Congratulations to our 2018 Everyday Heroes
For Immediate Release
May 7, 2018
GUELPH, Ontario – 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 7p.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.
About the Upper Grand District School Board
The Upper Grand District School Board serves approximately 34,000 students through 65 elementary schools and 11 secondary schools in the City of Guelph, County of Wellington and County of Dufferin. The UGDSB covers the ancestral and traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Six Nations of the Grand River, and Saugeen Ojibway Nation Territories. Student success is the goal of over 3,000 dedicated teaching and support staff who are aided by the contributions of caring volunteers and community partners.
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Media contact:
Heather Loney, Communications and Community Engagement Officer
Upper Grand District School Board
519-822-4420 ext.725
[email protected]
Megan Sicoli, Administrative Officer, Communications
Upper Grand District School Board
519-822-4420 ext.764
[email protected]
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