It was a morning of acknowledging academic excellence at the Humboldt Collegiate Institute (HCI) academic awards assembly on June 12.
Thanks to donors from across the region, HCI gave out 21 awards totaling $20,000 with another $7,000 worth of awards being given out during the graduation ceremony on June 28.
While many of these awards have been long standing within the HCI community, two annual awards were new to the assembly, including the Bob Ford Award for Photography and the Brody Hinz Memorial Character Award.
The Bob Ford award was created in honour of Bob Ford and his large donation of equipment and cameras to HCI’s photography 30 class earlier this year. Ford was impressed with the work on display at the Humboldt and District Gallery during the 2017 class exhibit. Ford was also terminally ill, said photography 30 teacher, Dawn Goosen, and wanted to share his love of photography with future photography students.
Adam Eichorst received the inaugural award for his passion and dedication to the photography 30 class. Eichorst also played an integral role in the creation of the award to honour Ford’s memorial contribution to photography at HCI.
HCI also retired their character education award with Brody Hinz being unanimously declared the award recipient.
HCI school was made better by the presence of Brody Hinz, says Principal Cory Popoff, not just by his words but also his actions. The goals and virtues of HCI are written on the wall in the HCI common area. Hinz exemplified all of those virtues, says Popoff.
“For Brody, he made us all better people for being around him.”
The Brody Hinz memorial character award was created in its place to honour Hinz’s legacy of kindness and caring at HCI.
Two awards will continue to be given out in future years, one for a junior recipient and another for a senior recipient who, in their own way, uphold the positive virtues that were often seen by Hinz. This year’s winners of the first award were Lauryn MacLean for the junior category and Amy Plaquin for the senior.
Acamedic Award recepients 2018
Humboldt Collegiate Student Representative Council Student Advocacy Awards: Timothy Bagui and Nathan Tremblay
Spirit of Humboldt Collegiate Award: Adam Eichorst
Bob Ford Memorial: Adam Eichorst
Character Education Award: Brody Hinz
Brody Hinz Memorial Character Awards: Junior - Lauryn MacLean
Senior - Amy Plaquin
Kinette Club of Humboldt Scholarship: Jade Tameling
Ladies Auxiliary of the Royal Canadian Legion - Most Improved Student: Emma-Lyn Edwards
Royal Canadian Legion Award: Adam Eichorst
St. Elizabeth Hospital Ladies Auxiliary Award: Jade Tameling
St. Elizabeth Hospital School of Nursing Scholarship: Mercedes Saretsky
Humboldt Knights of Columbus Scholarship: Adam Eichorst
Access Communications Community Scholarship: Jenna Giddings
Humboldt Chamber of Commerce Scholarship: Adam Eichorst
BHP Jansen Project High School Scholarships: Jenna Giddings, Emily Lucyk, and Madison Mueller
Nutrien High School Scholarship: Emily Lucyk
Saskatchewan Youth Apprenticeship Industry Scholarships: Cole Grace, Ryan Hinz
St. Peter’s College Accelerated Scholarships: Rylan Eckl, Rebecca Engele, Jenna Hoffman, and Makenna Gerwing
H.C.I. Kosmynka Awards: Acting - Adam Eichorst, Technical - Mitchel Rohrke
Performing Arts Scholarships: Musical Performance - Gevena Grest, Technical - William Brooke
Arts Humboldt Fine Arts Scholarship: Dylan Larson
Grade 12 Proficiency Awards:
Bronze Medal: Jenna Giddings 96.57%
Silver Medal: Tristen Lozinski 97.00% and Bryn Von Doellen
Gold Medal: Rylan Marianchuk 97.57%
