Burnaby North senior French student Sophia Luo made her trip to Canadian Parents for French’s national public speaking competition in Ottawa count last month.
Luo placed second in the Grade 11/12 core French category at the 13th annual Concours d'art oratoire national competition May 30.
Luo qualified by winning gold at the much older provincial competition – now in its 32nd year – with a speech entitled "Pourquoi apprendre une autre langue?”
"It's an incredible feat to make it to the finals,” B.C. Concours d'art oratoire chief judge, Renée Hamilton-Clark said in a press release. “Taking home a medal is a real achievement. We congratulate everyone who participated; they are all winners. Félicitations!"
