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Vote for Port Coquitlam students in national competition

Division 8 at a Port Coquitlam school has entered Canada’s Coolest School Trip contest.
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Students at Kwayhquitlum middle school are looking to take a trip to Nova Scotia — and you can help.

Division 8 at the Port Coquitlam school has entered Canada’s Coolest School Trip contest, in which Grade 8 classes across the country create a one-minute video about which Canada Parks place they would like to visit to celebrate the country’s 150th birthday, what it has to offer and its importance in creating the “Canada we know today.”

Through March 24, their video and those from other entrants will be available online for voting at contest.myparkspass.ca and the locals are hoping Tri-City residents will cast a vote.  The grand prize is a free class trip from June 5 to 9 to explore Parks Canada locations in Nova Scotia, with prizes also available for five runners-up and five honourable mentions. The Kwayhquitlum kids did their video on Gwaii Haanas, a national park in B.C.

If they win the national prize, “Students will explore the beautiful landscape and experience Mi’kmaq culture in Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site,” said Kwayhquitlum teacher Ian Robertson.

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