Weyburn Comp wins Student Citizenship Award for project

Public Schools of Saskatchewan announced its third annual Student Citizenship Award winners at a special ceremony in Regina on Friday. The awards recognize initiatives undertaken by public school student groups or classes that support citizenship or character building within their school and community.

Three $1,000 awards were presented for Grade 1-8 projects and three for high school projects.

Winners include Weyburn Comprehensive School SRC, for their “Giving Tree Project”.

Three members from the WCS SR SRC committee, who completed the application along with their advisors, attended the ceremony to accept this award on June 2. This award was given for the school’s annual Giving Tree project, which involves the entire school, both students and staff, putting together Christmas hampers for families in need in the community.

A monetary award of $1,000 accompanied the award, which can be used to advance this valuable project or start a new one.

Dustin Duncan, Minister of Education and MLA for Weyburn Big Muddy, along with Public Schools of Saskatchewan awards committee members, Lois Smandych and Allan Nunn presented the award.

“The WCS SR SRC is very proud to share this award with all WCS students and staff. With WCS’s enthusiasm and support, the Giving Tree has become a proud tradition, serving the community of Weyburn,” said SRC advisor Vanessa Flavel.

The award presentation ceremony included remarks by Dustin Duncan and Senator David Arnot, who serves on the Concentus Citizenship Foundation board.

“We are proud to celebrate these incredible students and the staff who support them,” said Lois Smandych, Public Schools of Saskatchewan executive member and chair of the citizenship awards selection committee. “These projects highlight the great work that is happening

WCS wins citizenship award

Public Schools of Saskatchewan represents 15 public school boards in the province and advocates for inclusive public education in Saskatchewan.

The Weyburn Comp SRC received the Student Citizenship Award for the Public Schools of Saskatchewan, one of six schools around the province honoured. From left are Megan Martinson, SRC advisor; Vanessa Flavel, SRC advisor; SRC members Mitzi Recto, Semi Kaur and Merry Ghebremeskel; Lois Smandych, chair, Public Schools of Saskatchewan awards committee; Education Minister Dustin Duncan, and Alan Nunn, Student Citizenship Awards committee member. Missing are SRC members Gracyn Knipfel and Erika Sinn.

WCS awards top Grade 12 academic achievements at awards night

The Weyburn Comprehensive School held their 61st annual awards night on Monday evening in the Cugnet Centre, and recognized the top academic achievements of the Grade 12 class, along with handing out scholarships and bursaries.

For the top marks in the class, the Douglas Award for boys and girls was calculated down to the 1000ths of a percentage, with very close scores between the runners-up and the winners of the awards.

For the female Douglas award, the runner-up was Kimberly Balayar with an average of 97.857 per cent, and the winner was Erika Sinn, with an average of 98.143 per cent.

For the male Douglas award, the runner-up was Dalton Molnar with an average of 96.857 per cent, and the winners were a tie between Owen Burdan and George Hoffman with an average of 97.571 per cent.

The WCS Honour Roll for Grade 12, for students with an overall 80-89 per cent average is as follows: Sutter Balog, John Barretto, Raya Erb, Liam Evans, Jasmine FedakMlynarski, Kallen Field, Chayton Fornwald, Madison Gerry, Sydney Gilmore, Bree Hagen, Darius Jones, Kresten Jucutan, Marcus Keating, Sydney Keating, Netserab Kesete, Wyatt LaCoste, Noah Lang, Ivy Ling, Rio Lopez, Matthew Macute,

Jonas Maurer, Ashtyn McMorris, Aiden Meier, Dalubuhle Mlilo, Brandon Morrice, Danielle Pallarca, Jared Pederson, Ethan Petlock, Laurenz Presto, Phoenix PrestonWinder, Mitzi Recto, Grace Renner, Danica Rodenbush, Jorja Smolinski, Tristan Storle, Maura Tytlandsvik, Hannah VanDeSype and Ainsley Wanner.

The Principal’s List awards, for students with an overall average of 90 per cent and over, were presented to the following: Kimberly Balayar, Owen Burdan, Allie Cugnet, Karyl Dacanay, Tessa Daviduk, Ryan Hicks, George Hoffman, Patrick Keating, Gracyn Knipfel, Marley

Kradovill, Max Lawrence, Jemima Matillano, Piper McKinney, Dominic Mejia, Cale Mohan, Dalton Molnar, Lia Reynosa, Erin Rogers, Kent Shumlich, Erika Sinn, Deveny Sterling, Lindsay VanDeWeyer, Hallee Vinck, Alisha Vogel, Tommy Wagner and Teresa Weger.

The Award of Merit was presented to students who had an average of 80 per cent or higher for all three years of high school.

They were presented to the following: Kimberly Balayar, Owen Burdan, Allie Cugnet, Karyl Dacanay, Tessa Daviduk, Ryan Hicks, George Hoffman, Patrick Keating, Gracyn Knipfel, Marley Kradovill, Max Lawrence,

Jemima Matillano, Piper McKinney, Dominic Mejia, Cale Mohan, Dalton Molnar, Lia Reynosa, Erin Rogers, Kent Shumlich, Erika Sinn, Deveny Sterling, Lindsay VanDeWeyer, Hallee Vinck, Alisha Vogel, Tommy Wagner and Teresa Weger.

The WCS Grade 12 Subject 30 medals were presented as follows:

Accounting 30, Gracyn Knipfel; Alternate Ed., Matthew Macute; Art 30, Hallee Vinck; Band 30, Noah Lang; Biology 30, Erika Sinn; Chemistry 30, Hallee Vinck; Choral 30, Darius Jones; Clothing 30, Marley Kradovill; Commercial Cooking 30, Karyl Dacanay; Computer Science 30, Dalubuhle Mlilo;

Construction 30, Rio Lopez; Drafting 30, John Barretto; Electrical 30, Phoenix Preston-Winder; English 30, Piper McKinney; Entrepreneurship 30, Dalton Molnar; Financial Literacy 30, Sydney Keating; French 30, Kimberly Balayar; Food Studies 30, Erika Sinn; Hairstyling and Esthetics 30, Piper McKinney; Machining 30, Max Lawrence; Math 30, Gracyn Knipfel; Mechanics 30, Jonah Niemegeers; Phys. Ed 30, Xander Shane; Physics 30, Owen Burdan; Psychology 30, Karyl Dacanay; Robotics 30, Noah Lang; Social Sciences 30, George Hoffman; Welding 30, Dylan Honig; and Wellness 30, Hannah VanDeSype.

WCS Principal’s List recipients

Recipients of the Principal’s List awards gathered after their certificates were presented, during the Weyburn Comp’s Awards Night held on Monday evening at the Cugnet Centre. This list is comprised of Grade 12 students whose overall average was 90 per cent or higher for the year. Read the story above for the full list of award recipients at this year’s ceremonies.