During the Second Annual Tiger PRIDE Ceremony, 80 BHS students were nominated by their teachers for upholding the values of Perseverance, Respect, Integrity, Dependability and Empathy.
One student, BHS senior Washima Fairoz, has been honored with the 2018 Tiger PRIDE Award for exemplifying excellence in all five of those categories.
One teacher’s nomination letter for Fairoz praised her dedication to her school and her classmates.
“This student has consistent perseverance, exemplary respect, integrity like no other, deep dependability, and wears empathy on her sleeves,” the letter read.
Another nomination letter talked of her inspirational qualities.
“I admire the respect that Washima has for the faculty and staff as well as her peers and the deep respect she has for the educational process. She has high moral principles and would rather work alone on projects then not pull her weight or jeopardize a classmate’s score because she needs to break every assignment down to first learn the basic vocabulary,” the letter read. “I can depend on Washima to always give her best effort. Even more importantly her family can and does depend strongly on her for just about everything. Yet through it all Washima is a friend to everyone — listening to them and responding to them. She truly embodies PRIDE every single day.”
Biddeford High School award nominees included:
Perseverance — Ashjan Abdulsalam, Mohammed Al Nidawi, Jack Angotti, Monika Buffum, Travis Campbell, Caleb Cash, Jodi-Ann Coleman, Jordina Coleman, Charles Corriveau, Dakota Crocker, Jasmine Froehlich, Sydney Gagne, Joyeuse Irankunda, Matthew Martel, Isabella McAfee, Gabrielle Millett, Uwera Muhoza, Ernest Nijimbere, Seth Perry, Emily Poisson, Blake Roberge, and Joseph Shortsleeves.
Respect — Emily Boilard, Monika Buffum, Carl Davis, Anthony Gendron, Mohammed Hasan, Megan Mourmouras, Cody Savage, and Nick Therrien.
Integrity — Gavin Bastarache, Colby Frechette, Anthony Gendron, Joyeuse Irankunda, Ethan LaCourse, Genesis Martinez, Ernest Nijimbere, Vic Patnaude, and Cody Savage.
Dependability — Ashjan Abdulsalam, Ayla Aldrich, Jack Angotti, Emily Boilard, Jordina Coleman, Andrew Curtiss, Carl Davis, Colby Frechette, Allie Hayden, Nghia Ho, Logan Martin, Matthew Martel, and Alfred Romero
Empathy — Allie Hayden, Andrew Hovasse, Zachary Kimball, and Aiden Maliski.
Overall Tiger PRIDE — Gaelle Akaliza, Bassam Al Jashaam, Rouaa Al Saker, Katlyn Bickford, Kyle Bonsaint, Katlyn Brooks, Dadrian Brown, Emily Cote, Keisha Dedrick, Trevor Dube, Carter Edgerton, Nicholas Escobedo, Marissa Hamilton, Erica Hanson, Seth Harding, Pauline Kheang, Patricia Martin, Katherine Mendoza-Yanes, Abigayle Michaud, Ethan Moulton, Eunice Ndiwulu, Madison Nielsen, Kristin Osbon, Gabe Peaslee, Kaylee Perron, Jared Pierce, Alexis Poulin, Marquice Pratt, Syeda (Maliha) Raidah, Cullen Rhoy, Ashlin Ruel, Jazmine Stammel, Alexander Thurlow, Asha Tompkins, and Olivia Whittaker.
The overall category award recipients were: Rouaa Al Saker (Perseverance); Trevor Dube (Respect); Carter Edgerton (Integrity); Fallon Descoteaux (Dependability); Logan Martin (Empathy); and Washima Fairoz (Tiger PRIDE).
“Any parent can be proud knowing that they have done their best and their efforts have truly paid off. The foundation of moral integrity, respect and good upbringing will follow them for the rest of their lives,” said Michael Aaskov, a BHS teacher. “All these attributes that I have listed show us all that there is hope in our young people today. It’s not easy to be a young person today or a parent for that matter. It’s hard. So I would like to congratulate the parents of all the award recipients for their continued love and commitment to their children.”
— Executive Editor Ed Pierce can be reached at 282-1535 ext. 326 or by email at editor@journaltribune.com.
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