The students in the photo are just some of the award and medal winners recognized at the North Dundas District High School (NDDHS) Junior Achievement Assembly. They are proof that you can get there from here. Front row, from left: Madilyn Fraser, Madison Almasi, Braydon Van’t Foort, Lilly-Rose Pietersma, Gracin Link-Horvath. Second row, from left: Molly Henderson, Autumn Trueman, Addison Hicks, Alexander Haas. Third row, from left: Sophia Guy, Evelyn Cooper, Isaac Hipkin. Back row, from left: Colin Sheppard, Tanner Dalgleish, Frederick McEvoy. Tinkess Photo
MAPLE GROVE – North Dundas District High School (NDDHS) held their annual Junior Achievement Assembly on Wed., Dec. 3, and as usual, the number of students receiving recognition and the number of parents who made the effort to be there to support them was outstanding.
The assembly began by recognizing the students who had earned an average of 80 per cent or more in their grade nine program. There were 49 in total.
Next came the students who had earned an average of 80 per cent or more in their grade ten program. There were also 49 in this group.
Next in line were the students who had earned an average of 80 per cent or more in their grade eleven program. In this group there were 57.
The assembly next turned to achievement in the various areas of study with recognition of achievement in Arts, Business Studies, Canadian and World Studies, Cooperative Education, English, French, Math, Physical Education, Science, Social Sciences and Humanities, Student Services: Guidance, and Technology. Awards were also given to students in each of the three grades for demonstrated improvement, and Outstanding Achievement.
The final portion of the Assembly was devoted to the awarding of medals to the students in each of the three grades who had who attained the highest academic standing in their respective programs.
In all, 153 awards and/or medals were presented.
It is difficult to come to any conclusion other than there was exceptional effort made by the students at NDDHS supported by a dedicated and caring teachers and support staff.
Further evidence of the quality of the people and the programming at NDDHS was also revealed through the results of the standardized testing, according to The Fraser Institute Report, which ranked NDDHS as 158th in the province. While this may not seem exceptional on its own, when you examine a bit deeper, you would discover that NDDHS achieved the highest rank of any school in the Upper Canada District School Board, and top in SDG, both public and catholic.
Congratulations each of the students on a job well done and thank you to everyone who helped them to do so!
Terry Tinkess is a professional photographer, educator and journalist. He has been making a living with a camera and keyboard since 1999 and has been featured in such publications as The Ottawa Citizen, Cornwall Standard Freeholder, The Globe and Mail, The Miami Herald, Ottawa Construction News, The Ontario Construction Report, Ontario Home Builder Magazine, Reed Construction Data, Canadian Potato Business and most recently, The Record and Eastern Ontario AgriNews. Terry lives in Ingleside, Ontario with his wife Brenda, Mia the anxious Pittie and cats Wally and Chubbers.
