On Thursday afternoon it was a real pleasure to acknowledge and celebrate students for their academic success and others for their wonderful service to our school and community. It was our first time where we have separated out Scholarship and Service as entities in themselves in their own ceremony. From gaining poetry awards, language certificates and chemistry olympiads (to name but a few) to working in the human rights space or looking after our environment, each student was acknowledged. Blues and certificates of excellence were awarded by our prefects to talented and deserving recipients in front of friends and whānau. Next week we get to celebrate the Arts in our Cultural Blues evening on Tuesday at 6 p.m. We hope to see you there.