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GONZAGA HIGH SCHOOL
Awards Day
Thursday June 20
2 0 13 / 9:00 AM
F I N A L DRAFT
MC’s - Stephen Gosse & Tom Moret
Music: Girl’s Choir
Selections from Les Miserable with Soloists Carissa Abbott, Amanada Budgell and Lauren House. Small ensemble of Marijke denOtter, Lauren Gosse, and Ellen Parsons.
Music: Chamber Choir
The chamber choir will now perform - Elijah Rock! with accompanist Denise Ball.
MC’s take over and introduce themselves.
RETIRING TEACHERS
Good morning. We would like to begin our Annual Awards Day Ceremony by recognizing two of our teachers who will retire at the end of the school year. On your behalf, Student Council would like to make presentations to:
Ms. Anne Browne and Mr. Doug Vaughan....
Note....both will speak to the student body...
I invite Michael Williams and Matthew Noseworthy to come forward to make the presentations.
(Retirement Cards and Gift Certificates)
Presentation to student council moderators
Presenters: Student Council Executive – please come forward.
Mr Collins, Ms. Rice, Ms. Craig, and Ms. Anderson
(Thank you cards and gift card)
Student Council Recognition:
We would also like to recognize the contribution of graduating members of the 2012-13 Student Council. Would the following students please stand and be recognized:
Jerry Xie, Brandon Snow, Charlie Price, Allie Guerra, Sarah Siddiqui, Sarah Hill, Kristen Keating, Jenna Newell, Anna Gosine, Chris Harvey, Andrew Williams, Abby Robbins, Hannah Kirby
Executive:
Michael Williams, Matt Noseworthy, Lauren Peters, Hilary Strong, Stephen Pope
MUSIC: Concert Band
Selection: The concert band will now perform Skyfall under the direction of Ms. Follett.
SCHOLARSHIPS
(Recipients please stand)
Memorial University Entrance Scholarship Winners: (Recipients please stand)
Congratulations to the following students who have been selected to receive a $2000 Early Entrance Scholarship offer to Memorial University for the 2012-2013 academic year.
|Alam, Nova |Lewis, Connie | |
|Clarke, Jennifer |Mullett, Ian | |
|Constantine, Mark |Noseworthy, Matthew | |
|Dawson, Molly |Peters, Lauren | |
|Dobbin, Sam |Price, Charles | |
|Dobre, Ioana |Skinner, Laura | |
|Downer, Matthew |Strong, Hilary | |
|Edwards, Samantha |Thorne, Anna | |
|Fleming, Robert |Whelan, Martin | |
|Flynn, Michael |White, Anita | |
|Gosine, Anna |Williams, Andrew | |
|Graham, Stephanie |Williams, Michael | |
|Greene, Rebecca |Xie, Jerry | |
|Hanna-Quinn, Sonja | | |
|Hooper, Catherine | | |
|Hopkins, David | | |
|Hyslop, Sarah | | |
|Kennedy, Brian | | |
|Janson-Stoodley, Keeghan | | |
|Leonard, Alycia | | |
One of our students have been selected for the MUN Dr. Leslie Harris Scholarship Scholarship valued at $16000 over five years – congratulations to: Alycia Leonard
SCHOLARSHIPS: Other University Entrance Scholarship Winners:
(Recipients please stand)
Congratulations to Mark Constantine on being a Loran Award Semi Finalist.
