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Kincardine District Secondary School students and staff said goodbye to four retirees: three teachers and one education assistant, during the annual awards assembly Wednesday morning at the school.

Ellen Holroyd has been an education assistant at KDSS since 2001, working at the Bervie campus for the past four years.

Dance teacher Sandy Brown has been the inspiration for the Spring Arts Show for many years, besides her regular classroom teaching duties and coaching volleyball. She thanked everyone for a great send-off and said it was an honour to teach such wonderful students.

Carly Schmidt (L) presents gifts to Sandy Brown

"I had some great students, if not in my dance class or on my volleyball team, they were coming into my classroom with a smile on their faces ready for some crazy activities," said Brown. "I will remember you all with great warmth."

Bill Smith has been teaching for 30 years, 21 of those at KDSS.

Reading off a list of names, he noted that those students were in his first classroom at the school in Ripley. Now, he has had the pleasure of teaching their children. "As I leave, you can tell your parents, it's still 'not too bad'," he said.

Music and math teacher Mike Mullen had a musical send-off from one of his guitar students, Al Friolet, who had composed a song just for Mr. Mullen.

Mike Mullen (L) is serenaded into retirement by Al Friolet

"If you love doing something, make a career of it and it's the greatest thing you can do," said Mullen. "School's out for me. Good luck to you all."

The KDSS awards are as follows:

• Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MPP Bill Murdoch certificates for efforts and contributions made to students' council - Hilary Holmes, Anna McFarlan, David Yun, Kyle Threndyle

MATH

• Euclid and Canadian Open math contest (Grade 12) - David Yun who came first in the school and placed in the top six per cent of the country
• Fermat and Hypatia (Grade 11) - Cale Peister, Greg Poulsen, Sven Wehrmann, Holly Xu - Cale placed first in the school and all four placed in the top 20 per cent of the country
• Cayley and Galois (Grade 10) - Zihan Wang, Jesse Chen, Sanjay Nema, Francis Lozada, Morgan Padfield - Zihan was first in the school and placed in the top two per cent of the country, Jesse and Sanjay placed in the top four per cent, Francis in the top 10 per cent, and Morgan in top 25 per cent - Zihan earned a bronze medal in the Galois contest
• Pascal ad Fryer (Grade 9 - Travis Shan, Michael Osadca - Travis came first in the school and was in the top six per cent of the country, Michael was in the top 15 per cent of the country

SCIENCE

• Avogadro Chemistry contest (Grade 11) - Cale Peister who placed in the top 18 per cent of students writing
• Chem 13 News contest (Grade 12) - David Yun who placed in the top 30 per cent of students writing
• Biology national competition - Michael Ferguson who placed in the top 16 per cent of students writing
• Sir Isaac Newton contest for physics - David Yun who placed in the top 11 per cent of all participants

CITIZENSHIP

• KDSS Home and School Citizenship awards - Judith Gutter (Grade 9), Ashlee Banyard (Grade 10), Jen Taylor (Grade 10) - Judith and Jen won at the provincial level and teacher Michelle Taylor was recognized as educator of the year - Paul Douglas was nominated for a lifetime achievement award
• Kincardine Club of the Canadian Federation of University Women - Judith Gutter

SKILLS COMPETITION

• Carpentry - Peter Reid and Shawn Stewart won second at the Bluewater competition
• Small-powered equipment - Brandon Twolan won gold at Bluewater, advanced to the regionals in Barrie and then qualified for the provincial finals in Waterloo where he placed 13th in all of Ontario

ART

• Owen Sound Artists' Co-op in partnership with Mudtown Pottery held an art and craft competition for all senior students from Bruce and Grey counties. Out of 60 entries, 15 were awarded prizes - five of them from KDSS - Emily Strachan, Kristen Guy, Hayley Murdoch-Fyke, Michelle Lynn Delaronde, Brandon Finney
• Carol Johnstone award - Bradley Reid

MUSIC

• Rookie of the Year - Irwin Ibadula, Morgan Shaw
• Most improved guitarist - Acacia Fisher
• Performer of the year - Jocelyn Leidy
• Most improved woodwind player - Meagan McDonald
• Most improved percussion - Travis Shan
• Composer of the year - Jessica Winterburn
• Vocalist of the year - Jessica Gallant
• Musician of the year - Al Friolet

FREE THE CHILDREN

The KDSS Free the Children raised $1,700 in the Vow of Silence, forwarded $3,300 to Haiti, and $2,400 to the World Vision for the 30-Hour Famine, plus raised $5,500 to build a well in Yomandu, Sierra Leone, this year

• Most funds raised in Vow of Silence - Rebecca Dadson
• Most funds raised in 30-Hour Famine - Judith Gutter, Brittany Beech, Carol Stares

