French for the Future National Essay Contest Winner

A huge congratulations goes out to 2021 Sisler grad, Jourmae Abengoza from our French Immersion program!

Jourmae is a Grade 12 student who will be graduting from the French Immersion Program in June. She has continuously worked on her French Immersion studies here at Sisler, and will be furthering her education after she graduates by attending the Université de St. Boniface. Jourmae plans to complete a Bachelor of Arts in French Studies with a specialiation in French literature with the hopes of attending Law school at the Univeristy of Ottawa in the future.

Each year, French for the Future assigns a different essay topic for the National Essay Contest. This year's topic was "How did fake news change your relationship with the media?".

Throughout her essay, Jourmae uses the metaphor of friendship to explain her thoughts, and concludes that fake news can influence decision making due to lack of paying attention to details and not taking the time to carefully revaluate the situations.

Earlier this month, French for the Future announced the long-awaited results of it's 16th edition of the National Essay Contest. Jourmae won a $3000 scholarship to the Université de St. Boniface for her essay, "Mes anciennes amies, les fausses nouvelles?".

Jourmae wanted to send a big thank you to Mme. Threadkell and Mr. Cegayle for their help and support.

Sisler High School sends a huge congraulations to Jourmae for her hardwork and dedication to French education. We are so proud of you!

If you are interested in reading Jourmae's winning essay, you can check it out here!