Congratulations to the following students who have been selected to receive other scholarships or an Early Entrance Scholarship offer to other universities for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Jordan McGrath: Gov. Thomas Carleton UNB $4000
Alycia Leonard: Safe and Caring Schools Graduating Student Award -
$ 500
McGill Entrance Scholarship - $ 3000
University of Waterloo Entrance Scholarship - $ 2000
Andrew Murray: University of Toronto Entrance Scholarship
University of Waterloo Entrance Scholarship $1000
Amanda Budgell: $5000 President's Scholarship of Distinction at Tyndale University, Toronto
Mark Constantine:
Loran Award Semi-Finalist
University of Ottawa $16000 ($4000 renewable) entrance scholarship, Faculty of Arts
University of Ottawa $16000 ($4000 renewable) entrance scholarship, Faculty of Social Sciences
University of Ottawa $4000 ($1000 renewable) French Immersion scholarship
Carleton University $12000 ($3000 renewable) entrance scholarship, Faculty of Journalism
Carleton University $1000 Page Scholarship
Matt Noseworthy:
MUN- The Warren and Catherine Ball Entrance Scholarship- $30,000.00
University of Victoria- The U- Vic Excellence Scholarship- $26,000.00
St. Francis Xavier- Canadian Scholarship- $24,000.00
Dalhousie- The Chancellor’s Scholarship- $32,000.00
Queen’s University- The Principal’s Scholarship- $8, 000.00
Western Ontario- Admission Scholarship-$10,000.00
University of Guelph – Entrance Scholarship 3,000.00 and Board of Governor’s Scholarship-$8,000.00
Ioana Dobre:
Harvard University- $165,200/4 years (Accepted)
Princeton University- $125,600.00/4 years
Memorial University- $ 25000.00
McGill University- $40,000.00/4 years
University of Toronto- $10,249.00
McMaster University- $2,500.00
Shad Valley Alumni Entrance at McMaster Engineering-$1000.00
Loran Award- $2,000.00
Brown University- $1,000.00
Jerry Xie:
Queen’s University-Entrance scholarship- $2,000.00
University of Ottawa- Entrance Scholarship -$12,000.00
Dalhousie University- $2,000.00
Sam Prowse:
Mount Allison University-Athletic Scholarship- 5years
Michael Delong:
Mount Allison University-Athletic scholarship -5 years
Jane Pope:
MUN-Athletic Scholarship- 5 years
Fry Family Scholarships:
Courtney Caines has been awarded an EXCEPTIONAL SCHOLARSHIP valued at $5,000.00 for her academic work, her extracurricular activity and the content of the essay submitted with her application.
She has already been awarded a junior scholarship of $1,200.00 in 2011.
The criteria for the EXCEPTIONAL SCHOLASTIC ACHEVIEMENT
Scholarship is listed below. Her essay was particularly insightful which determined the difference in scholarships. It demonstrates that language and writing does make a difference. To be considered a student must:
• be entering MUN, or three year program at Marine Institute or CONA
• have a 90% average or more at midterm in the prescribed subjects.
• be involved in volunteering activities in the school or community centre.
Congratulations Courtney. We now call upon Mr. Frank Fry to present Courtney with her award.
Parliamentary Page Program
Each year, 40 students are selected from high schools across Canada to come to Ottawa to work as Pages in the House of Commons while studying at a University in the Nations capital.
Pages have the opportunity to learn about the House of Commons while witnessing the legislative process first hand.
This year, we are proud to say that one of our students has been chosen to participate in this prestigious program.
Congratulations to: Mark Constantine.
Rotary Exchange Program
The Rotary Exchange is an exchange program where you travel to another country for one year to learn a new language and experience a whole new culture. Only 3 students from Newfoundland are accepted; congratulations to Ian Connors who was selected and will spend a year in France!
MIT Scholarship for the Research Science Institute
Each summer, 80 of the world's most accomplished high school students gather at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for the Research Science Institute (RSI). Isabella Morgan has been awarded a $12,000 scholarship for this summer in conjunction with the Research Science Institute in Massachusetts and the Research and Development Corporation of Newfoundland and Labrador. RSI is a summer science & engineering program that combines on-campus course work in scientific theory with off-campus work in science and technology research.
The heart of RSI is the five-week research internship where students conduct individual projects under the tutelage of mentors who are experienced scientists and researchers. During the final week of RSI, students prepare written and oral presentations on their research projects. Congratulations to Isabella
2013 Canadian Association of Physicists: High School Prize Exam.
Gonzaga students once again took part in this exam and three of our students received honourable mentions along with a $50 prize.
Congratulations to Michael Zurel, Jeremy Costello and David Zurel.
SPECIAL NEEDS AWARDS
Presenter: Would Ms. Mifflin, Mr. Menchions, Ms. Osmond and Mr. Van Nostrand come forward to present these awards.
The following students have achieved awards through their participation in the school’s special needs program.
• Patrick Sweetman : Most improved in computer skills
• Justin Lahey: Excellent participation in Industrial Arts
• Henry Wilcox: Excellent participation in art class
• John Crotty: Most improved in social interaction
• Jerika Paul: Most improved in listening skills
• Joel Barker: Outstanding helper in “ Newspapers in Education”
• Rachel Gorman: Improvement in following directions and routines
• Mary Beth Thistle: Most pleasant and cooperative
• Mark Wright: Most appreciative of different styles of music.
THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH’S AWARD
A number of our students have completed requirements for the award of Bronze, Silver or Gold Awards of Achievement from The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Program.
Please stand now to be recognized for your achievement:
Gold Award
Nova Alam, Sophie Bartlett, Courtney Caines, Ian Connors, Molly Dawson, Ioana Dobre, Samantha Edwards, Siân Evans, Robert Fleming, Sarah Ford, Luke Godden, Darien Golami, Anna Gosine, Stephanie Graham, Victoria Gregory, Allie Guerra, Sonja Hanna-Quinn, Brian Kennedy, Alycia Leonard, Samantha Major, Kayla Mosher, Stephen Pope, Charlie Price, Abby Robbins, Brandon Snow, Andrew Williams, Michael Williams, Jerry Xie
Silver Award
Tyler Angel Matthew Dyer Chris Fitzgerald Conor Molloy James Rideout David Zurel Michael Zurel (NO INFO FOR BRONZE)
SKILLS CANADA
On April 15, GHS had three students participate in the 16th Annual Skills Canada l Provincial Competition at the College of the North Atlantic. Congratulations to Daniel Dimitrov who won the silver medal in Graphic Design for the province. This is the first time Gonzaga has ever competed in this category, so congratulations to Daniel for bringing home the silver. Other candidates included: Isabella Morgan who competed in the Job Search category and Nicholas Thoms, who competed in the Prepared Speech category. All three students were fantastic representatives of Gonzaga High School and are to be congratulated for their interest, hard work and creativity.
Many thanks to teacher monitors: Mrs. Cathy Quigley and Ms. Gillian Browne.
Music: Amanda Budgell and Lauren House will now perform “For Good” from the musical Wicked. They will be accompanied by Ms. Denise Ball.
CARE
This year the Gonzaga Care Committee were outstanding in their planning and execution of monthly events for the entire school community.
Lead by students from Peace and Justice, Rotary Interact, and Student Council, and GSA the many events included the following:
GSA:
• Sexual Assault Center $200 Donation
• “Make it Better” video for Anti-Bullying
• creation and distribution of a student-made transgender information pamphlet
• $ 160 committed to obtaining new transgender resources
Rotary Interac
• SPCA - $800.00 Donation
• Rotary Foundation for Polio Eradication - $556.48
• the R.E.A.L Program - $200.00
• Ronald McDonald House - $1100.00
• Easter Seals - $600.00
Gaming Group
• Initiation of the Pink Day Committee
• pink lemonade and cupcakes,
• school wide assembly,
• distribution of buttons,
• making of a "pink pledge" chain
• Initiation of wearing pink monthly days
• Initiation of the "If you knew me" box
The Peace and Justice Committee
• donated $1000 to the Life Skills Unit in the school giving them the opportunity to buy necessary equipment for the students.
• raised over a thousand non perishable food items as well as $600 for turkeys.
• Halloween for Hunger: members circled their neighborhood and "trick-or-treated" for non perishable food items to donate to a local food bank.
• held a hygiene item drive, where they collected over 1000 hygiene items in aid of the Choices for Youth centre.
• donated money to one of the interns at Gonzaga, in order to buy an iPad for her adopted children in Guatemala.
• held their annual Rice Day, where they raised awareness about world hunger and collected money in exchange for a bowl of rice.
• Bought a well, two goats and first aid supplies through Oxfam for those in need abroad.
• coin drive raised $500 to buy first aid and emergency supplies for the victims in Syria in need for humanitarian help.
• raised $500 to the Sankurathri Foundation-which aims to educate children in rural India as well as provide eye care for the many in need for cataract surgeries.
• held a human trafficking awareness night, where speakers addressed the problem of human trafficking in both a local and global level.
• donated $1000 through the Salvation Army, in aid of this cause.
Student council
• Halloween havoc
• Christmas chaos
• Arts fest
• Wake a thon
• Spirit week
• House competitions
The student’s work has been beneficial at the school, local and international level. You are all to be commended for both leadership and participation in these acts of care!
