The Classroom Champions Program held a special event in Shaunavon on Thursday, May 3rd to commemorate the successful completion of this year's Program.

Classroom Champions is a federally registered charitable organization dedicated to partnering with teachers to connect students in Kindergarten to Grade eight with world-class athletic mentors to support students in academic, social and emotional learning.

The Mentor for the Shaunavon Public School and other communities around the province of Saskatchewan was double luge Olympian Justin Snith who said "It's being a mentor and being a figure that they can look up to as well as helping instill some guidance on certain topics. The interactions that we have with the kids are throughout the entire school year. We're making videos every month for them, and in December we're doing live chats with them."

The Classroom Champions Program is in its ninth year and, this year has mentored a total of 6500 students.