Pioneer Award

The Alumni Association is proud to honor graduates of the Port Byron Free Academy and old Port Byron High School with special recognition of a Pioneer Award presentation.

Award recipients must have graduated high school prior to centralization and achieved career excellence or contributions to their community.  

The Pioneer Award was first issued in June 2019 as a subdivision to the Alumni Hall of Fame.  Currently, the award is presented every (3) three years.

The following graduates have posthumously been recipients of the Pioneer Award:

Last                                            First                                                                Class

Burns                                         Clinton S.                                                        1889

Gutchess                                   Sarah Adelaide Armstrong                              1879

Gutchess                                   Stephen Douglas                                            1882

Huntoon                                    Frank McElroy                                                 1897