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The Times Advocate, 2006-05-31, Page 1616 Exeter Times—Advocate Wednesday, May 31, 2006 s• ,a`m SOUTH HURON DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT OF THE YEAR STUDENT OF THE YEAR WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT SOUTH HURON'S FORMAL - FRI. JUNE 2 PRESENTATION BETWEEN 10:30 AND 11:00 P.M. Jessica Bickel) Jessica Bickel) has had four enjoyable years at South Huron. She has been a member of the girls hockey team since grade 10, obtaining a bronze medal at OFSAA the same year and attending OFSAA for the second time in grade 12. She was also a member of the girl's golf team for three years. In grade 12 she joined the peer tutor and prefect programs. While Jessica has been busy with extra -curricular activities, she has managed to maintain her grades. She earned the top mark for MDM 3M and BTA 30, as well as achieving the honour roll in her last two years of high school. Her favourite subjects are Calculus and Phys -Ed, which she looks forward to studying in the future. Community service is also important to Jessica. She has volunteered at Exeter Public School three times per week during her spare this school year. She also earned her community service hours time keeping hockey and basketball. Outside of school Jessica enjoys hockey, baseball, ball hockey and spending time with family and friends. This summer she plans to return to her third year as a leader at the South Huron and Area Summer Playground. In the fall Jessica will be attending Brock University for the Junior/Intermediate Concurrent Education program where she will complete an Honours BSc and a BEd at the same time. She hopes this path will lead her to becoming an elementary school teacher. Jessica is the daughter of Lynn and Jim Bickel). Artemysia Fragiskatos Artemysia Fragiskatos is honoured to have been nominated for student of the year. She has thorough- ly enjoyed her four years at South Huron, where she has taken part in many activities. Her favourite has been being a part of the award-winning music pro- gram. She has played trombone in all of the bands and recently was given the opportunity to play the new bass trombone, also known as Richard. Artemysia has fond memories of playing on the girl's soccer team for which she was awarded the most dedicated player award. She often reminisces about her time with Reach for the Top, Relay for Life, Habitat for Humanity, and the Student Council - even though she still holds the position of premier, she just likes to reminisce. Artemysia was honoured to have received the Stacey Case award. She was involved with two of the school's productions including 2004's The Farm Show (stage manager), and 2005's Return to Eden (Julie) where she said her famous line, "You'll always be my little monkey!" Artemysia would like to thank all those who helped her out throughout her high school career from the teachers, coaches, high -five givers, to the guy who always smiles at her in the hall; it's been a great, worthwhile experience. Artemysia would like to wish her fellow nominees good luck. Her future plans are to attend Brock University for Applied Language Studies with goals of becoming an ESL teacher. Ally Macgregor is honoured to have been nominated by her peers for Student of the Year. As an outgoing and enthusiastic individual, Ally has always been involved in many of the extracurricular activities South District High School has had to offer. Ally has had a leading role in the school play every year since grade 9, and has played first clar- inet in both the Senior and Intermediate Concert Bands. The Senior Concert Band recently com- peted at MusicFest Nationals in Ottawa and was awarded a Gold in sight-reading and a strong Silver for overall performance. In Grade 1 1, Ally held the position of Secretary of Student Council, and this year she was elect- ed to the position of Deputy Premier. Ally was also a member of the school choir in grade 10, and this year she is a member of the Prefect, Peer Tutoring and Peer Mentor groups. In Grade 10 Ally was the Food and Entertainment Co -Chairperson for the Relay for Life, and the following year Ally assumed the role of Event Co -Chairperson. Ally is an Honour Roll student and has also represented South Huron District High School in a number of provincial, national and international competitions. In Grade 10 Ally won the Mathieu Da Costa Challenge, a national writing competition, for Best Essay in English Ages 15-18. Ally was later interviewed on CBC Radio One's "Good Morning, Ontario" with Erika Ritter about her prize-winning short story, "Running Is My Life." In Grade 1 1, Ally represented Exeter on the Independent Order of Oddfellows and Rebekahs United Nations Pilgrimage for Youth Tour. The purpose of the tour is to promote friendship between all nations and consisted of travelling in Canada and the United States with over 200 other teenagers from around the world. The tour also included a stop in New York City and a visit to the United Nations. Additionally, Ally is the Ambassador of the Exeter Fall Fair and will be competing at the Canadian National Exhibition in August. Recently, Ally was awarded an Avon Maitland District School Board Excellence in Public Education Award for her contributions to the South Huron D.H.S. communi- ty Ally teaches clarinet lessons and works part-time at Exeter Golf Club. Over the years she has also taught Sunday school and assisted with the youth group at her church in Crediton. She is especially grateful for all the