Palmerston North Boys' High School students achieved 37 Scholarship passes, including five at Outstanding level, in 2021.  Scholarship is the highest New Zealand secondary school qualification and success in these demanding assessments requires significant dedication and determination from the candidates who elect to sit.

Young men who gain three or more Scholarship passes, or an Outstanding Scholarship pass, qualify to receive an Academic Honours Tie and to have their names recorded on the Scholarship Honours Board in the school hall.

John Hopcroft - three Scholarships (Economics, Geography, Statistics) and one Outstanding Scholarship (Technology)

Blake Storrier, the 2021 Proxime Accessit, runner-up to the Dux - two Scholarships (History, Statistics) and one Outstanding Scholarship (English)

Ash Taylor - four Scholarships (Biology, Calculus, Chemistry, Physics)

Michael Watkins - one Outstanding Scholarship (Physics)

Alex Cole, the 2021 Dux Litterarum - one Scholarship (Physics) and two Outstanding Scholarships (Calculus, Chemistry). Subsequent to the release of the New Zealand Scholarship results Alex has been named as the recipient of an NZQA Outstanding Scholar award, placing him in the top 60 – 70 students nationally. As the recipient of an Outstanding Scholar award Alex will receive $5,000 per year for three years towards his tertiary study.

Congratulations to all of our Scholarship recipients:

Ethan Luo - two Scholarships: Biology, Statistics

Fahim Masud - two Scholarships: English, Health and Physical Education

Dan van der Spuy - two Scholarships: Biology, Physics

Zane Sanko - two Scholarships: Accounting, Calculus

Manu Easton: Physics

John Minton: Technology

Flynn Underwood: Physics

Abbas Muhammad-Juma: Design

Tom Cairns: Physics

Ben Irvine: Design and Visual Communication

Ryan Hirst: Physics

Syed Hussain: Statistics

Ken O’Connor: Statistics

Five young men in Year 12 in 2021 gained Scholarship passes. Congratulations to:

Luke Cherrington: History

Jacob Waugh: Geography

Rohan Kanagasundaram: Geography

Mitchell Liang: Biology

Lucas Richardson: English