2024 Student Excellence Awards
The HDSB Celebration of Student Excellence event occurred on Thursday, May 16, 2024 to recognize this year's Student Excellence recipients. The event honored 107 outstanding students who were recipients of this year's Student Excellence Award. Each year, elementary and secondary schools in the HDSB nominated one student per school for this recognition. Students could only receive this honor once in their school career. The event had been a Board tradition since 1984.
The nominations for these outstanding students cited qualities such as striving for excellence, a positive attitude, honesty, integrity, being empathetic to others, involvement in the community, and inclusivity.
Read below to learn about the 2023 Student Excellence Award Recipients
Burlington
Elementary Students
MateaGreig Aldershot Elementary School Grade 8
Amitoj Shahi Alexanders Public School Grade 8
Kyera Dunnell Alton Village Public School Grade 8
Colbie Smith Brant Hills Public School Grade 8
Jordan Thwaites Bruce T. Lindley Public School Grade 6
Adam Ramadan Burlington Central Elementary School Grade 8
Andrew Novak C.H. Norton Public School Grade 8
Mason Shamoun Central Public School Grade 6
Grace Liu Charles R. Beaudoin Public School Grade 8
Anmol Sidhu Clarksdale Public School Grade 6
Liam McLean Dr. Charles Best Public School Grade 5
Dylan Ha Florence Meares Public School Grade 8
Isabelle Philip Frontenac Public School Grade 8
RaeAnn MacDonald Glenview Public School Grade 6
Juliet Wilson John T. Tuck Public School Grade 8
Spencer Wu John William Boich Public School Grade 8
William Ristevski Kilbride Public School Grade 8
Aurora Rose King’s Road Public School Grade 6
Henry Sayle Lakeshore Public School Grade 6
Akaila Wybywanez Makwendam Public School Grade 6
Lauren Peaker Maplehurst Public School Grade 6
Briar Morgan Mohawk Gardens Public School Grade 6
Alice Li Orchard Park Public School Grade 8
Tala Al Bender Paul A. Fisher Public School Grade 6
Summer Njegovan Pauline Johnson Public School Grade 6
Charlie Visser Pineland Public School Grade 8
Ethan Horn Rolling Meadows Public School Grade 8
Luke Johnston Sir Ernest MacMillan Public School Grade 8
Vy Bui Tecumseh Public School Grade 8
Kate Pearson Tom Thomson Public School Grade 6
Secondary Students
William Zhang Aldershot High School Grade 12
Bintang Aryosetyo Burlington Central High School Grade 12
Irmak Eralp Dr. Frank J. Hayden Secondary School Grade 12
Jayden Hill M.M. Robinson High School Grade 12
Anderson Steiner Nelson High School Grade 12
Oakville
Elementary Students
Navya Jain Abbey Lane Public School Grade 8
Sahiba Walia Brookdale Public School Grade 8
Alison Harper Captain R. Wilson Public School Grade 8
Agrin Matloubiaghdam Dr. David R. Williams Public School Grade 8
Simon Sokolowski E.J. James Public School Grade 8
Maanavdeep Panesar Eastview Public School Grade 8
Reem Hakem Emily Carr Public School Grade 8
Gauri Sharma Falgarwood Public School Grade 8
Sofia Meleshko Forest Trail Public School Grade 8
Rayan Haghighat Gladys Speers Public School Grade 6
Rayhaan Charniya Heritage Glen Public School Grade 8
Ishnoor Kaur Sembhi James W. Hill Public School Grade 8
James Park Joshua Creek Public School Grade 8
Lavina Jariwala Maple Grove Public School Grade 8
Sama Akhundzada Montclair Public School Grade 8
Jason Zhou Munn’s Public School Grade 8
Charlotte Lacey New Central Public School Grade 6
Sam Rowett Oakwood Public School Grade 5
Rachel Li Oodenawi Public School Grade 8
Nooran Abdelbaky Palermo Public School Grade 8
Erin Zhang Pilgrim Wood Public School Grade 8
Soren Marler Pine Grove Public School Grade 8
Vinisha Nangia Post’s Corners Public School Grade 8
Aarja Kaur River Oaks Public School Grade 8
Chelsea Hamilton Sheridan Public School Grade 5
Keshia Agung Sunningdale Public School Grade 8
Melody Liu W.H. Morden Public School Grade 8
Ellen Kim West Oak Public School Grade 8
Secondary Students
Emma Purdie Abbey Park High School Grade 12
Scarlett El Refaie Garth Webb Secondary School Grade 12
Anunya Kapur Iroquois Ridge High School Grade 12
Priya Kalsi Oakville Trafalgar High School Grade 12
TL Sutherland Thomas A. Blakelock High School Grade 12
Helen Zhang White Oaks Secondary School Grade 12
Halton Hills
Elementary Students
Liam Hollenbeck Acton Elementary School Grade 8
Chelsea Companion Centennial Public School Grade 8
Ishan Dineshkumar Ethel Gardiner Public School Grade 8
Simona Subra George Kennedy Public School Grade 5
Sofia Kindbom Glen Williams Public School Grade 5
Kailey Kennedy Harrison Public School Grade 5
Manuthi Ranasinghe Joseph Gibbons Public School Grade 5
Tristan Delaney Limehouse Public School Grade 5
Avery Perkins McKenzie-Smith Bennett Public School Grade 6
Nina Stewart Park Public School Grade 5
Serena Sidhu Pineview Public School Grade 5
McKenna Worby Robert Little Public School Grade 6
Jacob Zietsma Silver Creek Public School Grade 8
Ava Wimberley Stewarttown Middle School Grade 8
