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Excellence
In Education Evening 2008
On May
5, the Grand Haven Area Community Foundation was proud to
host the 22nd annual Excellence In Education Evening at Spring
Lake Country Club. This special event pays tribute to two
vital elements of our community's education system: students
and educators. It also recognizes the importance of local
citizen interest and support for education.
The students
honored during this event were 74 high school seniors residing
in the northwest Ottawa County area who are graduating in
the top ten percent of their class. The students haled from
Grand Haven High School, Spring Lake High School, Muskegon
Catholic Central High School and Western Michigan Christian
High School.
What makes
this event so unique is that each honored student was accompanied
by an educator personally chosen by the student for having
a significant impact on the student's academic achievements
and accomplishments. While many honored students select current
or recent high school teachers, coaches, and mentors, others
invite an educator from their elementary, or even kindergarten
years. This evening honors those students and educators who
truly represent the call to "excellence."
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GHACF
Chair, Don Anderson and President Ann Tabor, congratulate
the students and their parents, for the dedication and hard
work that brought them to this night of academic celebration.
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Tim
Penning, Professor of Public Relations at Grand Valley State
University, was the speaker for the evening. His inspiring
message to the students, sprinkled with humor and seriousness,
demonstrated how the pursuit of excellence in education
can lead to a life of success, joy and fulfillment.
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Ed Post
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Certificates
of achievement await Students and Educators.
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The E.V.
Erickson Scholarship is presented annually, at the Excellence
in Education dinner, to one or more students who excel not
only academically but who also demonstrate leadership qualities
and an outstanding record of community involvement.
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Ed Post
Rebecca Boeve of Grand Haven High School and Ellyse Birch
of Spring Lake High School are the 2008 Recipients of the
E.V. Erickson Scholarship.
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Barb Post
Emcee
and former Community Foundation Board Trustee, Edward Post,
keeps the program moving along with a sprinkle of jokes and
light-hearted commentary
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Over three
hundred students, teachers, guests and Foundation Board members
filled the Spring Lake Country Club dining room.
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A delightful
and festive evening, the Excellence In Education Dinner honors
the brightest and the best in education, students and educators
alike.
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Special
thanks go to the members of the Tri-Cities garden club who
gather the blooms from their gardens and have donated their
first Monday morning in May, for twenty two years, to make
the arrangements that decorated the tables.
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Floral
arrangements were provided courtesy of the Tri-Cities Garden
Club.
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For
good. For ever.
Email - bpostatghacf.org
Telephone: 616-842-6378
FAX: 616-842-9518
Postal address:
Grand
Haven Area Community Foundation
One South Harbor Drive
Grand Haven, Michigan 49417
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