Class encouraged to be dreamers and achievers
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Posted By Lori Penner
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W.C. Miller Collegiate graduation.
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Awards/Scholarships/Bursaries
Kelsie Bergen: Don Loewen Memorial Award, W.C. Miller Staff Award, Legal Studies Award. Riley Braun: Dordt College Academic Entrance Scholarship, Canadian and Heritage 21 Grants. Stacey Braun: Manitoba Youth Leadership Award, North Dakota State College Athletic and Academic Scholarship, B.S.I. Athletic Scholarship, Altona Health Care Auxiliary Award, Life Touch Award. Jeff Dyck: Manitoba Youth Leadership Award, Premier’s Healthy Living Medal, University of Waterloo Entrance Scholarship. Cara Fehr: U of M Hogg Centennial Entrance Scholarship, Rhineland Teachers Association Award. Christine Friesen: U of M Advanced Early Admission Scholarship. Renae Friesen: U of W Special Entrance Scholarship, W.C. Miller Staff Award. Annetta Gertner: U of M Special Entrance Scholarship. Kallie Heinrichs: Coca Cola Bottling Company Award. Jordan Hildebrand: Midland Manufacturing Welding Excellence Award. Claudia Hopkins: Manitoba Youth Leadership Award, McMaster University Entrance Scholarship, Friesens Corporation Award. Derek Klassen: Governor General Award, U of M Queen Elizabeth Entrance Scholarship and four year Faculty of Music Award, U of M Chown Centennial Award, Manitoba Band Association Music Development Award, Ted and Violet Klassen Scholarship as part of the Curtis Klassen Memorial Award. Sara Krahn: Access Credit Union Award. Samantha Lee: U of W Special Entrance Scholarship. Jessica Neudorf: Manitoba Youth Leadership Scholarship, Coca Cola Bottling Award. Megan Pokrant: Brandon University Special Entrance Scholarship, Red River Valley Mutual Insurance Award. Erika Rempel: U of M Entrance Scholarship, W. C. Miller Staff Award. Laura Schmidt: U of M Advanced Early Admission Scholarship, Rhineland Teachers Association Award, W.C. Miller Staff Award. Jordan Siemens: Providence College Buller Entrepreneur Bursary, Manitoba Youth Leadership Award, Coca Cola Bottling Company Award, Cliff Graydon Award, Roy Legumex Scholarship. Nolan Strachan:
W.C. Miller grads chose an Arthur Ward quote as their theme. "If you can imagine it, you can achieve it; if you can dream it, you can become it."
With 44 out of the 91 grads achieving honour roll status, and 38 per cent pursuing post-secondary education this fall, the class certainly illustrated the ability to dream and to achieve.
Principal Jonathan Toews noted the many hours that have been invested in each graduate, from teachers and parents. "We're proud to recognize the fine young adults our grads have become."
Border Land superintendent Tim Mendel told the grads, "The first big day is the day you're born. The second big day is when you discover why." Mendel urged the class to search for a greater purpose outside of financial gain. "We exist for a greater good. People who believe in a higher purpose are happier and live longer," he said. "Spirituality is about discovering that purpose."
Valedictorian Renae Friesen shared memories of growing up together as a class, from the challenges of elementary school, to the transition to high school. She told her fellow grads to value the people and experiences who made them who they are today.
In her graduation address, 1987 Miller graduate and former Sunflower Festival Queen Karen Pauls said she loved the grad theme, particularly since it was the same theme her class had 23 years ago. "Your imagination and thoughts are the tools of your success," she said. "The more you visualize things, the more you work it out in your head, the closer your dreams are to reality."
"Your future is a gift," she said. "This is your chance to open it."
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