Students from high schools across Cape Breton-Victoria Regional Centre for Education were presented with the Lieutenant Governor’s Education Medal during a ceremony in Port Hawkesbury on May 22.

Pictured above are: Back row (from left to right): Zach Vaters, Sydney Academy; Raqeem Haq, Sydney Academy; Tanner MacDonald , Cabot Education Centre; Morgan Taylor Rose , Cabot Education Centre; Malcolm Hull, Memorial High School; Wren Matheson, Baddeck Academy; Layla White, Breton Education Centre; and Kylie MacDougall, Riverview High School. Front row (from left to right): Sarah Redden, Rankin School of the Narrows; Gabrielle McNeil, Glace Bay High School; Elizabeth Omolabi, Glace Bay High School; Jemma Bowers, Memorial High School; Hannah Phillips, Baddeck Academy; Bhreagh MacKenzie, Rankin School of the Narrows; and Taylor Hurley, Breton Education Centre. 
Missing from photo is Tessa Sultan, Riverview High School.

The Lieutenant Governor's Education Medal is awarded annually to students in each high school throughout Nova Scotia in recognition of academic performance and qualities of leadership and service. For more information about the award, visit https://lt.gov.ns.ca/honours-awards/awards.