MUENSTER 鈥� Muenster School celebrated its top academic and athletic achievers at an end-of-the-year ceremony.
The awards given out to 12 students on June 19 ranged from recognizing athletics and artistic skill to volunteerism, leadership and ambitions for the trades.
Abbie Korte was the recipient of the Lenz-Weber award for athletic and academic achievement. The award honours Muenster veterans Lambert Lenz and Martin Weber 鈥� both of whom died in 1944 during the Second World War.
鈥淎bbie Kortie is one of the finest students we鈥檝e had in a number of years,鈥� said teacher Chad Hofmann. 鈥淪he鈥檚 is one of the highest academic achievers in our class 鈥� she鈥檚 also one of the leaders of the sporting teams in our school.鈥�
Korte also won the female athletic award. This year, she placed 17th of 102 in this year鈥檚 cross-country championship, and plays on the school鈥檚 volleyball, soccer, softball, hockey and curling teams.
鈥淪he is hopefully somebody that our females can look up to in our school, and want to be like her when they get older,鈥� said Hofmann.
BHP鈥檚 scholarship program, which provides $2,500 to each winner across 11 schools in the Horizon School Division, recognized student Madisyn Engele.
The mining company looked not only for academic and personal achievement, 鈥渂ut for those students who truly wanted to make a difference in their community,鈥� said community engagement specialist Courage Bear.
Engele won for an essay that outlined her vision to increase workplace representation of visible minorities, Indeginous, and LGBTQ+ folks. In it, Engele said she wrote about 鈥渘ot being quiet when I can give a voice and help to be an example to show acceptance.
鈥淭hat makes a big difference for the people of [marginalized communities], just to show that they aren't alone,鈥� she said. 鈥淥ne voice can make more voices.鈥�
Engele also received the Muenster Elks scholarship for volunteerism, and the Grade 12 Endeavor award for self-motivation. She said her scholarships 鈥渨ill definitely help鈥� in paying for her education as a hairstylist at Saskatoon鈥檚 MC College.听
Alex Hinz received the school鈥檚 leadership award, meant for students who 鈥渁ren鈥檛 necessarily the loudest person in the room鈥� but 鈥渓eads be quiet example,鈥� explained teacher Mary Ann Major.听
Hinz 鈥済ets the job done. He's also a person who, [being in] a leadership role, can come under fire and criticism 鈥� but they handle it in the most positive way possible at their age,鈥� said Major.
Hinz was also awarded the Grade 11 Endeavor award for self-discipline not often seen at the Grade 11 level and the St. Peters Accelerated Scholarship, which will allow him to pursue two classes at Muenster鈥檚 St. Peter鈥檚 College in his Grade 12 year.
鈥淭hat鈥檒l be nice. it will help lighten my work load for when I enter university,鈥� Hinz said. He plans to take Agriculture business or agronomy at the University of Saskatchewan.
His awards were 鈥渁 nice pat on the back,鈥� he said.
鈥淚 don't want to pump my tires, but I did work hard this year, and often was helping people, so I'm glad I got some recognition for it. There were lots of people that could have won this one.鈥�
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Award winners
St. Peter鈥檚 Accelerated Entrance Scholarship:听Alex Hinz
Sask Youth Apprenticeship:听Drayton Kiefer
Muenster Elks Scholarship:听Madisyn Engele
Knights of Columbus Scholarship:听Elizabeth Glase
Korte鈥檚 Garage Scholarship:-听Drayton Kiefer
RM of St. Peter No. 369 Scholarship: Elizabeth Glaser
BHP Scholarship:听Madisyn Engele
Lenz-Weber Award: Abbie Korte
Paul Reist Memorial Bursary:听Presented by Joel Taphorn to Mitchell Kiefer
Girls Athletic Award: Presented by Chad Hofmann to Abbie Korte
Male Athletic Award:听Kyle Schuler
Leadership Award: Alex Hinz
Fine Arts/Talent Award: Jada Huebner & Paige Wuchne
Endeavour Awards
- Grade 12: Madisyn Engele听
- Grade 11:听Alex Hinz
- Grade 10:听Joe Schuler
- Grade 9: Riley Sylvestre
- Grade 8:听Adam Korte
- Grade 7: Mackenzie Kuervers
