Lighthouse Christian School in Southport is hosting the Prairie Regional Student Convention this week starting tomorrow. Accelerated Christian Education manager Alfred MacLaren explains.

"Our convention's called Prairie Regional Student convention. It's a competition convention for the private Christian schools in our region. There will be schools coming as far away as northern Alberta. The student s will be competing in many different events, from athletics, academics, photography, etc."

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He outlines the various locations students are from.

"The students are coming from Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Ontario."

Alfred MacLarenMacLaren adds the convention's preparing for a larger one this month.

"This convention is the preliminary convention before our big international student convention that will be held in May in Warrensburg, Missouri at the state university there. And there will be students at that convention from all around the world."