An update for parents including  Vehicle Permission, Photographs NCEA Information Evening and Academic Success.

Photographs

All students present on that day had individual and class photographs taken. Students will be able to order copies of these as well as an ID card with their photograph, date of birth etc. There is no obligation to purchase. Order envelopes will be issued at a later date.

NCEA Information Evening Wednesday February 24th 7pm-8pm

All parents and caregivers are invited to an NCEA information evening. There will be an overview of NCEA, the Qualifications Framework and school procedures. There will be an opportunity to ask any questions you may have.

Vehicle Permission (Senior School)

A reminder that senior students, Year 12 and 13 (Year 11 may bring a moped or similar), must have completed a vehicle permission form before they bring a vehicle to school. These forms are available from the Student Support Office. Passengers are only allowed to be transported if the appropriate documentation has been completed.

ACADEMIC SUCCESS

The first Academic Assembly for the year was held on February 17th. The school recognised academic success from 2015 in NCEA and Scholarship.

Certificate Endorsement

To attain a Certificate Endorsement in NCEA at Level 1 or 2 or 3 a student must gain 50 credits at Excellence and their NCEA will be endorsed with Excellence. Likewise, if a student gains 50 credits at Merit (or Merit and Excellence), their NCEA will be endorsed with Merit. For our school presentation this must be achieved in the year of sitting.

Merit Endorsement

Level 1

Joshua Abel, Ben Aicken, Xavier Brazendale, Oliver Browning, Cameron Bruce, Michael Clough, George Copland, Brad Cvitanich, Cameron Ellis,

Jonathan Ellis, David Ellis, Taine Gibson, Cullen Grace, Jack Greenlaw, Brennan Hawkins, George Hill, Harry Hollyer, Xavier Judd, Zach Konings, Hamish Lamb, Farran Landers, Sung Min Lee, Jack Millar, Bailey Mitchell, Antony Nicolson, Da Tong Ong, Shaun Rooney, Hamish Schmack, Kahlil Shearer, Charlie Stock, Max Thompson, Jamari Vou, Layton Wilson, Reuben Woods, Adam Yallop.

Level 2

Guy McDonald, James Copland, Zach Boraman, Alex Sutcliffe, Jordan Walker, Roy Ford, Alex Wilson, Angus McKnight, Liam Busse, Tom Taiaroa, Jason Hodgett, James Bell, Adam Franks, Kaleb Ellis, Sean Wills, Jonte Woods, Kaden Vasey, Niko Keen-Beran.

Level 3

Zac Brazendale, George Snuggs, Callum Smith, Thomas Johnstone, Thomas Clarke, Jacob Anderson, George Crowe, Mackenzie Basford, Shaun Coles, James Goldingham, Regan Small, Zach Nicolson, Cody McCarron, Sungjun An, George Currie.

Excellence Endorsement

Level 1

Ben Crozier, Tim Currie, Hamish Dunbar, Tim Hepburn, Louis Low, Hayden McNulty, Kit Sadler.

Level 2

Eleazar Coronado, Liam Arthur, Oliver Prisk, Jack Deeley, Matthew Marsh, Caleb Riley, Hamish Murdoch, Max Pierce, Thomas Bell, Sam Early, Ryan Davis.

Level 3

Jacob McKay, Alexander Duthie, Oscar Keys, Liam Cooper, Jesse Drake.

Scholarship

Scholarship provides recognition and monetary reward to top students in their last year of schooling. Scholarship exams enable candidates to be assessed against challenging standards, and are demanding for the most able candidates in each subject.

Scholarship candidates are expected to demonstrate high-level critical thinking, abstraction and generalisation, and to integrate, synthesise and apply knowledge, skills, understanding and ideas to complex situations.

Approximately three per cent of Year 13 students studying each subject at Level 3 are awarded Scholarship, if they reach the standard that has been set.

Jacob Anderson Scholarship in Geography

Jesse Drake Scholarships in English, Statistics and Biology

(Biology was an Outstanding Scholarship result which was achieved by only 32 students in the country)

Eleazar Coronado Scholarship in Statistics

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