Scholarships winners announced

Education Minister John Ottenheimer today announced the recipients of provincial government scholarships for the 2003-04 academic year.

"Each year, the provincial government awards about 200 scholarships with a total value of about $250,000 to senior high school graduates throughout Newfoundland and Labrador," Minister Ottenheimer said. "Government is pleased to fund these scholarships as they help support students as they continue their studies at the post-secondary level."

All scholarships are awarded on the basis of performance on public examinations, administered annually by the Department of Education.

The Junior Jubilee Scholarship, valued at $2,500, is awarded to the student who attains the highest overall score for the province. This year's winner is Theresa Lee from Holy Heart of Mary High School in St. John's.

Electoral District Scholarships, valued at $1,000 each, are awarded to the three students in each of the electoral districts who attain the highest marks for their district. In addition, 58 students will receive Centenary of Responsible Government Scholarships, valued at $1,000 each, which are awarded to graduating students - other than the Junior Jubilee and Electoral Scholarships winners - who earned the highest marks for the province.

"These students should be extremely proud of their achievements and I offer my sincere congratulations to each of them, as well as to their teachers and families," the minister said. "Success at this level bodes well for their future academic and career prospects and I am confident they will continue to accomplish great things in the future."

Media contact: Lynn Salter, Communications, (709) 729-0048

BACKGROUNDER

Junior Jubilee Scholarship

• Virginia Waters
  LEE, THERESA HOLY HEART OF MARY REG HIGH
  

Constable W.C. Moss Scholarship

• Gander
  MARTIN, JENNIFER GANDER COLLEGIATE
  

Electoral District Scholarship

• Baie Verte
  POLLARD, COLIN BAIE VERTE HIGH SCHOOL
  POLLARD, LORRAINE MSB REGIONAL ACADEMY
  WEBBER, JEFFREY INDIAN RIVER HIGH
  
  
• Bay of Islands
  BARRIAULT, MICHAEL TEMPLETON COLLEGIATE
  MATTHEWS, BRITTANY TEMPLETON COLLEGIATE
  RICKETTS, ANDREW TEMPLETON COLLEGIATE
  
  
• Bellevue
  BECK, ANGELA TRICENTIA ACADEMY
  BECK, MEGAN SWIFT CURRENT ACADEMY
  INGRAM, ALISHA TRICENTIA ACADEMY
  
  
• Bonavista North
  BARRY, CHRISTA GILL MEMORIAL ACADEMY
  HOUNSELL, JESSICA LESTER PEARSON MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL
  TILLER, LESLEYANNE LESTER PEARSON MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL
  
  
• Bonavista South
  DUFFETT, MEGAN DISCOVERY COLLEGIATE
  GREENE, KATIE ST. MARK'S SCHOOL
  SWEETLAND, ANDREW DISCOVERY COLLEGIATE
  
  
• Burgeo and La Poile
  CROUCHER, MATTHEW GRANDY'S RIVER COLLEGIATE
  VATCHER, BELINDA J BURGEO ACADEMY
  WALTERS, ANDREW ST. JAMES REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
  
  
• Burin - Placentia West
  GRAHAM, SARAH MARYSTOWN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
  HERRITT, BRENT MARYSTOWN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
  MALLAY, ELYSE MARYSTOWN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
  
  
• Cape St. Francis
  GRZETIC, DOUGLAS GONZAGA HIGH
  PHILLIPS, CARYN GONZAGA HIGH
  ROGERS, MATTHEW HOLY TRINITY REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
  
  
• Carbonear - Harbour Grace
  OLIVER, RYAN CARBONEAR COLLEGIATE 
  PYNN, JESSICA CARBONEAR COLLEGIATE 
  SNOW, TARA CARBONEAR COLLEGIATE 
  
  
• Cartwright - L'anse Au Clair
  MOSS, CHARLEY-ANN D. C. YOUNG SCHOOL 
  PIKE, MEGAN OUR LADY OF LABRADOR 
  RUMBOLT, DAVID M ST. MARY'S ALL-GRADE SCHOOL 
  
  
• Conception Bay East & Bell Island
  LEDREW, ROBYN PRINCE OF WALES COLLEGIATE 
  STAPLETON, LESLEY ANN HOLY SPIRIT HIGH SCHOOL 
  SUN, DONGYANG PRINCE OF WALES COLLEGIATE 
  
  
• Conception Bay South
  BURSEY, MARK QUEEN ELIZABETH REG HIGH SCHOOL 
  HAND, NICOLE HOLY HEART OF MARY REG HIGH 
  NOSEWORTHY, KRISTA QUEEN ELIZABETH REG HIGH SCHOOL 
  
