Students toasted at breakfast

Tyler Lowey
Times Reporter

 

Teachers and students met up before class Dec. 9 at the Strathmore High School cafeteria for this semester’s Breakfast of Champions.
Forty-nine students were individually recognized by teachers for one reason or another. Often times, it was due to overcoming difficulties or turning around their grades in class.
“It was a good way to bring attention to students for different reasons that they might think have went unnoticed,” said Strathmore High School teacher Taryn Riley.
Sobeys donated the healthy breakfast that consisted of eggs, sausages, yogurt, muffins, bagels and juice.
While the students and teachers chowed down, the teachers individually got up and said a few words about their selected student and presented them with a certificate.
One of the students on hand was Bisons goaltender Ben Laidlaw. Laidlaw transferred to Strathmore this year to play for the hockey team, and his demanding schedule saw him fall behind in class.
Kenton Zandee is the teacher who selected Laidlaw. He was chosen because he had to come in early and outside of classroom hours to catch up on some tests he missed while away.
“It was fun, hanging out and chilling with the teachers and other students who got acknowledged,” said Laidlaw.
The high school will hold another Breakfast of Champions next semester.