June 19, 2014
Young Leaders Build Strong Communities
Students Recognized for Promoting Safe and Caring Schools
A total of 14 students from throughout Newfoundland and Labrador have been awarded Safe and Caring Schools Graduating Student Awards, which include a $500 post-secondary tuition voucher for their efforts in promoting safe and caring school environments.
“These awards are designed to highlight the Safe and Caring Schools Initiative and demonstrate how student leaders and school communities can promote and support it. I congratulate schools throughout the province for their efforts to support respectful learning environments and I encourage students, teachers, parents, community leaders and others to reinforce the message of respect for others at home and within our communities.”
- The Honourable Darin King, Minister of Education
A list of award recipients from across the province can be viewed in the backgrounder below.
The Safe and Caring Schools Graduating Student Awards program was established in 2006 to recognize the leadership of youth in undertaking projects and activities aimed at enhancing the safety and well-being of their school communities – and to help students realize they can make a positive difference in the lives of others.
The program goes hand-in-hand with the Safe and Caring Schools Special Project Awards, which earlier this year saw 39 schools receive $500 each in recognition of their individual efforts to establish safe and caring learning environments. A total of $27,000 is allocated annually for both initiatives.
To learn more about the Safe and Caring Schools Initiative, please visit: www.ed.gov.nl.ca/edu/k12/safeandcaring.
QUICK FACTS
- A total of 14 students throughout Newfoundland and Labrador have been awarded Safe and Caring Schools Graduating Student Awards, which include a $500 post-secondary tuition voucher for their efforts to promote safe and caring school environments.
- Established in 2006, the awards were created as part of the Provincial Government’s Safe and Caring Schools Initiative to recognize students for their leadership efforts in promoting safe and caring learning environments.
- To learn more about the Safe and Caring Schools Initiative, please visit: www.ed.gov.nl.ca/edu/k12/safeandcaring.
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Media contacts:Director of Communications
Department of Education
709-729-0048, 697-5061
heathermay@gov.nl.ca
BACKGROUNDER
Safe and Caring Schools Graduating Student Awards (2013-14)
The following students have been named recipients of the 2013-14 Safe and Caring Schools Graduating Student Awards.
| Labrador Region | ||
| Hannah Connors | Mealy Mountain Collegiate | Happy Valley-Goose Bay |
| Western Region | ||
| Jade Cutler | Burgeo Academy | Burgeo |
| Kaylee White | Piccadilly High School | Piccadilly |
| Abagail Budden | Cloud River Academy | Roddickton |
| Central Region | ||
| Kristen Bursey | Lewisporte Collegiate | Lewisporte |
| Sarah Greene | Fogo Island Central Academy | Fogo Island |
| Keisha Pierce | King Academy | Harbour Breton |
| Eastern Region | ||
| Julie Hatcher | Holy Heart of Mary | St. John’s |
| Maggie Careen | Fatima Academy | Fatima Academy |
| Jordan Pitts | St. Michael’s Regional High | Bell Island |
| James O’Keefe Dawe | Gonzaga Regional High | St. John’s |
| Grady Finlay | Bishops College | St. John’s |
| Kaitlyn Penney | Heritage Collegiate | Lethbridge |
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