LIST OF SENIOR AWARD RECIPIENTS 2023

ACADEMIC AWARDS

Year 11

Highest achievement: Izzy Foskett (music and level 2 physics and mathematics with statistics), Lucy Liddell (agriculture, science and food and nutrition), Sophia Lyon (art design and Spanish), Joseph Combe (spatial and product design), Archie Bruce (English), Mila Culpitt (mathematics with statistics), Sam Beale (outdoor pursuits), Sam Wilson (music technology), Jessie McNeil (event and entertainment technologies), Minka Brooks (art painting and photography), Cody Brett (mechanical engineering), Oskar Sharpe (computer studies), Ryan Stembridge (drama), Cholula Brown (mathematical modelling), Monty Brown (woodwork), Midori Osnabrugge (economics and business), Amelia Latchford (geography), Lucy Maibach (Te Reo Māori), Grace Thomas (history), Harry Oxley (mathematics with algebra), Isaiah Chin-Nyika (physical education)

High achievement: Xander Maguire (science), Abby Jago (food and nutrition), Jessie McNeil (outdoor pursuits), Mikayla Botting (mathematics with algebra), Minka Brooks (science), Cormac Lee Smith, Arlo Mackay (mathematics with statistics), Eli McArthur (spatial and product design), Lucy Radford (physical education), Joe Rowley (English and science), Ryan Stembridge (English), Joseph Combe (economics and business and English), Tommy Cotter (mathematics with algebra), Zeph Foster (woodwork), Dan McKean (English and level 2 Mathematics with calculus), Olivia Shore (English), Midori Osnabrugge (science), Sophia Lyon (economics and business), Chantel Thurston (art painting and photography), Lexi Brown (mechanical engineering)

Year 12

Highest achievement: Amy Benson (music, chemistry and Spanish and level 3 English and mathematics with calculus), Zoe Laws (history and psychology), Josh Moody (level 3 physics), Annika Massey (mathematics and statistics), Lily Jarvis (agriculture), Millie East (physical education), Oisin Corbett (spatial and product design), Ella Sarginson (food and nutrition and mathematics with statistics), Emily Schmidt (business), Anton Jones (computer studies), Noa Hunter (tourism), Suki Leigh (drama), Lewis Turner (economics), Tawa Wolfe (music technology), Nat Warburton (photography and woodwork), Jaime Olley (gateway), Aryenyo Emasu (painting), Sacha Swanson (Te Reo Māori), Tivi De'Souza (health), Mackenzie Hall (event and entertainment technologies), Tom Sides (English), Henry Allison (mechanical engineering), Bryne Bloxham (outdoor pursuits), Abbey Pedersen (art design and geography)

High achievement: Taylah Jones (mathematics and statistics), Will Miller (outdoor pursuits), Neve Brugman (psychology), Finn van Maren (physics), Tai Treadwell-Burke (biology and chemistry), Henry Allison (woodwork), Lena Pollard (biology), Bryne Bloxham (physical education), Abbey Pedersen, Ollie Baldwin, Annie Wells, Ben McMurray (English), Josh Moody (biology and level 3 English), Zoe Laws (English)

Year 13

Highest Achievement: Matilda Metcalfe (visual art design and music), Caity Curtis (spatial and product design and event and entertainment technologies), Olive Kirk (geography and mathematics and statistics), Cuba Pavlovich (visual art painting), Oscar Goodwin (music technology), Lily Ashe (health), Thomas Benson (outdoor pursuits), Sam Caumette (visual art photography), Daniel Clark (pathways), Grace Gillies (psychology), Jackson Duguid (computer studies), Libby Frazer (drama), Annelise Wedgwood (materials technology), Sebastian Rhind (business and enterprise), Melia Brett (biology), Nina Lee Smith (Spanish), Isabella Soper (physical education), Bradley Gendall (economics), Carter Sidwell (mathematics with statistics), Zara Beeby (Te Reo Māori), Eve Flint (chemistry), Oliver Cohen (woodwork), Haylee Jermyn (tourism), Ruby McLachlan (food and nutrition), Olivia Wood (history)

High achievement: India Yule (mathematics and statistics), Lucas Buick (chemistry), Aimee Caesar (outdoor pursuits), Ajay Quirk (business and enterprise), Carter Sidwell (outdoor pursuits), Zara Beeby (biology), Eve Flint (physics), Olivia Wood (English)

Special Academic Awards

Thomas Benson (history), Dan McKean, Anton Jones (science and technology scholarships), Jackson Duguid (mathematics scholarship), Blake West (workshop workmanship), Pieta Craig (outdoor pursuits scholarship)

NATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS

Cam Anderson (mountain bike)

INTERNATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS

Carter Guichard (road cycling), Cam Melville Ives (snowboarding), Clarke West, Otis Murphy (music), Sylvia Trotter, Fin Melville Ives, Lucia Georgalli (skiing)

