The gymnasium at Lamont High School was packed Oct. 24 as the school honoured its award winning students from the past year.
The Grade 7 students who received honours were: Sterling Adams, Mikaila Barron, Ayden Brzezicki, Cheyanne Calder, Cole Chudyk, Stan Halon, Maci Hrycyk, Alexandra Janssen, Ally Kammer, Jacob Maki, Emma McCaffrey, Emmett Moonen, and Lily Quijano Acosta.
In Grade 8 those receiving honours were: Andrew Dul, Claire Hanson, Karlee Lapnisky, Elise Moore, Annabelle Pilling, Marshall Regehr, and Hunter Ridieout.
Elk Island Public Schools Honours Certificates were presented by Trustee Colleen Hollowaychuk.
In Grade 9, those recipients were Ciera Barron, Matthew Iverson, Matthew Janssen and Rachel Klos. Those receiving honours certificates for Grade 10 were: Conlan Aylward, Easton Bilan, Daniel Bork, Kianna Dul, Taylor Fossum, Seth Pilling, Trinity Rajtmajer and Jayden Simms.
In Grade 11, students receiving honours certificates included: Althea Lorraine Alina, Cameron Atkinson, Brooke Busenius, Aniesha Fossen, Camryn Fossum, Odette Giese, Lance Kilsdonk, Ben Melnyk, Ash Randell, Rylee Rideout, Teagan Stetsko, Gabrielle Wendorff, and Sienna Whaling.
The Grade 12 Honours certificates were: Ruth Andruchow, Jayden Babcock, Alexis Barron, Kile Biddulph, Denis Brassard, Brooklyn Brix, J’Lyn Derksen, Annastazia Engman, Waliid Khamis, Kaylee Marianicz, Deisel Neumann, Dean Ostashek, James Short, Allysan Spicer, Ethan Svitich, and Ethan Weleschuk.
Receiving a Governor General’s Academic Medal was Ethan Sviych, while the Schulich Leader Nominee was Dean Ostashek. Winner of the Kevin Gaetz Award was Mia Ausman.
Students in Grade 12 winning Alexander Rutherford Scholarships were: Alexis Barron, J’Lyn Derksen, Stone Dzioba, Annastazia Engman, Grace Gushue, Jevan Jackson, RonnieLynn Langdon, Kaylee Marianicz, Deisel Neumann, Dean Ostashek, James Short, and Ethan Svitich.
At the beginning of the evening, Lamont Mayor Jody Foulds presented Town of Lamont Citizenship Awards to several students.
In Junior High School they were Teagan Ponto, Jacob Maki, Hunter Rideout and Aiden Chopping.
In the Senior High, Grade 10 citizenship awards went to Easton Bilan and Joseph Thiessen. In Grade 11 a citizenship award was presented to Lance Kilsdonk, and in Grade 12 it was presented to Ethan Svitich.
A Catholic Women’s League Award was presented to Aniesha Fossen by Sigrun Jones.
The evening concluded with awards going to students in speciality areas.
In the Drama section, the Best Actor Award went to Ethan Svitich. The Best Supporting Actor Award was presented to both Conlan Aylward and Trinity Rajtmajer. Excellence in Technical Work/ Lighting was awarded to Dean Ostashek, and the Best Stage Manager was J’Lyn Dersksen.
The Art Award in Junior High was given to Rachel Klos.
The Construction Award in Junior High went to Jacob Maki.
Bella MacDonald won the Junior High Award in Cosmetology while the Senior High Award went to Ethan Svitich.
The Lamont High School Spelling Bee champion was Lillian Bullee.
JOHN MATHER
