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CONGRATULATIONS CONGRATULATIONS TO TO THE THE GRADS GRADS OF OF 2020 2020
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Congratulations Squamish 2020 Graduates NO MATTER WHAT YOU IMAGINED TO BE YOUR GRADUATION, CHANCES ARE A PANDEMIC GRADUATION WAS LIKELY NOT ONE OF THE SCENARIOS YOU FORESAW. While things have not gone according to plan, your family, school, and community are equally proud of the hard work and dedication it took to get you to this point. We hope you feel special because you are. Your teachers, parents, and the classes that came before you didn’t face what you have with COVID-19. You are armed with a resilience unique to your time. Well done.
And we hope that for each of you — the best is yet to come.
SQUAMISH NATION EDUCATION Skwxwú7mesh Úxwumixw 2020 Graduation Class:
Howe Sound Secondary, Sea to Sky Learning Connections and Coast Mountain Academy
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Damien Joseph
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HOWE SOUND SECONDARY SCHOOL CLASS OF 2020
Rowan Afonso
Sasha Albat
Taibryn Basisky
Ethan Baumeister
Hannah Bell
Alexandria Bianco
Jade Bird
Madison Blackman
Zadia Bodry
Danica Marie Bonifacio
Marie Dominique Bonifacio
Tara Branigan
John Brisbois
Madison Brown
Morgan Brown
Talia Brown
Tanner Burnham
Spencer Burton
Kaitlyn Cameron
Christian Campbell
Wyatt Cardiff
Zada Ciecielski
Adrian Conn
Gillian Clyde Corate
Joshua Cormack
Nikka Leanne Cornel
Jasper Costa
Amielle Dela Cruz
Maria Jelica Mei Dela Rosa
Harpreet Dhesi
Kalem Dovauo
Emma Drury
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Braedan Duarte
Josh Richard Dumalasa
Noah Eccles
Megan Engstrom
Rachel Engstrom
Sienna Espinoza
Allie Fanzega
Lilah Fawcett
Trinity Fearon
Kade Ferguson
Evan Flett
Tiara Flett
Rory Franchini
Amelie Francisco
Chase Fraser
Emma Frederickson
Karim Galaz
Sienna Gerhart
Simran Ghuman
Caleb Gilchrist
Jon Gill
Sukhreet Gill
Sienna Gillie
Sydney Godecke
Bailey Goldstone
Carlo Gomez
Jackson Gordon
Sunisa Grantham
Mekayla Gray
Harnoor Grewal
Anthony Guillen
Hannah Harper
s n o i t a l u t a r g n o C Hannah! From kindergarten to Grade 12 it has been such an amazing journey. We are so proud of you and we know that the best is yet come! Love Dad, Mom, Emily, Pal and Bongo xo
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HOWE SOUND SECONDARY SCHOOL CLASS OF 2020
Matthew Harris
Mckinley Harrop
Joseph Harvey
Lauren Harvey
Arshdeep Heer
Tanveer Hehar
Emilie Hicks
Samantha Horne
Michaela Hoskin
Ella Hubbard
Aurora Hughes-Goyette
Olin Isbister
Zachary Jordan
Damanjit Kaur
Maneet Kehal
Chloe Khan
Andy Kite
Max Kleban
Katianna Konkin
Cameron Koronko
Elijah Krieger
Shea Labrenz
Ethan Lapointe
Aydan Larson
Alexandra Laviolette
Kai Levett
Hannah Levine
Ciara Lewis
Letian Li
Maria Soliel Lim
Guanfu Liu
Guanlin Liu
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HOWE SOUND SECONDARY SCHOOL CLASS OF 2020
Ryle Raymund Mabilog
Ashley MacVicar-Roberge
Emily Magee
Maren-Nisa Malik
Annie Malpass
Natalie McCall
Ben McCandlish
Isaac McCarthy
Kyler McCorriston
Ashley McDonald
Chase McKee
Montana McKone
Makaela Mcleod
Shelby Mecham
Jordan Miket
Kyle Milia
Makayla Mitchell
Sam Morgan
Samantha Morrow
Lukas Ladefoged Murphy
Caelin Nash
Jacob Neubauer
Amber Newman
Tyler Ng
Noah Oliver
Rebeca Paes Camargo
Zebedee Parker
Adeel Patel
Luke Pederson
Dylan Peters
Mason Pidgeon
Jenna Pisch
Congratulations Annie
on your Graduation! We are so very proud of your accomplishments. You were determined and dedicated even through your difficult health challenges. You said you would Graduate a Year Early So You Did.
