With construction underway on a modernization project for Picture Butte High School, the annual academic awards were hosted in June at Dorothy Dalgliesh Elementary.
The Koster Family Award of $25 went to Justice Parrott, the Velva Haney Memorial Award of $50 went to Adam Van Raay and the Mary Nolan Memorial Award of $50 to Derek Tokai.
The Picture Butte Canteen Award of $50 was presented to Dillan Perry. The Wilbur Ellis/Daniel Sawa Memorial awards of $50 each went to Benie Fast, Melissa Bexte and Jessica Watson.
The highest average awards for junior high, sponsored and presented by Dennis King, went to Oliver Campbell, Melissa Bexte and Nicole Desautels, who each received $50.
At the senior high level $25 awards were presented to Nicole Boras for the Art 10 BDO Dunwoody LLP award, the Food Studies 10 PBHS award, the Forensic Science 10 PBHS award and the Sports Medicine PBHS award.
The CADD 10 PBHS Student Council award went to Judy Wiebe and the Butte Home Hardware Construction Technologies 10 awards went to Jason Juhar and Cody Rempel. Tess Richardson claimed the Drama 10 North County Liquor Store award, the English 10-1 Cor Van Raay Farms award and the Media 10 Shimek Services award. Marina Pansky won the English 10-2 PBHS award, Lyndsay Van Essen won the Financial Management 10 PBHS Student Council award and Rachel Regout won the Instrumental Music 10 PBHS Student Council award.
Peter Garratt won the Pure Math10 Martin Brother’s Funeral Chapels Ltd. award while Tony Suderman won the Applied Math 10 Applied Lee’s Heating and Air Conditioning award and the Science 14 Shimek Service award and Josee Beatty won the Math 14 North County Liquor Store award. Lucas Jakober claimed the Mechanics 10 Hi-Way Service award of tools and the Physical Education 10 Picture Butte Lions Club award along with Jasmine Bergen-Henengouwen who claimed the femal Physical Education 10 award.
Kelsey Groenenboom won both the Science 10 Lee’s Heating and Air Conditioning and Social Studies 10-1 PBHS awards. Michelle Sauchuk won the Cor Van Raay Farms Social Studies 10-2 award.
The level 20 subject awards of $50 each were presented to Amethyst Pansky for Art 20 Friends of the Picture Butte Municipal Library Society and Phil and Tracy Mack. To Ryley Schuld for the Biology 20 Grandview Cattle Company award and Career and Life Management Grandview Cattle Company award.
Dallin Oliver won the Chemistry 20 Shumaker Petroleum and Hail Insurance award. Annalies Brander won the Drama 20 PBHS award, Tyler Elaschuk the English 20-1 North and Company award, Taylor-Rae Dixon the English 20-2 J.F. Murray Farms award and Amal Chand the English 20-4.

The Food Studies 20 Bert’s A.G. Foods award went to Tia Salisbury, the Instrumental Music 20 PBHS award to Jordan Woodward, the Mathematics 20 Pure Cor Van Raay Farms award to Lynden Nummi, the Mathematics 20 Applied    Papworth Farms award to Devin Hanna, the Mathematics 20-4 PBHS award to Dwight Marratt and the Mathematics 24 PBHS award to Dakota Ruttan.
Ryley Schuld won the Mechanics 20 Hi-Way Service award of tools, Devin Hanna won the Science 24 PBHS award, Dallin Oliver won the Physics 20 Grandview Cattle Company award.
The Physical Education Papworth Farms award were presented to Dallin Oliver and Darcie Sosick. The Social Studies 20-1 Martin Brother’s Funeral Chapels Ltd. award went to Ryan Pickard, the 20-2 Cor Van Raay Farms award to Devin Hanna, who also won the Senior Welding PBHS award, and the 20-4 Cactus Developments award to Brad Keller.
The 30 level subject awards were also presented starting with the Art 30 Friends of the Picture Butte Municipal Library Society and Phil and Tracy Mack $50 award to Kim Krahn. The Biology 30 Family Medical Centre $150 award went to Brittany Vogel who also won the English 30-1 Marion Court Memorial $50 award.
Kristen Jensen took home the Biology 30/Chemistry 30 Picture Butte Pharmacy $100 award, Chemistry 30 Dr. R. Mohamed $50 award, the Mathematics 30 Pure BDO Dunwoody LLP $50 award and the Physics 30 Shimek Services $50 award.