PROVINCIAL STUDENT LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE
The Provincial Student Leadership Conference was held from October 11-13 in Placentia. Laval High School hosted the conference and the theme for the conference was Leadership: There's an App for that. Thank you to the following students for representing Gonzaga so well - Please stand:
Lauren Peters
Hilary Strong
Emma Blackwood
Kim Radford
Melissa Anthony
ENCOUNTERS WITH CANADA
Gonzaga had a number of students participate in the Encounters with Canada program this year. Encounters with Canada is a seven day program of Canadian studies held at The Terry Fox Canadian Youth Centre, in Ottawa.
Would those students that participated in this program please stand to be recognized.
Gonzaga Leadership Award (Yearbook Publication)
(Presenter: Would Mr. Vaters come forward to present the award)
One of the many traditions at Gonzaga is the publication of our annual yearbook. This year will be no different from any other in that regard. The yearbook, many of you will come to realize (if you don’t already), is a priceless collection of the memories of your high school lives.
While many of us appreciate the product that is the yearbook, we do not often take the time to recognize the production effort behind it.
This year, one student in particular has taken it upon them self to see your yearbook creation through from beginning to end. Their effort has been tireless, dedicated, consistent and innovative.
For that he deserves your recognition.
This year’s recipient of the Gonzaga Leadership Award (Yearbook Publication) is Jerry Xie.
Debating
Zayd Khraishi attended the MUN High School Debating Tournament and place second overall. He also received the award for Top Novice Debater. Congratulations to Zayd and all the debaters. Thanks to coach Christoph Pike and teacher sponsor Ms. Chaulk for all your efforts with the club!
Math Awards – June 2013
Presenter: Ms. Windsor
Cayley
Every year many students from Gonzaga write several important math competitions. Three of these contests are from Waterloo University in Ontario which is the mecca of post secondary study in mathematics. In the Cayley Competition for Level I, our students placed 1st in the zone. Would the following students please come forward to accept their Certificates of Distinction for placing in the top 25 % of the thousands of students across the country who wrote this competition.
Zhipu Zhang
Matthew Marshal
Andrew Taylor
Zaid Taher
Michael Connors
Eric Brushett
Andrew Rideout
Zhipu Zhang receives a medal for his first place finish in the school. He also won a $100 cash award and scored in the top 2%, placing 250th out of 14800 participants.
Fermat
In Level II we also placed first in our zone and first in our province. Six of our students performed in the top 25% of all students across the country. Would the following students please come forward to accept your Certificates of Distinction:
Jeremy Costello
Sarah Veber
Luke Dyer
Daniel Major
Cara Engelbrecht
Isabella Morgan
Jeremy Costello also receives a medal for placing first in our school. He was also first in the province and received a cash award of $100. His score placed him in the top 0.8% of all students in the country, ranking him 100th out of 12066. Sarah Veber placed within the top 5%, winning a $75 cash award, and placing her 603rd out of over 12000 participants.
Euclid
For the Level III group we have two students whose combined scored in the Euclid competition placed them 1st in the Zone.
Would Jeremy Costello and Alycia Leonard please come forward to accept your Certificates of Distinction.
Jeremy also receives a medal for his first place finish in the school and a $75 cash award. Jeremy finished in the top 12% of all participants across the country.
Senior High Math League
This year we were very successful in the senior high math league, placing first out of eleven schools in the St John’s and surrounding region. Consequently, we participated in the provincial math competition in May and place first for the second year in a row. Would the following team members please come forward to accept the plaque for their first place finish:
Jeremy Costello
Ioana Dobre
Alycia Leonard
Jerry Xie
Congratulations to all of the students who participated in these competitions!
