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RCI Valedictorians 

 

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 Listed below are the individuals who were chosen by the peers to serve as Renfrew Collegiate Valedictorian for their respective graduating years.

Our goal is to provide graduation portraits of all RCI valedictorians where possible. 

The column named "Post-RCI" indicates the institution where each individual studied the year immediately after their graduation year (not the institution they graduated from).

If you have more information or better quality images of any valedictorians, please contact Adam Noack at RCI at noacka@rcdsb.on.ca

* Unable to locate valedictorians for the years between 1932 and 1953.  There may have been a hiatus during the Great Depression and the Second World War.

** We are unsure if valedictorian was shared these years

*** Year that OAC was eliminated hence it was the “double cohort” year of graduation

 

 

 

Year

Name

Image 

Post-RCI

1926

Margaret Anderson

 image of Marg Anderson  

1927

Emma M. Collins

 no photo available   

1928

Sara MacDonald

 Renfrew's Best School  

1929

Nora Rousselle

 no photo available   

1930

Charles Ireton

 Renfrew's Best School

Queen’s University

1931

John McNab

 Renfrew's Best School  

1932

Jean Naismith

 Renfrew's Best School  Queen's University

See * above

     

1953

Margaret Moore

 no photo available  

1954

Mary Grace Russell

 no photo available  

1955

Marlene Moore

 no photo available  

1956

Sherril Edmunds

 Renfrew's Best School  

1957

Gerald Eady

 Renfrew's Best School  

1958

Elda McDermid

 Renfrew's Best School  

1959

Marilyn Hawkins

 Renfrew's Best School  

1960

Dan Stewart

 Renfrew's Best School  

1961

Bonnie Ferguson

 Renfrew's Best School  

1962

Ronald Blackwell

 Renfrew's Best School  

1963

Leslie Bradley

 Renfrew's Best School  

1964

Virginia Wurm

 Renfrew's Best School  

1965

George Rouble

 Renfrew's Best School

University of Toronto

1966

Donna McPhail

 Renfrew's Best School  

1967

Alfred Raaphorst

 alfred raaphorst  University of Waterloo

1968

Marianne McPhail

 Renfrew's Best School  

1969

Roselyn Anderson

 Renfrew's Best School

Queen’s University

1970

Charlene McIntyre

 no photo available   

1971

Beverly Stewart

 Renfrew's Best School  

1972

Kathy Lindsay

 Renfrew's Best School

Queen’s University

1973

Thomas Stowe

 no photo available   

1974

Paul Griese

 Renfrew's Best School  

1975

Jennie Van Genderen

 Renfrew's Best School  

1976

Patricia Heise

 no photo available   

1977

Susan Peckover

 no photo available   

1978

Catherine Hall

 Renfrew's Best School  

1979

Peggy Wallace

 no photo available  

1980

Lori-Ann Buzzell

best school in renfrew  

1981

Shirley Ferguson

 no photo available   

1982

Joy Martin

 Renfrew's Best School

Carleton University

1983

Sherri Beattie

 Renfrew's Best School  

1984**

Jane Jamieson 

 no photo available   

1984**

David Dick

 Renfrew's Best School  

1985**

Donna Ferguson

 Renfrew's Best School

University of Ottawa

1985**

Brenda Griese

 no photo available  

1986

Caryn Stitt

 Best school in Renfrew

University of Toronto

1987

Cheryl Pender

 Best school in Renfrew

Queen’s University

1988

Susan Stitt

 Best school in Renfrew

University of Toronto

1989

Brenda Ellis

 Best school in Renfrew

University of Western Ontario

1990

Russell Schick

 Best school in Renfrew  University of Waterloo

1991

Stacey Brydges

 Best school in Renfrew

McMaster University

1992

Jacqueline Bennett

 Best school in Renfrew

Nipissing University

1993

Byron Brydges

 Best school in Renfrew

Carleton University

1994

Phil Schick

 Best school in Renfrew  

1995

Danielle Polk

 Best school in Renfrew

Queen’s University

1996

Christopher Collins

 Best school in Renfrew

University of Waterloo

1997

Travis Burke

 Best school in Renfrew

University of Ottawa

1998

Heidi Collins

 Best school in Renfrew  

1999

Margo Wilson

 Best school in Renfrew  

2000

Kyle Hanniman

 Best school in Renfrew

St. Thomas University

2001

Thomas Hunt

 Best school in Renfrew

Queen’s University

2002

Natalie Aubert

 Best school in Renfrew

University of Ottawa

2003***

Brent Hanniman

 Best school in Renfrew

University of Toronto

2003***

Kip Mulvihill

 Best school in Renfrew

Brock University

2004

Sam deBruyn

 Best school in Renfrew

McGill University

2005

Jodie King

 Best school in Renfrew

Nipissing University

2006

Lauren Scott

 Best school in Renfrew

Queen’s University

2007

Sarah Penney

 Best school in Renfrew

McGill University

2008

Heather-Anne Robertson

 Best school in Renfrew

University of Western Ontario

2009

Keith MacDougall

 Best school in Renfrew

Queen’s University

2010

Adam McGregor

 best school in renfrew

Dalhousie University

2011

Mae Donohue

 Best school in Renfrew

Queen’s University

2012

Meghan Forgie

 Best school in Renfrew

Queen’s University

2013

Gracie Stewart

 Best school in Renfrew

Queen’s University

2014

Amanda Tubman

 Best school in Renfrew

University of Waterloo

2015

Auston Pierce

 best school in renfrew

Queen’s University

2016

Sage Melville

 Best school in Renfrew

Queen’s University

2017

Taylor Virgin

 Best school in Renfrew

University of Waterloo

2018

Camilo Sebastian

Best school in Renfrew

Queen's University

2019

Cameron Hunter

Ottawa University

2020

Maggie Scott

Maggie Scott picture

Queen's University 

2021

Hannah Hubert 

image of Hannah Hubert

Ottawa University 

2022

Shantica Kaseke

photo of Shantica Kaseke

Trent University 

2023

Sam Buxton

Sam Buxton RCi Valedictorian 2023

Trent University 

2024

Derrick O'Grady

Best School in Renfrew

Western University