Graduation exercises for the 2007-08 year were held �October 3rd in the �high school auditorium and it is with great pleasure that we introduce you to�the two recipients of the MHSAA Award for Student Leadership in School Volunteer Work.� Each�$500 �award was made possible through�YOUR alumni donations and�the fund-raising activities �held during the Centennial Celebrations of May 2007.� It is this committee’s aim �to present a similar award to �one deserving student for several years to come.
Mike Angrove (our awards committee lead) and I attended the function; Mike �presenting� and I photographing (with thanks to Wendy Ethier of Mac for securing a front-row-centre vantage point�in the audience for me!).� We were bowled over by the �number of students who were recognised for academic achievement�and absolute commitment to betterment of the school.�� We were so proud of our newest alumni.
In addition to the monetary awards, the MHSAA �presented the school with a 10 foot flag pole with school flag, which will be mounted over the front door of the old building.� We�’ll post a photo when it is up and flying!
In line with MHSAA �application standards, the teachers and principal, who knew the students best, selected the following two deserving students:�
Dear Awards Committee,
What a wonderful award! Thank you so much for giving our students this opportunity! The following young ladies are great examples of young people who achieve not only top quality academics but somehow find the time to help their school become a better place; all the while doing so with patience, compassion and a smile for their fellow students.
They are to be commended. The MHSAA Centennial Award does just that!
Kimberley Giroux
Kimberley Giroux is a perfect example of a great volunteer. She is reliant, giving, kind, smart and always willing to �jump on board�. Kimberley has been a member of our community service group Do Unto Others for her entire stay at Mac and has shown great dedication and commitment to our volunteer activities. These activities include the planning of our tea parties for Senior citizens, Christmas parties for mentally and physically challenged children, parades, open house evenings and just about every event that has taken place at our high school. When I say �jump on board�, Kimberley really does jump on board. She has taken part in our Christmas parade riding on our float in extreme weather conditions, always with great humour and a caring hand for the younger team members. Kimberley has been a constant on our Macdonald High School Honour Roll and a very active tutor in the Mac Tutoring Program.�
We are proud of Kimberley and know that she is very deserving of the MHSAA Centennial Award.
Katrina Shea
Katrina Shea is just about perfect! Katie has been an integral part of Mac�s student volunteer activities, co-chairing student council and being a leader in our community service group Do Unto Others. She has been a key player in every Do Unto Others event for five years and sometimes we wonder what we will do without her! Katie won Zonta�s Jean M. Coon Humanitarian Award, recognizing young women who have shown a significant contribution to the service of others in their school or community. She has done all of the above while maintaining an above average grade. Katie has a reputation at Mac�she is sweet, kind and just an all around nice girl! The commitment and dedication she has exhibited in so many of Macdonald High School�s activities, matched with a great personality, make her an ideal candidate for the MHSAA Centennial Award.
-Vivian Bruce
GO MAC! GO!!�
