Staff, students and families at Pontiac High School and Dr. Wilbert Keon School celebrated the end of their high school careers on the weekend with respective end-of-year celebrations.
Pontiac High School staff, students and parents descended upon Pine Lodge on Friday, with 68 senior students getting gussied up for the occasion.
Guests enjoyed light food and drink in the garden area before taking to the red carpet one by one for the next portion of the evening’s activities.
Teachers, administrators and parents alike gave inspiring remarks to the graduating class before everyone enjoyed a poutine and Beavertail bar. After dinner, grads enjoyed a photobooth, music and dancing to cap off the evening.
Up the line in Chapeau on Saturday evening, graduates from Dr. Wilbert Keon School gathered with their friends and family in the school’s gym to celebrate their accomplishments. Teacher Karen McPherson introduced the students as they came into the hall, detailing their post-secondary ambitions. She announced that she too would be “graduating” in a way, as she was retiring after several decades in the classroom. Kaysen Stone was named the class valedictorian.
The awards for the evening were as follows:
Dr. Wilbert Keon School’s Politeness Award – Brooklynn Fleury
Dr. Wilbert Keon School’s Perseverance Award – Brooklynn Fleury
The Support Staff Award – Travis Keon
Outdoor Education Award – Aidan McCann
Hansen Award of Distinction – Donavan Gagnon
English Award – Kaysen Stone
The Media Award sponsored by Peter Smith – Brooklynn Fleury
The Armand Emond Art Award – Brooklynn Fleury
The Resilience Award – Madison Labonté-Dick
The Knights of Columbus Award – Layla Bowen and Kayson Stone
Karl’s Bakery Award – Travis Keon
Chapeau and District Lions Club Award – Phillipe Kaldi and Jarett Dayment
L’Ancienne Banque Award – Phillipe Kaldi and Cassidy Turner
Chapeau Minor Hockey Award – Aidan McCann
The Municipality of Waltham Award – Ashton Frost
The Municipality of Sheenboro Award – Aidan McCann
The Municipality of Allumettes Island Award – Layla Bowen, Jarett Dayment, Brooklyn Fleury, Madison Labonté-Dick, Donavan Gagnon, Phillipe Kaldi,,
The Municipality of Chichester Award – Travis Keon, Kayson Stone, Cassidy Turner
The Lasalle Bus Lines Award – Kaysen Stone
Fleury Electric Award – Jarett Dayment
M. Kidd and Son’s Award – Madison Labonté-Dick
Promutuel Assurance Vallée de l’Outaouais Award – Madison Labonte-Dick
Frank Carroll Insurance Award – Layla Bowen
Brookfield Power (Evolugen) Award – Madison Labonte-Dick
Maurice Beauregard Community and Leadership Award – Aidan McCann
Carrefour Jeunesse-Emploi du Pontiac Awards – Layla Bowen, Jarett Dayment, Brooklynn Fleury, Ashton Frost, Donavan Gagnon, Phillipe Kaldi, Travis Keon, Madison Labonte-Dick, Aidan McCann, Kaysen Stone, Cassity Turner
The Principal and Teachers’ Award for personal commitment – Madison Labonté-Dick
PHS’s student awards will be given out at the official grad ceremonies in the fall.
with files from Caleb Nickerson and K.C. Jordan
