Three School District 43 students came out winners during the Canada-Wide Science Festival last week in Montreal.
The event brought students from across the country together for a showcase of science and technologies.
During an awards ceremony held last Thursday, the students won awards and entrance scholarships to a variety of Canadian post-secondary institutions.
Kelvin Zhang, a Grade 10 student at Coquitlam's Gleneagle secondary school won a gold medal in his category (intermediate excellence award) and took home a Western University Scholarship of $4,000, a $250 award from the Actuarial Foundation of Canada and a $750 Challenge Award.
Janis Pang, a Grade 12 Pinetree secondary student, won a silver medal in her category (senior excellence award), and her scholarships were for: Dalhousie University Faculty of Science ($2,000), University of Ottawa, ($2,000), Western University ($2,000) and $2,500 to the University of New Brunswick.
Vladislav Pomogaev, a Grade 12 Riverside secondary student, came away with the bronze medal in his category (senior excellence award) and a $1,000 entrance scholarship to the U. of Ottawa and $1,000 scholarship to Western University.
