pe oo oeaanare HERE WERE two graduating high school classes in Terrace this year — giving the community twice us many reasons to be proud. Centennial Christian School handed aut high school diplomas to six Grade 12 students - the private school’s first-ever graduating class, And on June 28, Cale- donia: Senior Secondary School’s grads cheerfully donned cap and gown for a ceremony at the R.E.M, Lee. Theatre. ‘Students .at both schools were also recognized for their achievements through scholarships and awards. The following is a list of scholarships and their 2002 recipients. Centennial Christian School's awards and scho- larships C.C.§. School Board Scholarship —- Ritcesha Mathew, $500 C.C.§ Staff Disciple- ship Scholarship — Rayna Braam, $500 The Mantel Founda- tion Scholarship — Rayna Braam, $500 and Jodi Braam $500 Bandstra Transporta- tion Scholarship — Justin Voogd $500 and Jodi Braam $500 Health and Education Scholarship — Sharon An- dersen, $500 The George (Gerrit) Faber Memorial Scho- larship —- Riteesha Ma- thew, $500 John Vandevelde Construction Scholar- ship ~ Cole Nystrom, $500 Caledonia Senior Secondary external awards McDonald’s BEST —- Leah Malo $500 McDonald’s BEST - Sean. Dusdal $500 McDonald’s Employ- ees — Rehana Manji $500 ‘McDonald's Hannah Kantola Memorial — An- gela Ames $500 Forest Renewal Brit- ish‘ Columbia Bursary — Eric Thiessen $750 = BC Hydro Power Pio- neers — Tyler Noble $500 Terrace and District -Arts Council - Caitlin Keenan (Canadian Acade- my) Chamber Music $300; Cayley Western (UBC- -Music) $300; Haley Sulti- van (Vancouver Academy Violin) $500 Greyhound — Jaime McPhadyen $500 -Ruth Harvey Memor- ial - Alissa Gervais $500 Miller Thompson - Leah Malo $1,000 Garfield Weston — Re- hana Manji $1,500 Clean-Air Project Krista Brinson $1,000; Da- niel Chapman $1,000 University of Northern British Columbia En- trance $1,500 Daniel Chapman Northwest Community ‘College Krista Brinson “$1,500; Matthew Lloyd > $1,500 Provincia! District six students - short-listed, results to be announced in August. ~ Provincial Examina- ‘tions results upon receipt of: provincial exam marks in August. ‘Industry, Training, and Apprenticeship * Commission The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, July 10, 2002 - AS GRAD Michael Du, right, was joined by his sister, grandmother and father at Caledonia's graduation exercises held June 28 at the AEM Lee Theatre. Du’s proud sister, Tien, made the long trek up from Vancouver to watch her brother receive his diploma. The Class of 2002 Grade 12 students recently took part in their June graduation and award ceremonies. Here is this year’s list of scholarship and award winners. Photos by Joanna Wong RITEESHA MATHEW, 18, made Terrace history June 27 when she and five other classmates be- came the first graduating class of Centennial Christian School. Riteesha was class valedictorian. Magen Belanger (Hairdressing); Richard Croteau (Lathing); Anna Johnson (Cook Training); Chase Thomson (Sheet Metal) Premier’s Award of Excellence Leah Malo $5,000 Local scholarships Terrace and District Teachers’ Union — Aaron Gingles (Northwest Com- munity College, Business management and computer technology) $400; Liam Murphy (NWCC, UVic- business) $400; Matt Tit- lerton (Capilano College- tourism managment) 