Well Done! May today’s success be the beginnings of tomorrow’s achievements.
With Love, Mom and Dad, Sisters and Brothers Nieces and Nephews
Congratulations to ASHLEY ROBERGE
and the graduating class of 2020!
We want to Thank the Sea to Sky Alternate School and the Online School that made it all possible.
Special Thanks and commendations to Larissa Parker who was not only a teacher but an advocate and counselor. Thank you for your dedication to your profession and to Annie.
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HOWE SOUND SECONDARY SCHOOL CLASS OF 2020
Brennan Plumb
Jeremy Pope
Rodrigo Queimano
Gence Ravina
Gianni Ravina
Tucker Reed
Jacob Retty
Nicholas Retty
Hanna Richardson
William Rickert
Samara Robinson
Sage Roeder
Nicolae Rush
Troy Sam
Ashvin Sandhu
Simrin Sangha
Gagandeep Sanghera
Graham Sayle
Tanreet Sekhon
Seth Sherlock
Kaeli Shinnan
Gagandeep Singh
Alex Sinnes
Talisa Stewart
Alicia Stockley
Ara Juliana Suarez
Katherine Sutherland
Eric Tatchell
Keegan Taylor
Skye Teather
Tarnjot Thandi
Kobe Thompson
Congratulations to the entire class of 2020!
We are very proud to lend our help and support with our 18th annual Sea to Sky Courier & Freight Scholarship, awarded to KAILEY CHELSWICK this year! Supporting the community since 1998.
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Claire Thomson
Elli Tiliakou
Alexis Tone
Kiarrah Tress
Shoya Ueno Tardif
Linnea Uunila
Marisa van der Horst
Conor Vanden Heuvel
Jhett Verner
Ryder Vockeroth Bulfone
Hunter Vriend
Andrewnico Waiya
Abby Walter
Martin Wells
Tristan Wentworth
Aidan White
Mary-Beth White-Bothe
Cassidy Whittaker
Mathew Whorley
Steven Whorley
Noah Wilson
Shuyi Xing
Yinimi Yandanbon
Sharon Yang
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Carey Yeh
Jaxon Yendall
Jiayi Zhou
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Cameron Maddison Da-Kaya Merryfield-Harry Annie Ofstie Matt Seamans Samuel Smallwood Jaron Wutke
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Congratulations to all Squamish grads. Woodfibre LNG wishes you all the very best as you finish this stage of your life and work towards your next opportunities.
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We could not be more proud of the young woman you have become. Love Mom and Auntie Karina.
And to all of the amazing grads of 2020!
