The first audition was unofficial, held before the student body.

The next audition, however, was for a potential spot on a popular Canadian game show.

Six educators from Armstrong Elementary School (AES) are hoping to land beside host Gerry Dee on Family Feud Canada during Teachers Week on the show.

鈥淓very year, the staff does a skit and we show it to the students. This year, we did it (skit) in the form of Family Feud, where we all dressed up as each other,鈥� said Richard Belec, Grade 4/5 teacher at Armstrong鈥檚 famed 鈥楤rick School.鈥� 鈥淲e had a lot of fun doing it. Someone said they鈥檇 heard there was going to be a Teachers Week on Family Feud Canada.鈥�

Enter Cindy Neufeld, Grade 4/5 teacher at AES. Neufeld, Belec, Heather Beattie (learning resources teacher), Susan Brown (Grade 3 teacher) and certified education assistants Becky Muller and Giselle Popowich got together to do a short video for the game show鈥檚 producers, then a Zoom interview.

Now, the six wait.

鈥淥ur amazing team of educators just had their audition for Family Feud Canada,鈥� said the group. 鈥淲e need you to like, share and comment why you want to see our staff on the show. This is a once in a lifetime event for the staff and students of AES to have their colleagues, CEAs and teachers travel to Toronto and be on the show. I can鈥檛 think of a better way to start off the 2023 school year than this.

鈥淪hare your stories of our staff and why you want to see us on Family Feud!鈥�

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