Mount Baker Secondary School held its annual Awards Night, Tuesday, May 28, at the Key City Theatre in Cranbrook.
More than 80 scholarships, bursaries and awards were presented to deserving students. The evening was started with the Mount Baker Vocal Jazz Group singing O Canada.
Dave Hill, Christie Johnson and Sean Sinclair served as announcers.
Award winner Gavin Kerr (Southeast Kootenay Principals and Vice-Principals scholarship) was unable to attend.
An honorable mention to the Scholastic Distinction Entrance Scholarship from the College of the Rockies is going to Tjaart Van Der Walt.
As well, the College of the Rockies has offered the following students entrance scholarships for 2024/2025:
Cranbrook Badminton Club Bursaries (Anita Savage, Presenter): Daniel Kim, Katrina Pezeshki TM Roberts Elementary School PAC Bursaries (Kevin Hogg): Yolanda Amsing, Holly Kitt Melvin & Jean Bain Memorial Scholarship (Cheryl Wilkinson): Katrina Pezeshki Alan Boden Second Language Scholarship (Kevin Hogg): Kim Vito Chris Williams Award (Chris England): Brandon Petrik Columbia Power Bursary (Christine Hoechsmann): Colton Neis Cranbrook Community Theatre Bursary (Janice Marschner): Edison Wilmot Cranbrook Firefighters IAFF Local 1253 Scholarship (Paul Relkoff, Maryann Dragovan): Owen Relkoff Cranbrook Garden Club Scholarship (Janice Pelletier): Maggie Lenart, Yashvi Patel Cranbrook Rotary Interact Club Scholarship (Dr. Andrea Ingram): Tianna Nelson Cristoforo Colombo Lodge Scholarship (Kevin Hogg): Grace Hill, Isaac Organ CUPE Local 4165 Bursary (School District Employees) Sarah Mooy: Sierra Daignault East Kootenay District Labour Council (Shelly Balfour): Dakota Oliver Fashion and Design Award (Cheryl Wilkinson): Madison Clear Joyce Metcalfe Memorial Scholarship (Lynnette Wray): Teah Chao Kenton Barber Memorial Award (Evan Bueckert): Sam Spring Key City Theatre Society Scholarship (Evan Bueckert): Joelle Carlisle Kootenay Christian Academy Alumni Award (Janice Marschner): Phoebe Van Rensburg, Kaitlin Wik Kootenay Country Fair Bursary (Janice Marschner): Paige Tilley Kootenay Orchards PAC Bursary (Janice Marschner): Kobe Some Kootenay Tax Services Scholarship (Cheryl Wilkinson): Maija St. John Ladies’ Auxiliary to FOE (Janice Wiebe): Keira James Laurie Middle School Scholarship (Cheryl Wilkinson): Eloise Newsome Lifetouch Canada (Elder Dorothy Ratch): Yashvi Patel Kootenay Woodlot Education Society, Wayne Morrison Memorial Forestry Bursary (Dorothy Ratch): Isaac Organ Royal Canadian Legion Scholarship, Branch 24 (Tammy Ricker): Edison Wilmot, Taylor Havens, Kellan Statham, Keira James Sevilla Memorial Bursary (Chris England): Keira James Steve Corbet Memorial Public and Private Workers of Canada, Local 15 Scholarship (Anita Savage): Maggie Lenart TerraLogic Exploration-Discovery Scholarship: Keely Hamilton Tidball Projects Scholarships (Jimmy Robinson): Kaitlin Wik, Skylar Paulsen, Aiden Gareau, Sophia Chuan, Kayla McArthur, Maddi Scriver, Abrielle Lescanec, Vanessa Kelly Waldo Stockbreeders Livestock Association Scholarship (Elder Dorothy Ratch): Kellan Statham William Henderson Scholarship (Elder Dorothy Ratch): Alana Li Yoo Deserve This Scholarship of International Heritage (Janice Marschner): Oliver Helvoigt Mt. Baker Grad Class of 1964 (Jimmy Robinson): Madelyn McArthur Abreast In The Rockies Scholarship (Maureen Modin): Hailey Conroy Larisa Zak Memorial Drafting Award (Elder Joan O’Neil): Kayla McArthur Western Indigenous Inspirational Award (Becca Odnoken, Tracy Thorne): Jaiden Featherling, Riley Pocha Western Inspirational Award (Becca Odnoken, Tracy Thorne): Vanessa Kelly, Jonathan Richter Apex Accounting Scholarship (Kevin Hogg): Yolanda Amsing Cranbrook and District Ambulance Association Award (Chris England): Daniel Kim
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