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Hockey academy grads score personal victories GREGG CHAMBERLAIN gregg.chamberlain@eap.on.ca
SPÉCIALISTES EN DÉCORATION DE FENÊTRES DANNY & SANDRA DÉCOR “Always re m e m ber, and be proud of where you co m e fro m ,” said Randy Stevenson, CIHA vice-principal in the closing address to the grad- uates. “You truly represent what the CIHA stands for. School. Hockey. Life. The acade m y could not have wished for a better inaugural class.” she said during her speech. “We all shared the sa m e drea m , to play in the NHL or the Oly m pics representing our own country. I think we are all pretty lucky to have ended up here at CIH. Mr. Bourdeau, without your vision, none of us would be here today. We will never forget the ti m es we shared and the friends who beca m e like broth- ers and sisters to us.” Joining Haasbeek on the 2012 awards list are Devan Tre m blay as top m ale graduate in aca- de m ics, Sean Naish and Audrey-Laurence Juneau as the top m ale and fe m ale graduates in athlet- ics, Pierre É m ile Houle with the Staff Award, Ray- m ond Guidi with the Student Success Bursary, Joey Hornyak for the Character Always Award, and Kaylie Welk received the Ontario Principal’s Plaque. Sharing the Founders Scholarship for Acade m ic Excellence were Haasbeek, Tre m blay, Juneau, and Francis Maxwell McCutcheon.
Rockland | They studied! They scored! They ca m e to Rockland last year fro m Cana- da’s far north and fro m its eastern and western shores, and a few m ade their way fro m the Unit- ed States to Rockland in pursuit of puck-shoot- ing drea m s. They are the first graduating class of the Canadian International Hockey Acade m y (CIHA) and they received a standing ovation fro m dignitaries, parents and other fa m ily m e m - bers, and special guests at their June 15 outdoor graduation cere m ony. “We’re really proud of you,” said David Tho m as, education director for the Upper Canada District School Board (UCDSB), which partnered with the CIHA for the acade m ic portion of the hockey acade m y’s progra m . “You’ve set the bar for oth- ers to follow. This is a celebration that all of us are happy to be here for.” “I look forward to attending m ore such gradu- ations,” said Caroll Carkner, UCDSB trustee for Prescott-Russell. “Grads, what a great group you are.” The CIHA’s inaugural Class of 2012 is a baker’s dozen students who earned their Grade 12 di- plo m as through the UCDSB while spending sev- eral hours each day on the ice on one of the two rinks in the new Clarence-Rockland Arena set up as part of the overall acade m y facility. The Class of 2012 includes Ray m ond Guidi of Vernon, B.C., Janessa Haasbeek fro m Grand Forks, North Dakota, Keegan Hnatiw of Yellow- knife, Northwest Territories, Joey Hornyak fro m Mirabel, QC, Pierre É m ile Houle of Mirabel, QC, Audrey-Laurence Juneau of Québec City, QC, Francis Maxwell McCutcheon fro m Avon, Colo- rado, Willia m McLean of Kindersly, SK, Sean Naish fro m Spruce View, AB, Alexandre Savard- Bélanger of Brossard, QC, Johnny Taylor fro m Chaffont, Pennsylvania, Devan Tre m blay of Pe- terborough, ON, and Kaylie Welk fro m Killaloe, ON Glengarry-Prescott-Russell MPP Grant Crack and MP Pierre Le m ieux each added their con- gratulations to the graduating class and to CIHA founder Robert Bourdeau and all those, both partners and staff, who supported his drea m of creating a hockey school. “As you grow older,” said Crack to the gradu- ates, “you’re going to look back and think, ‘What a great experience to have been here.’” “I re m e m ber when the hockey acade m y was just an idea that people were talking about,” said Le m ieux. “It is so m ething to be proud of.” “People after you will have to raise the bar,” said Bob Hartley, NHL coach and CIHA senior hockey advisor, also crediting Bourdeau and parents of the students for m aking the inaugural graduation possible. “He (Bourdeau) is a m an with passion, he had
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The Class of 2012 (above), the Canadian In- ternational Hockey Academy’s inaugual gradu- ates pay close attention to the words of advice from both special guest speakers and their own valedictorian Janessa Haasbeek (left) dur- ing an open-air ceremony June 15.
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a drea m , with his persistence, his passion, we are here today,” said Hartley, following with a tribute to the grads’ parents. “And the best agents that you will ever have are sitting right behind you.” Bourdeau had difficulty speaking when it was his turn at the podiu m . He stopped several ti m es during his speech to wipe at his eyes as he re- called the decade of planning, lobbying, and ef- fort that preceded last year’s official opening of the acade m y. “Ten years was nothing to pay for this (inaugu- ral) year,” he said. “I hope there are m ore years to co m e. You are our first class.” Bourdeau offered the Class of 2012 so m e ad- vice that he noted he has repeated often in the past. “One of the great joys in life co m es fro m the at- te m pts to do everything one does to one’s own satisfaction,” he said. “When you’re down and out, find it in yourself to race for the top. There is no greater satisfaction.” The first CIHA Valedictorian is Janessa Haas- beek. She was also na m ed the top fe m ale gradu- ate in acade m ics and the Scholar Award winner for top graduating student. “Our passion created an opportunity for us,”
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