The English 30-2 Scotiabank $50 award went to Skyler Sparks while the English 30-4 Papworth Farms $50 award went to Brad Keller. Jessica Harrison won the Food Studies 30 Bert’s A.G. Foods $50 award, Lyndsi Vanderlinden won the $50 Applied Math 30 Eldorado Petroleum award, Casey West won the $50 Mechanics 30 Butte Motors and Farm Supply award.
The Old Timers’ Hockey Association presented $100 awards to Curtis Watson, Carlee Bergen-Henengouwen and Kristen Jensen for Physical Education 30.
The Social Studies 30-1 G and E Insurance $50 award went to Brittany Vogel and the Social Studies 30-2 Shumaker Petroleum and Hail Insurance $50 award went to Tony Travalia.
Grade 12 academic awards at $50 each were also presented. Kim Krahn and Sarah Pittman each won Cor Van Raay Farms Science awards. Sophie dePeuter won the Haney Farms Ltd. award, Deanna Bartz and Kristen Jensen won the Royal Canadian Legion #204 awards and Casey West won the Masterfeeds Agricultural award.
The Lethbridge Northern Beet Growers awards were presented to Sarah Pittman and Brittany Vogel.

The ATB Financial Agricultural award went to Curtis Watson and the North County Liquor Store award to Sophie dePeuter.The RCL metalworks Trades/Engineering award went to Skylar Sparkes and the Picture Butte and District Chamber of Commerce award to Kristen Jensen. The Noble Concrete (1987) Ltd. awards went to Kim Krahn and Curtis Watson, who also won the Tire Shop award, Sophie dePeuter won the Dr. D. Scott Bowden Professional Corporation award and Deanna Bartz won the ATCO Gas Award.
Butte Grain Merchants presented to agricultural awards to Carlee Bergen-Henengouwen and Sarah Pittman. Kristen Jensen won the Leeon Hage RE/MAX Real Estate Award and Grandview Cattle Company presented three awards to Lyndsi Vanderlinden, Deanna Bartz and Brittany Vogel, who also won the Lee’s Heating and Air Conditioning award.
Kristen Jensen won the Picture Butte Lions Club award, Sophie dePeuter won the Robert Lee Family award and Brittany Vogel won the Eddie’s Cuisine award.
Special awards were also presented during the evening including the Town of Picture Butte’s Teen Club award to Tayor Bexte for $50. The Barrhill Community Scholarship of $125 each was presented to Sophie dePeuter and Curtis Watson.
The Dr. James S. Phelps Memorial award of $25 each were presented to Deanna Bartz and Carlee Bergen-Henengouwen. The Town of Picture Butte Citizenship award of $50 went to Kristen Jensen who also won the Premier’s Citizenship Award, Government of Alberta    plaque.
Monica Murray won the St. John’s Music Instrumental Music award while Deanna Bartz and Carlee Bergen-Henengouwen each won a $50 Knights of Columbus Citizenship award. Eric Koenen won the Koster Family $50 award. The Picture Butte Ag Society presented the $250 Dave Parker Memorial award to Kristen Jensen.
The Velva Haney Memorial award of $50 went to    Skyler Sparkes, the Mary Nolan Memorial Award $50 award went to Dwight Marratt while Annette August won the $50 Picture Butte High School Canteen award.
Wilbur Ellis/Daniel Sawa Memorial award    of $50 went to Jasmine Bergen-Henengouwen in Grade 10 and Ryley Schuld in Grade 11. The $250 award for Grade 12 went to Curtis Watson.
The Health and Wellness Studies student bursary of $1000 from the Picture Butte Happy Old Timers went to Carlee Bergen Henengouwen, Deanna Bartz, Kristen Jensen and Brittany Vogel. Lil Kubik Memorial presented by the Picture Butte Fish and Game Association of $150 went to Nick Sushelnitski.
The $2,000 Karren Family Scholarships went to Casey West and Kristen Jensen. The Michael Blair Memorial $100 award presented by the Class of 2007 went to Casey West while the Jessica Trapp Memorial Class of 2007 $100 award went to Kim Krahn.
The Candace Wolodchenko Memorial $100 award presented by the Class of 2009 went to Jennifer Van Niedek. The Chelsey West Memorial award of $250 was presented to Brittany Vogel and Curtis Watson.
Highest average awards were presented by PBHS, who sponsored the plaques through the annual walk-a-thon, and the Alberta Teachers Association Local 19 who presented $50 awards. The winners were Michelle Sauchuk and Nicole Boras for Grade 10, Devin Hanna and Dallin Oliver for Grade 11 and Curtis Watson and Kristen Jensen for Grade 12. The ATB Financial award of $50 went to Kristen Jensen.