The Boston Pizza Yorkton Regional High School Female Student of the Month for April is Danielle Thurston.
Danielle is a grade 12 student at the YRHS. She has been on the 80+ honor roll every semester of high school since grade nine. Throughout her high school years Danielle has been involved in basketball, track and field, golf, and badminton.
Danielle was also a member of the SADD chapter in grade nine and is on the grad executive council this year. Danielle is part of the YRHS band program and has gone to Orlando, Ottawa, Chicago and Banff with the band, as well as playing at a half time show at a Roughrider game. Danielle has taken part in music festivals and played in the pit band for the Sound of Music as well as Seussical. In her spare time Danielle enjoys hanging out with friends, camping, going to the gym, reading and playing sports. Next year Danielle plans on attending the University of Regina to study in the Faculty of Education to become a high school math and chemistry teacher.
Congratulations Danielle!
The Boston Pizza Yorkton Regional High School Male Student of the Month for April is Vlad Dombrovskyy.
Vlad is a grade twelve student at YRHS. Vlad immigrated to Yorkton from Odessa, Ukraine on February 26, 2010, slightly more than one year ago. He was unable to speak, read or write English when he arrived. However, Vlad is a friendly, gregarious young man with an insatiable appetite for learning. He worked and studied diligently to learn English, and has now completed all of the grade eleven subjects and some of the grade twelve subjects required.
He will have three grade twelve subjects left to complete in the fall 2011 semester to achieve his grade twelve diploma. At present, Vlad's academic average is over 80%.
Vlad has participated in extra-curricular football and he uses the weight room at YRHS daily to maintain his physical fitness. He also works at two part time jobs. Vlad really appreciates YRHS. He says that the school has helped him to realize the importance of personal knowledge and education, and YRHS opened his eyes to the many options available for his future. Vlad would like to pursue post secondary education, possibly at the University of Saskatchewan, and he is keenly interested in the possibility of joining the RCMP. Congratulations Vlad!
