Call it what you will, but I always find it downright exhilarating to talk with any of the teachers or students at Victor Sammurtok School (VSS) in Chesterfield Inlet about the science fair at their school and, of course, the Kivalliq Regional Science Fair.
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Now there are schools all across Canada known for something their students excel at, and they continually defy the odds on an almost annual basis to keep that specialty in the grand domain of their school.
But when you look at the regional science-fair success of VSS students during the past 10 to 15 years and factor in the number of students who attend senior high science classes in communities such as Arviat, Baker Lake and Rankin Inlet, for example, you quickly realize just how high the odds would be for the VSS students to win on an almost annual basis SA国际影视传媒� but they do.
And the reasons behind much of that success is their teachers at VSS also buy into the mantle of science fair success and go the extra mile if needed, to ensure their students are as prepared as possible for the regional competition.
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It is, in fact, the VSS lineage of high achievers.
If you want to experiment with sibling rivalry gone wild, you just may want to start researching the community of Chesterfield Inlet and its long line of family successes at the science fair.
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