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Achievement Award
and
Award of Excellence


OPSBA has created a new award called the OPSBA Achievement Award to recognize the outstanding contributions of non-teaching staff, parents, volunteers and community partners involved in education in the member boards. This award provides an opportunity to raise awareness and promote the importance of celebrating excellence and the necessity of recognizing the work of all members of the education community.

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Criteria

Outstanding, exemplary and/or unique contributions to the overall well-being of the school(s) or community(s) through in-school, board-wide, extra-curricular and/or volunteer work or contributions.

The new award and process is intended to support and enhance the present individual member boards' awards programs and at the same time raise the profile of the OPSBA awards program in the local boards, schools and communities. Each member board will decide whether or not to participate. Each participating board will call for nominations from within their own district area according to the above award criteria. Determination of the recipient would be accomplished in conjunction with the local board's awards selection committee(s) and process. OPSBA will supply the certificates, on request from the local boards, to a maximum of four. The award is to be called the OPSBA Achievement Award, and the presentation will take place at an appropriate occasion and location to be determined by the local board.

Each participating board may then submit one recipient's nomination to the central OPSBA awards process and committee for determination of the association's recipient of the OPSBA Award of Excellence. The award plaque will be prepared by OPSBA and supplied to the local board for presentation at the appropriate board determined occasion and location.

Previous Recipients:

2001 Elizabeth Ann Smith Volunteer - Carleton Place H.S.
- Upper Canada DSB
2002 Karen Warner Volunteer - Youth Outreach, United Way, Toronto - Toronto DSB
2003 Mirka Orde Volunteer - Greensville School Council
- Hamilton-Wentworth DSB
2004 Joyce Beauchamp Volunteer - Wanup Public School
- Rainbow DSB
2006 Margaret How Volunteer - Kingfisher Lake Outdoor Education Centre - Lakehead DSB
2007 Ron Kanutski Social Worker - Cultural Coordinator for New Experiences Program - Children's Centre, Thunder Bay - Lakehead DSB
2008 Barbara Hepburn Child & Youth Worker - C.R. Gummow Public School - Kawartha Pine Ridge DSB
Barb Sully Volunteer - Dr. Emily Stowe Public School - Kawartha Pine Ridge DSB
Kate Tinkler Educational Assistant - Crestview Public School - Lakehead DSB
Michael Young Donator & Alumni - Sir Winston Churchill C. & V. I. - Lakehead DSB
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