For Immediate Release
June 17, 2025
Bluewater District School Board Celebrates 2025 Awards of Excellence
Chesley, ON – At the final Regular Meeting of the Board of the 2024 – 2025 school year on Tuesday, June 17, Bluewater District School Board (BWDSB) celebrated a group of distinguished community members for their outstanding contributions in our local schools.
Family members, staff, and other supporters visited the BWDSB Education Centre to observe the annual presentation of the Awards of Excellence, recognizing the extraordinary efforts and contributions of an individual from each ‘family of schools’ within the district.
Trustees took turns at the podium presenting the awards, which highlighted a range of exceptional volunteer efforts supporting breakfast and nutrition programs, school events, fundraising, field trips, well-being initiatives, and classroom learning, among others.
Since recognizing every individual who contributes to our schools is an impossible task, the Awards of Excellence program offers just a glimpse of the many wonderful volunteers in BWDSB. Nominations of individuals may be submitted by any group or individual within the recipient’s family of schools through the school principal.
Congratulations to the following 2025 Awards of Excellence recipients:
Bruce Peninsula District School /
Peninsula Shores District School Family of Schools…………………….Jean Kirby
Georgian Bay Community School Family of Schools…………………..Jan Schultz
Grey Highlands Secondary School Family of Schools………………….Crystal Tyler
John Diefenbaker Senior School Family of Schools……………………..Angela Renaud
Kincardine District Senior School Family of Schools…………………...Jen McKellar
Owen Sound District Secondary School Family of Schools………...Katie Henrich
Saugeen District Senior School Family of Schools……………………….Krissy Smit
Walkerton District Community School Family of Schools…….......Heather VanDerHeide
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For media inquiries, please contact:
Jamie Pettit, Communications Officer
Bluewater District School Board
226-908-5739