qathet School District graduates were celebrated earlier this month with a ceremony inside Hap Parker Arena at Powell River Recreation Complex. On June 7, students arrived in style at the main entrance, then were introduced in single-file fashion on the arena floor in front of a capacity crowd filled with family members and friends. Another set of arrival photos were published earlier this month.
On June 19, scholarship awards were announced in Max Cameron Theatre. More than $173,000 in funds were presented to the following students from the Class of 2025.
HOPE ALESCIO
$1,250 District Authority Award - Community Service
$500 Edgehill Elementary - PAC
$500 Pauline Galinski Award
RYAN ANDERSON
$1,000 Kiwanis Club - Maitland Kiwanis Scholarship
ANJY AWOPETU
$1,250 District Authority Award - Community Service
$1,0000 Kiwanis Club - Allman Building the Community Scholarship
JACOB BABCOCK
$1,000 CUPE Local 798
$1,250 District Authority Award - Fine Arts
$2,000 Jones Family Foundation (CIBC Investment Advisor - Julian Hoyle)
$500 Powell River Italian Community Club
$350 Powell River Youth Soccer
SUMMER BARCELONNE
$500 Co-operators
$1,000 CUPE476 the EK-12 Support Staff at SD#47
$500 Geoff Clarke Memorial Scholarship
HELEN BARSZCZEWSKI
$1,000 CUPE476 the EK-12 Support Staff at SD#47
$1,250 District Authority Award - Physical Activity
$1,000 Future Teachers’ Scholarship
$1,000 The Braxton Leask & Dylan Buckle Memorial Award
EVAN BEHAN
$350 Powell River Youth Soccer
$3,000 Russell & Ruth Jenkins Memorial Scholarship Fund (Administered by Powell River Community Foundation)
BENCE BOLYOS-LOFFREE
$1,000 Dr. Allan Duncan Pritchard Legacy Bursary
PAIGE BREWSTER
$500 Timberlane Quilters Guild
DORIAN BUREC
$300 Texada Elementary School - PAC
MADISON BURKE
$500 Knights of Columbus 5417
LILY CARLOS
$1,250 District Authority Award - Community Service
$1,000 Len Evans Memorial
$2,000 Powell River Sunshine Coast Real Estate
$1,000 The Braxton Leask & Dylan Buckle Memorial Award
$1,000 Toni Marciniak Memorial Scholarship
QUINN CARLSON
$1,250 District Authority Award - Community Service
$1,000 Rotary Club of Powell River
MISIA CHOO
$750 Optomeyes Eye Care Scholarship
ROWAN COCKSEDGE
$24,000 Powell River Head Start Scholarship (renewable for four years ($6,000))
NOAH CULOS
$1,250 District Authority Award - Physical Activity
$500 Helmut Franke Memorial Scholarship
$500 Underwriters Insurance Agencies Ltd.
MIA CURTIS
$3,000 Russell & Ruth Jenkins Memorial Scholarship Fund (Administered by Powell River Community Foundation)
TYRELL DUHAMEL
$2,000 Jane Cameron Memorial Scholarship
$1,000 Parish of St. David & St. Paul
$500 Timberlane Quilters Guild
$500 Tla’amin - General Post Secondary Award
$500 Tla’amin - Health Care Field Award
$500 Tla’amin - Leadership/Citizenship Award
$500 Tla’amin - Math/Science Award
SAFIYAH DYCK
$1,000 Brooks Thunderbird
$1,250 District Authority Award - Community Service
$500 Outdoor Education & Sustainability Environmental Leadership Award
$1,500 qathet Teachers Association
$1,000 Toba Montrose General Partnership/Innergex Renewable Energy
SIENNA FOLEY
$500 The late Jackie S. Timothy Memorial Scholarship
JAGGER FORREST
$500 Co-operators
$500 David Court Memorial Scholarship
$1,250 District Authority Award - Physical Activity
$750 HEU PRGH Local
$1000 Kiwanis Club - Gena Kendrick - Citizen Award (Two instalments)
LILY GAUDREAU
$1,250 District Authority Award - Community Service
$500 Ecole Cote du Soleil
SHEILA GODSON
$8,000 George Pensom Bursary (Vancouver Foundation)
$1,000 Rotary Club of Powell River
ETHAN HULL
$1,250 District Authority Award - Languages
$1,000 Kiwanis Club - Irving Scholarship
$1,000 qathet Administrators’ Association
$1,000 Rotary Club of Powell River
$1,000 Toba Montrose General Partnership/ Innergex Renewable Energy
BROOKLYN KLASSEN
$1,250 District Authority Award - Technical & Trades
$400 Gordon “Beaver” Crawford Memorial Scholarship
