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May 23, 2000

Kente students take first at Heritage Fair

    Heritage meets hi-tech in a winning project by Grade seven students from Kente Public School. On May 11 and 12, enrichment students from Kente Public School participated in the 6th Annual Regional Heritage Fair at Queen's University in Kingston.
    Grade seven students, Kirk Montgomery, Kevin Montgomery, Victoria Russell, Valerie Aiken, Allison Stather, Justin Voskamp and Curtis Walt took first place in their category. The team did research into the causes, battles, strategies and key personalities of the War of 1812 and then used the information to prepare a Hyperstudio multi-media presentation. The project will now advance to the National Heritage Fair at the Canadian Museum of Civilization on July 15 and 16. Kirk Montgomery will represent the team at the National Heritage Fair and participate in a week long history camp.
    Grade eight students from Kente, Elizabeth Cooper and Tanya Mountenay, also took part in the Regional Heritage Fair. They researched and compared the characteristics of irresponsible government which led to the Canadian Rebellions of 1837 and the recent Kosovo Crisis, then wrote and video taped a news report.
    "The students demonstrated keen insight and higher level thinking skills by applying, analysing, evaluating and synthesizing the information they researched," said Enrichment Coordinator, Dierdre Gordon.
    The Heritage Fair is an event to encourage all Canadians to celebrate their part in Canada's history. It strives to heighten awareness in Canada's heritage and to create an exciting learning environment for students.

For more information contact:
Dierdre Gordon, Enrichment Coordinator,  966-1170  ext. 3324