FRENCH AWARDS
French Summer Bursaries and French Summer Camp:
Congratulations to the many Core French and French Immersion students who are taking part this summer in second language camps in St. Pierre and Quebec. Students involved include:
Sarah Veber Ayla Lawlor Taylor McLean Andrew Rideout
Connor Fitzpatrick Heather Chislett Ryan Flanagan Ben Delaney
Michael Collis Ellen Parsons Andreas Murphy Dave Hewson
Nick Thoms Bridget Kenny Carissa Abbott
10th ANNUAL GONZAGA - FRENCH PUBLIC SPEAKING
Presenter: Ms. Manning
Each year, we have a French speak-off at Gonzaga. Students compete in several categories based on their grade level and French program (Core, Early and Late Immersion). The winners at the school level go on to compete at the regional and possibly the provincial and national levels. The following students should come forward to receive their school participation medal:
• Jerry Xie
• Arielle Przybysz
• Emma Blackwood
• Sejla Vujovic
• Andrew Taylor
• Alice Chen
• Erin Fradsham
• McKenzie Mouland-Suley
• Kyra Pike
• Holly Fleming
• Sam Connors
• Maria Roach
• Kurtis Thornhill
• Tristan Hayward
• Victoria Stone
• Romina Sotoodeh
• Rachel Neveu
• Sam Brouard-Ayres
• John Higgins
The following students won their category at the school level - please come forward to receive a plaque to recognize this accomplishment:
• Leanna Collins Regional winner & second at Provincial
• Rebecca Greene Regional and Provincial winner
• Jenna Newell Regional winner
• Darcy Taylor Regional winner & second at Provincial
• Ben Delaney Regional winner
• Teba Hamodat
• Haley MacIssac Regional second place
• Rosie Stanoev Regional and Provincial winner
Rebecca and Rosie travelled to Ottawa to the National competition as representative of Newfoundland and Labrador in May of this year.
***Gonzaga received an award for having the most participants in the Avalon East Canadian Parents for French Regional Speak-Offs.
PEACE & JUSTICE
This year Peace and Justice would like to recognize graduating Level III members in recognition of their spirit of volunteering and reaching out to others. Would the following students please stand to be recognized:
Ioana Dobre, Alycia Leonard, Jerry Xie, Amanda Budgell,
Holly Fleming, Caleb Mattatall, Sarah Hyslop, Hannah Kirby, and
Emma Blackwood
Rotary Interact Group
We would also like to recognize graduating Level III members of the Rotary Interact Group. Would the following students please stand to be recognized:
Andrew Williams (President)
Anna Thorne (Vice President) Stephen Pope (Secretary)
Lauren Peters (P.R) Charlie Price (Treasurer)
Hilary Strong Brandon Snow Ian Connors Matthew Howard
Stephen Hiscock Andrea Dean Catherine Stevenson
Vinny Grace Stephanie Graham Sian Evans Samantha Edwards
Sarah Ford Robbie Fleming Rebecca Greene Nick Gauvreau
Michael Williams Matt Noseworthy Mark Constantine
Laura Skinner Kristen Keating Keegan Stoodley Ian Mullett
Heather Tidswell Courtney Caines Anna Gosine Abby Robbins
GSA
Gonzaga’s Gay Straight Alliance or GSA is a student group that started this year to great success. This group’s main goals are to create respect and pride within our school community, and provide a safe space for open discussion for students of all sexual orientations and identities This group will continue next year, and they hope to see lots of fresh faces at meetings next fall.
The GSA would like to thank Ms. Ann Shortall for her mentorship.
Graduating members of the GSA include Julian Farewell, Jerry Xie, Kristen Keating, Catherine Hooper, Anna Bullock, Holly Fleming, Sarah Hyslop, Victoria Gregory and Alycia Leonard.
Music Awards
Most Outstanding Contribution to the music department by Grade level:
These awards are voted on by the students in the various ensembles at Gonzaga.
Criteria: These students must be reliable, conscientious workers, have a positive attitude, be encouraging to others, be dedicated to their respective music ensembles and must exhibit leadership qualities:
Presenters: Mr. Vaughan (Ms. Follett) and Ms. Ryan
Level 1: LIAM FOLEY
Level 2: LAURA STEVENS
Level 3: LINDSAY HOUSE & JERRY XIE
Most Outstanding Contribution to the School Music Program
Presenters: Mr. Vaughan and Ms. Ryan
Mr. Vaughan and Ms. Ryan would like to acknowledge the following students who have made an outstanding contribution to the Gonzaga Music Program. These students have participated in many ensembles at our school and have exemplified perfect attendance, positive attitude and exceptional leadership.
Congratulations are extended to the this year's winner MARK CONSTANTINE
2012 - 2013 Highlights and Awards (from Ms. Ryan and Mr. Vaughan):
The many ensembles participated in a wide variety of events, activities, concerts and competitions this year. To name some of them: the Graduation Exercises, Remembrance Day Ceremony, Death By Chocolate, Ocean Ranger Ceremony, National Day of Mourning and the Spring Concert.
