The Mountain View School Division (MVSD) has announced their nominee for the 2021 Manitoba School Boards Association (MSBA) Student Citizenship Award.
Grandview School’s Sawyer Elliott has been nominated by the MVSD Board of Trustees. Sawyer says getting the phone call was unbelievable.
“I actually sat in my desk chair on the phone with the trustee and could hardly contain my excitement. It felt really good, so I’m excited to see where the next level takes me. I’m just proud of myself that I’ve made it this far.”
The Student Citizenship Award is given to a student in each of the MSBA’s six geographic regions. The award recognizes students who demonstrate their commitment to the values of citizenship.
The Association of Manitoba Municipalities (AMM) will also recognize one of the MSBA’s award winners with the AMM George Harbottle Memorial Award, in recognition of outstanding contributions at the community level.
Sawyer does lots with the curling club in Grandview, by encouraging younger curlers to take part and having special nights to involve more members of the community. She also writes a variety of articles in the Plain View Newspaper and is working to have something in the paper for all types of people in Grandview.
Sawyer says she can’t begin to think what it would feel like to win the Student Citizenship Award or George Harbottle Memorial Award.
“I’d be completely overjoyed. It would be an encouragement to continue the stuff in the community that I do. Next year I will be going to Winnipeg to start university, so I won’t be as involved in the community. But, winning that award would encourage me to step outside of just my stuff in Grandview and see what I can do in Winnipeg, like volunteer at a humane society or see where I can help out with maybe a soup kitchen or something like that. I think I want to try that stuff anyways and see what it would be like in Winnipeg.”
Sawyer’s starting with University 1 at the University of Winnipeg and is hoping to go into Nursing.
MVSD Board Chairperson Floyd Martens says it was a difficult process, but congratulates Sawyer on the nomination.
