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Holy Spirit High Hosts 33rdAwards
Night!
Holy
Spirit High School celebrated individual student achievements at its
Annual Scholarship & Awards Ceremony on Friday, November 25, 2011.
Students, parents/guardians, family members and friends joined
teachers and special guests to watch graduates of the Class of 2011
receive their diplomas during a traditional ‘Cap & Gown’ ceremony.
Senior Education Officer Tony Stack brought greetings from the Eastern
School District and Trustees. The school’s Choral and Band Classes
provided entertainment during the evening, with the help of the
student ‘technical crew’.
Assistant Principals
Cecilia Kennedy and Denise Oldford named winners of the school’s
‘internal’ major awards and scholarships, as selected by the teaching
staff. The Rotary Avalon Northeast Club’s ‘Ross Reccord Memorial
Scholarship’, valued at $1500, was awarded to Student of the Year and
Class Valedictorian Samantha Pomroy. Samantha was also winner of the
Conception Bay South Lions Club Memorial Award of $1000 for Highest
Academic Excellence, and received the Governor-General’s Medal for
Academic Excellence for that achievement.
Samantha Duff was named
Most Spirited Student and received the $500 Howard Perry Memorial
Scholarship. She also received the $500 Darlene Howard Memorial
Scholarship as Outstanding School Volunteer, for her tremendous
support of school activities. Jeffrey Webber was winner of the $500
Nita Chambers Memorial Humanitarian Scholarship. The $500 Cabrini
Mercer Memorial Community Leadership Award went to Amy Smith, Evan
Moffatt was awarded the $500 William and Mary Mercer Scholarship as
Outstanding School Ambassador, and the Robert R. Regular Scholarships,
worth $500 each, went to Most Improved Students Stacey Puddicombe and
Mitchell Johnston.
Winners of Award for
Academic Excellence in senior high were John Lawrence (Level I),
Bethany Flight and Danielle Smith (Level II), and Samantha Duff (Level
III).
Student Memorial
Scholarships were awarded in memory of Krista Hong, Sarah Langor, and
William Pieroway; the respective winners were Emma Wicks, Sarah Nurse,
and Conor Shea. Two awards for student leadership with students in the
Special Services unit went to Niall Hickey and Jeffrey Webber. ‘The
Cooperators’ donated another $2500 to the school’s environmental and
memorial program, making a total of $10,000 these past four years.
Co-curricular awards went
to these outstanding Visual/Fine/Performing Arts students: Allanna
Ward (Art), Adena Cahill (Choral), Keefer Lockwood (Instrumental), and
Amy Smith (Drama). Marissa Rowsell was selected French Immersion
Student of the Year. The Michael Gillingham Memorial Junior Athletic
Awards went to Scott Richards and Emily Wiscombe, with the Wayne
Mercer Memorial Senior Athletic Awards going to Samantha Pomroy and
Jordan Wells.
Major school awards were
also presented to Grade 9 students, each with a $50 cash award from
the School Council. The award for Most Spirited Student went to
Stephanie Campbell, and the Community-Based Citizenship Award went to
Jocelyn Moulton. Madison Hearn was named Outstanding School Volunteer
and the award for School Ambassador went to Kathryn Bowers. Most
Improved Students were Chelsey Jordan and Michael Murphy. Grade 9 Male
Athlete of the Year was Liam Hynes, and Grade 9 Female Athlete of the
Year was Katie Welsh. The winner of the award for Highest Academic
Excellence, in English was Molly Clarke and in French Immersion it was
Allison Jacobs.
Special Recognition Awards
were given to 18 students, and 21 cash awards, valued at $50 each,
were given to students for academic excellence in Level III courses.
They were provided by the School Council and retired teachers. There
were 26 University Entrance Scholarships that went to students, 4
students received electoral district scholarships, and 8 students were
awarded other special external scholarships.
Principal
Scott Crocker concluded the evening by offering congratulations to the
entire Class of 2011 and expressing deep appreciation to each
scholarship contributor. More than 50 different students received more
than $16,250.00 in awards. Of the 162 graduates, 47 of them (29%)
achieved Honors status – that rate was higher than both the provincial
and district rates.
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