At Rotary Music Festival, both the Concert Band and Jazz Band won Gold Awards with Alycia Leonard and Mark Constantine being presented with the Rotary Music Festival Honor Award.
We would like to acknowledge the tremendous contribution the following graduating students have made to the musical community of Gonzaga High School.
Melissa Anthony Victoria Gregory Mary Beth Moores
Amanda Budgell Catherine Hooper Courtney Pike
Ian Connors Lauren House Hilary Strong
Mark Constantine Lindsay House Evelina Swinton
Iain Cowley Sarah Hyslop Victoria Whitten
Molly Dawson Keeghan Jansen-Stoodley Jerry Xie
Julian Farewell Alycia Leonard Sonja Hanna-Quinn
Athletic AWARDS: We will now present Most Improved Player, Most Spirited Player and Most Valuable Player awards for each of our school based sports teams.
Softball: Presenter(s): Ms. Templeman and Mr. Walsh
Girls MVP Allie Guerra
MS Erin Boland
MI Hilary Strong
Boys MVP Sam Prowse
MS Michael Williams
MI Brandon Snow
Volleyball Presenter: Mr. Morgan or Ms. Lilly
Girls MVP Isabella Morgan
MS Brooke Robson
MI Erin Boland
Boys MVP Robert Fleming
MS Michael Williams
MI Ben Vokey
Hockey Presenter(s): Mr. Keough
MVP Tyler Boland
MS Ben Cleary
MI Michael Connors
Ball Hockey Presenter(s): Mr. Sheppard
MVP Marcus Cuomo
MS Jared Power
MI Ethan Bishop
Cheerleading Presenter(s): Mr. LeDrew
MVP Demitra Collier
MS Diana Lono
MI Holly Fleming
Rugby Presenter(s): Mr. Green or Ms. Lilly
Girls MVP Samantha Major
MS Kayla Mosher
MI Holly Todhunter
Boys MVP Mark Connolly
MS Evan Whalen
MI Peter Walsh
Boys Rookie Team
MVP Brandon Reid
MS
MI Matthew Baldwin
Basketball Presenter(s): Ms. McNeil / Mr. O’Dea / Mr. Khan / Mr.
Brockerville
Sr. Girls MVP Hilary Strong
MS Molly Dawson
MI Allie Guerra
Sr. B Girls MVP Maria Roache
MS Anna Gosine
MI Kathleen Shea
Sr. Boys MVP Sam Prowse
MS Andrew Wood
MI Ian Hayes
Jr. Boys MVP Nick Hayes
MS Jeremy Butt
MI Andrew Wilkie
Ulitmate Presenter(s):”Davis”
MVP Iain Cowley
MS Allie Guerra
MI Luke Godden
(Lisa Kavanagh will have some words to address to the students)
Track and Field female Presenter(s): Ms. Kavanagh
MVP Isabella Morgan
MS Kathleen Shea
MI Quinn McGettigan
Track and Field male Presenter(s): Ms. Kavanagh
MVP Matthew Noseworthy
MS Noah Gullage
MI Brian Kennedy
Cross Country Female Presenter(s): Ms. Kavanagh
MVP Molly Dawson
MS Alycia Leonard
MI Emma Lutz
Cross Country Male Presenter(s): Ms. Kavanagh
MVP Charlie Price
MS Iain Cowley
MI Luke Godden
Soccer Presenter(s): Ms. Lilly / Mr. Dobre
Girls MVP Connie Lewis
MS Jane Pope
MI Samantha Stevenson
Boys MVP Lucas Henrique
MS Andrew Oliver
MI Jeremy Costello
Baseball Presenter(s): Ms. Lilly
MVP Tyler Boland
MS Sam Prowse
MI Evan Whalen
Golf Presenter(s): Mr. Williams
MVP Michael Williams
(Ms. Lilly will present the next awards..)
Outstanding contributions to athletics level 1 male
Colin Connors
Outstanding contributions to athletics level 2 female
Jane Baird
Outstanding contributions to athletics level 2 male
Tyler Boland
Viking Spirit Award presenter: Ms. Anne Browne
Philip Tulk
School Sports NL Sportsmanship Awards: Recognizing two exceptional athletes, at each school throughout the province, who put sportsmanship above all other interests. These athletes demonstrate great sportsmanship throughout the year in all their athletic ventures.
