Westmount High students win the most prizes in the McEntyre Writing Competition!

Peter McEntyre was the Mayor of the City of Westmount from 1969 to 1971. He set up the annual McEntyre Writing Competition to encourage young people to think about the idea of community, and to learn more about their own communities.

This year’s McEntyre Writing Competition featured the theme “Food for thought”. Westmount High students rose to this challenge winning more prizes than any other high schools. The competition was fierce as numerous entries were from surrounding private schools in the city of Westmount, but students here at Westmount High won 8 out of the 18 awards. A special triumph was accomplished by our Secondary 5 students for winning all the prizes in their category.

Congratulations to Erik Richard, Phoenix Parisella, Victoria Quaglia, Leila Sayegh, Shayna Spivak, Jacques Asselin with honourable mentions to Monica Doan and Giancarlo Jones. Winners will receive prizes ranging from $10-$75 and inscribed books donated to the Westmount Public Library in their honour. The Awards Ceremony will take place at Victoria Hall on Monday, June 2, 2008.