The Davidson School community came together last Tuesday afternoon to celebrate the end of the 2013-14 school year with their annual awards presentation.
Grade 12 students Matthias McCreary and Sarah Nykiforuk along with Grade 9 pupil Andrew Read hosted the event that acknowledged members of the various sports and culture teams, gave out fabulous door prizes and served as the presentation ceremony for the school’s athletic and academic awards.
The ceremony began with Craik RCMP constable Kevin Morrissette presenting Grade 11 student Jill Rettger with the Craik RCMP Citizenship award for the outstanding contribution she has made to Davidson School throughout the years. A power point presentation created by Jill and Paige Travers along with a cheer of members of the various sports teams beginning with football in the fall to track and field in the spring followed.
The school’s different clubs including the yearbook committee and Student Leadership Team were mentioned and acknowledged as well for the great contributions they provide the school. These presentations were interspersed with a number of door prize giveaways of posters, t-shirts, water bottles and Raider socks.
The emcees also took time during the presentation to thank the Davidson School staff for putting in all the before- and after-school hours needed to give kids the opportunity to enjoy these activities. A goodbye was also given to Kristin Dolman who is moving on from Davidson School.
The Spirit of Sport, PHD (Pride Hustle Desire), Athlete of the Year, Most Deserving Athletic and Behind the Scenes awards were then presented to the deserving students before the grades seven to 12 merit and honour awards were given out.
After the presentation the Leadership 20 class held a Gym Blast event for the grades one to six students. The Gym Blast, which was organized by Gabe Ebenal and Huck Rettger, separated the elementary school kids into four teams who then competed against each other in fun activities like leapfrog, an over/under ball passing challenge and cheer contest. Elise McJannet and Brooklyn Read served as emcees for the Gym Blast, which proved a difficult task with a gym full of rambunctious elementary students.
With Carter Shaw in charge of the music and sound, the team leaders of Quin Johnson, Liana Farrell, Kaitlyn Baldwin, Paige Travers, Kieran Boehm, Dylan Sweet and Ben Nykifouk took over the teams.
Once the contests were complete, the kids displayed the line dance moves the Leadership 20 class taught them before ending the day with an energetic “The Continental Drift” dance number.