Celebrating Student Citizenship: Could Your School Be Next?
Applications are invited for the 2027 Public Schools of Saskatchewan Student Citizenship Awards!
Across Saskatchewan, public school students are making a difference. They are strengthening their communities, caring for others, protecting the environment, demonstrating leadership, and putting citizenship into action.
Each year, Public Schools of Saskatchewan celebrates these efforts through its Student Citizenship Awards, recognizing outstanding projects that demonstrate the important role students play in creating positive change.
Up to Six awards of $1,000 each are presented annually:
Up to three awards for projects involving students in Grades 1–8.
Up to three awards for projects involving students in Grades 9–12.
Inspiration from Our 2026 Award Recipients
Last year's recipients remind us that citizenship can take many forms. From environmental initiatives and community outreach to democratic engagement and cultural learning, these projects demonstrate what students can accomplish when they put their ideas into action.
Here is the 2025-2026 award winners YouTube playlist.
Grades 1–8
Drake School, Horizon School Division – Green Team: Students demonstrated environmental leadership and community responsibility through recycling, gardening, healthy living initiatives, connections with seniors, and charitable activities.
Hudson Bay Community School, North East School Division – Young Hearts, Wise Minds: Grade 3 students built meaningful relationships with seniors in their community, fostering empathy, respect, and intergenerational connections.
Three Lakes School, Horizon School Division – Outdoor Education Growth: Students worked to transform their outdoor space into a year-round learning environment, promoting sustainability, environmental stewardship, and hands-on learning.
Grades 9–12
Campbell Collegiate, Regina Public Schools – Stargivers Initiative: Students demonstrated compassion and leadership through volunteerism, fundraising, and outreach supporting vulnerable and unhoused members of their community.
Walter Murray Collegiate, Saskatoon Public Schools – Award Winning Debate Club: Students promoted democratic engagement, critical thinking, respectful dialogue, and opportunities for others to participate in debate.
Bedford Road Collegiate, Saskatoon Public Schools – Waskawiwin Land-Based Education: Students strengthened connections to land, culture, community, and environmental responsibility through experiential learning.
These six projects are just a few examples of the meaningful citizenship initiatives taking place in Saskatchewan's public schools.
What Makes a Student Citizenship Award Project?
The Student Citizenship Awards recognize projects that put citizenship into practice. Projects may demonstrate:
Leadership, initiative, and student involvement.
Service to others and positive contributions to school or community.
Respect, inclusion, empathy, and social responsibility.
Environmental stewardship and sustainability.
Democratic engagement, participation, and responsible citizenship.
Projects do not need to be large or expensive to make a meaningful difference. What matters is the citizenship demonstrated through students' actions and the positive impact of their work.
Projects must have been implemented. Applications should describe what students have done, why the project was undertaken, and the outcomes or impact of their efforts.
Encourage Your Students to Apply!
Is your classroom, student group, or school involved in a project that demonstrates citizenship in action?
We encourage teachers, school staff, and administrators to consider the projects already taking place in their schools and to support an application.
Application Deadline: April 15, 2027
Learn more about the awards, review the application criteria and adjudication rubric, and access the application form
Great citizenship deserves to be celebrated. We look forward to learning about the inspiring work happening in your school!