support she has found at South Huron District High, par- ticularly from the excellent teaching staff and her won- derful friends. In September Ally will be attending Queen's University, where she has received an entrance scholarship, and she intends to pursue an Honours B.A. in Drama. She is the proud daughter of Richard and Sheila Macgregor of Exeter. Kylen Van Osch Let me start by saying, it is an honour to be nominated for the Student of the Year Award and I would like to thank my class- mates. Throughout my years at South Huron District High School, I have kept extremely busy with academics, athletics and volunteer- ing. First of all, academics have always been very important to me. I have been on the honour roll from grades nine to twelve. Furthermore, my academic highlight was winning the Highest Female Academic Standing Award in grades ten and eleven. My favourite memory of high school will definitely be playing all the sports. I have played three sports every year. In grades nine to eleven, I played on the basketball and volleyball teams, as well as competing on the track and field team where I specialized in hur- dles and high jump. This year, I still played on the basketball and volleyball teams, however I chose to play on the soccer team instead of competing in track and field. One of my favourite mem- ories of athletics at SHDHS was when I won two gold medals at WOSSAA for hurdles in grades nine and ten. Another memorable moment was when my junior girls basket- ball team was favoured to lose an important home game against St. Mikes. Our classmates pumped us up so much with all the cheer- ing that we ended up smoking them. GO PANTHERS GO! Sports have definitely been a great way to meet new friends, keep fit, have fun and - dare I say it - take a break from class. Lastly, I have volunteered on the Relay for Life committee in grades eleven and twelve. The committee organizes the nightlong event to help raise money for cancer research. I am on the enter- tainment committee, where I help to organize all the activities for the night. I have also volunteered at the school during several tournaments to help referee and keep score. Outside of school, I have played with many of my classmates on community hockey and soccer teams from grades nine to eleven. The last two years I have also played on volleyball teams in London. One of my greatest accomplishments was making the Forest City Volleyball Club U18 women's team this year. Next year, I am attending the University of Guelph to study Biological Sciences and I hope to play on the varsity volleyball team. Overall, high school has been a very exciting part of my life and I will definitely have many fond memories. I would like to thank my family, friends, classmates, coaches, and teachers for all your help and support throughout my years at South Huron District High School. Throughout my entire high school career I have thoroughly enjoyed being a part of various school activities, clubs and organizations and I have also enjoyed making many close friends at South Huron District High School. I have been an active member of at least two school bands each year and have had a great time learning to play the trumpet, and being part of a group that works together as a team. Practices for the bands are in the mornings- from three to five times a week. Travelling to the Music Fest Regionals every year has been a fun (but nerve wracking) experience, and travelling to the Music Fest Nationals twice has been an even greater challenge and accomplishment. Although the early mornings are sometimes a killer, I have learned a lot from South Huron's music program not only about music, but also about myself and about life in general. When not at an early morning band practice I have also had a great time monitoring the doorways for hat wearers as a prefect member. Although the prefect shirts are an attractive feature of being a prefect, helping to raise money for various great causes, by helping with hat days, has been a great opportunity as well. The prefects are a great part of South Huron's school spirit, and helping to spread that spirit has been excellent. During the spring is when life seems to get even more hectic, and helping to keep me extra busy during that season is my favourite sport, soccer. I have been a member of South Huron's girl's soc- cer teams every year of my high school career, and although the players vary from year to year, the great teamwork and team spirit never fail. All Mac•re•or Soccer has been a great place for me to get to know some of my peers that I would not have had the chance of knowing, and it has helped supply me with an energy outlet and keep me part of the school's athletic depart- ment. With my teams, I have been able to make it to WOSSA a couple of times within the past couple of years, and I hope that as I go there this year the girl's team will be successful! GO PANTHERS! My academic career at South Huron has been full of many interesting courses and I have also had the oppor- tunity of attending some field trips and events that have made science and history courses that much more fun. Although learning obviously plays a key part in the high school purpose and experience, most of the mem- ories that I will take with me will involve the people I have gotten to know and the activities that I have been able to participate in while at South Huron. Overall, my times in high school have been full of fun times and hard work and I look forward to moving on to the future with good memories of the past. Faith -Anne Wagler