With the Junior High Fall Awards Night on Oct. 3, the Wm. E. Hay Stettler Secondary Campus held its Senior Fall Awards Night on Friday, Oct. 7 for its grades 10-12 students at a packed Performing Arts Centre, with Principal Norbert Baharally being the master of ceremonies for the evening.
Baharally started the evening by welcoming Clearview trustee Dave Goodwin, Board Chair Cheri Neitz and Superintendent Peter Barron.
The evening saw students being recognized for their hard work and efforts throughout the year in various fields, with many receiving scholarships and financial awards from local organizations.
Among top honours, the Governor General's Medal was awarded to Lize-Mari Bouwer.
Speaking about the awards night, Principal Baharally said, "I'd like to thank and acknowledge the many individuals, families, organizations, and businesses that contribute financially to our awards and scholarships year after year."
He expressed his appreciation for the various service clubs that have been and are involved in providing financial contributions to the school, in the form of scholarships and bursaries.
"We truly appreciate the support they have shown to our school and to our students," stated Baharally. "In addition, I would like to thank the many presenters for being there on Friday night as we recognized our award winners."
Baharally said that for an event such as this, the staff put in a lot of hard work and commitment to make it a success.
"I would also like to thank our staff members who made this night possible, especially Mrs. Enyedy, one of our school's vice principals; Mrs. Hanson, our school's business coordinator, and Mrs. Lovell, one of our school's administrative assistants," added Baharally. "All the time and effort that they have spent in organizing tonight's program including the invitations, organizing the presenters, assembling programs, putting together the presentation and collecting and organizing all the cheques for the award winners, is truly unparalleled."
Baharally also wanted to acknowledge the Fall Awards' committee foe their time and resources in determining the awards recipients.
"This year, there was a total of approximately $37,000 awarded, not including Rutherford Awards to 104 different students from grades 10-12," stated Baharally. "That is truly remarkable."