April 18th, 2016
On Saturday, April 9th, Emma Charters and Matthew Rose competed in the Ontario High School German Contest in Toronto. Competing against the best German Students in Ontario for a top prize of a trip to Germany, they engaged in listening, reading, writing, and grammar components, and an oral interview, over a 5-hour period.
Our German-speaking Knights made Bluevale very proud, ranking 3rd and 4th in the province.
40 students from 9 public and private high schools from Waterloo, Toronto, Halton, Peel, Hamilton and Niagara Regions participated in the contest.
Thomas Nickel, Vice-Consul, Consulate Affairs of the German Consulate General of Toronto and James Steele, president of the OATG, presented Emma and Matthew with their certificates, gift bags and prizes of $200 and $175, respectively.
Congratulations Emma and Matthew for your hard work, ambition and success!
Special thanks to our German teacher, Linda Jung, for her dedicated work with the students and for her ongoing encouragement!
Last week, the German Consulate offered an additional trip to Emma Charters! This July Emma will be travelling to Germany with 200 students from 90 countries, along with 9 other Canadian provincial prize winners!
