General Panet High School celebrated excellence in academics this week, praising those students who have reached the honour roll or received the Renfrew County medallion.

With family and friends in attendance, students and staff gathered in the high school gymnasium to mark the presentation of honour roll scrolls and Renfrew County Medallions of Academic Excellence to some well-deserving students.

“Excellence is a process,” said principal Bryan Baird. “To get to the point of excellence there are numerous trials and sometimes failures. It is the dedication and perseverance that allows a person to keep moving forward toward their goals that we are celebrating today.”

He told the audience that achieving honour roll status or receiving the Renfrew County medallion does not happen in a single act, but it is a continued pursuit of excellence.

“It is this level of personal dedication that prepares you for success in the future,” said Mr. Baird.

The certificates and medallions were presented by academic superintendent Debra Rantz, a former General Panet principal, and school council chair Cathy Lockley. Renfrew County medallions for Academic Excellence went to former Grade 11 students Allison Warren, Claire Luesink, Samantha Martin, Michaela Schruder-Tate, Erica Glen, Britanny O’Connor, Meghan Cross and Scott Mills. Medallions also went to former Grade 10 students Hannah Buske, Danica Goulet, Madeline Denney, Jordan Brown, Miranda Fournier, Kelsey MacIntosh, Alexander Douglas, Derrick Chaput and Alexander Hoffman. Medallions were presented to former Grade 9 students Kelly Kettner, Mikayla Gauthier, Joey McBurney, Sydney Gen and Adam Hoelke.

Receiving gold level honour roll certificates for year one was Amiee Blain, Madison Brough, Madelaine Douglas, Madison Eastwood, Mikayla Gauthier, Sydney Gen, Devyn Haugen, Thomas Hawley, Adam Hoelke, Cathryn Hurdle, Denica Joseph, Kelly Kettner, Bailey Lance-Provencal, Narissa Leslie, Jennifer Martin, Joey McBurney, Anthony Montgomery, Madison Scheer, Erika Weisenberg, Michael Wiebe and Jeremy Wrin.

Receiving the silver level honour roll for year one was Julianna Barvestal, Robert Glen, Annie Houde, Mathieu Legault-Talbot, Noah Malone, Brittany McCormack and Nolan Palmer. Receiving the bronze level honour roll for year one was Kelsey Bursey, Phillip Campbell, Thomas Carver, Hayden Cross, Kevin Dallow, Deidre Myler, Dalton Tucker, Ashley Van Tassel and Jacob Williams.

Receiving the gold level honour roll for year two was Jordan Brown, Hannah Buske, Derrick Chaput, Rebecca Cotnam, Conor Dearman, Madeline Denney, Alexander Douglas, Miranda Fournier, Danica Goulet, Alexander Hoffman, Kelsey MacIntosh, Terence Morris, Sara Nagora, Sidney Potter, Mykaila Robinson, Jared Slepica-Stewart and Matthew Wiebe. Receiving the silver level honour roll for year two was Olivier Harvey, Jared Sprague and Dylan Wiseman. Receiving the bronze level honour roll for year two was Baylee Atkinson, Cory Brissette, Aiden Maher, Brody Post, Margaret Russell, Sam Serviss, Victoria Sweet and Daniel Turcotte.

Receiving the gold level honour roll for year three was Chace Burton, Meghan Cross, Nicholas de Waal, Erica Glen, Claire Luesink, Samantha Martin, Scott Mills, David Nadeau, Brittany O’Connor, Amy Regan, Michaela Schruder-Tate, Shayna Smith and Allison Warren. Receiving the silver level honour roll for year three was Anna Austin, Natalie Banville, Travis Beauregard, Morgaine Burton, Jacob Carver, Matthew Fagan, Brittany McColeman, Katie Mitchell and Brandon Taylor. Receiving the bronze level honour roll for year three was Arie Bolderheij, Brandon Crabtree, Roch Goulet, Cassandra Hewitt, Hannah Krueger, Shawna Lough, Kyle Martinat and Anna Teters.

Receiving the gold level honour roll for year four was Elise Bickel, Ashley Buske, William Leblanc and Jonathan Phillips. Receiving the silver level honour roll for year four was Alexander Moore. Receiving the bronze level honour roll for year four was Alex Berney, Jesse Cassista and Jacob Latham.

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