3400; Cole Stephens. (NWCC, arts) $400; Danielle Billey (NWCC-sciences, nutri- tion) $400; Danny Chap- man (UNBC-sciences; medicine) $1,000 Elan Travel - Kara Charron (VCC-tourism management) $150 Don Diego's — Nicole Wilcox (Okanagan Uni- versily College-psycho- logy) $250 (Re-issue) Terrace Co-operative Association — Tyler Noble (UBC-civil engineering) $200 Khalsa-Skeena Valley Guru Nanak Brother- hood Society ~ Brandon Wiebe (NWCC-education) $250; Baljit Kalan (BCIT- financial management) $250 Northwest Loggers’ Association — Kyle Randr- up (North Island College- earth sciences) $250 Robert Sheridan Memorial —- BC North- ern Real Estate Board - Angela Ames (NWCC, UBC-arts, advertising) $250 Clarence Michiel Ele- mentary School ~ Terry Bal (UNBC-arts) $275 ADAM KIRBY was a feature entertainer at Cal's graduation ceremonies. Kirby played parodies of some of his favourite pop songs on his acoustic guitar. Northwest Community College-Trades/ Techno- logy Instructors — Jeremy Beintema (NWCC-carpen- try) $300 Royal Canadian Mounted Police — Jeremy Freeman (NWCC, CNC- criminology, police work) $375 (including $125 Re- issue) Caledonia Senior Sec- ondary School — Kara Charron ‘$50; Jana’ Linden-' bach (SFU-primary educa- tion) $150; Nicole Wilcox $150; Marina Isidoro (VCC-hairdressing) $200; Ryan Mitchell (Southern Alberta Institute of Tech- nology - electronics engin- eering technology) $200 Terrace Blueback Swim Club — Tamara Checkley (NWCC-history) $400 Skeena Cellulose —- Jared Hamer (Grande Prairie Regional College - arts; journalism) $400 Terrace Community Band — Katrina O’Byme (UVic-music) $500 Terrace Dentists — Morgan Manning (CNC- dental hygiene) $500 Terrace Professional Fire Fighters— Mati Gumsey (NWCC-firefight- ing) $500 Jack Young — Adrian Houghton (UVic-sciences; psychiatry) $200 Alcan Primary Metal Group - Marcel Gianne- lia ((NWCC, UVic-sci- ences) $500 Caledonia Senior Sec- ondary School -— Marcel Giannelia $250, Daniel Chapman $250, Vera Frank Memorial - Trina Botelho (NWCC, Trinity Western Universi- ty-education) $500 Richard and Pani King Memorial — Dan Matthews (NWCC-sci- ences; pharmacy) $500 _ Mohawk Stop ‘n Shop — Josh Asselstine (NWCC- history and political sci- cence) $400 (including _ $250 Re-issue) Hannah Kantola - Memorial ~ Alissa Ger- vais (Okanagan University College-fine arts, visual _arts) $500 (New Scholar- ship) Howard Froese Mem- orial-Jim Vallance ~ Tra- cey Kumpolt (NWCC- music therapy) $500 — Nick Kollias Soccer - Phil Durand (NWCC- astrophysics and mechani- cal engineering) $100; De- serai Vandevelde (King's . University College-sci- ences, $300 (New. Amounts); Chris Mintenko (NWCC, UBC-sciences; pharmacy) $300 Caledonia Senior Sec- ondary School — Karisa Petho (University College of the Cariboo-history and political science) $250; Sabrena Harvey (NWCC- psychology and philoso- phy): $250;,Colléén Collin: (NWCC-arts, psychology) $300 Caledonia Athletics - Kelly Steel (University College of the Cariboo-cri- minology) $300; Doug Burnip (UNBC-geography) $500 Royal Bank — Kyla La- vallee (NWCC-education) $500 Larry Swanson Mem-’ ‘orial-Terrace . Minor, ‘Hockey Association ~ Mike Scarborough (UNBC-sciences, X-ray technology) $500 Tentanda Via — Can- dace Klein (NWCC, SFU- criminology) $500 Canadian Union of Public