Students, Schools Receive Safe And Caring Awards
Efforts made by students and school communities to eradicate all forms of violence, and to promote respectful learning environments, have been recognized through the Provincial Government’s 2011-12 Safe and Caring Awards program.
“Addressing violence, harassment and intimidation in schools, through our Safe and Caring Schools initiative, is a major priority for this government,” said the Honourable Clyde Jackman, Minister of Education. “We know that a safe and respectful school environment can only be sustained when the entire school community is involved. These awards clearly demonstrate that schools, and students in particular, recognize that everybody deserves to feel safe and accepted for who they are, and they are promoting this message in their schools, and in their communities.”
This year 11 students from throughout Newfoundland and Labrador have been awarded the Safe and Caring Schools Graduating Student Award, which includes a $500 post-secondary tuition voucher, for their efforts to combat all forms of bullying. In addition, 39 schools have received a $500 Safe and Caring Schools Special Project Award for establishing and maintaining safe and caring learning environments.
A list of award recipients can be viewed in the backgrounder below.
“Students have become leaders in our collective efforts to eradicate bullying,” said Minister Jackman. “From planning and participating in anti-bullying activities, to initiating and supporting gay-straight alliances, I want to commend these students, their teachers, and their school communities for helping create learning environments where everyone is treated with respect.”
For more information on the Safe and Caring Schools initiative, visit: www.ed.gov.nl.ca/edu/k12/safeandcaring/index.html.
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BACKGROUNDER
2011-12 Safe and Caring Schools Graduating Student Awards
Eastern School District | ||
Nikita Marsh | Random Island Academy | Random Island |
Leah Sing | Prince of Wales Collegiate | St. John’s |
Bailey Howard | Bishops College | St. John’s |
Lesley Dawe | Queen Elizabeth Regional High School | Conception Bay South |
Western School District | ||
Toni Kearney | Sacred Heart All-Grade | Conche |
Ian Ryland | Labrador Straits Academy | L’anse au Loup |
Samantha Budden | Stephenville High | Stephenville |
Nova Central School District | ||
Gregory Hynes | Glovertown Academy | Glovertown |
Paige Rowe | Fogo Island Academy | Fogo Island |
Stephanie Turner | Holy Cross | Eastport |
Labrador School District | ||
Jonathan Connell | Mealey Mountain Collegiate | Happy Valley-Goose Bay |
Safe and Caring Schools Special Project Awards
Eastern School District | |
Amalgamated Academy | Bay Roberts |
Ascension Collegiate | Bay Roberts |
Bishop White School | Port Rexton |
Brother Rice Junior High | St. John’s |
Frank Roberts Junior High | Conception Bay South |
Gonzaga High School | St. John’s |
Holy Family Elementary | Chapel Arm |
Holy Redeemer Elementary | Spaniard’s Bay |
John Burke High School | Grand Bank |
Marystown Central High School | Marystown |
Morris Academy | Mount Pearl |
St. Andrew’s Elementary | St. John’s |
St. Augustine’s Elementary | Bell Island |
St. Joseph’s All Grade | Terrenceville |
St. Mark’s School | King’s Cove |
St. Peter’s Elementary | Upper Island Cove |
Upper Gullies Elementary | Conception Bay South |
Virginia Park Elementary | St. John’s |
Nova Central School District | |
Cape John Collegiate | La Scie |
Glovertown Academy | Glovertown |
Greenwood Academy | Campbellton |
John Watkins Academy | Hermitage |
Leo Burke Academy | Bishop’s Falls |
Lewisporte Collegiate | Lewisporte |
Memorial Academy | Botwood |
Millcrest Academy | Grand Falls-Windsor |
Valmont Academy | King’s Point |
Western School District | |
Bonne Bay Academy | Woody Point |
Burgeo Academy | Burgeo |
Humber Elementary | Corner Brook |
Sacred Heart Elementary | Corner Brook |
St. James Elementary | Port aux Basques |
St. Peter’s Academy | Benoit’s Cove |
St. Simon and St. Jude Academy | Francois |
Stephenville Middle School | Stephenville |
Templeton Collegiate | Meadows |
Labrador School District | |
Amos Comenius Memorial | Hopedale |
J.R. Smallwood Middle School | Wabush |
Queen of Peace Middle School | Happy Valley-Goose Bay |
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