First-ever Creator Olympics Held in Rosetown

April 4, 2025

Eleven Grades 9-12 students from seven Sun West schools participated in the first-ever Creator Olympics in Rosetown on March 19, 2025.

The Creator Olympics are training and competition events to provide students with the opportunity to learn about different types of creative activities and work with other students to develop products or activities using what they learn. The focus of the March 19 event was Digital Storytelling. The students received training from Layla Bautista, an Instructor in the Motion Picture Arts Diploma Program at the Recording Arts Institute of Saskatoon (RAIS). RAIS co-sponsored the event with Sun West and Ms. Bautista introduced the students to the fundamental principles of storytelling using digital media. This included creative ways to use camera angles, lighting and video editing.

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After completing the training part of the program, the students were divided into three teams each that produced a short video. This included scripting, recording, and editing, with students taking different responsibilities in the production. Producing these videos provided the students the chance to practice the skills they had learned from Ms. Bautista.

Following the completion of the videos, the students were provided feedback from Ms. Bautista and were awarded certificates for having successfully completing the training.

Sun West hopes to hold more Creator Olympics events in the next school year.

Above college of the participants. Featured in every picture are RAIS Instructor Layla Bautista and Sun West Superintendent of Operations Chris Oscar. Top row (left to right) Ahrdrcyn Baptiste of Loreburn Central School with coach Keisha Padayachee; Caden Dawe of Kyle Composite School with coach Stephen Hadden; Cecily Willner of Davidson School with coach Keisha Padayachee; Gracie Gee of Kindersley Composite School with coach Keisha Padayachee; Hunter Garrioch of Loreburn Central School with coach Stephen Hadden; Ivan Taranukha of Biggar Central School 2000 with coach Shelby Ayers; Second Row (left to right) Jan Nasibog of Rosetown Central High School with coach Shelby Ayers; Julia Wiens of Beechy School with coach Shelby Ayers; Justine Horn of Beechy School with coach Keisha Padayachee; Kyle San Andres of Kindersley Composite School with coach Stephen Hadden; and Rebecca Possberg of Loreburn Central School with coach Stephen Hadden.

The completed videos can be viewed below.