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St. Anne's breaks world record C.H.S.S. student awarded $60,000 scholarship
On June 2, St. Anne's
broke the record
for most high fives
in one minute
Justine Alkema
Clinton News Record
St. Anne's student cabinet
wanted to hold an event that
would raise school spirit.
The idea they came up with
- breaking a world record.
After brainstorming a few
ideas, they decided that a
feasible record to break was
giving the most high fives in
one minute.
They held the event at
their "Outdoor-a-Palooza"
event on June 2. This event
included several other activ-
ities such as mass, live music
from the band Chris Bray,
large inflatables and a
burger lunch.
To break the record, they
chose a top runner from the
track team named Evan
Krebs. The entire school
lined up around the track
with their hands out, and
Evan ran around the track
and slapped as many hands
as he could.
An important rule was
that he had to make full,
palm -to -palm contact with
each hand, so the run had to
be videotaped. For this
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Grade 12 student Evan Krebs was the runner for the event.
Students Tined up around the track.
reason, a truck with a cam-
era drove in front of him dur-
ing the run.
The first time around,
Krebs hit around 250 hands,
and the record to beat was
290 hands. So he went
around again, and ended up
high living 311 hands, cham-
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pioning over the record.
To prove the event, several
videos and many photos
were taken, several media
outlets had to be present and
a witness had to sign a form.
Look out for St. Anne's in
the next edition of Guinness
World Records.
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Grade 12 student
Jessie Payne received
the Schulich Leader
scholarship
Justine Alkema
Clinton News Record
Many scholarships are
worth a few hundred or a few
thousand dollars, however
not many are worth $60,000.
This is the scholarship money
that C.H.S.S. student Jessie
Payne will be receiving from
her Schulich Leader
scholarship.
The Schulich Leadership
scholarship is a prestigious
award for high school gradu-
ates enrolling in a science,
technology, engineering or
math (STEM) undergraduate
program at participating uni-
versities in Canada and Israel.
Businessman and philan-
thropist Seymour Schulich
established this $100 million
scholarship in 2012. It is
meant to encourage talented
high school students to
become the next pioneers of
innovation and scientific
research.
High schools across the
country may only enter one
student for the nomination.
There are 100 scholarships
awarded and around 1500
nominees.
Payne said she was shocked
when she found out. At first,
she didn't believe it, but it
finally sunk in.
"I probably read the email
three times before I said
something out loud. My first
instinct was to call my mom
[...] she was speechless at first,
and then very proud:'
To apply for the scholar-
ship, Payne needed to provide
two letters of recommenda-
tion from a teacher and a
principle or guidance counse-
lor. She also wrote an essay
about her leadership qualities
Jessie Payne at C.H.S.S.
and experience both in school
and the community.
Payne has been on student
council all four years at
C.H.S.S., and is now the co-
president. She has also been
involved in her hometown of
Bayfield where she helped
organize the Bayfield fair. To
receive the scholarship, appli-
cants must also demonstrate
academic excellence.
She found out about the
scholarship when she was
researching scholarships and
came across an ad for it. She
approached her school with
the opportunity. C.H.S.S. has
nominated people before, and
when Payne approached
them about nominating her,
they were happy to put her
name forward.
Payne had been accepted
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to Queens University for sci-
ence before applying; she
hopes to pursue Neurosci-
ence in her upper years. Luck-
ily
uckily Queens is a participating
school in this scholarship, so
Payne was then able to try for
the funds.
She will receive $15,000
each year for four years. That
money will go to all of her
costs including tuition, text-
books and boarding.
Queens sent Payne a
plaque and a personalized
letter saying they were
impressed with her leader-
ship experience and hoped
she would apply her leader-
ship skills at Queens.
"It doesn't even feel real
yet," said Payne. "It'll feel real
when I'm not paying for
tuition"
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