  
• Exploits
  BURT, MARK BOTWOOD COLLEGIATE 
  BYRNE, CHRISTOPHER BOTWOOD COLLEGIATE 
  RIDEOUT, JESSICA LEO BURKE ACADEMY 
  
  
• Ferryland
  GUY, BRENT MOBILE CENTRAL HIGH 
  HEFFERNAN, COLIN ST. KEVIN'S HIGH SCHOOL 
  TUCKER, BRADLEY ST. KEVIN'S HIGH SCHOOL 
  
  
• Fortune Bay - Cape La Hune
  LOVELESS, SANDRA JOHN WATKINS ACADEMY 
  SHORT, MICHAEL JOHN WATKINS ACADEMY 
  WALSH, CANDICE BAY D'ESPOIR ACADEMY 
  
  
• Gander
  BURT, MICHAEL GANDER COLLEGIATE 
  ENGLISH, TERRI-ANNE LAKEWOOD ACADEMY
  SINNOTT, MARI-LYNNE GANDER COLLEGIATE
  
  
• Grand Bank
  KING, LESLEY JOHN BURKE HIGH SCHOOL
  STACEY, DANIELLE ST. JOSEPH'S ACADEMY
  WARREN, STEPHANIE JOHN BURKE HIGH SCHOOL
  
  
• Grand Falls - Buchans
  BUTLER, ANDREW EXPLOITS VALLEY HIGH-MAPLE
  NEWMAN, STEPHEN EXPLOITS VALLEY HIGH-MAPLE
  WALSH, GREGORY EXPLOITS VALLEY HIGH-MAPLE
  
  
• Harbour Main - Whitbourne
  FOWLER, ANGIE ASCENSION COLLEGIATE
  LESHANE, LISA ASCENSION COLLEGIATE
  SMITH, LESLEY-ANN RONCALLI CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL 
  
  
• Humber East
  BRAZIL, ANA PASADENA ACADEMY 
  WARD, JAMIE PASADENA ACADEMY 
  WARD, JEFFREY PASADENA ACADEMY 
  
  
• Humber Valley
  BALL, DAVID ELWOOD HIGH SCHOOL 
  CLUETT, DENNIS ELWOOD HIGH SCHOOL 
  WOOD, BRENDAN ELWOOD HIGH SCHOOL 
  
  
• Humber West
  CASHIN, PATRICK REGINA REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL 
  PILGRIM, SUSAN SUSANNAH REGINA REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL 
  REID, JODY HERDMAN COLLEGIATE 
  
  
• Kilbride
  CRANE, ANGELA BISHOPS COLLEGE 
  FITZGERALD, JOSEPH ST. KEVIN'S HIGH SCHOOL 
  PERCHARD, ELIZABETH BISHOPS COLLEGE 
  
  
• Labrador West
  CHOUINARD, STEPHANIE MENIHEK HIGH SCHOOL 
  LAMONTAGNE, ELYSE MENIHEK HIGH SCHOOL 
  NORTHCOTT, CLAIRE MENIHEK HIGH SCHOOL 
  
  
• Lake Melville
  BROWN, MICAH MEALY MOUNTAIN COLLEGIATE 
  DOWN, BRANDY M ERIC G. LAMBERT ALL-GRADE SCHOOL 
  EDWARDS, KATHERINE M ERIC G. LAMBERT ALL-GRADE SCHOOL 
  
  
• Lewisporte
  CANNING, ANDREW LEWISPORTE COLLEGIATE 
  COLLINS, KAYLA LEWISPORTE COLLEGIATE 
  HEAD, JESSICA LEWISPORTE COLLEGIATE 
  
  
• Mount Pearl
  BARTLETT, SAMANTHA J O'DONEL HIGH SCHOOL 
  LESTER, KENDRA O'DONEL HIGH SCHOOL 
  MA, PETER HOLY HEART OF MARY REG HIGH 
  
  
• Placentia & St. Mary's
  HEARN, LAURIE ST. CATHERINE'S ACADEMY 
  HICKEY, MARLENA LAVAL HIGH SCHOOL 
  PAYNE, GALE LAVAL HIGH SCHOOL 
  
  
• Port Au Port
  BUNGAY, ALLISON STEPHENVILLE HIGH 
  DUNPHY, LUKE STEPHENVILLE HIGH 
  SNOOK, ABIGAIL STEPHENVILLE HIGH 
  
  
• Port De Grave
  BARRETT, ASHLEY ASCENSION COLLEGIATE 
  GREELEY, STEVEN ASCENSION COLLEGIATE 
  SHEPPARD, REBECCA ASCENSION COLLEGIATE 
  
  
• St. Barbe
  BIRD, ALISON GROS MORNE ACADEMY 
  GOULD, LAURA RONCALLI CENTRAL HIGH 
  O'KEEFE, SHERI RONCALLI CENTRAL HIGH 
  