Employees (Local 2012) — Sandeep Basanti (NWCC-sciences) $600 Terrace Bar Associa- tion - John Ramsay (NWCC, UBC-law) $750 (including $250 Re-issue) Kalum Forest District ~ Graham Warmer (UVic- biology) $250 $250; Jennifer . Evanoff (University College of the Cariboo, UVic-elementary education) $400 Terrace Skeena Val- Jey Rotary Club - Jana Lindenbach $250; Gillian Gook (Grande Prairie Re- gional College, UNBC- sciences; medicine) $250 Renaud Fontaine Memorial-Terrace Skee- na Valley Rotary Club — Kory Yamashita (UBC-ap- plied sciences; civil en- gineering) $500 Henry Dreger - Allan Scafe (NWCC-UVic-his- Bell Pole Company— tory and psychology) Eric Thiessen (CNC-forest $1,000 resource technology) $750 Terrace Insurance Brokers — Tyler Latimer McAlpine & Compa- (NWCC, UVic-business) ny — Tammy Wade (CNC- legal stenography) $500 $500; Brad Sousa Kermode Friendship (NWCC, UBC-business) Society — Kari Hystad, 3500 (UVic-arts, psychology) Terrace Medical Soc- $300; Toron Mould ety — Jaime McPhadyen (NWCC-sciences; medi- (NWCC, UNBC-arts; his- cine} $500; Rehana Manji tory and anthropology) son, (NWEC-psy chalogy). (NWCC, UBC-sciences; medicine) $500 Old Age Pensioners’ Organization — Adrian Houghton $700; Tyler Noble $700 Gordon Coulter Memorial-Kinsmen Club of Terrace — Jeremy Beintema $51) Laura Lee Memoarial- Kinsmen Club of Ter- race — Heather Peters (UVic-crealive writing) $500 Dr. Victor Hawes Memorial-Kinsmen Club of Terrace and Linda Hawes — Deserai Vande- velde $750 Canadian Parents for French -Terrace Chap- ter — Jasmine Williams {Malaspina Univeristy College-sciences; physio- therapy) $500; Shyla Baker (UVic- education)}$500; Gillian Gvook $500; Rehana Manji $500; Marjic Brown (NWCC-arts; languages) $500; Kory Yamashita $500 Dudley Litthe Memor- ial — Phi! Durand $400 Frank Morris Mem- orial — Kim MacDonald (NWCC, UBC-psycho- logy) $600 John and Ellen Bastin Memorial-Northwest Education 88 Foundation - Shauna Palahicky (NWCC, UBC-sciences; medicine} $600 Harold Cox-Northwest Education 88 Foundation -— Mitch Warner (UBC- film studies) $600 Hans G. Muehle Memorial -- Krista Brin- son (NWCC, UBC-sci- ences; nursing) $1,000 George Viereck Memorial-Northern Say- ings Credit Union — Cody Haines (NWCC, UNBC- scicaces; pharmacy) $1,000 Terrace and District Arts Council — Adam Kerby (Vancouver Film School - acting) $1,000 Terrace Crimestop- pers Society — Rob Miller (NWCC-criminology) $1,000 (New Scholarship) Skeena Sawmills -— ‘Meena ‘Kandola (NWCC, UBC-pharmacy) :.5.1,000; Emma. Keating. (NWCC, UVic-sciences; orthopedic surgery) $1,000; Graham Warner $1,000 Terrace and District Credit Union — Andrea Buhr (NWCC, University College of the Caribou-ve- terinary medicine) $500; Baljinder Gill (NWCC, SFU-computer technology) $500; Laura Sealon (NWCC-education) $500; Stephanie, Gloyn (UBC- economiés) $1,500 Northern Drugs — Matthew Lloyd (NWCC, UBC-sciences; pharmacy) $1,000 Rotary Club of Ter- race — Leah Malo (UBC- sciences; pharmacy) $1,800 John Chen-Wing-Ca- ledonia Endowment Fund for Recognition of Excellence - Vincent Drouin (Canadian Univers- ity College, UBC- sciences;dentistry) $1,850 physiotherapy) KAYLIE BRAAM, left; was. all smiles as she joked around with her uncle, grad $100; Nicole Lindsay Nick Braam, before the Caledonia. ‘graduation exercises.