Here we celebrate student achievement and showcase activities our students are involved in around college.

WANAKA A&P SHOW 

Thank you to our wonderful students who volunteered at the Mount Aspiring College area of the school show. A great (if a little hot) day was had by all! 

STUDENTS AGAINST DRIVING DRUNK 

Well done to the SADD team who engaged in traffic management into the college for two mornings this week. A wonderful initiative that reflected positively on our school community, Well done SADD!  

STUDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY

Every week, Sammy and Ines go and run a craft club at Wanaka Primary school, which is especially fun for teacher Jennie Croxford, who used to teach Sammy when she was a pupil at Wanaka Primary!

This week they made pom poms and you can see the smiles and the results!

WORLD VISION YOUTH CONFERENCE 2020

On Monday, a group of students in years 12 and 13 travelled to Dunedin to attend the World Vision Youth Conference. There they listened to inspiring speakers and took part in leadership activities. The guest speakers were super inspiring and had such real stories. They heard from the people who started Project 51, a support service for those affected by Christchurch’s mosque shooting. They then discussed ideas about how to create opportunities to raise money for the people of Malawi through World Vision and the 40 Hour Famine. The day was lots of fun and the students left feeling motivated to make a difference in their community and beyond!

Quotes

Oliver: “Wow!”

Emily: “Lets go South Island!”

Michael: “That was so Bill”

Olive: “Making a difference is great!”

Emma H: “Pineapple on Pizza is yum!”

Emma D: “Yeah unity ummm”

Whitney: “That’s crazy”

Phoebe: “I found the conference super inspiring. The guest speakers left a strong impression on me as they both followed their passion to make a change in local community and the wider world”

OUTDOOR PURSUITS

Our Level 3 Outdoor Pursuits Leadership classes were up in the Shotover Valley this week for their kayaking assessment. They had two awesome days with the students loving the amazing location and the outstanding grade two whitewater. An epic trip on which the students got to showcase all the skills they have been developing all term. 

ADVENTURE RACE

MAC had two teams enter the SISS adventure race this year with some awesome results.

Congratulations to Sylvie Frater, Piper Cavanagh, Emily Heath and Phoebe Wood who came second out of the girls teams!

OTAGO SECONDARY SCHOOL FUTSAL

Well done to all five MAC teams who went to the OSS Futsal competition last Friday! Outstanding effort made by all. A huge congratulations to both the girls and boys A teams for winning their grades!  

SOUTH ISLAND SECONDARY SCHOOL ROWING

Congratulations to all students who went to the SISS rowing competition in Twizel this past weekend! Winning the following great results:

GOLD:

Under 16 Coxed quad: Neve Faed, Lyla Chamberlain, Emily Findlay and Samara Goodall coxed by Patrick Hartley.

Under 17 coxed quad: Pipi Horan, Lyla Chamberlain, Emily Findlay and Neve Faed coxed by Patrick Hartley

Under 15 double scull: Pipi Horan and Ruby Boyd

Under 16 double scull: Pipi Horan and Emily Findlay

SILVER:

Under 15 coxed quad: Eva Humphreys, Pipi Horan, Ruby Boyd and Aneka Rossiter coxed by Patrick Hartley.

A further congratulations to Pipi Horan (U15) and Emily Findlay (U16) who have been invited to attend the NZ Under 18 Trials, after their commanding performance in the Under 16 doubles where they won by at least four lengths clear water. Well done girls! 

OTAGO SECONDARY SCHOOL ATHLETICS

Mount Aspiring College athletes featured prominently in the Otago Secondary Schools Athletics Champs in Dunedin last weekend. Three Otago records were broken by MAC athletes in the U16 girls grade. Hannah Prosser broke the 3000m record on the Friday afternoon, Abby Fisher shaved a whole second off the 200m, and the 4x100m relay team of Estelle Gellatly, Abby Fisher, Georgie Bruce and Niamh Townsend added another Otago record to their list of relay records set this season.

Mount Aspiring College top three placings were:

First placings 

Georgie Bruce (U16 80m hurdles, high jump, 4x100 relay) Millie East (U14 100m, 400m) Abby Fisher (U16 100m, 200m, 4x100 relay) Estelle Gellatly (U14 200m, 4x100 relay) Georgia Prosser (Senior 3000m) Hannah Prosser (U16 3000m) Pippa Raffills (U15 triple jump) Niamh Townsend (U15 100m, 200m, long jump, 4x100 relay) Campbell Wright (Senior 3000m)

Second placings

Georgie Bruce (U16 200m) Leo Staufenberg (Senior 3000m) Hunter Tuck (U14 1500m) Campbell Wright (Senior 1500m) Ryan Young (U16 100m hurdles)

Third placings
Georgie Bruce (U16 100m) Estelle Gellatly (U14 100m) Georgia Prosser (Senior 1500m) Pippa Raffills (U15 80m hurdles) Leo Staufenberg (Senior 1500m) Amelia Young (U15 discus) Ryan Young (U16 triple jump)