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Mother Teresa students recognized |
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Special to Sylvan Lake News
Grade 6-9 students on the Honour Roll at École Mother Teresa Catholic School were recognized during an awards ceremony Apr. 24.
Criteria for Honour roll is 80 per cent overall average of all 5 core and no core subject below 70 per cent; and Honours with Distinction - 90 per cent overall average (same as above)
They included:
Grade 6 Honours - Maddy Dennis, Jaida Herzog, Rikus Niemand, Samantha Ross, Madison Cumming, Jessica Helle, Stephanie Mannix, Kallie McDonald, Chad Shaw, and Forrest Woitas.
Grade 6 Honours with Distinction - Daisy Watters, Reuban Bjornson, Chantel Chizen, Kimberley Mattock, Tina Watters, Jessie Bailey, Martina Kelly-Pickerell, Halle Loyek and Jaden Weaver.
Grade 7 Honours - Zachary Caterini, Cody Flasch, Logan Hughes, Joel Jasckson, Mitchell Kennedy, Brody MacLeod, Julian Moore, Kaelyn Polgar, Dwight Akkermans, Avriel Alexander, Sydney Annetts, Carling Gallant, Jonathan Hanz, Bryce Hickey, Dylan Koch, Justin Mainville, Sydney Nielson, Alex Halsey, Darby Desrosiers.Grade 7 Honours with Distinction - Maddison Alexander, Shiloh Benum, Abigail Reyes, Anika Spruyt, Paige Storyn, Erin Cave, Steven LaGrange, Tianna Spooner, Colton Toovey, Michelle Albach, Emma Berg and Tianna Therriault.
Grade 8 Honours - Carli Armeneau, Robert Currie, Stevie Fiedler, Joel Flasch, Jordan Gallant, Tyler Hall, Karleigh Kisslinger, Alissia Paluck, Emily Toth, Jan Carnoky, Michaela Larsen, Mark Litchenwald, Elizabeth Noyle, Kendra Perderson and Scott Ronnenberg.
Grade 8 Honours with Distinction - Brianna Bailey, Kaci Ketschel, David Won and Cheyanna Borrowman.
Grade 9 Honours - Colton Alexander, Justin Franco, Eden Northcott, Naomi Ryan and Leandra Guenter.
Grade 9 Honours with Distinction - Kristen Woitas, Agnes Won, Sarah McDonald, Cassi Miller and Lukas Escher.Peace and went to Belize to see what he could do to help.
“What they really needed was a high school as they had a couple elementary schools in town,” said Hill. “We started working on getting a school built for them so that is what is in progress. Right now we are running Grades 9 and 10 then next year we’ll add Grade 11 and the year after that Grade 12.”
Hill is providing dental care for the students in the school. When he goes back every year and sees the same students, he is hoping to educate them and get their mouths healthy so when they leave the school they will be ready to look after themselves for the rest of their lives.
This is the fourth year Hill has made the trip to Belize. He puts a percentage aside each year to pay for the trip and on average sees somewhere in the range of 60 patients. This year Hill had help from another dentist from Calgary, Dr. Lorne Wasylucha, who wanted to help the cause. Together they examined 65 patient then performed 48 fillings and eight tooth extractions in two days.
“The first couple of years we didn’t have equipment to do fillings so all we could do were extractions,” said Hill. “But last year we had a portable delivery unit to run hand pieces (dentist tools) so that is what we are using now to actually do fillings.”
This year Hill also took along his niece and her husband (who is interested in dentistry). They were a tremendous help assisting the dentists with all the patients. Last year he took three staff members from his Sylvan Lake dental practice who used their skills to assist Hill as well as provide oral hygiene instruction and polish teeth.
“My goal is to set it up so that we can have several doctors going to Belize in a row,” said Hill. “One would go for a week, then the next one would go and so on.”
Hill said this initiative is close to him because it is part of his mission in Sylvan Lake.
“I like to contribute to the local and the worldwide community to give back and do what I can to help,” said Hill.
Not only does he help the underprivileged around the world but he also does local initiatives. For the last four years, Sylvan Lake Dental Centre has conducted Clinic With a Heart on Valentine’s Day where he and his staff volunteer their time to offer free treatment to pre-determined patients who can use the help.
Hill believes helping others is something that more people should be involved in but said there are a lot of other dentists who help the under privileged.
“There is a lot of free treatment being offered in Alberta as well as around the world,” said Hill. “As we speak there is a new clinic being started in Red Deer, being sponsored by David Thompson Health Region that will be offering free dentistry to specific children-in-need around the city.”
On April 26 the clinic opened it’s doors with approximately 20 dentists across Central Alberta who have volunteered their time to help with the new clinic.
“The work I do in Belize is very well received,” said Hill. “There are kids who don’t want you to work on them but there are a majority of other kids who know they are in pain and really want to be taken care of so they will line up and wait for treatment.”
Hill is now starting to see repeat patients in Belize since the school has been getting bigger. Before that he had been open to all members of the community where all he could do is remove teeth and there wasn’t much continuity from year to year.
He plans to keep going back to the school in Belize every year for as long as there is a need. He feels it is important to help them as much as he can. He is also looking forward to the new clinic in Red Deer being open so he can donate his time to help local children who can’t afford treatment.
“It’s an opportunity to give back because we are so blessed here,” said Hill. “It is also an opportunity to give someone else a taste of what we enjoy.”
Hill also said his projects demonstrate and encourage an attitude that is supportive of the social needs for the local and world communities. |
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