Hayden Landolt and Olivia Walsh with the Agnes Macphail trophy in 2016
Maeve Pestonji of St Anselm Catholic School/www.tcdsb.org/schools/St Anselm
The Agnes Macphail Public Speaking Contest for elementary school children in East York has been cancelled because of the many strikes called by the Elementary Teacher Federation of Ontario and the Ontario English Catholic Teachers’. The contest features children from Grades Six to Eight. Lorna Krawchuk of the Macphail committee is quoted as saying “participation depends on the teacher of that class appreciating the value to his/her students of researching, preparing and delivering a speech and devoting the necessary class time to have that happen.” Recent years have seen two winners from St. Anselm Catholic Elementary School in Leaside
