Local high school students honoured for outstanding work
Awards for academics, athletics and leadership were some of the accolades given to North Battleford Comprehensive High School’s top students at the Student Hall of Fame last night at the Battleford Arena.
“It’s an important event to honour our students and to bring all the schools in the division together,” Shannon Lessard, communications coordinator of the Living Sky School Division, said. “A lot of our students really look forward to it and I think it’s something that takes good students and makes them great students.”
There are no scholarships directly attached to the awards Lessard said the recognition will give the student a leg up when applying for one.
Battleford native Sheldon Gardiner, a graduate from the school, was the guest speaker of the event which had roughly 900 attendees. He shared all his ups and downs from high school to where he is now in a 20-minute speech.