Year 13 Accelerate Students by PNBHS

Accelerate Year 13 Students Finish in Style

This has been an outstanding year for the Year 13 Accelerate/Scholarship students.

The final university examination, Mathematics, was sat on Wednesday 3 November. The students were calm and when time was called, sat back with smiles of confidence. And they have every right to be confident.

The cohort enrolled for 87 papers across Canterbury, Waikato, Victoria and Massey Universities and earned excellent results. The median grade for the year has been an A+ and this is not likely to change after the recent examination. While every student has achieved beyond expectation, mention must be made of some phenomenal grades.

Blake Storrier topped the entire Waikato University cohort in Economics. Every member of the Scholarship Statistics class earned an A+. The English Scholarship students produced outstanding grades in the Waikato English paper, a median grade of A (85% – 99%). However, what must be noted here is that 7 of the 11 students sitting this paper are in year 12! Of the two students sitting Philosophy, both earned an A+, as did the two enrolled for Computer Science.

The efforts of these students have not gone unnoticed by the Scholarship committees.

Alex Cole - Auckland University Top Achievers Scholarship - $20,000.00

Jacob Dredge - Auckland University Top Achievers Scholarship - $20,000.00

Shaheer Hussein - Auckland University Top Achievers Scholarship - $20,000.00

Ken O'Connor - Auckland University Keystone Trust Scholarship - $15,000.00 and Auckland University Top Achievers Scholarship - $20,000.00

Blake Storrier - Auckland University Top Achievers Scholarship - $20,000.00 and Jacobs Florentine

Ash Taylor - Auckland University Top Achievers Scholarship - $20,000.00

Dan Van der Spuy - Auckland University Top Achievers Scholarship - $20,000.00

Nicholas Dewhurst - Canterbury University Go Waitaha Scholarship - $5,000.00

Michael Watkins - Otago University Leaders of Tomorrow Entrance Scholarship - $6,000.00

Martin Vibart - Victoria University Tangiwai Scholarship for Academic Excellence - $5,000.00

Curtis Heaphy - Massey University Academy of Sport Scholarship - $5,000.00

Fahim Masud - Victoria University Totoweka Scholarship - $5,000.00

We fully anticipate there will be further awards made as many of the applications have yet to be finalised. Further to that end, Scholarship Examinations will no doubt attract further awards.

Congratulations to every member of the 2021 Accelerate Cohort. Y0ou have been an outstanding group and Palmy Boys’ wishes you every success for the future.

Mr K Benn

Accelerate Programme Coordinator