2020 Student Excellence Awards
Congratulations to all of the 2020 HDSB Student Excellence Award Winners
The virtual Celebration of Student Excellence event will begin at 7 p.m. on Thursday, May 14 to recognize this year’s Student Excellence recipients. The event will be a video honouring 104 outstanding students who are recipients of this year’s Student Excellence Award. The recording of this event will remain online for families to view afterwards.
Each year, elementary and secondary schools in the HDSB nominate one student per school for this recognition. Students can only receive this honour once in their school career. The event has been a Board tradition since 1984.
The nominations for these outstanding students cite qualities such as “striving for excellence”, “positive attitude”, “honesty”, “integrity”, “being empathetic to others”, “involvement in community”, “dedicated athlete”, and “inclusivity”.
Read below to learn about this year’s recipients.
Burlington
Elementary Students
Adam McAlpine Aldershot Elementary School Grade 8
Lauren Wittchen Alexander's Public School Grade 8
Saihaj Shoker Alton Village Public School Grade 8
David Crichton Brant Hills Public School Grade 8
Jacob Albanese Bruce T. Lindley Public School Grade 6
Nila Natkunendiraan Burlington Central Elementary School Grade 8
Rachael Erickson C.H. Norton Public School Grade 8
Hannah Mack Central Public School Grade 6
Cate Cockshutt Charles R. Beaudoin Public School Grade 8
Sydney Parvin Clarksdale Public School Grade 6
Rachel McPhail Dr. Charles Best Public School Grade 5
Rachel Gibbons Florence Meares Public School Grade 8
Matthew Timotin Frontenac Public School Grade 8
Graydon Tregunno Glenview Public School Grade 6
Avery Carey John T. Tuck Public School Grade 8
Evan Romachyk John William Boich Public School Grade 8
Abigail Ley Kilbride Public School Grade 8
Sienna Sfredda-Kacur King’s Road Public School Grade 6
Leo McMahan Lakeshore Public School Grade 6
Ishita Tokas Maplehurst Public School Grade 6
George Favell Mohawk Gardens Public School Grade 6
Nolan Holland Orchard Park Public School Grade 8
Grace Carden Paul A. Fisher Public School Grade 6
Ali Thomson Pauline Johnson Public School Grade 6
Charlotte Isabel Flannery Pineland Public School Grade 8
Josie Pearson Rolling Meadows Public School Grade 8
Emily Hiller Ryerson Public School Grade 6
Kristina Rehm Sir Ernest MacMillan Public School Grade 8
Dylan Kooiman Tecumseh Public School Grade 8
Elly Moore Tom Thomson Public School Grade 6
Secondary Students
Solina Quinton Aldershot High School Grade 12
Michael Barnett Burlington Central High School Grade 11
Garrett Miller-Junk Dr. Frank J. Hayden Secondary School Grade 12
Sarah Howe M.M. Robinson High School Grade 12
Keagan Hall Nelson High School Grade 12
Wanda Janaeska Robert Bateman High School Grade 12
Halton Hills
Elementary Students
Drew Bonney Centennial Public School Grade 8
Maggie Irvine Ethel Gardiner Public School Grade 8
Esther Mathew George Kennedy Public School Grade 5
Claire Smith Glen Williams Public School Grade 5
Ewan Haasbroek Harrison Public School Grade 5
Lauren Perry Joseph Gibbons Public School Grade 5
Sophie MacKay Limehouse Public School Grade 5
Hadley Stowe McKenzie-Smith Bennett Public School Grade 8
Chloe Cambouris Park Public School Grade 5
Katelyn Ruch Pineview Public School Grade 5
Alannah McIntyre Robert Little Public School Grade 5
Cody Torraville Silver Creek Public School Grade 8
Ian Cameron Stewarttown Public School Grade 8
Secondary Students
Briana Chen Acton District High School Grade 12
Jackson Macor Georgetown District High School Grade 12
Oakville
Elementary Students
Mahiya Majeed Abbey Lane Public School Grade 8
Nicole Boose Brookdale Public School Grade 8
Gemma Bassett Captain R. Wilson Public School Grade 8
Junaiya Bunn E.J. James Public School Grade 8
Spruha Khadilkar Eastview Public School Grade 8
Kirsten Liu Emily Carr Public School Grade 8
Neve Anderson Falgarwood Public School Grade 8
Claire Jung Forest Trail Public School Grade 8
Robyn Wong Gladys Speers Public School Grade 6
Jessica Richardson Heritage Glen Public School Grade 8
Emily Chen James W. Hill Public School Grade 8
Kabir Bedi Joshua Creek Public School Grade 8
Adam Feltmate Maple Grove Public School Grade 8
Roland Kaluzny Montclair Public School Grade 8
Hannah Baung Munn's Public School Grade 8
Heather Brown New Central Public School Grade 6
Mariia Tepliakova Oakwood Public School Grade 5
Thomas Zhao Oodenawi Public School Grade 8
Anissa Sanatgar Palermo Public School Grade 8
Jack Guillemette Pilgrim Wood Public School Grade 8
Kuba Klis Pine Grove Public School Grade 8
Saleena Qureshi Post's Corners Public School Grade 8
Makenzie Nelson River Oaks Public School Grade 8
Kathryn Finch Sheridan Public School Grade 5
Vivaan Chhabra Sunningdale Public School Grade 8
Aya Alhasany W.H. Morden Public School Grade 8
Ian Dittrich West Oak Public School Grade 8
Secondary Students
Andrei Adam Abbey Park High School Grade 12
Kavya Sony Garth Webb Secondary School Grade 12
Lauren Fong Iroquois Ridge High School Grade 12
Urmi Sheth Oakville Trafalgar High School Grade 12
Dorian Knight T.A. Blakelock High School Grade 12
Abduljawad Kourabi White Oaks Secondary School Grade 12
Milton
Elementary Students
Afraa Khan Anne J. MacArthur Public School Grade 8
Syed Ayaan Asim Boyne Public School Grade 8
Melina Pulcini Brookville Public School Grade 8
Shaan Mangat Bruce Trail Public School Grade 8
Sanawar Javaid Chris Hadfield Public School Grade 8
Nahla Toorawa E.W. Foster Public School Grade 5
Madeline Chapman Escarpment View Public School Grade 8
Yasmin Abu-Narr Hawthorne Village Public School Grade 8
Pranay Chopra Irma Coulson Public School Grade 8
Sienna Forsyth J.M. Denyes Public School Grade 5
Farwah Rasheed Martin Street Public School Grade 8
Samuel Escano P.L. Robertson Public School Grade 8
Claire Werbin Robert Baldwin Public School Grade 5
Addison Gutcher Sam Sherratt Public School Grade 8
Anokye Boateng Tiger Jeet Singh Public School Grade 8
Trisha Purandare Viola Desmond Public School Grade 8
Vaishnavie Dhingra W.I. Dick Middle School Grade 8
Secondary Students
Lana Abu Narr Craig Kielburger Secondary School Grade 12
Matthew Cleland Gary Allan High School - Milton Grade 12
Andrew Sabino Milton District High School Grade 12
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