  
• St. George's - Stephenville East
  GALE, ANNA BELANGER MEMORIAL SCHOOL 
  NOSEWORTHY, GERARD STEPHENVILLE HIGH 
  SKINNER, MARK APPALACHIA HIGH 
  
  
• St. John's Centre
  BENNETT, ANDREW BISHOPS COLLEGE 
  GONCHAROV, VLADIMIR HOLY HEART OF MARY REG HIGH 
  SMITH, IAN HOLY HEART OF MARY REG HIGH 
  
  
• St. John's East
  BUTLER, MICHAEL GONZAGA HIGH 
  MAJOR, DUNCAN HOLY HEART OF MARY REG HIGH 
  PARROTT, AMELIA GONZAGA HIGH 
  
  
• St. John's North
  DAVIS, ANDREW BISHOPS COLLEGE 
  KAPOOR, ASHLEY PRINCE OF WALES COLLEGIATE 
  ZOU, BETTY PRINCE OF WALES COLLEGIATE 
  
  
• St. John's South
  FRENCH, GREGORY BISHOPS COLLEGE 
  HOWLETT, ANDREW BISHOPS COLLEGE 
  RUSSELL-SCHULZ, BRETTA BISHOPS COLLEGE 
  
  
• St. John's West
  BURSEY, ASHLEY BISHOPS COLLEGE 
  LEWIS, MATTHEW BOOTH MEMORIAL HIGH 
  MERCER, JAMISON BOOTH MEMORIAL HIGH 
  
  
• Signal Hill - Quidi Vidi
  CLOUSTON, ROBIN BISHOPS COLLEGE 
  HURLEY, ANNE GONZAGA HIGH 
  WAREHAM, ANGELA HOLY HEART OF MARY REG HIGH 
  
  
• Terra Nova
  BURRY, SAMANTHA GLOVERTOWN ACADEMY 
  GOULDING, STEPHANIE SMALLWOOD ACADEMY 
  MORGAN, BRENT HERITAGE COLLEGIATE 
  
  
• The Straits & White Bay North
  DIAMOND, ASHLEY B. JAMES COOK MEMORIAL 
  KEARNEY, MICHAEL CLOUD RIVER ACADEMY 
  KING, JENNA HARRIOT CURTIS COLLEGIATE 
  
  
• Topsail
  GORNER, JOSHUA HOLY HEART OF MARY REG HIGH 
  LETTO, AIMEE HOLY SPIRIT HIGH SCHOOL 
  MCEVOY, CHRISTOPHER HOLY SPIRIT HIGH SCHOOL 
  
  
• Torngat Mountains
  ANDERSEN, CHANTELLE J. C. ERHARDT MEMORIAL 
  LUCY, SHEENA AMOS COMENIUS MEMORIAL 
  LYALL, CHARLENE JENS HAVEN MEMORIAL ALL-GRD SCHOOL 
  
  
• Trinity - Bay De Verde
  HOWELL, NADINE BACCALIEU COLLEGIATE 
  MOORE, SARAH CRESCENT COLLEGIATE 
  WOODROW, SAMANTHA BACCALIEU COLLEGIATE 
  
  
• Trinity North
  BELLOWS, AFTON BISHOP WHITE SCHOOL 
  CRITCH, ANDREW CLARENVILLE HIGH SCHOOL 
  EJAZ GHUMMAN, AMENA CLARENVILLE HIGH SCHOOL 
  
  
• Twillingate and Fogo
  BURKE, ASHLEY FOGO ISLAND CENTRAL ACADEMY 
  BURKE, JULIE FOGO ISLAND CENTRAL ACADEMY 
  GEDGE, JASON COAKER ACADEMY 
  
  
• Virginia Waters
  HARNETT, DAVID HOLY HEART OF MARY REG HIGH 
  STENBACK, MELANIE GONZAGA HIGH 
  WATSON, AMIE HOLY HEART OF MARY REG HIGH 
  
  
• Waterford Valley
  FOWLER, CANDACE MOUNT PEARL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL 
  NUGENT, LAURA BISHOPS COLLEGE 
  PERCHARD, JORDAN O'DONEL HIGH SCHOOL 
  
  
• Windsor - Springdale
  BUCHANAN, KIAH INDIAN RIVER HIGH 
  PADDOCK, VANESSA INDIAN RIVER HIGH 
  WISEMAN, BOBBY DORSET COLLEGIATE 
  

