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July 4, 2024 • Volume 39, No. 4
Next edition July 18
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High school scholars top Class of 2024
Brigitte Fletcher holds up the Governor General’s Academic Medal she received for achieving the highest combined average at St. Matthew High School. FRED SHERWIN PHOTO
By Fred Sherwin The Orléans Star Orléans-area high schools held their graduation ceremonies last week, celebrating the many accomplishments of the Class of 2024, including their respective Governor General’s Academic Medal recipients. The Governor General’s Medal is given to students across the country who finish their high school academic career with the top overall combined average in their school for Grades 11 and 12. Brigitte Fletcher was the Governor General’s Academic Medal recipient at St. Matthew High School, where she achieved a combined average of 95.8 per cent. Although she excelled in both science and
math during the four years she has spent at St. Matthew, she wasn’t always a fan. “I hated science when I was in Grade 7, but then I entered the STEM program in Grade 9 and it changed my philosophy,” says Brigitte. STEM stands for science, technology, engineering and mathematics. She enrolled in the program at the suggestion of her Grade 7 science teacher Michael Flynn and credits him for setting out on a path towards a possible career in environmental science or other bio-related scientific field. But first, Brigitte plans to go to Rome to study philosophy at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, also known as the Angelicum. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2