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ALISON ROBERGE MEMORIAL AWARD The Roberge Family Trinity Fearon AMAR SIDHU MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Sarbjit and Gurdip Sidhu Christian Campbell Graham Sayle ANGELA JAMES MEMORIAL AWARD Mr. Tom James Elijah Krieger
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HSS Scholarship Awards 2020
ANNE MARTIN YOUTH SOCCER AWARD W. Sweeney & A. Martin Memorial Kaitlyn Cameron BETWEEN SHIFTS THEATRE AWARD Between Shifts Theatre Ethan Lapointe BOBBY MAHNGER MEMORIAL AWARD Squamish Soccer Association Michaela Hoskin Kai Levett BRACKENDALE FARMERS’ INSTITUTE SCHOLARSHIP Brackendale Farmers’ Institute Harnoor Grewal Jeremy Pope
DAN SAVAGE MEMORIAL HOCKEY AWARD Paul and Jutta Savage Conor Vanden Heuvel DISTRICT OF SQUAMISH SCHOLARSHIP District of Squamish Jon Gill Michaela Hoskin
CHRIS TAMBURRI MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Harbour Authority of Squamish Josh Cormack
DISTRICT/AUTHORITY SCHOLARSHIP The Ministry of Education Sasha Albat Josh Cormack Lilah Fawcett Trinity Fearon Tiara Flett Sienna Gerhart Simran Ghuman Jon Gill Tanveer Hehar Samantha Horne Maneet Kehal Chloe Khan Alexandra Laviolette Annie Malpass Isaac McCarthy Shelby Mecham Jacob Neubauer Annie Ofstie Noah Oliver Jeremy Pope Tucker Reed Troy Sam Alicia Stockley Kobe Thompson Claire Thomson Shoya Ueno Tardif Linnea Uunila Conor Vanden Heuvel Martin Wells Cassidy Whittaker Name Withheld
COASTAL MOUNTAIN EXCAVATIONS BURSARY Coastal Mountain Excavations Damanjit Kaur
DOWNTOWN BARBER SCHOLARSHIP Downtown Barber Christian Campbell Graham Sayle
COLIN CHAFER MEMORIAL AWARD Colin Chafer Memorial Alexandra Laviolette
DR. CHRISTINE PERKINS HUMAN RIGHTS AWARD Dr. Christine Perkins Jon Gill
BRITANNIA BEACH VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT BURSARY Britannia Beach Volunteer Fire Department Bursary Jon Gill C.U.P.E. LOCAL 2269 SCHOLARSHIP C.U.P.E. Local 2269 Madison Brown C.U.P.E. LOCAL 779 BURSARY C.U.P.E. Local 779 Amber Newman Sharon Yang CANADIAN FEDERATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN WEST VANCOUVER GAMING EDUCATION AWARD Canadian Federation of University Women West Vancouver Hannah Bell Sunisa Grantham CHILI THOM SCHOLARSHIP The Whistler Community Foundation Chloe Khan
COMMUNITY FUTURES DEVELOPMENT CORP. OF HOWE SOUND SCHOLARSHIP Community Futures Development Corp. of Howe Sound Tanveer Hehar CONSTABLE W. AUDI MEMORIAL AWARD – ‘ABOVE & BEYOND’ Squamish RCMP Linnea Uunila
DRS. BOWDEN AND DAVIDSON SCHOLARSHIP FOR EXCELLENCE IN SCIENCE Drs. Bowden and Davidson Claire Thomson EUREKA SCHOLARSHIP FOR THE TOP SCIENCE STUDENT Richard MacKellar Christian Campbell
FRENCH IMMERSION SCHOLARSHIP FOR LINGUISTIC EXCELLENCE School District 48, French Immersion Program Michaela Hoskin HOWE SOUND MINOR BALL ASSOCIATION AWARD Howe Sound Minor Ball Association Noah Oliver Alicia Stockley HOWE SOUND PERFORMING ARTS ASSOCIATION AWARD Howe Sound Performing Arts Association Jon Gill HOWE SOUND SECONDARY RECOGNITION AWARD Howe Sound Secondary School Anthony Guillen Aurora Hughes-Goyette Isaac McCarthy Lukas Murphy Jacob Retty Nicholas Retty Talisa Stewart Kate Sutherland Alexis Tone Abby Walter HSSS 70’S GRAD REUNION BURSARY HSSS 70’s Grad Reunion Committee Kaitlyn Cameron JACQUELINE MARY POPE MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Estate of Jacqueline Mary Pope Trinity Fearon JAMIE-LYN MARCHANT MEMORIAL AWARD Jamie-Lyn Marchant’s Grad Class Name