Kamloops Thompson Regional Heritage Fair

Heritage Fair Projects will be judged virtually through ZOOM this year.  For more information please contact Catherine Gorman cgorman@sd73.bc.ca  

Schools have been asked to sign up by March 26.  Please see your administrator for more information of registration. Schools will  be allocated a number of students to be judged by our District team.  

The Provincial Alumni team has put together a variety of resources for families, students and teachers.  Please see below:

To help students find a topic:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oo8u6SCJMF4duRZYi4SlD8B6cZG5o1dy/view
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Hm240pTJxz2xh0MprUGus5GrjewDzgQu/view

The Provincial Alumni team has also created Events where teachers/students can ask questions.  Please see the link below and the dates:

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/heritage-fair-workshops-tickets-143197604891

March 27: Researching, using resources (primary and secondary sources), interviewing people in the community

April 24: Putting your presentation together (traditional 3-fold poster board, and digital formats like powerpoints, videos, etc)

May 1: Presentation and interview skills

The 2020 Heritage Fair will be held on May 7 and 8.  Details and deadlines will be posted in the spring.  

All schools that are participating in Heritage Fair should have already emailed cgorman@sd73.bc.ca indicating that they are participating.  Emails with registration information and the allotment of students will be sent out at the beginning of April.  Registration for the fair must be completed by May 3 on the Google Document that will be in the email.  Paper permission forms must also be completed by parents.  All of this information will be in the document sent out.

The 2019 Heritage Fair will be held on May 9 and 10.  Details and deadlines will be posted shortly. 

Here is the judging rubric that we use at the district level for scoring!

Rubric