NEWS RELEASE
UPPER GRAND DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD
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The Upper Grand District School Board is pleased to honour our 2018 Everyday Heroes.
The Everyday Hero Awards Selection Committee chose 11 finalists from a total of 44 exceptional and deserving nominees. This year’s Everyday Hero Awards recipients include dedicated volunteers, teachers, board staff, and others.
The winners are (in alphabetical order):
- Lisa Benham, Head Custodian, Centre Dufferin District High School
- Brant Avenue PS Running & Reading Volunteer Team, staff and volunteers, Brant Avenue PS
- Al Brown, volunteer, Rockwood Centennial PS and Ottawa Crescent PS
- Colinda Clyne, Curriculum Lead for First Nations, Métis, Inuit Education, UGDSB
- Geff Emslie, Educational Assistant, Norwell District Secondary School
- Noah Irvine, student, Guelph CVI
- Dottie Petersen, volunteer & EA, Orangeville DSS
- Primrose ES EcoMoms (Nicole Hambleton, Kelly French, Megan Taylor, Jennifer Payne), volunteers, Primrose ES
- Julie Richer, Teacher-Librarian, Paisley Road PS
- Salem PS Kindergarten Team (Tessa Heffernan, Holly Diljee, Trudy Matusinec, Kindergarten A Class), staff and students, Salem PS
- Millar Weddig, student, Sir Isaac Brock PS
The criteria for the annual awards are: performance at a high level at all times, a significant school or system-related achievement, a specific innovation or achievement of significant value or importance to the system, or a unique circumstance worthy of recognition by the board.
The winners will be honoured by the Trustees of the Board at a reception on Tuesday, May 29, 2018, starting at 7 p.m. The ceremony will be held in the E. L. Fox Auditorium at John F. Ross CVI, 21 Meyer Drive, Guelph. Refreshments and a social hour will follow the awards in the cafeteria.
Congratulations to all of the winners, nominees and those who nominated them.
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