Adam Prudhomme
Editor
Napanee District Secondary School closed the books on the school year by saluting the graduating class of 2023 at the Strathcona Paper Centre.
Each graduating student was celebrated for their accomplishment of completing their Ontario high school diploma, a feat made all the more challenging due to the pandemic impacting three of their four or five years.
Special mention was made to 10 of the top academic students which included:
Linday Davis: Honours, Ontario Scholar, A Golden Hawk Volunteer Award at the Bronze level, The Richard Briese Memorial Scholarship, A Charlotte Uens Scholarship, a Students’ Council Leading Graduate Award, Subject Award of Excellence in Music
Lane Fretts: Honours, Ontario Scholar, SHSM Red Seal diploma in Transportation, A Skilled Trades Bursary, and Subject Awards of Excellence in Coop, and Automotive Mechanics
Samuel Jackson-Potter: Honours, Ontario Scholar, Students’ Council Achievement Award for University, and the Valedictory Award
Shoumia Jeyasuthakaran: Top Academic Award Winner: Honours, Ontario Scholar, The Ontario Power Generation Award, a Golden Hawk Volunteer Award at the Bronze level, as well as three of our top academic awards for the graduating class of 2023: The Kinsmen Club Senior Proficiency Award, the C. D. Fox Award, and the Governor Generals’ Academic Bronze Medal.
It is worth noting the significance of this last award. The Governor General’s Academic Medal was first awarded in 1873 and has since become one of the most prestigious awards that a student in a Canadian educational institution may receive. Medals are awarded for academic excellence at four levels, one of those being the secondary school level for the student from the graduating class with the highest average in all Grade 11 and 12 courses. She also receives Subject Awards of Excellence in Food and Nutrition, Society Challenge and Change, Calculus and Vectors, Advanced Functions, and Data Management
NDSS’ top academic male award winners: Justin Siesling, Sam Jackson-Potter, Lane Fretts, Will Myers and Ethan Stien. Photo by Adam Prudhomme.
Maddie Morgan: Honours, Ontario Scholar, SHSM Red Seal diploma in Arts and Culture, The St. Lawrence College Entrance Award, a Golden Hawk Volunteer Award at the Bronze level, the McConnell Award for the Arts and a Subject Award of Excellence in Senior Art
William Myers: Honours, Ontario Scholar The Principals’ Leadership Award, the Napanee Sports Association Award, a McGreer Scholarship, the Tamworth Lions Club Award for University and a Subject Award of Excellence in Kinesiology
Jillian Shea: Honours, Ontario Scholar The Volunteer Services to Lennox and Addington Country Hospital Bursary, the Less Forkes Memorial Scholarship, a Golden Hawk Volunteer Award at the Gold level, a Charlotte Uens Scholarship and a Subject Award of Excellence in Coop, Yearbook, and Business Leadership
Justin Siesling: Honours, Ontario Scholar Golden Hawk Volunteer Award at the Bronze level, a Students’ Council Leading Graduate Award, as well as one of our top academic awards for the evening – the Charles S. Froud Award. He also receives Subject Awards of Excellence in Chemistry, Calculus and Vectors, Advanced Functions, Data Management, French Immersion, as well as a Certificate of French Studies
Ethan Stien: Honours, Ontario Scholar The Stoney Steps Artfest Stone Mills Bursary for the Arts, the Greater Kingston Chorus Grant, and a Ben Rose Memorial Scholarship and a Subject Award of Excellence in Music for Creating
Stella Tinney: Honours, Ontario Scholar The Quinte Home Economics Award, the Deseronto Memorial Award, a Charlotte Uens Scholarship, The 1991 Centennial Award and a Subject Award of Excellence in Physical Education.