OGDENSBURG — The Ogdensburg Free Academy Key Club won 10 awards, including six first place awards, and tied for top honors for having one of the best school and community service programs in the nation at the New York State Leadership Training Conference over the weekend in Albany.

“Our club competed against some of New York State’s most elite high schools, like Brooklyn Technical, Bronx Science and other nationally known high schools,” said Ogdensburg Kiwanis Club Advisor James E. Reagen. “The Ogdensburg Free Academy Key Club’s members and officers can be very proud of being recognized by their statewide organization for their hard work, dedication and service to their community.”

The 10 awards included:

• Top honors as a Distinguished Diamond Level Club tying for its overall service program.
• 1st Place Single Service Bronze Division for having the best service project of any club its size in New York State.
• 1st Place for Kiwanis Family Relations for its joint service program with its Kiwanis Club and Builders Club.
• 1st Place Gracyn Barkley, Outstanding Vice President
• 1st Place Jude Cadieux, Outstanding Freshman
• 1st Place Jaelyn Dewey, Outstanding Junior
• Distinguished President Azin Paige
• Distinguished Senior Marissa Lovely
• 3rd Place Major Emphasis
• Early Bird Dues thanks to Treasurer Annabel Curtis

Other Key Club officers for the past year included Webmaster Mia Jeneault and Secretary Caine Trimm.

“We are very grateful to the Ogdensburg Kiwanis Club, the Ogdensburg City School District and Ogdensburg Free Academy for their constant support,” said Faculty Advisor Ruth-Anne Barkley. “But most of all, our success would not have been possible without the overwhelming support our club receives from the greater Ogdensburg community who have always been there for us for over half a century.”