Withheld JOHN MCDOUGALL MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Sea to Sky Teachers’ Association Josh Cormack KARM FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP Karm Charitable Foundation Max Kleban MARGARET MARCHANT BURSARY Marchant Family Damanjit Kaur PRINCIPAL’S SERVICE AWARD Howe Sound Secondary School John Brisbois Amelie Francisco Karim Galaz Rodrigo Queimano Tanreet Sehkon PROM 2019 SCHOLARSHIP 2019 Prom Committee Yinimi Yandanbon PUBLIC AND PRIVATE WORKERS OF CANADA AWARD Public and Private Workers of Canada Sage Roeder RALPH SERIGHT MEMORIAL BURSARY Royal Canadian Legion Branch #277 Elijah Krieger Alicia Stockley
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RE/MAX SCHOLARSHIP FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP RE/MAX Sea to Sky Real Estate Caelin Nash
SQUAMISH GENERAL HOSPITAL AUXILIARY STUDENT HEALTH EDUCATION BURSARY Squamish General Hospital Auxiliary Simran Ghuman
RESHAM LALLI MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Mr. Paul Lalli Ryder Vockeroth Bulfone
SQUAMISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY/THE SQUAMISH FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION DON BEHRNER SCHOLARSHIP Squamish Historical Society & The Squamish Firefighters Association Simran Ghuman
ROBERT W. MCINTOSH SCHOLARSHIP Robert W. McIntosh Scholarship Fund Kaitlyn Cameron RON ANDERSON MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP The Squamish Community Foundation Annie Malpass ROTARY CLUB OF SQUAMISH SCHOLARSHIP Rotary Club of Squamish Jon Gill Elli Tiliakou ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION BRANCH #277 POPPY BURSARY Royal Canadian Legion Branch #277 Name Withheld Mekayla Gray ROYAL LEPAGE/BLACK TUSK REALTY SCHOLARSHIP Royal LePage / Black Tusk Realty Sydney Godecke SARAH MCSEVENEY SCHOLARSHIP The Whistler Community Foundation Amber Newman SD 48 INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP School District 48 International Education Program Carey Yeh Jessica Zhou
SQUAMISH LILLOOET REGIONAL DISTRICT AREA D BURSARY Squamish Lillooet Regional District Area D Simran Ghuman Jon Gill SQUAMISH LIONS CLUB AWARD Squamish Lions Club Kyle Milia Kiarrah Tress SQUAMISH MINOR HOCKEY ASSOCIATION AWARD Squamish Minor Hockey Association Tucker Reed Conor Vanden Heuvel SQUAMISH SAVINGS ED ANTOSH MEMORIAL BURSARY Squamish Savings Lilah Fawcett Alicia Stockley SQUAMISH SENIOR CITIZENS ASSOCIATION BRANCH 70 BURSARY Squamish Senior Citizens Association Branch 70 Claire Thomson SQUAMISH TUTORING AWARD Squamish Tutoring Elli Tiliakou
SEA TO SKY COURIER & FREIGHT SCHOLARSHIP Sea To Sky Courier Michaela Hoskin
SQUAMISH VALLEY ROD & GUN CLUB AWARD Squamish Valley Rod & Gun Club Josh Cormack
SEA TO SKY PRINCIPALS’/VICE PRINCIPALS’ SCHOLARSHIP Howe Sound Principals’/Vice Principals’ Association Andy Kite
SQUAMISH VALLEY ROD & GUN CLUB ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP AWARD Squamish Valley Rod & Gun Club Trinity Fearon
SEA TO SKY TEACHERS’ ASSOC. W.J. TINNEY MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Sea To Sky Teachers’ Assoc. Hannah Harper Zeb Parker SEA’T’SKY BIG BAND AWARD Sea’T’Sky Big Band Jacob Neubauer SQUAMISH ARTS COUNCIL SCHOLARSHIP Squamish Arts Council Jacob Neubauer SQUAMISH ELKS VOCATIONAL AWARD Squamish Elks Name Withheld SQUAMISH GARDENERS’ AWARD The Squamish Gardeners’ Club Maneet Kehal
