School is winding down and Awards Day for students in Grades 7 through 12 at Neilburg Composite School was held June 19, in the afternoon. Some awards had a number of students nominated to receive that honour.
Doolittle Award - most improved student overall, can be academic, attitudinal changes, etc. - Brandon Morgan, Connor Urlacher and Bailey Zweifel.
Spirit of Youth Award - goes to a Division 4 student with leadership ability, a co-operative attitude, good academic standing and participation socially, academically and athletically in both community and school activities. Staff consensus decides the winner after student nominations. Three individuals had their names put forward for this honour: Ashlee Goodfellow, Dustin Hafner and Shannon Putnam.
Junior Athletes of the Year, based on the decision of the coaches: boys - Zachery Herle, Bailey Zweifel and Ethan Moir; girls - Madison Fouhse, Kailee McGarry and Shaelyn Putnam.
Elsie Edwards Memorial Award for senior athlete of the year based on the decision of coaches: girls - Taryn Timmermans, Kasey Schmidt and Laura Hegel; boys - only one person nominated.
Deportment Award - awarded to a student who has the ability to get along with teachers and peers, has a cheerful personality and a good attitude; marks are not considered. The nominees are Laura Hegel, Eli Jacquest, Shannon Putnam and Dustin Hafner.
Outstanding Student of the Year - chosen by the staff for contribution to all activities, both curricular and extra-curricular - Dustin Hafner and Shannon Putnam.
Dallas Ball Memorial Award - dedication in sports; participation and team spirit, not necessarily the best athlete - R. J. Milne, Quinton Ryan and Austin Gibler.
Congratulations to Hannah O'Grady who earned a medal in the A event at the Tri-Meet June 5. All students from Grades 4 through 6 attended this event.
Are you looking for something for your children to do this summer? Manitou Evangelical Free Church is sponsoring a Vacation Bible School for children ages 5 through 12 from Aug, 19 to 23. It will be held from 8:45 a.m. until noon in the Christian education wing. The theme is Kingdom Rock and there will be Bible stories, crafts, snacks, fun activities and games.
Another activity for children that will be held locally are two 5-Day Clubs. These will be held during the week of July 22 through 26. One will be held in Marsden from 9 to 10 a.m. at Marj Nattresse's home. Another will be held in Neilburg from 11 a.m. until noon. Children aged 5 through 13 are invited to come out to enjoy songs, prizes, Bible stories and to memorize scripture.
The clubs are taught by Christian men and women trained in child evangelism and are affiliated with Child Evangelism Fellowship and interdenominational organization with an international scope. There is no cost and parents are welcome to visit the club with their children. For more information on these clubs, you can contact 1-800-561-5315.
Neilburg Composite School recently received a $600 donation from the graduating class of 1967, collected at their recent class reunion. The money was donated in memory of their classmate, Bryan Foster, and will be used to purchase an iPad for use in special education.
NCS is also grateful to Allen Hewko who was able to secure funding to purchase a full set of archery equipment for the school. This equipment will be used in the outdoor education and physical education programs. The National Archery School Program gave NCS a grant of $1,000 and the World of Whitetail provided a grant of $2,000, for a combined total of $3,000. Thank you, Allen, for obtaining these monies on behalf of the local students.
The winner of the photo contest for the library community calendar was Peter Geres of Saskatoon. Peter, a long-time former resident of the area, submitted a photograph of the beach along Manitou Lake.
The Neilburg branch of the Lakeland Library will be participating in the summer reading program. This year's theme is Go! Children can come to the library July 10, between 2 and 4 p.m., for fun and games.
Deb Jones has been very busy of late baking pies. She sold the pies, which were many different flavours, and raised a total of $3,430 for the Relay for Life which was recently held in Lloydminster.
Marcie Park's piano students held their end of the year recital June 2 in the Neilburg Composite School gym. Mrs. Park had 20 students this year but three of her pupils were unable to attend the recital. The Morgan siblings gave an unusual presentation, performing a piano trio for the audience. They played a piece called March Militaire. Squeezing on the piano bench were Brandon Morgan, Travis Morgan and Taylor Morgan.Mrs. Park assisted them with page turning. Mrs. Park also presented awards to the three students who were most consistent in their practising. These were won by Dominic Madlang-Awa (first); Ethel Borja (second) and Riley Jackson (third). The lessons are given through the school. If anyone wishes to be placed on the list for lessons for the fall, they can contact Mrs. Ducherer at the Neilburg Composite School office.
