Sharing our Gifts

Friday celebrates the diversity of talent in our district and showcases a variety of performances and creations from our community. When students share and engage with one another through their talents, it provides them with an opportunity to express their unique identity. It also allows them to gain perspectives outside of their own and develop self-confidence. In sharing their talents, students, as “Inspired Learners” (Strategic Plan Priority 1) grow in knowing their own strengths and gifts as contributing citizens to their school, community and beyond.

Jazz Nite 2022

The Richmond School District has vibrant and thriving music opportunities including choir, musical theatre, instrumental, concert band and jazz band programs. In addition to the vast knowledge and skills that it takes to become a musician, music education helps our learners become persistent, confident, and expressive individuals. Participating in an ensemble allows for lasting friendships and a sense of belonging that is essential to the overall wellness impacting all aspects of our learners’ lives. 

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Burnett’s Got Talent

Burnett’s got talent is a bi-weekly showcase of student talent that takes place in Burnett’s library learning commons during lunch hour. Students present any talent they wish to share with the school community. Performances have included solo singers, solo instrumentalists, a dance team, small ensembles from the music program, artists from the AP art class and a textiles display.

The event runs twice a month on Tuesdays from October to May and will finish the year with a poetry showcase.

Music students in Grades 8-12 in the library showcasing their talents. 

 

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Diefenbaker Elementary Band Performances

This video features Grade 6 and 7 students from Diefenbaker Elementary performing music they have been learning in band class this spring. In each of the six intermediate band classes you will see and hear students playing flutes, oboes, clarinets, bass clarinets, alto saxophones, tenor saxophones, a French horn, trumpets, trombones, bass guitars, bells, a drum kit and various other percussion instruments.

Most of the students performing have either just begun learning their instrument this year or are in their second year of playing. In the Grade 6 band classes, there are 144 students who are developing overall musicianship, cooperative learning skills and instrumental techniques.

Here are the tunes performed in the video:

  • Funky Firebird by the Division 14 Band (grade 6 LFI) - solos by Olivia Zhang, clarinet, and Olina Go, alto saxophone
  • Ogopogo by the Division 15 Band (grade 6 LFI)
  • Rock-it Science by the Division 1 Band (grade 6/7)
  • I Got A Dog by the Division 2 Band (grade 6/7)
  • A Walk in Sherwood by the Division 16 Band (grade 7 LFI)
  • Tequila by the Division 17 Band (grade 7 LFI)
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Concours d'art oratoire: French Public-speaking Competition

Concours d’art oratoire is Canada’s largest annual French public-speaking competition sponsored by Canadian Parents for French. The competition is open to students in every province and territory in a wide range of age/grade categories and French abilities. Thousands of students participate every year in communities big and small for their opportunity to win prizes and/or scholarships to post-secondary institutions. 

This year students from Homma Elementary and Whiteside Elementary have submitted videos for district judging. Winners for each grade and category will be selected and announced by April 22. 

 

Student: Leander Han (Homma Elementary)
Title of presentation: Le changement climatique

 

Students: Evan Chen and Raymond Liu (Homma Elementary)
Title of presentation: Manga ou Anime; les bonnes passes-temps 

 

Student: Ryan Chu (Homma Elementary)
Title of presentation: Les théories de complot

 

Student: Aiva Back (Homma Elementary)
Title of presentation: Quatre raisons pourquoi les professeurs de la maternelle méritent TOUT l’argent!

 

Student: Katherine Kennedy (Homma Elementary)
Title of presentation: Est-ce que le concours est encore pertinent?

 

Students: Adam Zeni & Ryker Waithman (Homma Elementary)

Title of presentation: Le ski et la planche a neige

 

Student: Wendy Yin (Whiteside Elementary) 
Title of presentation: Notre réalité n'est-elle qu'une illusion ?

 

Student: Mouna Alaya (Whiteside Elementary) 
Title of presentation: Doit-on s’inquiéter des déchets dans l’espace ?

 

Student: Jessica Ng (Whiteside Elementary) 
Title of presentation: Pourquoi est-il urgent de protéger les lacs et les océans ?

 

Student: Levi Tolentino (Whiteside Elementary) 
Title of presentation: Pourquoi doit-on mettre fin au racisme?

 

Student: Leticia Aguiar (Whiteside Elementary) 
Title of presentation: Comment peut-on lutter contre la faim dans le monde ?

 

Student: Raymond Liu (Whiteside Elementary) 
Title of presentation: Les enfants devraient-ils avoir un téléphone portable?

 

Luke Young Quartet - "I've Never Been In Love Before" by Frank Loesser

Student-lead senior jazz combo with members from Palmer and Hugh Boyd recorded one of their performance at a studio in Vancouver. In this video, the students played a swing jazz standard called "I've Never Been In Love Before."  

  • Trumpet - Luke Young (Grade 11)
  • Guitar - Jay Yoo (Grade 11)
  • Bass - Harold Cui (Grade 11)
  • Drums - Lennox Wong-Cher (Grade 12)
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The Healing Power of Art

Art 2D and Grade 12 Art students at Burnett Secondary, together with students from the ARC club (Animal Rescue Club) were invited to create artworks that could be framed and displayed in the new Richmond Animal Shelter.

Students made collages, painted a large mural, and submitted photographs to complete their artworks with the theme of "Forever Homes".
 

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City of Richmond: Connections to Community

Explore Steveston Village and learn about its fascinating history

When W.H. Steves purchased land in 1886 and began laying out Steveston, he imagined a town that would rival Vancouver. Canneries, shops, farms and homes were established. Then boom led to bust. A decline in the salmon industry from 1913 onwards, a devastating fire in 1918 and the Great Depression in the 1930s meant years of hardship. In 1942, Steveston also lost more than half its population and many businesses when people of Japanese descent were interned. Throughout it all, the town survived to rise again. Today, Steveston is a destination renowned for its village atmosphere, waterfront beauty and strong connection to its history.

Steveston Village Heritage Walking Map

Click here to learn more about ways you can explore Steveston Village.