At the 2024 Annual General Meeting Esquimalt High School’s Alumni Association awarded three $1000 scholarships to the deserving Esquimalt High School graduates:
Jonathan Atwell, Turquoise Chiang, and Trini Moffet
The Alumni Association has awarded scholarships annually for several years. The following deserving students have received this scholarship:
- 2023 Luca Costi, Sydney Jackson, Sophie LeRoy
- 2022 Sophia Herbert-Forrest, Silas Leske, Kieran Brown
- 2021 Lassah Johnson, Sabrina Brooks, Olivia Woods
- 2020 Sheyda Sham, Megan van Campen, Nathiel Hope Tucker
- 2019 Juhi Bhatella, Spencer Tanner, Grace Martin
- 2018 Meghan Scott, Magritte Gordaneer, Aya Ezzedin
- 2017 Alysha Mosveen, Sammy Ross
- 2016 David Easter, Delphina Kejo
- 2015 Sabeen Zaheer, Chaz Booty
- 2014 Chelsea Blackmore
- 2013 Kati George –Jim, Zainab Zaheer
- 2012 Christiana Moser, Deidre Farrington
- 2011 Karlee Bamford, Robin Wigen
- 2010 Stephanie Johansen, Vincent Hanlon
- 2009 Richard Hsu, Amy Dawson
- 2008 Rose Jang
- 2007 Jesse Robertson
- 2006 Charlotte Gleave Riemann
Jason Buie Music Achievement Award & Scholarship
The Jason Buie Music Achievement Award is a cheque for $1,000 from the Esquimalt Firefighters’ Foundation awarded annually to a graduating student from Esquimalt High School. This award will be presented each year at RibFest which is held the second weekend of September.
Biography of Jason Buie
Jason was born and raised in Victoria and has deep roots in Esquimalt. His Mom and Dad, Gayle and Bob, grew up in Esquimalt and graduated from Esquimalt High School. As boys, Jason and his brother, Chris, spent much of their time with their grandparents at Saxe Point Park and Kinver Beach. He was raising his twins, Jackson and Etta, in his beloved Esquimalt.
Jason was an award-winning musician. In 2018, Jason won the Maple Blues’ Award for the Best New Blues Artist in Canada. He released 4 independent CDs over his 25 plus years as a professional musician. His las album, Driftin Heart, was an award-winning CD.
Jason was a co-founder of the White Rock Blues Society and a member of the Victoria Blues Society. In 2012, he was approached to come on board for Esquimalt RibFest as the music coordinator. He did and loved being part of RibFest.
Jason was a big believer in giving back to your community. Every year both in Victoria and White Rock, he organized annual Christmas Gigs. He arranged for other musicians to give their time for the Christmas Toy Jam and the Yuletide Blues for the Mustard Seed Food Bank. He would give up and coming musicians breaks and have them play at various gigs he did. He was very generous with his time to help fellow musicians.
He was a big man with a giving heart.
Criteria:
The recipient of the Jason Buie Music Achievement Award:
- Will be a grade 12 student enrolled in the study of instrumental and/or vocal music at Esquimalt High School and continuing their studies at the post-secondary level preferably in the area of music or music education;
- Has demonstrated activities that encourage other young people to develop their musical talents;
- Has shown skill in collaborating with other musicians to grow live musical performances;
- Has used their musical background to give back to the larger community preferably by showing a willingness to volunteer at community events;
- Has through their studies demonstrated proficiency in their musical abilities with preference given to a student who has performed publicly; and
- Preferably is a student where there is financial need.
The money will be given to the recipient once proof of registration at a recognized post-secondary school is provided. The successful student will have a two year time period to claim the award following the initial presentation.
Past Winners
- 2024 Atticus Dachsel-Kerr
- 2023 Jules Dawkins
- 2022 Callum Rudyk