The Roberta-Angell Prize was first awarded in 2008 to École primaire Saint-Rémi for their two-year long project, on which all students and school staff participated and which ended with 3 performances of a giant puppets show telling the history of Beaconsfield. The $500 prize was presented to the school principal, Mme Geneviève Alain, at the end of the May 15^th, 2008 performance of the Giant Puppets Show.

At the Société historique Beaurepaire-Beaconsfield Historical Society Annual General Meeting, on June 6, 2009 in the afternoon, Barbara Barclay, President of the Society, introduced our winner, Charlotte Ouimet, grade 5 student at Christmas Park School. Her subject was “Early Permanent Settlers in Beaconsfield and Beaurepaire”.

She received a framed diploma, an autographed copy of the book “Beaconsfield and Beaurepaire: A chronicle of the development of the City of Beaconsfield and the district of Beaurepaire” by Robert L. Baird and Gisèle Hall, a card and a $250 cheque.

WHO WAS ELIGIBLE?

This contest was open to all students of grades 5 and 6 at the elementary level and all students at the high school level, who resided in Beaconsfield or who attended a school in Beaconsfield.

The Prizes Award Ceremony took place in the Council Chamber of the City of Beaconsfield, June 7^th, 2010, at 7 p.m.

It was followed by a cocktail in the media room of the Beaconsfield library with a visit of the exhibition of Antique and Vintage Toys “Return to Childhood”.

We were privileged in having former Beaconsfield resident, Astronaut Dave Williams, as our special guest. He addressed the students, their families and school staff through a telephone conference.

List of winners:

Beaconsfield High School:

Houston B. Rifai: Renate Heidersdorf

        High School outside of Beaconsfield:

Claire Kapusta, Collège St-Louis: Here comes the train

Beacon Hill Elementary School:

1st: Siân Desparois: The History of Beacon Hill Pool

École primaire Beaconsfield:

1st: Geneviève Lacoursière, Christina Wang and Yawan Xu : Le Centre récréatif de Beaconsfield 

2nd: Erik Bonhomme and Kevin Masseau : La flamme olympique

Christmas Park Elementary School:

1^st: Lily LeCouvie-Nantel: Dave Williams

2^nd: Sean Smith and Tim Bajohr: Beaconsfield 100 - 3 Historical Places in Beaconsfield

3rd: Kalia Rokov: The Hub

St-Edmund Elementary School:

1st: Lily Strickland: Mayor Edwin M. Briggs

2nd: Michael Harries: Arne Aargaard 1918-2004

3rd: Juliana Classen: 1 Kirkwood Avenue

École primaire St-Rémi:

               1st: Amandine Blackman and Élisabeth Quesnel : Beaconsfield – D’hier à aujourd’hui

The prize for the best of the best chosen from all entries was shared between

Claire Kapusta and

Houston B. Rifai

Schools receiving a prize for having submitted a minimum of 5 entries:

École primaire Christmas Park

École primaire St-Edmund

WHO WAS ELIGIBLE?

This contest was open to all students of grades 5 and 6 at the elementary level and all students at the high school level, who resided in Beaconsfield or who attended a school in Beaconsfield.

Prizes Award Ceremony at Centennial Hall, May 11, 2011, at 7:30 p.m.

Our first awarding of the Roberta Angell Prize for adults was won by Robin James Clark, a student at John Abbott College who wrote on the Oka Crisis and the involvement of our own John Ciaccia in it.

John Ciaccia attended the Award Ceremony presentation.

