Grade 5 students invited to enter Council for a Day Contest

Grade 5 students in the Municipality of Barrington and Town of Clark’s Harbour are being invited to enter the Council for a Day Contest.

Launched as part of Municipal Awareness Week, the contest is open to all Grade 5 students who live in the Municipality of Barrington or Town of Clark's

Harbour and attend school at ERMES, FRA, CHES and Ocean View Academy.

Five winners will be chosen based on their ideas for making the Municipality of Barrington an even better place to live. The winners will be named warden and councillors of Barrington for the day.

Entries will be required to answer the follow question: What are your ideas to make YOUR Barrington municipality an even better place to live?

Entries will also include a completed contest entry form. The format will be open. Students could submit a video, letter, song, etc.

Participants will be required to submit entries to the municipality by 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020. Entries can be emailed to cfrotten@barringtonmunicipality.com

The winners will be notified by the municipality by Friday, Jan. 24, 2020 and will be announced at the regular council meeting on Jan. 27, 2020.

The winners will spend time with the warden and council on Feb. 24, 2020. All five winners will tour the Municipal Administrative Centre, enjoy supper with the warden and councillors, participate in a mock council meeting, get a television interview with Eastlink and win passes to the arena/swimming pool.