The Don Ross Secondary Awards Night was one to remember for students, staff and parents. The event drew up to 300 people on Monday night (June 8) as students were honoured for their scholastic, sporting, arts and humanitarian achievements.
"It is a huge night for our kids because of achievement. They have achieved great success either in arts, athletics, and academics or service in our schools. It is a celebration for all the work done," said Christine Perkins, Don Ross principal.
The night kicked off with the musical styling's of the Don Ross Secondary choir and culminated with major awards such as the River Church Humanitarian Award given to Conner Haberl, the Jim Blackman Memorial award to Clinton Shard, the Margaret Marchant Award to Oliver Blow and the Great Trek Award to Nick Bruce.
"All of the awards are great for the people who get them but of course we have our signature awards at the end, which are always very exciting," Perkins said.
For Rick Smith Math Award winner Alex Toews, the awards event is something to look forward to and work towards throughout the school year. Toews also won the award for top student in Francais Langue et Literature and Outdoor Leadership.
"It's great to have recognition for hard work. I wasn't actually invited tonight but they mixed up the invitations. I came anyway because I had a bit of a hunch," Toews said.
For a complete list of winners, see below.
APPLIED SKILLS
HET-Comp 8 - Chase MacDougall and Maegan Bruce
Culinary Award - Gr. 10 - Cory White and Julie Kerr
Information Technology - Ben Hughes and Xan Sutherland
Metalwork - Stefan Dawydiak, Lucas Fiest and Elaina Bourque
Woodworking - Cedric Nanud and Larissa Bergeron
FINE ARTS
Art 10 - Chelsey Wolf
Drama 10 - Lyndon Jhuty and Crystal Lewis
Music Gr. 10 -Brendan Devlin and Jessica Munn, Hailey Cooper and Danielle Hockey
ENGLISH
English 8 - John Thomson, Angela Cho and Maegan Bruce
English 9 - Stefan Dawydiak, Megan Brant and Jessica Wike
English 10 -Ben Hughes and Jessica Munn
FIRST NATION STUDIES
First Nations 10 - Larry Joseph-Lewis and Megan Andrew
FRENCH /FRENCH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE
French As a Second Language - 8 - Chase MacDougall and Robyn Wiggins
French As a Second Language - 9 - Gurtinder Bisla and Naiomi Lu
French As a Second Language -10 - Nick Bruce and Jessica Munn
Francais Langue et Litterature - 8 - Lydia Jung
Science Humaines 8 - Teri-Rose Davis
Sciences 8 - Maegan Bruce
Francais Langue et Litterature - 9 - Cheyenne Smith
Science Humaines 9 - Jocelyn Petit
Sciences 9 - Julie Kerr
Francais Langue et Litterature - 10 - Alex Toews
Science Humaines 10 - Paul Dhaliwal
Prix D'exellence Academique (9e annee) - Stefan Dawydiak
INTERNATIONAL STUDENT -Gordan Chan
MATHEMATICS
Math 8 - Brendan Bantayen and Maegan Bruce
Math 9 - Josh Hoenisch and Julie Kerr
Math 10 - Taiki Nagai and Teri Antosh
RICK SMITH MATH AWARD - Alex Toews
OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP
Best Leader - Brehan Lawrence and Summer Griffin
OL Top Students - Alex Toews
PE 8 Girls - Maegan Bruce
PE 9 Girls - Elaina Bourque
PE 10 Girls - Teri Antosh
PE 8 Boys - Chase MacDougall
PE 9 Boys - Eric Reynolds
PE 10 Boys - Cory White
PLANNING 10 - Ben Hughes and Jessica Munn
SCIENCE
Gr. 8 - Chase MacDougal and Zoe Williams
Gr. 9 - Rory Baldwin and Naiomi Lu
Gr. 10 - Ben Hughes and Alex Toews
SOCIAL STUDIES
Social Studies 8 - Chase MacDougall and Ariel Van Brummelen
Social Studies 9 - Charlie Robison and Megan Brant
Social Studies 10 - Pokky Tsang and Jessica Munn
STUDENT LEADERSHIP - Naiomi Lu and Megan Brant
YEARBOOK AWARD - Gabriela Cirelli
TEACHER SEND OFF
Joanne Krickan
Libby McCabe
TOP GRADE 8 ATHLETES - Scott MacDonald and Teri-Rose Davis
OUTSTANDING FEMALE ATHLETE - Terri Antosh
OUTSTANDING MALE ATHLETE - Mo Lawrence
RIVER CHURCH HUMANITARIAN AWARD - Conner Haberl
JIM BLACKMAN MEMORIAL AWARD - Clinton Shard
MARGARET MARCHANT AWARD - Oliver Blow
GREAT TREK AWARD - Nick Bruce
