Monday, November 3, 2008

Springdale's Mike Rolfe earns national honours: Shad Valley 'great experience'

10/30/08

SPRINGDALE
WILLIAM CLARKE
nor'wester

Mike Rolfe has had a busy year. The 17-year-old grade 12 student at Indian River High has been kept busy by his love of sports, but his academics have also remained top-notch. This month he'll be hosting a hockey camp at the Springdale Stadium and this past summer he spent some time in Halifax and Kitchener-Waterloo for an important reason.

Mike was one of the students accepted into a competition for high-achieving students called Shad Valley. Not only did he participate, his team won the national honours against 12 other teams across the country.

"We all had to make a project and the project was to design with conscience and make something that will help others in the world," he said. "We won the national competition and best overall."

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