2009-06-10
11:30:23
Sixty students who reached the honour roll at least seven times where among those receiving awards at Fort Frances High School's recognition ceremony Tuesday
Fort Frances high school students who excelled in the areas of music, athletics and academia were recognized yesterday.
More than two hundred students received awards for reach the honour roll multiple times.
Principal Gord McCabe says it's a reflection of the students' commitment to education.
"You always want to see students doing even better," says McCabe, "but when I watched those numbers of students walk across the stage, because its not just being on the honour roll one time, its having been on the honour roll multiple times, it tells me they are really working hard because they're acheiving in a variety of different disciplines to do that."
Co-presidents of the school's student council Dianelle Gustafson and Alex Crichton were this year's recipients of the principal's award for student leadership.
Most Valuable Certificates were award to the following students
Athletic Association - Adam Esselink
Newspaper - Sarah Kellar
Yearbook - Sarah Pryce
First Responders - Micha Gerber
O.S.A.I.D - Dawn Derendorf
Chem-Free Grad - Eric Gustafson
Drama - Cody Caul
Musical - Sam Mueller
Musical Revue - Micha Gerber and Owen Harrison
Music - Christina Empy