Presenter: Ms. Anne Browne
This year’s recipients are:
Rosie Stanoev and Matthew Downer.
At this time we would like to recognize all athletes involved in this year’s Canada Games in Sherbrook Quebec; please stand and be recognized for your accomplishment in representing the province at this event – the highest level of amateur athletics in the country! Best of luck in your competition in August.
The Felipe Corpus Award Presenter: Ms. Lilly
This award is presented in memory of a former physical education teacher and Athletic Director, Mr. Felipe Corpus. The award is presented to a person who has worked unselfishly, usually behind the scenes, to support and promote the physical education / athletic program at Gonzaga. In cases where no suitable student is found, the award may be given to an adult.
Felipe Corpus Award Winner Is: Kelsey McGrath
Diana Johnson Award
Presenter: Mr Van Nostrand
This award has been instituted by the Johnson Family in memory of Diana, a 1998 graduate of Gonzaga. The award is open to a Grade 11 or Grade 12 student. The award will consist of a certificate, perpetual plaque and cash award. The family has renewed and guaranteed the award for a 15 year period.
This award is given to a student who has shown the greatest progress during the school year, in scholastic results and general personal improvement.
The winner is: Philip McDermott
Men and Women for Others Award
Presenter: Mr. VanNostrand and Mr. LeDrew.
The award will recognize the student’s service to their fellow students, the school and / or the community at large. The awards are:
Level I student - Fr. Boyd Award – Darcy Taylor
Level II student - Fr. Schuck Award – Teba Hamodat
Level III student - Fr. Rye Award – Alycia Leonard
Level III student - Br. Joe Frechette – Mark Constantine
Athlete of the Year Presenter: Ms. Lilly
Each year the extramural coaches nominate and select the male and female Athlete of the Year. To qualify for nomination a student must be an extramural player in at least one sport and preferably two, he or she must be competitive and athletic-minded, they must have contributed to the team and to the development of athletic spirit in the school, and they must be an all-round athlete dedicated to athleticism, not just on an extramural team for personal glory. This award carries with it the best traditions of fair play, sportsmanship, positive attitude and school pride in athletic competition.
The nominees for the Female Athlete of the Year in alphabetical order are:
1. Molly Dawson
2. Allie Guerra
3. Hilary Strong
The nominees for the Male Athlete of the Year in alphabetical order are:
1. Robbie Fleming
2. Matthew Noseworthy
3. Sam Prowse
Recipients:
Male Athlete of the Year: Sam Prowse
Female Athlete of the Year: Molly Dawson
We invite the nominees to come forward to accept a plaque recognizing their nominations.
Student of the Year
Presenters: Mr. VanNostrand and Mr. LeDrew
Two of the most highly anticipated presentations to be made today are the awards presented annually to the Male and Female Students of the Year.
The students who receive this award must have sound academic standing, the respect and esteem of the student body, excelled in a variety of school activities, enjoyed the confidence of the staff, and displayed selfless service to the school. All teachers in the school vote for these awards.
There are three nominees for each award.
For the Female Student of the Year, the nominees in alphabetical order are:
1. Ioana Dobre
2. Alycia Leonard
3. Hilary Strong
The nominees in alphabetical order for Male Student of the Year are:
1. Mark Constantine
2. Matthew Noseworthy
3. Michael Williams
I am very pleased to announce that the Female and Male Student of the Year Awards.
The winners are: Mark Constantine & a tie for the female - Ioana Dobre and Hilary Strong
We invite the nominees to come forward to receive a plaque to recognize their nomination: Alycia, Matthew and Michael.
Winning House Banner
Finally, before the Jazz band we would like for Michael Williams to come forward to recognize the winning house. Michael ”the winning house is...”
JAZZ BAND PLAYS
Our Jazz Band, under the direction of Ms. Follett, will now perform two special selections for you:
What is That? With soloists - Mark Constantine, Alycia Leonard, Keith Lawton, Japheth Walters
And…
I Saw Her Standing There - with soloist Keith Lawton
Finally....
Reminder for the winners of sports awards to stay for yearbook photos!!
Then..over to Ted
Mr. Van Nostrand – final words and directions...Academic pins?
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