Achieving an Academic Blue is a distinguished achievement. It was a pleasure to celebrate both our past and present students who achieved this accolade based on their 2022 academic results.

We are very proud of the significant academic achievements of our students and this week we were able to recognise and celebrate these in the awarding of Academic Blues.

Academic Blues are awarded to students who have achieved an overall Level Endorsement by gaining 50 credits or more at Excellence Level. Collectively, Columba College continues to excel in the academic arena and achieve well above national averages. In 2022 84.7% of our Level One students gained overall endorsement at either Merit or Excellence Level, 74.2% at Level 2 and 65.2% at Level 3. In addition to this, our pass rates were very rewarding with Level 1 at 97.6%, Level 2 at 97.1% and Level 3 at 94%.

Academic Blues are acknowledged at our school by both the swatch sewn onto blazers and the wearing of Academic ties. Students who have gained an Excellence Endorsement wear a blue tie with a thin green stripe. Students who are re-awarded an Academic Blue - Excellence Endorsement across two levels, wear a green tie with a thick blue stripe. Students who gain Scholarship as a Year 12 student, wear a green tie with a double white stripe.

A full list of our recipients can be found below:

Level 1 Academic Blues Recipients:

• Ava Andersen
• Bella Adams
• Clara Ballantyne
• Isabella Cameron
• Milla Cashmore
• Grace Dong
• Alex Duff
• Poppy Edmond
• Grace Hill
• Amelia Hollows
• Hannah Hopkins
• Cecilia Jia
• Amelia Loudon
• Maia Macdonald
• Natalie McDonald
• Kate McGowan
• Flora McKirdy
• Mary Mengel
• Lucy Morrison
• Monet Morrison
• Zara Pratley
• Anya Rhodes
• Tayla Ruxton
• Emily Sharpe
• Isabel Sheehan
• Kayla Smith
• Tessa Smith
• Georgia Spek
• Pippa Trotman

Level 2 Academic Blues Recipients:

• Jeen Boonsampankit
• Elloise Cameron - re-awarded
• Michelle Chan: re-awarded
• Hannah Coe: re-awarded
• Sophie Davis: re-awarded
• Lucy Dong: re-awarded
• Aliya Drake: re-awarded
• Briar Duncan: re-awarded
• Zoe Eckhoff: re-awarded
• Elaina Fu: re-awarded
• Alexandra Giles: re-awarded
• Sophie Greenaway
• Poppy Henderson: re-awarded
• Sophia Hessian: re-awarded
• Yasmin Khan
• Louisa Kotkamp: re-awarded
• Mabel Lee: re-awarded
• Brenna Lyons: re-awarded
• Meg Macdougall: re-awarded
• Anise Maclean: re-awarded
• Juliette McDonald: re-awarded
• Zoe McElrea: re-awarded
• Holly McRae: re-awarded
• Kayla Millar: re-awarded
• Emma Morton: re-awarded
• Phoebe O’Donnell: re-awarded
• Nora Paicu: re-awarded
• Amalee Richards: re-awarded
• Erica Su: re-awarded
• Bridgette Sutton: re-awarded
• Maddisyn Wills: re-awarded
• Yuiko Yoshimura: re-awarded
• Amber Zhang: re-awarded

Level 3 Academic Blues Recipients

• Kirsten Carey
• Hannah Cole: re-awarded
• Lucy Cowie: re-awarded
• Grace Johnston: re-awarded
• Krisha Joshi: re-awarded
• Helen Li: re-awarded
• Rosa Lines: re-awarded
• Skyla Murray: re-awarded
• Riley Piebenga : re-awarded
• Jaime Reid: re-awarded
• Maya Rose: re-awarded
• Melissa Vander Haegan: re-awarded
• Dana Wister: re-awarded

2022 Scholarship

NZQA Scholarships are the highest level of NZQA achievement. In total Columba gained a total of 15 scholarships.

Scholarship gained by a Year 11 student - a Columba College first!

• Clara Ballantyne - History

Scholarship gained by Year 12 Students

• Elaina Fu - Scholarship in Chinese
• Zoe McElrea - Scholarships in English and History
• Skyla Murray - Scholarships in Music and Classics

Scholarship gained by Year 13 Students/2022 Leavers

• Sophie Bowmar - Scholarship in Geography
• Jasper Davis - Scholarship in English
• Grace Johnston - Scholarships in English, Drama and Classics
• Helen Li - Scholarship in History
• Eri Lovegrove - Scholarship in Design
• Samantha Mills - English and Classics

Well done everyone!