Junior Academic Awards - Aden Finley, Heide Hack, Jeffrey McFadyen, Hayley Murdoch-Fyke, Peter Reid, Marisa Almas, Easton Battler, Cayly Bellan, Kent Bernath, Philip Bernath, Lia Cavasotto, Alex Dacosta-Webster, Colt Dellandrea, Tyler Dogan, Tanner Dupuis, Robbie Fitzsimmons, Deanna Gleeson, Adam Grubb, Kurtis Guerette, James Hardman, Amber Lang, Brooke MacKenzie, Molly MacLennan, Bradley Mangotich, Katelyn McCallum, Amber McDonald, Anne McFarlan, Dayna Musselman, Dylan Neilipovitz, Matt Pagnan, Gregory Poulsen, Brittany Quipp, Nathan Schut, Jacob Siekierski, Amanda P. Smith, Janelle Taylor, Jennifer Taylor, Bettina Tungol, Brandon Twolan, Jamie Waring, Justine Watson, Sven Wehrmann, Cynthia Wickert, Jessilyn Wolfe, Robert Wood, Jesse Chen, Nathan Fohkens, Francis Lozada, Sanjay Nema, Morgan Padfield, Zihan Wang

Senior Academic Awards - Mike Adair, Tina Andres, Robin Ashley, Candice Bailey, Brittany Beech, Sarah Blackwood, Jessica Brown, Laura E. Brown, Chrissy Clemens, Octavia Deaconescu, Michael Ferguson, Brandon Finney, Heide Hack, Brianna Husk, Andrea Jackson, Rootu Joshi, Kyle Lourenssen, Michelle Luinstra, Kristen MacLennan, Julie Madic, Adam Melick, Hayley Murdoch-Fyke, Kaitlyn McDonell, Jeffrey McFadyen, Alex Ogilvie, Hilda Oudshoorn, Lana Pollock, Peter Reid, River Roy, Lauren Scott, Philip Siekierski, Lydia Treidlinger, Renate Vanderhorst, Chris Weber, Ethan Winterburn, Jules Phorson, Deanna Gleeson, Maica Glipo, Cale Peister, Gregory Poulsen, Kanza Saleem, Dallas Watterworth, Holly Xu

Masters Academic - Kyle Threndyle

Junior Activity Awards - Nathan Fohkens, Lia Cavasotto, Deanna Gleeson, James Hardman, Matt Pagnan, Cale Peister, Greg Poulsen, Dallas Watterworth, Jessilyn Wolfe, Holly Xu, Stewart Clifford, River Roy, Lauren Scott, David Yun

Senior Activity Awards - Amanda P. Smith, Janelle Taylor, Jessica Brown

Overall award - Emily Jolley, Amy Adams

Junior Athletic Awards - Daniel Austin, Cassandra Bacon, Alex Brough, Jesse Chen, Nathan Fohkens, Sara Gossell, Cheyenne Hunter, Francis Lozada, Natalie Melick, Allison Mohr, Morgan Padfield, Gerrit Satosek, Jamie Shewfelt, Hayley Stewart, Margot Treidlinger, Zihan Wang, Kortney Watson, Cayly Bellan, Samantha Biano, Justine Buchler, Spencer Harris, Cailin MacKay, Katelyn McCallum, John McCool, Andrew Sweeney, Jamie Waring, Alicia Boyd, Wesley Elmes, Simon Erlich, Rootu Joshi, Ira Lehtovaara, Lana Pollock, Jared Purves, Brian Roppel, Caitlyn Smith

Senior Athletic Awards - Margot Treidlinger, Andrew Dennis, Tanner Dupuis, Deanna Gleeson, Jacob Siekierski, Justine Watson, Jessilyn Wolfe, Caden Allingham, Colton Darnell, Amelia Davidson, Karsen Ellis, Alec Holla, Hilary Holmes, Alex LeGrand, Kyle Threndyle, David Yun

Master Athletic - Carly Schmidt, Brianna Cooper, Marissa Jolley, Alex Morariu, Taurian Roy, Steve Young

ATHLETIC AWARDS

• Junior female athlete of the year - Natalie Melick
• Junior male athlete of the year - Jamie Shewfelt
• Senior female athlete of the year - Marissa Jolley
• Senior male athlete of the year - Jacob Siekierski
• Sportsperson of the year - Kaitlyn McDonell
• Knight of the year - Matt Watson

Michelle McIver (L) presents the senior male athlete of the year to Jacob Siekierski

Vince Yenssen (L) presents the Knight of the Year award to Matt Watson

Dianne Pennington (L) presents the Sportsperson of the Year award to Kaitlyn McDonell

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Wednesday, June 16, 2010