Graduates at Alberni District Secondary School received a number of scholarships and bursaries during an awards ceremony on June 12, 2024.
List of Scholarship and Bursary Winners:
Alberni Athletic Junior Badminton Club Scholarship: Jacob Dunn, Alisha Dykstra, Leah Hillman, Jessica Pozderec
Alberni Athletics Soccer Club “Gord Jones Memorial Bursary”: Branden Russell
Alberni District Cooperative Association Scholarships: Kaitlyn Schellenberg, Faith Sutton, Kieris Braker-Patterson, Tess Thompson
Alberni District Hockey Canada Skills Academy Scholarship: Spencer Meikle
Alberni District Retired Teachers’ Bursary: Lea Dumont, Lia Organ
Alberni District Secondary School PAC Bursary: Kalee Penner
Alberni District Secondary School Track and Field Scholarship: Ella McDougall, Jax Robinson
Alberni District Teachers’ Union Bursaries: Victoria Hall, Aiden Golemba, Anna Pesikova, Keelan Parmar
Alberni District Teachers’ Union Scholarships: Lia Organ, Leah Hillman, Jacob Markin, Jace Fedirchuk, Claire McAulay, Julia Koszegi
Alberni Farmers’ Institute Bursary: Tasha Dol
Alberni Healthcare Auxiliary Bursary: Jonah Tilley, Alexis Paddison-Whipp, Tess Thompson, Grace Abbott, Amber Smith
Alberni Valley Catholic Women’s League - Holy Family/Notre Dame Church Bursary: Ella McDougall
Alberni Valley Chamber of Commerce Bursary: Jadyn Picard
Alberni Valley Lions Club Bursaries: Rowan Rice, Aida Fenner, Emerson McConnell, Jaymi Hocking
Alberni Valley Lions Club Winston Joseph Memorial Bursary: Leah Hillman
Alberni Valley Ministerial Association Bursary: Anna Pesikova, Jaymi Hocking
Alberni Valley Minor Hockey Association Scholarships: Hunter Alarie, Jace Fedirchuk, Kane Dickerson, Jacob Dobosz, Keelan Parmar, Justin Barrowcliff
Alberni Valley Minor Lacrosse Association Bursary: Jace Fedirchuk
Alberni Valley Minor Softball Bursary: Jaymi Hocking, Clarissa Legare, Shayla Beckett
Alberni Valley Pride Bursary: Emerson McConnell, Paige Rollheiser
Arrowsmith Rotary Club Bursary: Jace Fedirchuk
Art Rave Bursary: Faith Sutton
Barry Gus Crisis Response Memorial Fund Bursary: Kaylen Poirier
BC Hydro Scholarship: Kaitlyn Schellenberg
BC Summer Games - Port Alberni Scholarship: Grant Coulthart, Sage Dziekan-Gwilt, Kelcie Sam
Bill Surry Memorial: Leah Hillman
Brayden Arsenault Memorial Bursaries: Rowan Rice, Kairi Brown
Bryan Mason Memorial Hockey Bursary: Justin Barrowcliff
Canadian Parents for French Scholarship: Jacob Dunn
Canadian Parents for French Bursary: Victoria Hall
Canadian Mental Health Association Port Alberni Bursaries: Kelcie Sam, Kieris Braker-Patterson
Captain Rob Favel Memorial Bursary: Rees St. Cyr
Carolyn Lee Memorial Scholarship: Cheyenne Biederman
Cherry Creek Community Recreation Commission Bursary: Jace Fedirchuk
Chinese Canadian Society Scholarship: Sophia Liang
Clarkstone and Dearin Notary Corporation Bursaries: Kaitlyn Schellenberg, Emerson McConnell
Community Arts Council of the Alberni Valley Bursary: Clarissa Legare
CUPE Local #118 In Memory of Mona Colclough: Paige Rollheiser
CUPE Local #118 Bursary: Jace Fedirchuk
CUPE Local #727 Bursaries: Kalee Penner, Mackenzie Clarke, Sarah Kuncio, Justin Barrowcliff
CUPE Local 3403 (Community Social Services and Mental Health): Kairi Brown
Dave Ralla Bursary: Cheyenne Biederman, Rees St. Cyr
Dave Ralla Scholarship: Lea Dumont
Dr. Richard and Eleanor Garner Memorial Bursaries: Chloe Shew-Collicott, Emerson McConnell
Dr. S.F. Chan Family Scholarship for First Nation Students: Kieris Braker-Patterson, Kelcie Sam
Dr. S.F. Chan Family Scholarship for New Canadians or Students of Immigrant Parents: Lily Huynh
Dr. S.F. Chan Family Scholarship Recognizing All Around Student: Cheyenne Biederman
Ecole Alberni Elementary School Auxiliary Bursary: Lia Organ, Cheyenne Biederman
E.J. Dunn Elementary School PAC Bursary: Justin Barrowcliff
E.J. Hughes Bursary: Cheyenne Biederman, Kieris Braker-Patterson, Anna Pesikova
Edna Cox Social Justice Bursary: Leah Hillman