PREMIER SPORTS AWARDS

Lucia Georgalli (girls’ sports), Fin Melville Ives (boys’ sports)

SERVICE AWARDS

Ally Paterson, Annalise Millar, Bradley Gendall, Carter Sidwell, Coco Smith, Cuba Pavlovich, Elise Tomkins, Emma Lamb, Estelle Gellatly, Eva Humphreys, Eve Bretherton, Freja Malmo, Georgia Chrisp, Georgie Gillespie, Haylee Jermyn, Hazel Murray, India Yule, Isabella Soper, Jackson Duguid, Jemma Brake, Jessie Winter, Jordan Stevens, Jorja Liddell, Kynan Marsh, Laura Watkins, Lewis Inder, Lily Ashe, Maddie Parkin, Melia Brett, Milly Lewis, Molly Rodger, Oliver Cohen, Paige Gawn, Pippa Raffills, Ruby McLachlan, Sakiko Saka, Sam Parry, Sara Jewell, Sebastian Rhind, Sienna Jones, Sophia Hay, Tayla Doran, Sam Caumette, Oscar Waddington (students in the community – special recognition), Cuba Pavlovich, Milly Lewis, Isabella Soper, Paige Gawn (house spirit), Hazel Murray (special recognition - sustainability), Carter Sidwell, Lily Wickham, (whole-hearted contribution), Lachlan Davison, Melia Brett, Thomas Benson, Emma Lamb (special recognition), Elise Tomkins (student council recognition)

Duke of Edinburgh International Awards

Zavier Taylor (bronze), Chloe Murray, Elise Tomkins, James Watson, Lily Wickham, Lucy Radford, Nico Pettit, Oisin Corbett (silver), Aimee Caesar (gold)

CULTURAL AWARDS

Lucy Maibach (te ūkaipō and mana pounamu) Anataia White (mana pounamu and te korowai o te mātauranga)

ARTS AWARD

Matilda Metcalfe (wholehearted contribution to the arts)

EXTERNAL SCHOLARSHIPS

Libby Frazer, Lily Wickham, Sienna Jones, Bradley Gendall, Sam Parry, Isabella Soper, Tayla Doran, Jem Curtis, Kalan Nichol, Milly Lewis, Aimee Caesar, Anna McLean, Annalise Millar, Ava Hay, Charlotte Squire, Jordan Stevens, Kate Johnson, Lewis Inder, Lily Hawea, Lucas Buick, Olive Kirk, Zara Beeby, Joe Gardner, Lily Glover, Georgia Chrisp, Olivia Wood, Eve Flint, Jackson Duguid, Hazel Murray, Jessie Winter, Isabella Soper, Thomas Benson, Melia Brett, Lily Ashe

SCHOLARSHIPS

Pippa Raffills (medical), Bee Ambrose (design), Matilda Metcalfe (music), Oscar Goodwin (additional music prize), Saskia Janssen (law), Cuba Pavlovich (art), Joe Gardner (engineering), Jaime Olley, Zoe Antone, Estelle Gellatly, James Dougherty, Bradley Gendall (vocational), Alexis-Sofia Harvey-Wills, Kate Watson (leadership), Cuba Pavlovich, Georgia Chrisp, Milly Lewis, Jemma Brake, (leadership and role model), Estelle Gellatly (polytechnic)

PREMIER AWARDS

Matilda Metcalfe (dux), Eve Flint (proxime accessit), Izzy Foskett, Lucy Radford, Amy Benson, Tom Sides, India Yule, Jackson Duguid (best all-round students), Jessie Winter (best all-round student overall)

STUDENT BIOGRAPHIES

Matilda Metcalfe: 2023 Dux of Mount Aspiring College

Matilda Metcalfe has attained academic excellence of the highest order in Music,Enterprise, Art Design and Art Painting. Next year, Matilda will commence a Bachelor of Visual Communication Design and Music at Massey University.

Eve Flint: 2023 Proxime Accessit of Mount Aspiring College

Eve Flint has attained academic excellence in Physics, Chemistry, Calculus and English. Next year Eve will embark on a career in Engineering at the University of Canterbury.

Jessie Winter: 2023 Best All-Round Student

This year's best all-round student is Jessie Winter. Academically she has excelled with a trifecta of excellence endorsements across Levels 1 and 2, and expected at Level 3. She has been one of our head students and was a recipient of the Class Act award. This year she has been a member of the student executive, Students Against Driving Drunk and formal committees. She was responsible for setting up our buddy mentoring programme and has been a passionate member of our school choir. In sport she has been a member of our A netball team, co-captain of the Under 18 Central Lakes team, and a member of two touch teams. She has spent countless volunteer hours umpiring and coaching. Next year, Jessie will study Health Science at the University of Otago.