District Honours Celebrates Top Graduating Students

Posted On Wednesday June 05, 2024

Story provided by Chelsea Isenor, Director of Communications and Board Administration

The mission of the Kamloops-Thompson School District, as outlined in the 2022-2027 District Strategic Plan, is to support learning opportunities and environments which inspire students to thrive academically, socially, emotionally, and physically. On Thursday, May 30, 2024, this mission was at the forefront as we celebrated the accomplishments of Graduating students at the 46th Annual District Honours Recognition reception.

“To achieve District Honours is a noteworthy accomplishment,” shared Board Chair Heather Grieve. “You have persisted through significant challenges and proven that you can thrive in a world that is changing rapidly. You have demonstrated leadership skills that will contribute to what promises to be a hopeful future. The Board of Education is extremely proud of all that you have accomplished academically and personally.”

District Honours celebrates our District's highest achieving students, whose marks place them in the top five percent of all graduating students. The 2024 Kamloops-Thompson Honours Class includes 69 Grade 12 students from schools across the District. Each of these students not only achieved academic success but also demonstrated commitment, skill, and determination in other areas such as sports, fine arts, trades, extracurricular activities, and community service.

“A heartfelt congratulations to you this year’s District Honours graduates. I am confident that each of these students has developed competencies such as the ability to collaborate, communicate, and to think critically and creatively, to name a few, which will equip them to continue to thrive into the next phase of their adult lives,” shared Superintendent, Dr. Rhonda Nixon.

The evening’s celebrations were led by Danielle Ripley and Andrew Humphrey, the student masters of ceremonies. The evening highlighted the musical talents of Kamloops School of the Arts student Mandisa Volo, who beautifully sang “O’Canada” and “At Last” by Etta James; and the South Kamloops Secondary School Jazz Combo who performed “Daahoud” by Clifford Brown as well as a compilation of other pieces throughout the evening. Fine arts were on display with several students’ art pieces displayed throughout the room.

Patrick Gu, Ross Dickson Award Winner and District Honours Recipient 2023, shared encouraging words for the graduates with humour and heart: “When you are moving into adulthood, as you are now, you are bound to have failures, maybe in your academic life or personally, but I don't think you should do anything expecting to fail. Being here today, you’ve already demonstrated your capabilities, and I’m sure you have talents in more than academics too, and your talents are reason to be confident in yourself moving forward… We are here today not, in essence, to celebrate the knowledge and skills you’ve gained over your past 13 years in school, it is to recognize the strength of character you’ve built, to celebrate your persistence, your curiosity, and your drive.”

Congratulations to all the District Honours graduates!

  • @KOOL: SIENNA ANGOVE, NAYTE BROWN, PAULA ERLER, NORAH MACAULAY
  • Barriere Secondary: GAVEN EUSTACHE, ALEXIS NELSON, FRASER SCHILLING
  • Chase Secondary: SAM FIDDICK, ELIAS HARVEY, PARIS MICHEL, KERA WILLIAMS
  • Clearwater Secondary: SOREN COATES, REID MUDDIMAN, SAYA STELTER
  • Kamloops School of the Arts: ASHA MILLER, MANDISA VOLO
  • Logan Lake Secondary: COLE KRUSCHEL, JOSEPH REKKEN, NICHOLAS STOGNEFF
  • Norkam Senior Secondary: MIRELA CARDOZO, AMY CROCKER, BRIDGIT DANGERFIELD, KYLIE DRAEGER, EMMA EHMAN, KIRAN FELLENZ, ROBYN LEWIS, KADENCE MARTIN, SHEYANNE MCCAULEY, ARES NAZARUK, NAGISA OISHI, CAMDYN PEACE, MADI ROSE NEWMAN, AMRITA SANDHU, ZACH VENINSKY
  • Sa-Hali Secondary: JULIA CROFOOT, AVERY FERGUSON, ANDREW HUMPHREY, CARTER KRELL, JUNSEO LEE, LANDON LEMIRE, MELODY RICHARDSON, DANIELLE RIPLEY, JENNA ROBERTS, EMILY WATERMAN, LAUREN ZAHARIA
  • South Kamloops Secondary: GRACE BOEHM, KRISTIN CAMPBELL, QUILLA DECKER, TIANA DIKE, KAYLA DIXON, JOCELYN IMUS, KIANA KACZUR, KYLEE KOPPES, MCKENNA LIEN, MADELEINE MCGUINNESS, ABIGAIL SPENCER, XAVIER WALLACE, HUXLEY WENDLEND
  • Twin Rivers Education Centre: LUCAS CARLSON, MIKEY FRIESEN, ANABELLE LIVINGSTON
  • Valleyview Secondary: BRINLY ATHERTON, ZAHRA AMOR, JULIA BLACKFORD, NICOLE COLISTRO, ALIYAH DENEAULT, TAYLOR GRAY, DAVIS KLOHN, JENNA OKRAINETZ, LEIF PETERSEN, DANIKA SCHULTZ, JANNA SEABY, SYDNEY STONE, JADA WALCH
  • Westsyde Secondary: KADENCE DENEEF, SUNNY FRANZEN, CHEYANNE KINGSLEY, KENDRA LUISON, DYLAN SHEA, MYA STRUTZ, AVA ZIRNHELT

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