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June 12, 2012

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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Media contact:
Heather May
Director of Communications
Department of Education
709-729-0048, 697-5061

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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