Preparations for the 2008 Concours are presently underway.  The provincial finals will be held at Université de Moncton Campus, at Pavillon Jeanne-de-Valois on Saturday, May 3rd.  Registration will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., the Opening Ceremonies will be at 12:30 p.m. and the speech competition for all speech categories, grades 6 to 12, will run from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.  The Closing and Awards Ceremony will begin at 3:30 p.m.  It will be the responsibility of the school districts and/or parents to provide transportation for the students participating in the provincial finals.

Please note that students may enter the competition in the following categories:

Early French Immersion – Grades 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12

Late French Immersion – Grades 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12
Core French – Grades 9 and 10                         
                         Grades 11 and 12.

We will be awarding a cash prize to the first, second and third place winners.  The first place winners in grade 12 Early and Late French Immersion and grades 11 and 12 Core French will be offered a four year scholarship from the Université de Moncton.  The first place winners in grade 12 will also be awarded an all expense paid trip to Ottawa on May 31, 2008 to compete in the CPF National Concours d’art oratoire.

For more information, please contact our CPF NB office at 506-432-6584 or email at cpfnb@nbnet.nb.ca