Canadian High School

CHS Class of 2025Scholarship RecipientsAgnes Adams Scholarship FundJessa Bell $ 1,000Avery Timmons $ 1,000Ben R. & Nancy M Ezzell Memorial ScholarshipEthan Gerhardt $ 500Bob & Bettye Ward Scholarship 

Canadian High School commencement ceremonies were conducted on Saturday, May 24, at Chris Koetting Field in Wildcat Stadium.

On June 21, 2024, 17-year-old Camden Ryan Cook of Canadian was arrested and charged with the June 9th aggravated assault causing bodily injury of Flint Wayne Hill, 17, a Hemphill County resident.

“Canadian High School’s most honored award is the Liske Cup,” Superintendent Lynn Pulliam said, as he announced its recipient following the presentation of diplomas to 72 graduates of the Class of 2024 Saturday morning at Wildcat Stadium.

Next Saturday, May 11, Canadian High School alumnae (Class of 2020) Violeta and Jazmin Talavera will be among 1,500 students who will receive their diplomas in commencement ceremonies at West Texas A&M University. The two sisters are both graduates of the College of Nursing and Health Sciences.

CANYON — Student scholars for the 2024-2025 cohort of a prestigious West Texas A&M University program have been announced. Among those named to this year’s Rogers Lead WT cohort is Oscar Navarro, a sophomore accounting major from Canadian.

Canadian High School won the 3A District 1 UIL Academic Meet April 2 with a staggering 688 points, beating Bushland’s second place score of only 281 points. The top three individuals in each event and first place teams will advance to the Region 1 UIL Academic Meet April 26-27 in Abilene.

Canadian High School Senior Karson Thompson placed third in the Regional power-lifting competition two weeks ago, and will compete in the 2024 Texas High School Powerlifting Association Finals this Saturday, March, 22 in Abilene.

Canadian High School senior Laney Hood learned last week that she had been named a 2024 National Merit Scholar finalist. In doing so, she joins an elite group of only 15,000 students nationwide—about half of whom will share nearly $28 million in awards this year.

CHS graduate Everett Cook is doing more than just studying marine biology—he is well on his way to becoming a published author.