STEFFANIE LAWRENCE MEMORIAL BURSARY Family & Friends of Steffanie Lawrence Ella Hubbard STEFFANIE LAWRENCE MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Family & Friends of Steffanie Lawrence Kaitlyn Cameron TRANSAC AWARD Transac Enterprise Corporation Simran Sangha TREVOR HARRIS SCHOLARSHIP Squamish Elementary School PAC & Teachers Ethan Lapointe WALTER SWEENEY YOUTH SOCCER AWARD W. Sweeney & A. Martin Memorial Kai Levett
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HSS Awards 2020 MOST OUTSTANDING STUDENT AWARD Jon Gill MOST OUTSTANDING STUDENT AWARD Trinity Fearon MARGARET MARCHANT SERVICE AWARD Alexandra Laviolette DEDICATED LIBRARY SERVICE Alexandra Laviolette OUTSTANDING CITIZENSHIP AWARD Kaitlyn Cameron SOUNDER SPIRIT AWARD Sage Roeder SOUNDER SPIRIT AWARD Max Kleban TOP ACADEMIC AWARD Graham Sayle TOP ACADEMIC AWARD Christian Campbell HUMANITIES AWARD Jon Gill & Alexandra Laviolette TIM DOWLER MEMORIAL SERVICE AWARD Tanveer Hehar ALISON ROBERGE MEMORIAL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN PHYSICS AND SERVICE Trinity Fearon
GOVERNOR GENERAL AWARD 2018 - 2019 The Governor General’s Medal recognizes the student who has achieved the highest academic average of Grade 11 and Grade 12 courses including provincial exam marks at Howe Sound Secondary School.
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HSS Principal’s List Afonso, Rowan Albat, Sasha Basisky, Taibryn Baumeister, Ethan Blackman, Madison Brisbois, John Brown, Madi Burnham, Tanner Cameron, Kaitlyn Campbell, Christian Cardiff, Wyatt Cazzulani, Federico Chinchilla Maya, Pablo Clarke, Sam Corate, Gillian Cormack, Josh Dela Cruz, Amielle Dela Rosa, Jelica Depaepe, Manon Fawcett, Lilah Fearon, Trina Flett, Tiara Foreman-Pelland, Jack Francisco, Amelie
Fraser, Chase Frohnwieser, Finn-Luca Gerhart, Sienna Ghuman, Simran Gill, Jon Gillie, Sienna Guillen, Anthony Haddeman, Mees Harper, Hannah Harvey, Joseph Harvey, Lauren Hehar, Tanveer Hoskin, Michaela Hughes-Goyette, Aurora Kaur, Damanjit Kehal, Maneet Khan, Chloe Kite, Andy Kleban, Max Konkin, Katie Krieger, Elijah Krogsaeter, Kim Kvelland, Maria Lapointe, Ethan
Larson, Aydan Laviolette, Alexandra MacVicar-Roberge, Ashley Malpass, Annie McCall, Natalie McCarthy, Isaac McCorriston, Kyler McKone, Montana Mcleod, Makaela Mitchell, Makayla Nash, Caelin Neubauer, Jacob Newman, Amber Paes Camargo, Rebeca Parker, Zeb Patel, Adeel Pope, Jeremy Queimano, Rodrigo Reed, Tucker Robinson, Samara Roeder, Sage Sangha, Simrin Sayle, Graham Sekhon, Tanreet
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“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you have imagined.” - Henry David Thoreau
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TOGETHER APART: The Howe Sound Secondary School Graduation Ceremony looked a little different this year, but that doesn’t change the accomplishments of the Class of 2020
TO THE CLASS OF 2020 GRADUATES
CONGRATULATIONS!
Congratulations
to our 2019/2020 International Graduating Students Howe Sound Secondary:
Whistler Secondary:
Jaiyi “Jessica” Zhao - China Yena Jeong - Korea Guanfu “Evan” Liu - China Letian “Toby” Li - China Shuyi “Alen” Xing – China Carey Yeh - Taiwan
Alice Ferrara - Italy Saba Khodaparast Sichani - Iran Shunho Ishigaki - Japan Lina Endo - Japan
Pemberton Secondary: Ayami Nishimura – Japan
We are very proud of your accomplishments and wish you all the best in your future endeavours. Garibaldi Village
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From the staff of the International Education Department, your host families, and friends.
