Celebrating Excellence – Annual Awards Ceremony
Each year, the Ernest Manning High School community comes together to honour and celebrate the achievements, character, and contributions of our outstanding students. The Annual Awards Ceremony highlights the diverse ways our Griffins strive for excellence academically, personally, and within our school community.
Among our highest academic honours is the Griffin Scholar Award, presented to students with an exceptional 95% or higher overall average in their coursework at Ernest Manning. This award reflects our scholars' dedication, discipline, and pursuit of academic excellence.
We also take great pride in recognizing students in each grade who exemplify the core values of our school through the following special awards:
- Griffin Grit – Honouring students who demonstrate resilience, perseverance, and an unwavering commitment to personal growth.
- Griffin Heart – Celebrating those who lead with empathy, kindness, and compassion, making our school a more inclusive and caring place.
- Griffin Trailblazer – Recognizing students who lead with vision and courage, taking initiative to create positive change in our school and beyond.
This evening is a celebration of who we are as a community—resilient, compassionate, driven, and united in our pursuit of excellence.
Griffin Breakfast of Champions
The Griffin Breakfast of Champions is a revitalized tradition at Ernest Manning High School, built from a previous school initiative to celebrate students who make a positive impact on our community. Rooted in our motto — Lead • Learn • Innovate — this event recognizes the many ways students contribute to making our school an exceptional place to belong.
Each staff member selects a student based on their unique strengths, growth, character, and contributions. There are no set criteria; recognition is grounded in meaningful relationships and the diverse ways students demonstrate leadership, learning, creativity, perseverance, and kindness.
Held each May, invited students attend a special breakfast in their honour, celebrating everyday excellence and the many forms success can take within our school community.
Honours Recognition
In addition to our formal awards, students who achieve an overall average of 80% or higher in their courses at Ernest Manning will receive an Honours Certificate in recognition of their consistent hard work and academic success
Athletic Awards – Night of the Griffin
The Night of the Griffin is our annual athletic recognition event, where we take the time to celebrate student success. All student athletes are recognized for their accomplishments as well as major award winners are highlighted at this event. We encourage student athletes to bring parents and guests to this event. Athletic Awards
Awards and Scholarships
There are many school-based, city-wide, provincial, company and institution related scholarships available to Ernest Manning students. Make yourself aware of what is available by attending the scholarship information sessions. The information is also available on the Ernest Manning website scholarships and Student Services D2L page.