Faithful Construction Community Scholarship: Clarissa Legare
Funding Alberni Valley Arts Society: Clarissa Legare, Kaitlyn Schellenberg
Funtastic Slo-Pitch Tournament Scholarship: Jace Fedirchuk
Griffin Dolling Memorial Scholarship: Branden Russell
Guru Nanak Sikh Society Academic Scholarship: Mya Ralla
Guru Nanak Sikh Society Athletic Scholarship: Keelan Parmar, Celina Dass
Gyro Club of the Albernis Bursary: Claire McAulay, Shayla Beckett
Hedie Fournier Memorial Scholarship: Lea Dumont
Hundal Family Bursary: Amber Smith, Jasmine Fred
Italian Canadian Society Bursary: Tianna Thomson-Michon, Ella Dwolinsky, Lauren Dwolinsky, Lia Organ, Branden Russell
Jack Gilbert Athletic Excellence Scholarship: Ella McDougall
John Howitt Elementary School Bursary: Jace Fedirchuk
John Howitt Elizabeth Platz Memorial Bursary: Elana Jaeggle
Kinsmen & Kinette Harold Warren Memorial Bursary: Kaitlyn Schellenberg
Kinsmen Club Bursaries: Jaymi Hocking, Elana Jaeggle, Kaitlyn Schellenberg
Knights of Columbus, Alberni Valley Council #3435: Jace Fedirchuk, Caiton Leslie
Lilliah and Ralph Rosseau: Lea Dumont, Karilyn Mawn
Malie Devries Bursary: Scarlett Mallette
Maquinna Elementary School PAC Helen Benvin Memorial Bursary: Paige Rollheiser
Maurice Jones Music Award: Kaitlyn Schellenberg
McMillen Family Bursary: Ella McDougall
Mosaic Forestry Management Bursary: Kaylen Poirier
Nanaimo Airport Commission (NAC) Scholarship: Ella McDougall
Nikita Hedingham Memorial Scholarship: Kaitlyn Schellenberg
Nora Moncur Memorial Bursary: Lia Organ, Ella Burrows-Weber, Bruce Williams
North Island College Foundation High School Bursary: Shayla Beckett
Pacific Chevrolet and Van Isle Ford Bursary: Jace Fedirchuk, Clarissa Legare, Lauren Dwolinsky, Kaitlyn Saunders
Paper Excellence - Catalyst Paper Scholarships: Ella McDougall, Zachary Carnegie, Elana Jaeggle, Jace Fedirchuk
Paper Excellence - Catalyst Paper - Indigenous Peoples Scholarships: Kaitlyn Schellenberg, Scarlett Mallette
Pat and John Squire Memorial Bursary: Jaymi Hocking
Port Alberni and District Labour Council Walter Behn Memorial Bursary: Keelan Parmar
Port Alberni Minor Basketball Association: Keelan Parmar, Ella McDougall
Port Alberni Orchestra and Chorus Society Bursary: Kaitlyn Schellenberg
Portal Players Performing Arts Bursary: Clarissa Legare
Prom 2023 Bursaries: Jaymi Hocking, Kaitlyn Schellenberg, Spencer Meikle, Claire McAulay, Aida Fenner, Sage Dziekan-Gwilt
Prom 2024 Bursaries: Lauren Dwolinsky, Jaymi Hocking, Ella Dwolinsky
Rotary Club of Port Alberni Bursaries: Karilyn Mawn, Alexis Paddison-Whipp, Chloe Shew-Collicott, Jonah Tilley
Royal Canadian Legion Alberni Valley Branch #293 Memorial Bursaries: Faith Sutton, Claire McAulay, Logan Rennie, Jadyn Picard, Tianna Thomson-Michon, Amber Smith
Royal Canadian Legion Alberni Valley Branch #293 Memorial Scholarship: Kaitlyn Schellenberg
School Bus #1 Bursary: Tasha Dol
Skytec Contracting Building Trades Scholarship: Ethan Grills, Logan Rennie
St. John Paul II Catholic School Parent Support Group Bursary: Faith Sutton
Totem Tournament Bursary: Ella McDougall, Lia Organ, Jaymi Hocking
Truck Loggers’ Association Scholarship: Lily Johnson
Trustee Bursary - Board of Education SD70: Kaitlyn Schellenberg
Trustee Bursary - Board of Education SD70 - Indigenous Learners: Kieris Braker-Patterson
Tsuma-as Elementary/Gill School PAC Bursary: Aaliyah Bray, Mya Ralla, Jax Robinson, Bruce Williams
Unifor Local #592 Daryl Derooy Memorial Bursary: Kalee Penner
Unfor Local #592 Davis Fraser Memorial Bursary: Sarah Kuncio
Unifor Local #592 Jack Breuker Memorial Bursary: Tony Nickel
Vancouver Island Real Estate Board Bursary: Kalee Penner, Mya Ralla
Wood Elementary School PAC Bursary: Alexis Paddison-Whipp
Gerry Stoutley Memorial Bursary: Mackenzie Clarke
ADSS Counselling Department Bursary: Celina Dass
John Scales & Frederik Holm Memorial Scholarship - Top History 12: Aaliyah Bray
Cathy Cross Memorial Bursary: Madison Warren
