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DSS Press
Bryan Kellam
DSS Press
Classes at Dunnville Secondary School (DSS) are normally littered with groups of bright minded and smart students, and much more of that has been happening behind the walls of the school lately. On Thursday the 23rd, Principal Greg Carruthers announced the honours awards assembly for students who reached an eighty percent or higher grade average for the previous semester.
At 9 am in the morning, about 120 students from grades 10 through 12 were called down to the cafeteria to receive their awards. Principal Carruthers addressed the almost half-filled room, with Guidance Counsellor Donna McMahon and Vice-Principal Jayne Chalmers as well.
As students were called up to the stage to shake hands with Carruthers and Chalmers, they were awarded with a vibrant-red bag, adorned with the DSS emblem and the words, “Dunnville Secondary School Academic Excellence Honours.” Carruthers commented on the size of this year’s group of honours students, saying it was one the biggest groups they’ve ever had.
The occasion was a little out-of-the-ordinary for the school, as it usually has been accustom to hold an awards ceremony for the whole school after both semesters one and two have been completed. But, as Carruthers explained, this one was held in the middle of the year after students received their marks from the first semester, as a way of congratulating them on their hard work while it is being done, and to push them to keep their marks high.
Principal Carruthers also stressed the importance of having an average of 80% (or higher) because of post-secondary opportunities, saying, “It is important for everybody to keep their marks up…to get into the program you really want after high school.” But the grade 10 to 12’s weren’t the only ones being recognized for their hard efforts, as the grade 9’s had their own ceremony on the 10th of this month.
“All the kids out there, they had a really good run,” said dedicated and long-time student Cam Nagel. “What they’re doing, it’s a really great thing. They might not know it, but everyone else should. The grades they’re getting is going to have an impact.”
Mackenzie Crumb, a grade 11 student and honours recipient at DSS, commented on the change of format for the ceremony, saying, “It’s not really necessary, but it’s not a bad thing either. It was good to see so many people being rewarded for their effort.”
By the end of the ceremony, over half an hour had passed, and the students gave a jaunty round of applause for their peers and for themselves. Carruthers gave a few last words, and ended it with enthusiastic optimism for the group of students present.
DSS Press
Classes at Dunnville Secondary School (DSS) are normally littered with groups of bright minded and smart students, and much more of that has been happening behind the walls of the school lately. On Thursday the 23rd, Principal Greg Carruthers announced the honours awards assembly for students who reached an eighty percent or higher grade average for the previous semester.
At 9 am in the morning, about 120 students from grades 10 through 12 were called down to the cafeteria to receive their awards. Principal Carruthers addressed the almost half-filled room, with Guidance Counsellor Donna McMahon and Vice-Principal Jayne Chalmers as well.
As students were called up to the stage to shake hands with Carruthers and Chalmers, they were awarded with a vibrant-red bag, adorned with the DSS emblem and the words, “Dunnville Secondary School Academic Excellence Honours.” Carruthers commented on the size of this year’s group of honours students, saying it was one the biggest groups they’ve ever had.
The occasion was a little out-of-the-ordinary for the school, as it usually has been accustom to hold an awards ceremony for the whole school after both semesters one and two have been completed. But, as Carruthers explained, this one was held in the middle of the year after students received their marks from the first semester, as a way of congratulating them on their hard work while it is being done, and to push them to keep their marks high.
Principal Carruthers also stressed the importance of having an average of 80% (or higher) because of post-secondary opportunities, saying, “It is important for everybody to keep their marks up…to get into the program you really want after high school.” But the grade 10 to 12’s weren’t the only ones being recognized for their hard efforts, as the grade 9’s had their own ceremony on the 10th of this month.
“All the kids out there, they had a really good run,” said dedicated and long-time student Cam Nagel. “What they’re doing, it’s a really great thing. They might not know it, but everyone else should. The grades they’re getting is going to have an impact.”
Mackenzie Crumb, a grade 11 student and honours recipient at DSS, commented on the change of format for the ceremony, saying, “It’s not really necessary, but it’s not a bad thing either. It was good to see so many people being rewarded for their effort.”
By the end of the ceremony, over half an hour had passed, and the students gave a jaunty round of applause for their peers and for themselves. Carruthers gave a few last words, and ended it with enthusiastic optimism for the group of students present.
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