Topic: “My Swim Across Lake Ontario”. The February Youth Speaker is Ashleigh Beacham, 16, a student at Medway High School, who lives in Komoka. She will talk about her swim across Lake Ontario last summer, to raise money so a young boy with cancer could go to Disney World.
Topic: “My experience as an International Student”. The March Youth Speaker is Elizabeth Almost, 17, a student at Banting High School in London. She will talk about her experience last summer at an international school, where she attended classes in Toronto, New York, London, Paris, Hong Kong, and Beijing.
Topic: “Overcoming Challenges”. Our September Youth Speaker is Shauna Vink, a recent graduate of Catholic Central High School. She will talk about her challenges in learning and sports when faced with both ADHD and Dyslexia. She was recognized for her accomplishments when she was named London’s “Female 2014 Beyond Disability SPECTRA Award Winner.”
The October Youth Speaker is Dan Alferov, a student at A.B. Lucas Secondary School. He will talk about how he became interested in science and especially about his experience of winning first place at an international science fair.
Our Youth Speaker for November is Joanna Gorska, a talented young musician who has won many awards, both on piano and violin. She will talk about her favourite composers and what she enjoys the most in the music she practices and plays. She will also perform a piano selection for our enjoyment!
Carlijn Van Kessel and Desty DeMille, two members of Original Kids Theatre Company, will talk with us about their interest in drama and especially about their trip to Lingen, Germany last summer. As members of the London troupe, they represented Canada at the World Festival of Children’s Theatre, with their original collective creation, “Dream Journey.”
We are pleased to have the opportunity for Ewan Hartman to both speak to us and dance for us. Last year he claimed a national Dance Masters of America title for eight to nine year-old boys at a competition in Orlando, Florida. He took top honors in tap, ballet and acro, which is a combination [...]