Awards

Selkirk Secondary School Honour Roll/Attitude & Effort Roll Criteria

The following criteria need to be met for students to be eligible for the Honour Roll and Attitude & Effort Roll:

• Be registered in a minimum of 6 courses with Selkirk
• Have at least 3 courses from Selkirk in any given term/quarter to count towards the Honour Roll and Attitude & Effort Roll

* Please note that Distance Learning courses do not count towards Selkirk's Honour Roll

Honour Roll Criteria (grade 10-12's only)

• Will include all Quarters (reporting periods during the year)
• Based on % avg.
• No score <60%; no "I's"

Attitude & Effort Roll Criteria (grade 8-12)

• Based on the work habit scale (E= Excellent; G= Good; S= Satisfactory;
  N= Needs Improvement)
• Students who have all E’s/G’s or all E’s/G’s (a student with one “S” may be considered after careful consultation between administration and classroom teachers) are eligible for the Attitude & Effort Roll. Any student with a “N” is not eligible for the Attitude & Effort Roll

Awards Criteria & Information

The Selkirk Awards Committee meets each May and June to decide on the larger year-end awards presented at Selkirk's Academic Awards night in June.

Awards Criteria

The criteria below need to be met in order to be eligible for the following awards:

• Attitude & Effort and Citizenship Awards
• Top Citizenship Awards
• Top Academic Awards (grade 10-12 students only)
• Academic Awards of Excellence (grade 10-12 students only)
• Junior Award of Distinction (grade 9 students only)
• Senior Awards of Distinction (grade 12 students only)
• Bill Murphy Award
• Principal's Award

Please note that Distinction & Awards of Excellence awards include Honour Roll and Attitude & Effort Roll information; thus, students who do not meet the Honour Roll Criteria will not be eligible for these awards.

Attitude & Effort and Citizenship Awards

• Recognizes students who have been on the Attitude & Effort Roll for Quarter 2 and 3 (not 4 as Awards Night happens prior to the last reporting period) and any students who have shown solid citizenship throughout the year

Top Citizenship Awards

• Recognizes a student or a couple of students in each grade who stood out in the above criteria

Top Academic Awards (grade 10-12 students only)

• Recognizes the top academic student or a couple of students in each grade based on GPA with course load taken into account; teachers and administration will discuss students with the same GPA to determine recipients

Academic Awards of Excellence

• Grade 10-12- Recognizes students in each grade who have achieved Distinction for Quarter 1, 2, and 3
• Grade 8-9-  Recognizes students who maintain primarily Excellent work habits (all Es and two Gs allowed) on their Quarter 3 report card (as linear courses are cumulative) as well as are on Attitude & Effort on all three Terms

Senior Awards of Distinction

• Recognizes Grade 12 students who have achieved Distinction & Attitude & Effort Roll for each reporting period in grades 10, 11, & 12 (Quarter 2, 3, and 4 in grade 10 and 11 and Quarter 1, 2 and 3 in Grade 12; early grads will be considered based on Q1 and Q2 of their grade 12 year)
• Part time students in second semester will  need to maintain a distinction average based on their courses taken with Selkirk
• These students are honoured with an engraved watch

Bill Murphy Award

• Staff nominated, committee selected
• Presented to a grade 12 student who has excelled in the following areas:
  • Academic excellence
  • Dedicated volunteer service to the school/Leadership
  • Actively participates in athletic activities

Principal's Award

Staff nominated, committee selected
Presented to a grade 12 student who has excelled in all aspects of school at Selkirk: 

• Academic excellence
• Citizenship/Leadership
• Attitude and Effort
• Extracurricular pursuits