News Release
11/16/2017
Aurora, ON – This November, three York Region District Schools beat out competitors across Ontario to win at the 6th annual OSLCars Awards.
The OSLCars Short Film Festival provides awards annually to Ontario schools and student councils at the Ontario Student Leadership Conference held in Niagara Falls. Congratulations to the 2017 YRDSB award winners including:
- Best Representation of School – Bill Crothers S.S.
- Best Use of Conference Theme – Markham D.H.S.
- Best Overall Film – Pierre Elliott Trudeau H.S.
The theme of the 2017 conference was Red, White, Ignite: The Next 150. “It is really great to see our students shine in creativity and media production. The award recognition demonstrates the wide array of talent at YRDSB schools,” said Lisa Wargo, Principal of Pierre Elliott Trudeau H.S.
In order to win the competition students had to submit one original video with a maximum of four minutes that had to trump 30 other entries. Over 2,000 students from across Ontario travelled to Niagara Falls to watch the top two films in each of the categories at the Ontario Student Leadership Conference held November 5-7, 2017.
York Region District School Board is the third largest school district in Ontario with over 123,000 students in 177 elementary schools and 33 secondary schools. York Region students consistently perform above average in provincial testing and the Board is one of the top achievers in Ontario. For more information about the York Region District School Board, please visit the Board website and follow @YRDSB on Twitter.
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