Centenary for Responsible Government Scholarship

• Cape St. Francis
  LE, RICARDO HOLY HEART OF MARY REG HIGH 
  
  
• Carbonear - Harbour Grace
  DUPLESSIS, JEAN CARBONEAR COLLEGIATE 
  
  
• Conception Bay East & Bell Island
  BARTLETT, JOHN PRINCE OF WALES COLLEGIATE 
  COLLINS, JERRY HOLY SPIRIT HIGH SCHOOL 
  SOMERTON, MARK PRINCE OF WALES COLLEGIATE 
  
  
• Grand Bank
  HERRIDGE, CHANTEL JOHN BURKE HIGH SCHOOL 
  
  
• Grand Falls - Buchans
  HAYES, ASHLI EXPLOITS VALLEY HIGH-MAPLE 
  MERCER, ANGELA EXPLOITS VALLEY HIGH-MAPLE 
  TURNER, JOSHUA EXPLOITS VALLEY HIGH-MAPLE 
  WALL, AIMEE EXPLOITS VALLEY HIGH-MAPLE 
  
  
• Humber East
  COLEMAN, AIDAN REGINA REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL 
  
  
• Lake Melville
  ELSON, AIMEE MEALY MOUNTAIN COLLEGIATE 
  
  
• Mount Pearl
  ATTWOOD, SAMANTHA O'DONEL HIGH SCHOOL 
  
  
• Placentia & St. Mary's
  POWER, BARRY ST. CATHERINE'S ACADEMY 
  
  
• Port De Grave
  CRANE, ERYN ASCENSION COLLEGIATE 
  JANES, NATASHA ASCENSION COLLEGIATE 
  LYNCH, MEGAN ASCENSION COLLEGIATE 
  
  
• St. John's East
  SQUIRES, JESSICA ST BONAVENTURES COLLEGE 
  STOKES, ANDREA HOLY HEART OF MARY REG HIGH 
  
  
• St. John's South
  PENNEY NOLAN, AMBER BISHOPS COLLEGE 
  
  
• St. John's West
  BREWER, JEFFREY BOOTH MEMORIAL HIGH 
  GALE, SUSAN BISHOPS COLLEGE 
  LESTER, ERICA BISHOPS COLLEGE 
  OGUNYEMI, BOLUWAJI BOOTH MEMORIAL HIGH 
  POWER, JEFFREY BISHOPS COLLEGE 
  RICE, NICOLE HOLY HEART OF MARY REG HIGH 
  SCAPLEN, BENJAMIN BOOTH MEMORIAL HIGH 
  WINTERS, LAURA BOOTH MEMORIAL HIGH 
  WONG, ADAM BISHOPS COLLEGE 
  
  
• Signal Hill - Quidi Vidi
  GIBLING, LEAH GONZAGA HIGH 
  
  
• Terra Nova
  WISEMAN, WILLIS EXPLOITS VALLEY HIGH-MAPLE 
  
  
• Topsail
  FURLONG, MICHAEL BISHOPS COLLEGE 
  KELLY, VICTORIA HOLY SPIRIT HIGH SCHOOL 
  LAFRENIERE, JAMES HOLY SPIRIT HIGH SCHOOL 
  LUNDRIGAN, CORY HOLY SPIRIT HIGH SCHOOL 
  
  
• Trinity - Bay De Verde
  KING, MATTHEW BACCALIEU COLLEGIATE 
  
  
• Twillingate and Fogo
  FROUDE, IAN J.M.OLDS COLLEGIATE 
  HUANG, STACEY FOGO ISLAND CENTRAL ACADEMY 
  STUCKLESS, JENNIFER J.M.OLDS COLLEGIATE
  
  
• Virginia Waters
  ABDEL-RAZEK, WALEED GONZAGA HIGH 
  BURRAGE, HEATHER GONZAGA HIGH 
  BUTLER, JONATHAN GONZAGA HIGH 
  CALLAHAN, STEPHEN HOLY HEART OF MARY REG HIGH 
  CARTER, SARAH GONZAGA HIGH 
  COLBOURNE, AMY GONZAGA HIGH 
  DELANEY, STACEY GONZAGA HIGH 
  DOUGLAS, AMANDA GONZAGA HIGH 
  GILL, AMAN GONZAGA HIGH 
  GREEN, ANTONY PRINCE OF WALES COLLEGIATE 
  JOSHI, NIKHIL GONZAGA HIGH 
  OAKLEY, PHILIP GONZAGA HIGH 
  SALAMA, DANIEL PRINCE OF WALES COLLEGIATE 
  SUTRADHAR, SUBIR HOLY HEART OF MARY REG HIGH 
  YANG, LEWIS GONZAGA HIGH 
  
  
• Waterford Valley
  CASHIN, ANN O'DONEL HIGH SCHOOL 
  SNOW, CAROLYN O'DONEL HIGH SCHOOL 
  

2004 09 27                  10:25 a.m.