On May 30, the Confucius Institute successfully hosted the 8th Alberta Chinese Bridge Competition for School Students. More than 140 students from Grade 1 to 12 registered the competition.
Because of the large number of the participants, the CIE for the first time hosted the competition at two locations, the CIE and Dovercourt School.
The intensive competition was held in the morning and the award ceremony was held right after lunch. More than 60 teachers, judges and volunteers, as well as CIE teachers, helped to ensure the smooth running of the day.
Trustee Nathan Ip, of Edmonton Public School Board, and a number of principals attended the final ceremony along with over 350 students and parents. The ECBEA also sent a representative to the ceremony.
There were about 70 winners from the competition and those from elementary schools were able to attend the free summer camp organized by CIE.