Displaying the past
Island students go back in time at Provincial Heritage Fair
Students from across Prince Edward Island presented projects Thursday about their community, history and culture at the 2018 Provincial Heritage Fair.
More than 170 students in grades 5 through 9 – from 27 schools – participated in the event at the Confederation Centre of the Arts. The top projects from each grade level received medals and certificates, and students received a number of prizes from local organizations.
Isabelle O’Connell, a Grade 5 student from Stratford Elementary, won the City of Charlottetown prize for her project on Government House, the residence of P.E.I.’s lieutenant governor.
The prize is awarded to the student who exhibits an outstanding project on any aspect of Charlottetown’s heritage.
A new award this year was the P.E.I. Museum and Heritage Foundation Award, recognizing the project with the best use of original artifacts in the student’s presentation.
“Prince Edward Island has a remarkably rich culture relative to our size, which is one of the things that makes us the Mighty Island,” said Education, Early Learning and Culture Minister Jordan Brown.
“The heritage fair allows young Islanders to learn about our past and celebrate what came before them.’’
All 15 grade-level finalists are invited to participate in the National Young Citizen’s video contest co-ordinated by Canada’s History. They will create a video of their heritage fair project and share it online at www. YoungCitizens.ca for Canadians to watch and vote on from June 12-22. Four students from across Canada will be selected to go to Ottawa in the fall. Coun. Greg Rivard, right, chairman of the City’s Planning and Heritage Committee, presents the City of Charlottetown prize to Isabelle O’Connell, a Grade 5 student from Stratford Elementary, at the annual Provincial Heritage Fair. Eliot River Elementary Grade 6 students Jane Nordquist, left, and Andi-Lee Reardon hold up dress styles from the 1800s that were part of their display called History of Canadian Fashion. The girls were among more than 170 students taking part in the Provincial Heritage Fair.