Prize renamed this year to honour the late Carolyn Harrington, a community worker in the Sault who left a 'legacy of unwavering dedication to education and Indigenous youth'
Ontario Aboriginal Housing Services and Neech-ke-Wehn Homes celebrated Algoma’s Grade 8 graduates with the newly named Carolyn Harrington Award, which acknowledges the excellence of Indigenous students who are graduating elementary school and beginning their high school journey.
Nominated by school faculty members, awards of Best Student and Most Improved Student were presented to 24 grads along with a $100 bursary. The Best Student title was given to a graduate who received high marks and greatest all-around participation in school activities, and Most Improved Student went to a graduate whose grades and activity participation improved the most.
This award began in the 1980s when the late Carolyn Harrington was a community worker at the Sault Ste. Marie Indigenous Friendship Centre. She was one of the founders of Neech-ke-Wehn Homes and was its president, with the award being named as the Neech-ke-Wehn Grade 8 Award.“I am deeply moved by the decision to rename this long-standing award after my late and dear friend Carolyn,” saaid Thömas Kakapshe, Executive Director of Neech-ke-Wehn and Shkabewis at OAHS.
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