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Coquitlam and Port Moody libraries teamed with The Tri-City News to hold the annual scary story contest for local young people, and from dozens and dozens of spooky entries, the winners and other top finishers have been chosen.
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Int’l students boost SD43’s enrolment & bottom line Foreign kids pay combined $25M for school here DIANE STRANDBERG The Tri-CiTy News
Another jump in the number of foreign students is boosting School District 43 coffers and helping schools maintain a steady student population. As many as 1,800 foreign students signed up to pay $14,000 to go to school in SD43 for 2016/’17, about 100 students more than last year, according to superintendent Patricia Gartland.
The largest number comes from China but students from Korea, Japan, Brazil, Iran, Hong Kong, Vietnam and Europe are also in local schools, many of them at the high school level, where there is room for them because of declining enrolment in that age group. “There’s a realization now of the importance of [foreign] education to be competing in a global economy,” Gartland said, noting that SD43 students also benefit from mingling with students from other countries because they gain “intercultural understanding.” see $28M LAST YEAR, page 9
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Last year’s rain on Halloween night held off just long enough to welcome 450 trick-or-treaters to Marlene Bilesky’s home in Coquitlam. She has her fingers crossed again for this Monday, which is threatening showers. The retired teacher has decorated her Westwood Plateau house at 2988 Forestridge Pl. for the past 16 years with lights and ghoulish creatures. Her goal? To give kids and their parents a fright as well as to raise money for Variety — the Children’s Charity. For addresses and details of local Halloween displays, see page 20.
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