Vernon & District Scholarship Showcase and Competition

Students of art, drama, music, dance, trades, media, culinary arts, photography and technology will have an opportunity to showcase their talents and hard work as they compete for one of the $1250.00 scholarship awards that will be presented following the School District 22 District Project Scholarship competition. The event will be presented at the Vernon and District Recreation Centre. Public viewing will begin at 6:00 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. on April 26th and from 9:00 a.m. -2:00 p.m. on April 27th.
If you have never seen student scholarship projects in the past, we would encourage you to see the amazing creative talents of our Vernon youth. There will be several solo performances from students between 6:30-7:30 p.m. on Wednesday evening and this will take place in a common area amongst the exhibits, adding to the vibrant atmosphere of student projects. This continues to be an excellent venue for students to showcase their work and we are inviting the public to come out and see their many talents.
The District Project Scholarships are open to all grade 12 students at the five secondary schools in the Vernon School District. The Ministry of Education provides each winning recipient with an award (voucher) of $1250.00 that they can use towards tuition when the student enrolls at a post-secondary institution.
The students have been working on their projects for a good portion of the year, with some of the projects spanning multiple years. They have been working with dedicated sponsor teachers, who offer them ongoing support, advice and guidance. Aside from the performances described above, all participants assemble a display that shows their work and completed projects to others.
We rely on the high level of community expertise to serve in the judging process. Many community experts provide this service each year and have provided wonderful feedback to our students. We would like to publicly acknowledge their contributions to this event.
The school district continues to seek ways to provide descriptive feedback for students to honour their personalized learning journey. We encourage our expert judges to share with others in their common area of expertise, how their creative talents have influenced their career and to share their personal learning journey with the students. We used this process last year and the participants found it to be very valuable to listen to community experts and how their creativity influenced their work and career path. Students also appreciated the positive feedback about their scholarship projects from their peers. Each year the participants receive feedback from all of their judges and wait to see the tally of scores to determine the winners.
Judging of the performances will take place on Wednesday, April 26th between 6:30-7:30 pm. Judging of the displays will take place on Thursday, April 27th from