Castle Park's parent advisory council presents an evening of magic on Saturday, Feb. 25.

AbracaDAZZLE stars John Kaplan in a show suitable for everyone aged five years and older.

Showtimes are 4 and 7 p.m. at the school, located at 1144 Confederation Dr. in Port Coquitlam.

Advance tickets cost $8 for students and $10 for adults.

For more information or to order tickets, visit http: // sites.google.com/ site/castleparkpac/ Home.

VOTE FOR NESTOR

Nestor Elementary is hoping for your vote to win a visit from children's author and illustrator Jan Brett.

Through a Facebook contest, the school with the most supporters that "like" Jan Brett on Facebook will win the free visit. At last count, Nestor was in 10th place.

To vote, visit www.janbrett. com and choose the link "vote." Open your Facebook account, go to the left side of Brett's Facebook page and choose "contest entry form."

Then fill in your information, along with Nestor Elementary, Coquitlam, B.C. Canada, V3E 2A4 and hit submit.

First place receives a free school visit, while second to 10th places receive 10 Jan Brett books. Schools in 11th to 100th place will receive a signed poster.

FAKE FILMMAKING

Student filmmakers from Heritage Woods Secondary are also seeking online support for Virgin Radio's Fake Film Contest.

Shelley Alford, Sara Lynn Bruhns and Sepehr Mahbob filmed a 60-second version of Twilight, which was selected as one of the Top 24 entries in the first round of the contest.

As the only students to qualify for the finals, the 16year-olds are hoping to earn enough "likes" to win the $1,000 People's Choice Award. Their entry is classified as #21 - Twilight.

To vote for the video, visit http: //tinyurl.com/fakefilm.

Voting closes Feb. 23 at 5 p.m.

SPELLING SUCCESS

They are all W-I-N-N-E-R-S.

Five Grade 4 students came out on top of the Tri-Cities Annual Spelling Bee on Feb. 11.

Out of 10 rounds and 23 competitors, Anmore Elementary's Nicholas Lee came in first, followed by Lain Nicoll from Ranch Park (2nd), Ranch Park's Shorya Lamba (3rd), Ranch Park's Olivia Lane (4th) and Pleasantside's Sophia Mazzocchio (5th).

TOPS IN MATH

Pinetree Secondary student Steven Yu earned top national honours in a Canada-wide math competition.

The Grade 12 student earned a national gold medal in the 2011 Sun Life Financial Canadian Open Mathematics Challenge (COMC).

As well, Coquitlam students Jae Won Kim and Fred Lee earned spots on the honour roll.

The COMC is the first in a series of math competitions that lead to the selection of students for Math Team Canada, which will compete in the International Mathematical Olympiad.

HELP FOR BOYS

Want to learn how to help your son achieve his full potential at school and beyond?

Our Lady of Fatima School will host a seminar called "Boy Smarts - Effective Strategies for Parenting Boys" presented by creator, author and educator Barry MacDonald.

MacDonald will remind parents how to listen to boys so they will talk and how to talk so they will listen.

The seminar will take place Wednesday, March 7 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the school, 315 Walker St. in Coquitlam.

Tickets cost $10 in advance or $15 at the door. To buy tickets, call 604-779-8517.

For more information, visit the Mentoring Boys website at www.mentoringboys.com.

EVERY PENNY COUNTS

The Grade 3 students at Parkland Elementary collected their coppers for a weeklong penny drive fundraiser.

In total, they raised $499.61 for the Variety Show of Hearts Telethon. Division 6 students helped to organize, collect and count the money.

CAPE HORN MUSIC TEACHER HONOURED

Tia Turner, a music specialist at Cape Horn Elementary, is the recipient of a Fleurette Sweeney Fellowship for Emerging Pioneers in Education.

With the award, she was invited to attend the Music EdVentures, Inc. conference in Richmond.

Throughout the 2012 season, Turner will contribute written work and make presentations that promote SongWorks teaching philosophies.

CLUBS DAY INCLUDES EVERYTHING FROM MASKS TO BAKING

Students in the Middle Ages Cluster Classes at Kwayhquitlum, Citadel and Hillcrest middle schools tried their hands in different workshops for the recent Clubs Day.

This year, students are working on Passion Projects, so teachers offered workshops in their interest areas.

Full-day or half-day sessions included climbing at Cliffhanger, gymnastics at Club Aviva, and best Olympic moments and gym time at Hillcrest.

They could also opt to participate in workshops such as building motors and introduction to robotics, geocaching, chemistry of baking, making masks, authorship, rock school, drawing with light photography session, and flora and fauna.

As well, guest speaker Tammy Stauffer spoke about her training to work for Cirque du Soleil in Las Vegas, as well as how she overcame challenges when an injury prevented her from competing in the Olympics.

FAMILY LITERACY WORKSHOP SCHEDULED

Family literacy practitioners are invited to a workshop that focuses on a strengthbased intercultural approach to family literacy and skills development for low-income multi-language families.

The workshop will be held Monday, April 2 from 9 a.m. to 3: 30 p.m. in the Gallery Room at Winslow Centre, 1100 Winslow Ave. in Coquitlam.

The cost is $50 for the workshop only or $150 for the workshop plus a training binder.

Space is limited and the registration deadline is March 15.

For more information, contact info@decoda.ca.

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