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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2019-07-04, Page 18PAGE 18. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JULY 4, 2019. You've graduated! Congratulations! Municipality of Huron East 519-527-0160 or 1-888-868-7513 1-877-839-3742 www.mcconvilleomni.ca Best Wishes to all the Grads! Congratulations Graduates! Seaforth Public School 2019 Grads Seaforth Fall Fair ~ Tractors and Tailgates Celebrating 174 years ~September 12-14, 2019 Toy & Craft Show November 23 & 24 Call the office for more info 519-527-1321 Hello everyone, my name is Madi, and my name is Erica. We will be addressing you in our valedictorian speech. Before we begin, we would first like to say, wow – we clean up pretty nice! Now we would like to thank the best teachers, principals, secretaries, librarians, classmates and family. Without you and your hard work for the past decade, we wouldn’t be here tonight. Finally, we would like to thank Google for your advice and knowledge! Tonight we are celebrating an important milestone in our lives. We have spent about 38 per cent of our lives at this school. We’ll just say it has been a place of laughter, stress, memories and tests. A good chunk of our graduating class has been here since Kindergarten and it has allowed for lots of memories to be made. To name a few: • When the boys had a dance-off in their cabin at Camp Celtic before bed • The eventful sleepovers at camp on the coldest nights. When the morning came in the boy's cabins, sometimes all of them would wake up in the same bed. • Skiing at Boler Mountain when Chelsea had a yard sale. When the ski patrol came to check on her, her only words were, “It’s a bit icy eh!” • Jump at Laurier when Jack acted as an evil stepmother •Other fond memories at Camp Celtic like the hiking and swimming in both Lake Huron and Georgian Bay. From the first day of Kindergarten to now, a lot has changed but a lot has also stayed the same. We may not hug our parents' legs anymore, thinking if we could hold on tight enough we might not have to go to school. Today we still try to think of every excuse not to wake up. Do they work? No, but it’s worth a shot. As we close this chapter and look onto new horizons, we should remember to keep these three simple words in mind: believe in yourself. Mr. Hundey always recites the story that Michael Jordan didn’t make his high school basketball team. Now Michael Jordan and Mr. Hundey did have one thing in common, they both didn’t make their high school basketball teams. They both pushed past this setback, showed courage, believed in themselves, and are now living the dream! Michael Jordan made the NBA, and Mr. Hundey made his senior high school basketball team and now gets to teach us... delightful children. This goes to show – don’t let bumps in the road keep you from achieving your dreams. Anything is possible if you believe you can do it. And so our message to you fellow graduates is to believe in yourselves. Know and believe you can do anything you want to if you want it accomplished and be prepared to work hard and have fun along the way. As we grow up, life may get harder and more challenging, but don’t let the bumps in the road stop you. Believing in yourself is the first step to achieving your dreams. Thank you for the best 10 years of our lives. Thank you to Mr. Hundey and Mr. Dunseith for teaching us our education, life lessons and making the past two years unforgettable. Primary and Junior teachers for guiding us to this point in our lives. We wouldn’t be here without you. Thank you to the principals and vice-principals, for keeping us in line, the custodians for making sure our classrooms are spotless, the office staff for planning and organizing everything for the past decade, the librarians, who kept us reading and our classmates and friends for making getting up in the mornings worth it, and our parents and family for raising us into the people we are today. As we end our speech we want to leave you with this quote from Jason Pockrant, “Anything is possible once you believe you are worthy of achieving it.” Teachers, friends, and family, thank you. Students at Seaforth Public School were honoured on Tuesday, June 25 with the school’s year-end graduation awards. Over two dozen students were highlighted for their hard work and dedication in their final year of elementary school. Erica Maloney and Madison Cardno were named co- valedictorians for the school year, sharing speech duties for the evening. Maloney also won the school’s Spirit Award, the Ontario Principal’s Council Leadership Award and the School Council Award. Cardno won the Positive Role Model Award, as well as the Geography Award and the Bruce Power Science and Technology Award. She was also one of the winners of the John Jew Citizenship Award and the Athletics Award. Erick Gulutzen and Shelby Kane were the winners of the school’s Sportsmanship Awards. Gulutzen also won the Athletics Award and the Field Day Champs Award. Zac Caldwell won the year’s Environmental Award, as well as the Janey Boussey Bursary Award. Kyle Dolmage, Kohen Adams and Keira Dietz were all winners of the J.W. Talbot Award, while Lauren King won the Rachael Broome Memorial Award. Dietz was also one of the winners of the school’s French Award. Sue Stokes-Hough was the winner of the Edna Bell Waddington Bursary, while Jon tenHag won both the Friendship Memorial Award and the John Jew Citizenship Award. Ashton King won the History Award, Noah Barnes won the French Award and Matthew Gridzak won the Music Award. Chelsea vandenHeuvel won the Student That Makes School A Better Place Award, as well as the Field Day Champs Award and the Doug Perkes Memorial Award. Kayden Roden was the school’s most improved math student. Kohen Adams, Keira Dietz, Lauren King, Erica Maloney and Ashton King all achieved excellence in their English and math studies for the year, while Noah Barnes achieved excellence in math for the year. Seaforth graduates awarded honours Memorable moments for Seaforth Valedictorians Madison Cardno, left, and Erica Maloney Seaforth Public Valedictorians On Tuesday, June 25, Hullett Central Public School celebrated its graduating class by handing out a number of year-end awards to its students whose next stop will be high school. Ian Driscoll was named the class valedictorian. He also won the school’s Mathematics Award. Kortney Hoggart won the Visual Arts Award, Jacob Josling won the Computer Technology Award and Kaden Huether won the Performing Arts Award. Huether also won the Geography Award. Shyanne Hubbard won the English Award, while Cassidy Shannon won the French Award and Alexis Bernier won the History Award. Bernier also won the Ontario Principal’s Council Leadership Award. Hailey Wain won the Music Award, Keagan Simonsen won the Science Award, Brady Graf won the Student’s Choice Award and Malia Lyons won the Effort and Co- operation Award. Owen Beacom won the Overall Academic Improvement Award and Angelina Adams won the Student Council Award. Brody Nesbitt was the school’s outstanding male athlete, while Cassidy Shannon was the outstanding female athlete. Ryder Lee won the Heart of Gold Award, while Bradly Hummel won the Design and Technology Award. Shyanne Hubbard won the female Academic Distinction Award and Ian Driscoll won the male Academic Distinction Award. Alexis Bernier, Ian Driscoll, Shyanne Hubbard and Cassidy Shannon were on the class’s honour roll. Alexis Bernier, Emma Buttar, Ian Driscoll, Brady Graf, Kortney Hoggart, Shyanne Hubbard, Justin Kerr, Ryder Lee, Cassidy Shannon, Jillian Shortreed and Hailey Wain were all honoured with Learning Skills Awards. Angelina Adams, Alexis Bernier, Emma Buttar, Ian Driscoll, Brady Graf, Kortney Hoggart, Shyanne Hubbard, Kaden Huether, Justin Kerr, Ryder Lee, Malia Lyons, Braeden McDonald, Nicholas McDonald, Brody Nesbitt, Cassidy Shannon, Jillian Shortreed, Joel Vaughn-Missell, Tanner Virag and Hailey Wain were all honoured with Letter H Awards from their school. Hullett students receive awards