List of winners:

Adults:

Robin Clark, John Abbott College: The Battle of the Pines

High School:

Claire  Kapusta, Collège St-Louis: Elsie Reford: Creator of the Reford Gardens

Christmas Park Elementary School:

1^st: Haylee Rokov: Carolyn Jane Waldo

2^nd: Megan Bajohr: The Beaconsfield Witch

School Principal: Micheline Lincoln

Participating teacher: Celia Joslyn

St-Edmund Elementary School:

1^st: Victoria Townsend: Sam Roberts

2^nd: Luke Ayoub: My Street

3^rd: Marc De Rose: St. Edmund of Canterbury, The history of the church

School Principal: Susan Greenberg

Participating teacher: Diane Murray

École primaire St-Rémi:

1^st: Tristan Vandette: Messieurs les maires

2^nd: Béatrice Dorion: Notre Premier Maire

3^rd: Romy Keiffer: Au cours de la vie

School Principal: Sandra Stocco

Participating teachers: Claudia Lafleur and Daniel Arsenault

The prize for the best of the best chosen from all entries at the elementary level:

Tristan Vandette

The prize for the best of the best chosen from all entries at the secondary level:

Claire  Kapusta 

Schools receiving a prize for having submitted a minimum of 5 entries:

St-Edmund Elementary School

École primaire St-Rémi

WHO WAS ELIGIBLE?

This contest was open to all students of grades 5 and 6 at the elementary level and all students at the high school level, who resided in Beaconsfield or who attended a school in Beaconsfield.

The adult section was for residents of Beaconsfield, 18 years or older.

Prizes Award Ceremony:  Thursday, April 26, 2012, at the Herb Linder Annex, at 7 p.m.

The Roberta Angell Contest adult section had two very interesting presentations, one by Francine Ranger-Smith on Dowker Island and another by Jane Marcuse tying in with our earlier work in trying to save the Trend House. There was a good number of primary school contestants and a consistent presentation of excellent work at the secondary level.

List of winners:

Adults:

1^st: Francine Ranger-Smith: Dowker Island (Illustration 1, Illustration 2)

2^nd: Jane Marcuse: The Montreal Trend House

High School:

Claire Kapusta, Collège St-Louis: Remarkable Beaconsfield Residents: Madeleine-Ann Aksich and Michael Meaney

Christmas Park Elementary School:

1^st: Haylee Rokov: Douglas Thomas Anakin

2^nd: Kaitlyn Rokov: Beaconsfield … What a wonderful place!

3^rd: Thamsen Commier: Ben Walter

School Principal: Micheline Lincoln

Participating teachers: Mylaine Fournier, Celia Joslyn and Janelle Leblanc

École primaire St-Rémi:

1^st: Alexandre Lloyd: Le Bois Angell

2^nd: Julie-Anne Têtu: Maison Beaurepaire ou Amable Curot (ou Curote)

3^rd: Ben Raymond: Un jour…

School Principal: Sandra Stocco

Participating teachers: Joanne Boisselle, Geneviève Cardinal, Isabelle Levac and Daniel Arsenault

The prize for the best of the best chosen from all entries at the elementary level:

 Haylee Rokov

The prize for the best of the best chosen from all entries at the secondary level:

 Claire Kapusta 

School receiving a prize for having submitted a minimum of 5 entries:

École primaire St-Rémi

WHO WAS ELIGIBLE?

This contest was open to all students of grades 5 and 6 at the elementary level and all students at the high school level, who resided in Beaconsfield or who attended a school in Beaconsfield.

The adult section was for residents of Beaconsfield, 18 years or older.

Prizes Award Ceremony:  Thursday, May 23, 2013, at Centennial Hall, at 7 p.m.

This year for the first time, drawings and paintings were submitted along with text entries.

Our elementary winner for first place, Isabelle Ouimet, stood out with an exceptional text accompanied by a very well done drawing.

Because of equal evaluation results between 3 contestants, we decided to give 3 second place prizes at the elementary level. 

List of winners:

Adults:

            1st: Claire Kapusta: A Tribute to the Environmental Advocates of our Community

            2nd: Francine Ranger-Smith: The Grove - Beaconsfield Yacht Club (Painting)

High School:

            Haylee Rokov, Beaconsfield High School: The A, B, C's of Beaconsfield

Christmas Park Elementary School

            1st: Isabelle Ouimet: History of Centennial Hall and Memorial Park (Text + Drawing)

            2nd: Zoë Billick: Beaconsfield - What's in a name? (Text + Drawing)

            2nd: William Jordan: Centennial Hall (Text + Drawing)

            2nd: Kaitlyn Rokov: Christmas Park School

            School Principal: Mrs. Micheline Lincoln

            Participating teachers: Mrs. Mylaine Fournier and Mrs. Celia Joslin

The prize for the best of the best chosen from all entries at the elementary level:

                        Isabelle Ouimet

Schools receiving a prize for having submitted a minimum of 5 entries:

                       Christmas Park School

WHO WAS ELIGIBLE?

