YCMHS Night of P.R.A.I.S.E. recipients

On June 10, Yarmouth Consolidated Memorial High School held its annual Night of P.R.A.I.S.E., an acronym for Publicly Recognizing And Inspiring Student Excellence. The night, a partnership with the Rotary Club of Yarmouth, acknowledges the contribution and commitment of individual students to school life at the high school. More than 100 awards were given during the evening. The following is a list of the Award Recipients:

Community Members: Sue Telfer-Graves; Charlene and Terry Doucette and Tina Comeau.

Lieutenant Governor’s Silver Medals: Maria Wilson and Sam Flynn

Individual Awards: Colin Gaudet, Josh Bullerwell, Brandon Moulaison, Aaron Gordon and Joey Robicheau

Battle of Grades: Jordan LeBlanc, Most Talented Musician

Breakfast Club: Daphne Doucette, Most Dependable

Career Orientation Program: Colton King , Overall Dedication and Morgan Churchilll, Best Performance at Job Placement

Drama 11/12 Productions: Cassie Collis, Excellent Contribution , Raul Cedeno, Excellent Performance and Joe Hopper, Most Valuable Contribution

Gay Straight Alliance: Jennifer Seal, Outstanding Leadership and Initiative

Global Leaders: J Horton, Leadership/Dedication and Taylor Mood, Most Spirited

Library Volunteers: Chris Hubbard , Exemplary Volunteer; Carrie Thompson, outstanding contribution and Dedication and Dylan Churchill, Outstanding Initiative and Enthusiasm

Memorial Club: Alex Power , Melissa Hinckley, Sara Amon, Chelsea Stevens, Michelle Doucette, Alexandra Cooke, Dustin Williams, Abby Challoner, Aislin Boudreau, Emma Adams and Corry Fitzgerald

NSSSA Regional Conference: Jenna Clarke

PAAC (People Against Animal Cruelty: Ashley Goss and Tristan Nickerson, Dedication to educating school about ending animal cruelty and raising money for SPCA

Pillaging Fur Clad Scandinavians (Drama club): Kyle Crowell, Committed and Dedicated Actor; Marci-Lee Guier, Committed and Dedicated Actress and David Fulde, Club President

Restorative Justice: Natasha Harrington, Ashley Rhyno and Bailey d‘Entremont, all for outstanding contribution

Robotics: Sen Kubota , Most Valuable Mechanic; Zach Graves, Best Team Player; Vica Nguyen, Best Overall and Barb Deveau, Most Committed

Rotary Band: Taylor Mood, Most Reliable and Jordan Rodgerson, Most Improved Musician

SAC: Livia Anthes, Best Example of Parliamentary Representation

SEVEC Toronto Exchange: Caitlin Weagle and Tara White, both for Leadership/Commitment

SPIRIT: Commitment to Positive School Spirit, through leadership, involvement and by example: Monica Phung, Colin Gaudet, Elisha Millsom, Rachel Selig, Caitlynn Hamilton,

Garet Lawrence, Ben Deviller, Aaron Doucette, Emily Adams and Brett Trask

Student Council: outstanding contribution: Brett Trask, Caitlynn Hamilton and Rachel Selig

Viking Variety Show : Hosts Jenna Clarke, Colin Gaudet and Raul Cedeno

Varsity Badminton: Kristen Honey, Most Dedicated

Varsity Girls Basketball: Laura Eldridge, Most Valuable Player and Katey Gray, Best All Round Player

Varsity Boys Basketball: Ben Deviller, Most Valuable Player; Tyler Giordani, Most Valuable Player and Sam Durling, Rookie of the Year

Varsity Cross-Country: Josh Ferguson, Most Dedicated; Brigham Poole, Positive Attitude and Monique Muise, Most Improved

Varsity Boys Hockey : Outstanding leadership on and off the ice: Jason Doucet, Stan Bishara, Brett Trask and Corbyn Gallagher

Varsity Girls Soccer: Mackenzie Goudey, Team Spirit; Kayla d’Entremont, Heart and Kaitlyn Olsen, Leadership

Varsity Boys Soccer: Bennett Munroe, Rookie of the Year; Mackenzie Munroe: Most Dependable; Tilman Fischer, Team Player

Varsity Girls Softball: outstanding contribution: Cassie Collis, Jennifer Parsons and

Katey Gray

Varsity Track and Field: Justin Blades, Most Valuable Male Sprinter; Kayla Mooney, Most Valuable Female Sprinter; Aaron Doucette, Outstanding Performance and Leadership, Ben Deviller, Most Talented; Colin Gaudet, Outstanding Middle Distance Runner; Brigham Poole, Outstanding Commitment; JP Wellington, Outstanding Work Ethic

Varsity Girls Volleyball: Jenna Clarke, Outstanding Contribution; Allison Moses, Rookie of the Year and Kristen Honey, Most Versatile Player

Varsity Boys Volleyball: Chris Hubbard, Most Dedicated; Mitchell MacDougall, Most Improved and Colin Gaudet, Most Valuable Player

Varsity Wrestling: Outstanding Effort: Matt Green and Ashley Ring; Jordan Cleveland, “Comeback” Award

Winter Carnival Mascot Committee: Outstanding Contribution: Emily Adams, Jason Deveau, Caitlynn Hamilton, Tylor Hurlburt, Rachel Selig and Connor Ryerson

Winter Carnival: Outstanding contribution to making Winter Carnival a success: Elisha Millsom, Dylan Churchill, Monica Phung, Ben Deviller, Aaron Doucette and Jenna Clarke

Yearbook Committee: Vica Nguyen, Chris Hubbard, Maria Wilson, Danielle Setlakwe, Sam Flynn and John Hatfield

Recognition of NSSAF Provincial Champions: JP Wellington; NSSAF Provincial Champion, Senior Boys Long Jump; and 4x400 Senior Boys Relay provincial champions:

JP Wellington, Colin Gaudet, Justin Blades and Cody Samms

Silver Y Recipients: To receive a Silver Y a Grade 12 student must have maintained an average of 85 or more in their 21 high school courses over three years and participated in nine or more extra-curricular activities: Emara Churchill, Colin Gaudet, Garet Lawrence and Monica Phung