Cardston High School Principal

The principal of Cardston High School, Dallen Leavitt, was retiring so the job was posted. Austin decided to apply for the job, and he was hired as the new principal.

Austin loved his years at Cardston Junior High as the principal. He loved the staff and the students. He instigated many great projects, changes, school climate, relationships, etc. He worked with Ken McMurray for 2 years as his vice principal and then 4 years with Cody Toone.

He shed tears a few times as he had to say good-bye at the end of the school year.

 Austin loves to announce the track meets - especially the races. Even when it is raining.

 The parent council made this quilt of CJHS t-shirts to give him (mostly Lisa Comin and Jewel Hardy).

 Johanna Wirzba made this wall hanging for Austin. Johanna is an awesome first-year language teacher at the junior high. Austin gave a presentation to his staff on this saying, "Don't Give Up the Ship." He saw it when we were in Washington D.C. when my Uncle Boyd took us on a tour of the Naval Academy. It is a story of a captain who told his crew, "Don't Give Up the Ship" even when the storms and battles raged.

The staff gave Austin this basket of treats with this card. 

Cody Toone gave Austin a knife with a very nice letter about the influence Austin had on him. He also wrote an amazing letter of recommendation for Austin. And he gave Austin a tribute at the closing assembly.

Lucy cried when she found out that Austin wouldn't be at the junior high next year - just when she was going to start at that school.  Jill and Hanna got to be with him at the junior high and now at the high school.

Primary Scripture Quest

Zone Champion - Aggregate Juvenile Girl Champion

Hanna spent a couple months training this spring for track with Coach Rowe and Coach Gerard. And it paid off.

School Track Meet

Hanna not only placed first in all her events, but she broke 4 records:

100 meters

200 meters

400 meters 

Triple jump

Her relay team won first.

The divisional track meet was also in Cardston.

Hanna won first in hurtles, 100 meters, 200 meters and relay. She was 2nd in triple jump.

Jill, Lucy &Carly skipped school to come with me to watch Hanna at zones in Lethbridge.

She was 4th place in triple jump. 

Then she won the hurtles. 

Her next race was 200 meters and she won it. Although she was in second for part of the race, but she pulled it off.

The 100 meter race is always a close one.  She usually battles it out with her teammate, Melissa Carter, but this time it was with this same girl from the 200(in the picture above in blue).  The only reason Hanna beat her is because Hanna leaned in at the finish line.  She won by a fraction of a second.

Her relay team also won first place.

They announce the Aggregate winners for male/female for each grade.  Hanna was the Aggregate Female Winner for Juvenile Girls for the South Zone of Alberta!!!    She had 24 points. Go Hanna!

They also give out banners to the schools in each division with the highest points.  Since 9th graders go to Cardston High School, they can't be combined in points with Cardston Junior High School.  But the athletes in Hanna's grade are so awesome, that they had enough points to win the banner all by themselves.

Go Hanna!