This contest was open to all students of grades 5 and 6 at the elementary level and all students at the high school level, who resided in Beaconsfield or who attended a school in Beaconsfield.

The adult section was for residents of Beaconsfield, 18 years or older.

PRIZES:

A. One prize of $300 for each participating school, to be used for its extra curricular activities. To obtain the prize a school must submit a minimum of 5 entries from its students.

B. Three individual prizes per school: 1st: $150, 2nd: $100, 3rd: $50 for the 3 best presentations.

C. Three individual prizes for students residing in Beaconsfield but attending school outside of Beaconsfield: 1st: $150, 2nd: $100, 3rd: $50 for the 3 best presentations.

D. A prize of $250 for each level (elementary and high school) for the best of the best chosen from all entries. This is in addition to the prizes in A, B and C above.

E. Adult Beaconsfielders (18+): Three prizes will be awarded in the adult section: 1st: $250, 2nd: $200, 3rd: $150 for the 3 best presentations.

Prizes Award Ceremony: Thursday, May 15, 2014, at Centennial Hall, at 19:30

Winning entries: The texts are as submitted, without any corrections. It is possible that some erroneous information may be present in the texts.

LIST OF WINNERS:
Adults:

1st : John and Sandra Robinson : Friendship Quilt (Photo + Text)
2nd : Francine Ranger-Smith : Beaurepaire Heritage Home (Painting + Text)

Beaconsfield High School:

1st : Haylee Rokov: Lauriane Rougeau

Teacher: Ms. Mattie

École Saint-Rémi :

1st : Logan Boucher : L’histoire du Club de Golf Beaconsfield et moi
2nd : Charles Frédette : Le réchauffement planétaire
3rd : Ariana Lammam : Le parc Centennial
School Principal : Mme Brigitte Cool
ParticipatingTeachers : Mme Myriam Duplessis et Mme Martine Gagnon

For the 2015 Roberta-Angell winners, the SHBBHS decided to award prizes to distinguished contributors to the history of the City of Beaconsfield: two students of BHS and their school for their contribution to the Heroes Park commemorating Beaconsfield's heroes.

Award Ceremony: Thursday, March 19, 2015, at Centennial Hall, at 19:30.

Before the awarding of the prizes, a 7 minute video made of these two students’ speeches at the first press and inauguration ceremonies was presented. 

1e Prix Roberta-Angell 2015 1st Prize

École Beaconsfield High School

Décerné à – Awarded to

Cheyenne Skurczak

et/and 

Devyn Sherry 

pour / for

Contribution au Parc des Héros / Contribution to the Heroes Park

Prix Roberta-Angell 2015 Prize

Décerné à – Awarded to

École Beaconsfield High School

pour / for

Partenariat dans le Parc des Héros / Partnership in the Heroes Park

The SHBBHS has decided to award the Roberta-Angell 2016 Prize of $500 to Alexandre Petitpas, student of DESS (Graduate Diploma) in Modern Architecture and Heritage at UQÀM. This Prize is being awarded for his role as curator of the May 2016 Exhibition, Tendances 1954-2011, following his research on this subject and his excellent work of design for the banners and the display cases. 

Award ceremony: Thursday, May 5^th, 2016 at 19:00, in the Discovery Room of the Beaconsfield Library , during the Vernissage of the exhibition. Alexandre Petitpas with Michael Goodfellow, son of the architect of the Beaconsfield Trend House, Philip P. Goodfellow.

Welcome to the winners pages of the Roberta-Angell Prizes through the years since 2008.