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Bjorkdale News: Students recognized in Legion contests

Bjorkdale School kids won several awards in the Royal Canadian Legion's annual Remembrance day colouring and writing contests.
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Bjorkdale School students were recognized in the Tisdale Legion's Remembrance Day colouring and writing contests

BJORKDALE — The Tisdale Legion held their annual Remembrance Day colouring and writing contests.

The Bjorkdale School kids won several awards for the colouring and writing contests.

  • Grace Mohr won 1st in Zone Senior Black and white poster and Senior Essay and 2nd in black and white and colour poster
  • Mirra Currey won 1st in zones Senior Poem
  • Daniellyn Johnson won 1st in black and white senior poster
  • Avalynn van Haastert won 1st in intermediate poem
  • Vidalia van Hasstert won 3rd in black and white poster in intermediate
  • Guiliana Vecchio won1st in essay and 3rd in black and white poster in the Junior category
  • Miraya Orosz won 2nd in the black and white poster in the Junior category
  • Cache Schapansky was 1st in colour poster, Kaylyn Bintner won 2nd in essay in the Junior category
  • Alayna Berger won 3rd in black and white poster in the primary category
  • Gabriella Vecchio won 3rd in the colour poster and 2nd in Senior poem
  • Marcus Ivanos won 3rd in the senior poem. Austyn Schapansky won 1st in colour poster
  • Mirra Currey won 1st in poem 3rd in black and white poster senior category

Mirra Currey and Grace Mohr will go on to the next level of provincials.

The Village of Bjorkdale wants to advise that garbage pick up for Tuesday, Dec. 26th will be rescheduled to Wednesday, Dec. 27. The village office will be closed Wednesday, Dec. 27 and will reopen on its regular day, Friday Dec. 29th.

The Village of Bjorkdale also received grant approval from the Community Initiatives Fund (CIF) of $5,000 towards the Bjorkdale afterschool program. This funding has helped pay for: kids in the kitchen, Friday Fun Skates, art classes with Beth, sewing, knitting, wreath making and other fun after school activities.

The Bjorkdale School will be holding their annual Christmas concert on Thursday, Dec. 21 at 7 p.m. at the Bjorkdale Community Hall. Everyone is welcome to attend. The Bjorkdale School will also be holding a winter feast on Friday, Dec. 22, the last day of school, at noon.