$3,000 Russell & Ruth Jenkins Memorial Scholarship Fund (Administered by Powell River Community Foundation)
BRYNLEA LAMDEN
$1,250 District Authority Award - Applied Skills
JOSIAH LYE
$3,000 Russell & Ruth Jenkins Memorial Scholarship Fund (Administered by Powell River Community Foundation
MARY LOUISE MATHIEU
$500 Grandma Bird - James Thomson Scholarship
$250 qathet Living Magazine
$1,000 Al Alsgard Bursary - the Peak
$500 Timberlane Quilters Guild
SYDNEY MILLER
$750 HEU PRGH Local
$1,500 Powell River Spring Garden Tour
$350 Powell River Youth Soccer
MIRINDE MORWOOD
$2,000 Alfred J. & Arlene Carsten Scholarship for Excellence in Science or The Arts
$1,000 CUPE Local 798
$1,250 District Authority Award - Community Service
JEREMY PUKESH
$1,250 District Authority Award - Physical Activity
DIVYAM PURI
$500 Arnold Carlson Business Award
$350 Powell River Youth Soccer
$500 The Verecan Capital Management Scholarship
RAKHI RANA
$1,250 District Authority Award - Community Service
$500 Henderson Elementary School PAC
$750 Pasion Family Scholarship
$1,000 Rotary Club of Powell River
$3,000 Russell & Ruth Jenkins Memorial Scholarship Fund (Administered by Powell River Community Foundation
$1,000 Switzer & Finkel (Endowed Scholarship Fund)
JAMES REED
$1,250 District Authority Award - Community Service
$1,000 Mosaic Forest Management
$1,500 Powell River Spring Garden Tour
$500 qathet Regional District Cycling Association
$500 Terra Nostra Farm
DANTE REGHELIN
$350 Powell River Youth Soccer
SOLOMON REGHELIN
$350 Powell River Youth Soccer
JACOB REIMER
$1,000 CUPE476 the EK-12 Support Staff at SD#47
$1,250 District Authority Award - Technical & Trades
$1,000 Robert Scholtens Memorial Scholarship
$3,000 Russell & Ruth Jenkins Memorial Scholarship Fund (Administered by Powell River Community Foundation)
$500 Jesse Dean Blaikie Nadalini Memorial Award
PANAGIOTA ROUNIS
$1,000 CUPE476 the EK-12 Support Staff at SD#47
$1,250 District Authority Award - Languages
$1,000 Powell River Farmers’ Agricultural Institute
$1,000 qathet Administrators’ Association
$500 Vince Hoet Scholarship
RAY SCHULTZ
$500 qathet Tourism Society
ADDY SHIPLEY
$1,250 District Authority Award - Physical Activity
$350 Powell River Youth Soccer
$1,000 qathet Administrators’ Association
ABBY SHOREMAN
$1,000 Tony Simmonds Memorial Scholarship
ELI SHOSTAK
$1,250 District Authority Award - Physical Activity
$1,000 Kelly Creek Community School
$500 qathet Regional District Cycling Association
DANE SLACK
$350 Powell River Youth Soccer
$1,000 Switzer & Finkel
$500 Westview Elementary PAC
LIZZIE SMITH
$300 Pythian Sisters
ELTON SUTHERLAND
$2,000 Alfred J. & Arlene Carsten Scholarship
$1,250 District Authority Award - Fine Arts
$1000 Kiwanis Club - Community Scholarship (Two instalments)
$250 Carlson Community Club
$500 Westview Elementary PAC
JADA TAYLOR
$500 ʔaqaymɩxw
$2,000 Elizabeth & John Carlson Scholarship
$1,000 Parish of St. David & St. Paul
$350.00 Powell River Youth Soccer
FRANCESCA VALING
$500 Catholic Womens League of Canada
$1,250 District Authority Award - Fine Arts
$1,000 James Whent Memorial Scholarship
$1,000 Judy Spreeuw Memorial Scholarship
$500 Knights of Columbus 5417
$250 Carlson Community Club
HAYLEY VIZZUTTI
$500 David Court Memorial Scholarship
$750 Pasion Family Scholarship
$500 Underwriters Insurance Agencies Ltd.
ELLIE WINCHELL
$1,250 District Authority Award - Community Service
$500 Malaspina Naturalist Club
$500 Ron Diprose Memorial Scholarship
$3,000 Russell & Ruth Jenkins Memorial Scholarship Fund (Administered by Powell River Community Foundation)
$500 Terra Nostra Farm
$500 Herb Marion Award
REED WORTHEN
$1,500 Brooks Humanities & Social Sciences Merit
$1,250 District Authority Award - Fine Arts
$500 Powell River Chorus Scholarship
$1,000 Powell River Garden Club
$500 Terra Nostra Farm
$1,000 Toba Montrose General Partnership/Innergex Renewable Energy
$500 Max Cameron Award
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