Each year, the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board Student Recognition Awards celebrate excellence in student leadership. Students are chosen by their principals and vice-principals for their demonstration of initiative, supported by the will to succeed, the dedication to finish what they started, and the commitment to achieve their personal best.
Congratulations to this year’s winner from Ottawa Technical Secondary School,
Karley L.!
Karley L. is an amazing student leader who harnesses the power of perseverance to achieve her goals. Karley has faced many extraordinary challenges during her time in high school, but she has never given up on herself and is now poised to pursue her dream of becoming a child and youth worker. Over the past year, Karley has volunteered her time to support students in the Level Three Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) program at her school, where she has learned from her mentors and become an outstanding role model for others. Her support for her peers, her family, and the students she works with stems from her belief that caring can only become compassion through actions that help make others’ lives better. This belief has also helped Karley overcome self-doubt, and she will now graduate having made Ottawa Technical Secondary School and her community a better place. Karley has been accepted to Algonquin College to pursue her dream of becoming a child and youth worker, and she is fully deserving of all of her current and future successes!
Learn more about this year's award recipients on the
OCDSB website.