or tuition.
Grads of '63
There's a Burnaby South Secondary reunion coming up this fall for the grads of 1963. The celebration will be in the ballroom at the Grand Villa Casino at the Delta Hotel in Burnaby on Friday, Oct. 4. Contact Judy at 604-9392166 or Marian at 604-4331414 to attend.
En francais
Grades 6 and 7 students at Suncrest Elementary have been writing to pen-pals in France.
Pamela Hetrick, a music teacher at Suncrest, asked her students to make cards for French students, telling them a little about themselves in both French and English.
She then took them to France for spring break. Hetrick was visiting a friend in Paris who also teaches, and that friend's students made cards for the kids back at Suncrest.
The students are going to continue their long-distance correspondence via email.
Summer camp
If you're a parent planning ahead for summer, you may want to check out Sunfest Daycamp at Gilmore Community School.
The daytime program is for kids ages five to 11, and it runs from July 2 to Aug. 9. For more information or to register, email [email protected] or call 778-873-6020.
