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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Times Advocate, 2008-06-04, Page 1212 Times -Advocate Wednesday, June 4, 2008 i,: SOUTH HURON DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT OF THE YEAR STUDENT OF THE YEAR WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT SOUTH HURON'S FORMAL - FRI., JUNE 6 PRESENTATION AT 9:45 P.M. DIMITRIS FRAGISIATOS Dimitris Fragiskatos has been attending SHDHS for the past four years. He would like to thank his fellow classmates for his nomination for Student of the Year. Dimitris has been involved in many sports at South Huron including badminton (where he quickly Learned it was not a sissy sport), tennis, cross country, basketball and his favourite, soccer. His soccer team this year has been especially successful, moving on to WOSSA and hopefully OFSAA. Dimitris feels sports have largely influ- enced his amazing time at South Huron. The coaches of his teams have helped him learn many new skills that he has been able to apply on and off the field. He also enjoyed many quotes from coach Henry Bonsma, including, 'If you want to play like a baby you deserve to be on the bench in your cradle." Everyone loves the `intensity coach.' Dimitris also tried to give something back to the school community and the community at large by being involved with Students' Council and participating in community events, Relay for Life being the favourite. Another contributing factor to the great time Dimitris has had at South Huron has been his peers. Over the years as he matured and watched his peers mature they continue to share many laughs and enjoy high fives/pounds from each other. His peers have created so many great mem- ories from the start of high school all the way to the near end. He enjoys being able to look back together with these people and consider some of the foolish acts they've done and say, "Hey, it's cool, it makes a good memory." Many great teachers have also con- tributed to positive memorable moments! Dimitris is happy he can say that even though he sometimes did not focus on his academic work as much as he should have he was still able to create a relationship with his teachers. Relationships that allowed him to visit them during their spare time and have talks and a laugh or two. Dimitris would like to thank all the great ladies in the office for sharing time with him. He could happily call these moments in the office "bonding moments" rather than "detentions." Dimitris is currently working at his fami- ly's restaurant, Kate's Station, and he also works at Gregus Millworks where the employees there have interesting thoughts on Dimitris' new haircut. Dimitris plans to attend Fanshawe College in the fall where he will be taking the Construction Engineering Technology course. Dimitris is the proud son of Jayne and Nick Fragiskatos and he is also proud to be a resident of Hensall. Dimitris will always remember how South Huron was a great school. Great because of the people he saw everyday, and he wishes the best of luck to all of these people. MARCUS HACCIUS Marcus is honoured to have been nominated for Student of the Year when South Huron has so many awesome students to choose from. "Carpe Diem" is one of his favourite phrases and translated means "Seize the Day." Marcus tries to live each day to the fullest by trying new things and new ideas. High school has been an incredible experience for him, and he has enjoyed every minute spent inside the South Huron walls. Many of his fond high school mem- ories will be of the Panther sports teams. Rugby was a new game for Marcus, and he enjoyed learning the rules and slowly reducing the amount of pain he felt after each game. Playing badminton for the school team was a wonderful con- trast to rugby, mostly because it placed a net between Marcus and his opponents. He also learned many things through his Reach for the Top experiences, at both junior and senior levels. Being on Students' Council always kept Marcus busy around the school. In the past four years he hasn't missed many Panther activi- ties, either by organizing or partici- pating in them. These include Terry Fox Runs, 30 -Hour Famines, PAWS Days, gaming tournaments, dances, and many other events. Marcus's fondest memories revolve around South Huron's drama pro- gram. He enjoyed four years of play- ing major roles in four different school productions, and is extreme- ly grateful to all the other thespians for making his drama experience a treat. Next year, Marcus has been accepted into the Beal Musical Theatre Program, and will study there full time. After Beal he plans to attend University, then to pursue a career in dramatic arts. Marcus thanks all Panthers for four amazing years. Being the youngest of three kids, Bryce watched a sister thoroughly enjoy the arts and a brother that thoroughly enjoyed athletics. Bryce decided that he would try to participate in as much school life that South Huron had to offer while main- taining a strong academic standing. This ultimately led to his participation in five bands throughout his high school career. His talent and passion for music was proven when he was asked to play senior band in his second year of high school and lead trumpet in his last two years. Athletically Bryce has partici- pated in volleyball and bad- minton and won four awards in grades 10 and 11. He also par- ticipated in a London competi- tive volleyball league. He has also volunteered at an elemen- tary school volleyball camp for four years at South Huron. Bryce has been a team player and a competitive athlete each year and athletics has been an important part of his high school life. Bryce's extra -curricular activi- ties have made high school life fun and interesting but they never interfered with his acade- mic performance. He maintained honours every year and was top male student one year. Being part of a variety of activities throughout the school has allowed him to have a wide social circle and he is proud of the close friends that he has made in high school. Bryce will be going on next year to the University of Western Ontario for engineering. In his four years at SHDHS, Kurt Van Osch has been extremely active on many sports teams. In grades 9 and 10, Kurt played on the volleyball, basketball and soccer teams. In Grade 10, Kurt also joined the track and field team. Some of his accomplishments included winning a bronze medal at WOSSA volley- ball, competing in triple jump and shot put at WOSSA and winning Huron Perth in soccer. Furthermore, Kurt made the Honour Roll in Grade 9 and received Junior Athlete of the Year in Grade 10. In Grade 11, Kurt played on the volleyball, soccer, track and field, hockey and badminton teams. Kurt made a WOSSA appearance in shot put. At the end of the year, Kurt was awarded the Team Leader Award in hockey, Most Offensive Player in soccer, Rookie of the Year for bad- minton, and also Senior Athlete of the Year. This year Kurt was on many suc- cessful teams. He played on the golf, volleyball, hockey, badminton, and now the soccer team. The vol- leyball and hockey teams were able to make a WOSSA appearance, with a WOSSA gold medal in hockey, allowing Kurt the amazing experi- ence of competing at OFSAA. Kurt also won third place at Huron Perth badminton. Kurt is helping his soc- cer team compete at WOSSA in the hopes to go to OFSAA once again. In his spare time, Kurt attends classes, and through his marks, was able to receive acceptance to the University of Guelph for Business Agriculture. He also par- ticipates in school activities such as the Terry Fox Run, Relay for Life and many others. Kurt has enjoyed every minute of his high school career and will always have great memories of his time spent and the people he has met at SHDHS.