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Times at HRH Awards night





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The final category is academics where
students in grades 7 to 11 are given monetary
th
On Sunday, January 27 , Holy Redeemer awards for receiving the top two academics
rolled out the red carpet for their annual Awards averages in their respective grades. The
Ceremony. awards winners were: grade 7 Ethan Breault
The Awards Ceremony celebrates excellence and Shawn Williams; grade 8 Diana Pedrajas
in academics, athletics, citizenship and fine arts and Alyssa Vankosky; grade 9 Mekha George
during the 2017-2018 school year. and Jaci Knight; grade 10 Evan Chung and
“It's always one of my favourite days of the Austin Williams; and grade 11 Julia Kerr and
school year,” says Assistant Principal Diane Noemi Napoles.
Williams. “We get to reward all of the hard From there, various scholarships are passed
work our students have done last year and at the out in varying categories to assist graduated
same time we get to see many of our students students who are attending post-secondary
who have graduated who love to tell us what schools.
they are doing now.” “We love rewarding all the hard work of our
The first section of the night celebrated the students,” says Principal Bill McGowan. “And
students in the Athletics Program. The top what better way to do this than helping these
award in this category is Athlete of the Year. young adults pay for post-secondary school.”
Here, Brooke Grycak and Levi Beckmann took The most awarded recipient of the night was
the Junior High Awards, and Alex Melnyk and Class Valedictorian Spencer Smith who
Jacob Chase won the Senior High Awards. collected over $5000 in scholarship money.
One additional presentation in this category Smith would receive the following
saw Justin Breault receive two miniature scholarships: Shell Canada Award, Daniel H.
banners celebrating his gold medal wins in Mitchell, Biology 30, Chemistry 30, Social
Track & Field (Javelin) during the last two Studies 30-1, and the Grade 12 Highest
years. Breault not only broke the provincial Academic Scholarship.
records in grade 10 and 11, he smashed them. “This young man truly demonstrated
Holy Redeemer Principal Bill McGowan proudly
presents the coveted Governor General's Medal to In the Fine Arts Category, the prestigious perseverance, effort and an amazing work
Kids Make A Difference is sponsored by: graduated student Spencer Smith who also Drama Program celebrated the work of the ethic,” says McGowan. “We are extremely
received the highest academic average for any student artists in the school. The Drama Awards proud of him for all that he has
grade 12 student during the 2017-2018 school were presented to Jayna Fedorak and Tyler accomplished.”
year. The school's Award Ceremony was on Ferguson (Junior High), and Rena Fakhreddine In addition, Smith would also be the
January 27th. and Thomas Pennings (Senior High). The Art recipient of coveted Governor General's
Program presented the Visual Arts Award to Award.
Alex Fedyk and Samantha Olivier. At the end of the hour long ceremony, many
In the next category of Citizenship, the school students took home trophies and cheques that

Sand & Gravel Sales/Hauling awards the Faculty Award, which is given to the showcased their amazing achievements. “This
student who achieves consistently near the top
Awards Ceremony is made possible by all of
Quality Work of the class and displays a positive attitude in the outstanding donations from our local
Serving Edson & District Since 1974 keeping with the school philosophy. business community,” says Williams. “We
“This category is always a tough decision,”
thank for their donation and for wanting to
780-723-5152 says Williams. “We have so many students who invest in our students and their future.”
meet this criteria.” If you would like more information on this
In the end, Morgan Steffler (Junior High) and article please feel free to contact the school at
Brian Birkenhagen and Ashlynn Martin (Senior 780-723-7437 or visit our website at
High) were awarded this prestigious award. holyredeemerhigh.ca.






















The Holy Redeemer Awards Ceremony was on
January 27th and celebrated excellence in
academics, athletics, citizenship, and fine arts.
Here, teacher Brian Davison presents Justin
Breault with the Provincial Championship Banner
in Javelin. The last two years, Breault has
smashed the provincial record in the event, and
hopes to do it again this year.


Holy Redeemer always enjoys
showcasing their amazing students at
their annual Awards Ceremony. Here,
teacher Andrea Hallett presents the
Science 30 Acadmic Scholarship to
Arianne Ocampo and Mattie
Ferguson. The scholarship is
presented to the student(s) who
receive the highest overall grade in
Science 30.
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