On June 5, 2021, twenty-two local Grade 6 students received scholarships from the Chief Earl Leadership Legacy Fund. The Fund was established in 2008 to celebrate Chief Earl’s contributions to the community and to honor his memory.

Each year, elementary schools identify students from within the local school districts who have demonstrated the qualities of future leaders based on the four core values of the Medicine Hat Police Service, with an additional focus on leadership and citizenship. Since its inception 187 students have been recognized.

The fund is administered through the Community Foundation of Southeastern Alberta with sponsorship from the Medicine Hat Safe Community Association and the Medicine Hat Police Association. Parents of the scholarship recipients are encouraged to place the awards into an existing or newly opened Registered Educational Savings Plan.

Congratulations to this year’s recipients:

Medicine Hat Catholic Board of Education Recipients: (6)

• Mother Teresa School: Paisley Retzler
• St. Michael’s School: Kate Pagas
• St. Francis Xavier School: Berklyn Bohrn
• St. Louis School: Leigha Pancoast
• Ecole St John Paull II: Inara Merrick
• Notre Dame Academy: Ryleigh Jackiw

Charter/Private School Recipients: (2)

• Ecole Les Cypres: Isabella Ferguson
• CAPE School: Keelyn Pynnaken

Medicine Hat School District No. 76 Recipients: (14)

• Crestwood School: Mylee George
• Ross Glen School: Dominic Hennes
• Connaught School: Morgan Carvalho-Salmon
• Dr Roy Wilson Learning Centre: Dylan Nelson
• Webster Niblock School: Katelyn Sylyski
• Vincent Massey School: Avonley Moore
• River Heights School: Maryn Bennett Bowal
• Herald School: Dainen Johnston
• George Davison School: Claire Colbe
• Elm Street School: Dahlia Green
• Dr Ken Sauer: Keelyn Malbeuf
• Southview School: Larry Joe
• Medicine Hat Christian School: Brody Kurpjuweit
• Hub: Megan Klein

Media Contact:

Sgt Adam Gregory
Community Support Unit
Medicine Hat Police Service
Ph: 403-529-8451