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HSS Valedictorian Speech 2020 WRITTEN AND PRESENTED BY CLASS VALEDICTORIANS, ALEXANDRA LAVIOLETTE AND JON GILL This speech is dedicated to Steffanie Lawrence. She will always be a part of the 2020 Graduating Class of Howe Sound Secondary and Sea to Sky Alternate School.
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ood evening students and a virtual hello to the families and friends watching this Live Stream. We welcome you to the Commencement Ceremony for the 2020 graduates of Howe Sound Secondary School.
My name is Jon Gill, and I am Alexandra Laviolette, but most of you know me as Alex. To start off this monumental evening, we need to address the elephant in the room. The Coronavirus or COVID-19 – if you want to be scientific – has changed the idea of what we thought a traditional graduation looks like. As we sit here, 40 of us waiting to walk across the stage, we do not have the opportunity to watch some of our best friends graduate. Yet Jon and I are grateful that our custodians have meticulously taken care of our school so we can hold our ceremony here, and that parents, faculty, and administration found a solution for the ceremony, giving us the opportunity to throw our caps and welcome new beginnings. To begin on a positive note, we are going to share with you a few lines from Grease , this year’s musical theatre production: - “Oh I just love the first day of school, don’t you?” - “It’s the biggest thrill of my life.” Imagine it: the first day of school all over again. For some (like Rizzo), it may not be so exciting, but we can all agree that the first day of Grade 12 was sentimental. This was the beginning of the end of our childhood, but also the prologue to our adolescence. Memories, such as the school musical, are something we can not take for granted. When we were little, we played dress-up, learned the drums, tried out for sports teams, and played with Hot Wheels or LEGO in our childhood homes. As we grew and matured into young adults, we carried these passions with us and pursued opportunities, such as acting in the school musical, rocking out in Band class, joining the basketball team, or participating in the Physics Olympics. The interests and successes we chased at such a young age truly shaped us into the individuals that we are today. So let us go back six years, remembering and reminiscing about our childhood: we were in Grade 7, all meeting for the first time with new expectations at a new school.
faut beaucoup du travail et dévouement pour apprendre une autre langue, alors nous vous félicitons pour votre réussite! It takes a lot of work and dedication to learn another language, so we congratulate you on your success! These are only some of the classes that influenced us, groomed us, and are passing us on to the lectures, seminars, and labs of the world. We thank all the teachers, staff, and administration for these moments – we also especially thank our families – you have helped us uncover our passions and have always celebrated our successes with us. Outside of class, we have been involved in endless opportunities in our school and the greater community. In the seats in front of us today, we have members of school clubs, dedicated volunteers to the West Coast Railway Heritage Museum (do you all remember the Hot Chocolate song?), and talented athletes (including the Sea-toSky District Senior Boys Basketball champions)! We have the future leaders of tomorrow in front of us today: Senior Leadership, Athletic Leadership, and Aboriginal Leadership students. We, as young adults, have spent hours helping our community through volunteerism, campaigns, projects, and fundraisers that not only aid our school, but aid the entire Sea-to-Sky community. No matter what each of us is involved in, whether in our personal or educational lives, we all share one thing in common: we are groundbreakers. Throughout our scholastic journey, we have contributed to the growth of our education system by being the first to engage in the new curriculum, the first to move to middle school in Grade 7, and the first to take part in widespread digital learning when adaptivity was crucial. We have never been afraid to take on the unknown. For example, we must not forget that our grade IS the driving force behind climate action. The activism that has been ignited within us will not be forgotten as we have proven to the world that youth are fully capable of inspiring and leading change for our Earth’s future. Do not just be immensely satisfied with your grades, be impressed with who you have become as involved citizens. That is the makeup of who we are. We are the youth who made a difference. You have shown utmost kindness and empathy to your loved ones during this time.
A new relationship that was created in our middle school years was Jolex: two similar individuals waltzing into the seventh grade, one wanting to be the female version of Steve Jobs, and the other wanting to be a pilot.
