Huron Expositor, 2016-06-08, Page 15Jessie Payne at C.H.S.S.
C.H.S.S. student awarded 560,000 scholarship
Justine Alkema
Postmedia Network
Many scholarships are
worth a few hundred or a
few thousand dollars, how-
ever not many are worth
$60,000. This is the scholar-
ship money that C.H.S.S. stu-
dent 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. Itis 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 pro-
vide two letters of recom-
mendation from a teacher
and a principle or guidance
counselor. She also wrote an
essay about her leadership
qualities 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
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organize the Bayfield fair. To
receive the scholarship,
applicants must also demon-
strate 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
to Queens University for sci-
ence before applying; she
hopes to pursue Neurosci-
ence in her upper years.
Luckily Queens is a partici-
pating school in this scholar-
ship, 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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Wednesday, June 8, 2016 • Huron Expositor 15
St. Anne's breaks
world record
Justine Alkema
Postmedia Network
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
to give 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 singer 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
reason, a truck with a cam-
eraperson in the back drove
in front of him during 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 fiving 311 hands, cham-
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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