Wawa Students Among Those Headed to Provincial Cardboard Boat Race Competitions
One of CSCNO’s Carboard Boat racing teams. Photo CSCNO
Students from four CSCNO schools set to sail in provincial Cardboard Boat Race competition
Four teams representing the Conseil scolaire catholique du Nouvel-Ontario (CSCNO) have travelled to Waterloo this week to take part in the Elementary and Secondary Provincial Cardboard Boat Races on March 4 and 5.
Teams from École Ste-Marie (Azilda), École Saint-Joseph (Wawa) and École Alliance St-Joseph (Chelmsford) were competing in the Elementary Provincial Cardboard Boat Races today (Wednesday, March 4). They qualified for the Ontario championship by winning the top spots at the North-Eastern and North-Western Ontario Regional Elementary Cardboard Boat Race competition. Tomorrow, Thursday, March 5, students from Blind River’s École secondaire catholique Jeunesse-Nord will compete with top teams from across the province at the Secondary Provincial Cardboard Boat Races. This team was a silver medal winner at the regional level.
The competition, held by Skills Canada for students from grades 7 and 8 and from high school, will require each four-student team to design and build a boat. Students will be judged on the design and construction quality of their boats, teamwork, organization, security, creativity, team spirit as well as the speed and resistance of their vessels. In addition to seeing the performance of their cardboard boats measured on water over a distance of 25 metres, the teams will take part in a load challenge to determine how long their boats can carry a maximum number of team-mates without sinking.
The Conseil scolaire catholique du Nouvel-Ontario offers a French Catholic Educational Program that is widely recognized for its excellence. The CSCNO provides a quality academic program that runs from early childhood to adult education, with some 7,000 students in 27 elementary and 10 secondary schools.