The world understands the disappointment you must be feeling for not having the graduation you have always dreamed of, but they thank you: you have helped flatten the curve. You are saving lives. That is something we can all be proud to say.
From there I wanted to be an author and I found many of my teachers becoming my mentors. These same teachers inspired my evolving dreams, and I then found myself wanting to be a translator.
Take this graduation as your moment to hold your head up as high as you can – to show the world that you are ready for whatever is in store.
We are not quite following these goals we once had but that is the beauty of it: we get to change our minds and change them again.
So here we are. You are about to be on stage with a cap on your head and a diploma in hand. Congratulations to yourselves: for achieving success and for making it this far. Thank you for the six years of memories, intelligent memories or not. The time has come to say goodbye and venture off to wherever your path is leading you. You shall not know if you’re making the right decisions and you’ll question yourself multiple times, but just remember, you will always have friends to call from home.
All of our teachers have guided us: they let us grow as activists and historians within the Social Studies classes, writers in English, and trades experts in Skills Exploration. Mousetrap-car champions in Science class, Desmos-extraordinaires in Math, and seasoned performers in Band, Drama, and Theatre. All of us are graduating with our English classes under our belt, but the select few French Immersion students will also graduate avec un diplôme de fin d’études secondaires en Colombie-Britannique. (For anyone who does not know, this is a Double Dogwood in English). ll
To the graduating class of 2020: who put others before themselves.
Thank you.
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Coast Mountain Academy Class of 2020
COAST MOUNTAIN ACADEMY CLASS OF 2020
Emalyn Armstrong
Kate Bonnell
Sofie Burnett
Xavier Charbonneau
Colin Chatfield
Ray Cooke
Ryan Crozier
Georgia Dickson
Conal Donnelly
Jacob Garcia
Evan Grimm
Brooke Mackenzie
Zak Martin
Nicolas Millard
Jericho Monaghan
Nikolas Palm
Erich Rueben
Rory Savjord
Bella Williams
David Wood
Congratulations JENNA!
Congratulations Georgia! We’d like to recognize one of Shannon Falls’ youngest employees, Georgia Dickson, on her high school graduation. Georgia joined us in Grade 10 in the hospitality department and we are so proud of her and her accomplishments. Next year Georgia will be attending the University of Ottawa to study Biomedical Sciences. From all residents and staff at Shannon Falls Retirement Residence, we wish you nothing but success!
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Before you
All your dreams
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We’re so very proud of you kiddo. Love you mom & dad, Brayden (Jada,) Tristan, Caylum & Luna ❤
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HIGH SCHOOL GRAD 2020
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CELEBRATING DIFFERENTLY: The Coast Mountain Academy celebrated the Class of 2020 with a a physically distanced ceremony on June 18, 2020
CONGRATULATIONS
CLASS of 2020
THROUGH WONDER WE LEARN. THROUGH LEARNING WE LIVE.
HIGH SCHOOL GRAD 2020
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CMA Awards 2020 VANDERHOOK CROWN Georgia Dickson SPIRIT OF CMA Conal Donnelly
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Congratulations
Coast Mountain Academy Class of 2020! Especially this guy!
VALEDICTORIAN Ryan Crozier CMA LEAD AWARD Emalyn Armstrong CMA SERVICE AWARD Tiana Chang SKOOKUM CREEK LEADERSHIP AWARD Emalyn Armstrong TANTALUS LEADERSHIP AWARD Nikolas Palm ELAHO LEADERSHIP AWARD Brooke Mackenzie SKY PILOT LEADERSHIP AWARD Georgia Dickson
Congratulations to all the Grads!
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Congratulations
2020 HARD WORKING GRADS! TO ALL OF OUR
Ethan Beaumeister
Alexandria Bianco
Josh Brisbois
Christian Campbell
Rachel Engstrom
Karim Galaz
Caleb Gilchrist
Bailey Goldstone
Mekayla Gray
Shea Labrenz
Chase McKee
Zeb Parker
Adeel Patel
Jacob Retty
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Nicolae Rush
Tarnjot Thandi
Martin Wells
Noah Wilson
Keegan Taylor
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