Hayden Thomson was presented with the 2014 Youth Leadership Award for Holy Trinity High School, in recognition of academic success and leadership, at the school’s awards ceremony on September 24.
The award is intended to recognize and celebrate the outstanding achievement in leadership of a student who has completed grade twelve.
Hayden has excelled academically, having completed both Math 20-1 and Math 30-1 with a 100% average. He also gave an incredibly inspirational commencement speech at the Holy Trinity High School graduation ceremony in the spring. The Edmonton Examiner published an article about Hayden, including a portion of his speech, which can be found here.