Year 10 Prizegiving
A successful 2025 was celebrated by Year 10s at the annual Prizegiving at the end of the term.
The much anticipated event had plenty of awards presented, speeches from principal Judith Taylor, 2026 Head Girl Mia Montgomery and Head Boy Richie Smyrnis as well as a rendition of Guns n Roses' 'Sweet child o' mine' by students Jesse Billington, Samuel Pritchard Glen, Eli Love, and Regan Love.
The top Year 10 award is the Upper Hutt College PTA President's Cup. This was awarded to Methuli Welegedara for their classroom achievement and contribution to college life.
Other awards are as follows.
House Cups, awarded for All-Round Excellence in Year 10
Blake House - Joseph Travis
Hillary House - Emily Johnson
Jackson House - Joseph Matthews
Te Kanawa House - Ruby Meates
Leaders for 2026
Blake House
Joe Travis
Eli Love
Keira Amberger
Hillary House
Methuli Welegedara
Hazel Seamark
Eva Lamb
Jackson House
Anna Irving
AJ Maki
Te Kanawa House
Henry Towersey
Ruby Meates
Jesse Billington
1st in class
10AC - Maja Petersen
10AK - Eva Lamb
10CL - Joe Travis
10CV - Emily Jahnke
10EH - Olivia Wingate
10GA - Kelsey Wikstrom
10KI - Pratheesh Sivaraman
10RR - Paige Nelson
10SB - Faith Mendoza
10SG - Isaac Casson
10WA - Joseph Matthews
Certificate of Achievement Excellence
All students are awarded points for their assessments in every subject. To be awarded a Certificate of Achievement with Excellence, a student needs at least 1200 points. The student who gained the top score for the whole year level with an impressive total of 1400 out of 1400 was Maja Petersen (10AC). The following students gained Excellence for Year 10:
Maja Petersen
Maddy Waswo-Grover
Olive McGill
Maxwell Collins
Caitlyn Trevean
Brooke Hewer-Morgan
Ruby Tourelle
Bhavi Patel
Isabella Ruane
Lilian MacKenzie
Brinna Cameron
Heidi Wolff
Felicity Kepakali
Joy Frear
Christopher Taing
Oscar Mitchell
Oakley Collins
Vivi Wright
Zara Stevens
James Peters
Charli Greentree
Eli Love
Bethany Fraser
Layla Cocklin
Annie Gray
Holly Buchanan
Tay Duthie
Paige Nelson
Lola Anderson
Olivia Nielsen
Violet Fargher
Amelia Hagen
Joseph Matthews
Anna Kennedy
Mag Liu-Waugh
Jesse Billington
Alex Raggett
Ishmeet Kaur
Setian Ndegwa
Piper Duncalf
Lucy Cawthra
Shanaya Nand
Alessandro McCaul
Jothika Arun
Zoe Waight
Finn Spharler
Ella Buckrell
Anna Irving
Connor Bracey
Ben Salmon
Emily Jahnke
Zac Robinson
Anneliese Priest
Henry Towersey
Samuel Pritchard Glen
Felicia Goile
Reign Buenaventura
Regan Stone
Brooke Hudson
Olivia Wingate
Joe Travis
Faith Mendoza
Sienna Verberne
Pratheesh Sivaraman
Kyle Hogh
Emma Newson
Keira Amberger
Kelsey Wikstrom
Sarah Claasen
Kara Campbell
Fraser Burns
Ruby Meates
Hazel Seamark
Gemma Leiper
Mika Homma
Anna Boamah
Finn O'Brien
Reese Lingad
Mahima Kumar
Riya Naidu
Eva Lamb
Logan Hartley
Eden Moody
Emily Johnson
Methuli Welegedara
Upper Hutt College Junior Music Cup for outstanding musicianship - Samuel Pritchard Glen
Year 10 Spelling Bee Cup for top Year 10 Speller - Ella Buckrell
The Taonga Whakaahuru Trophy is presented to the top student of Junior Māori studies - AJ Maki
The Te Korowai Tīpuna Taonga for best junior performer in Kapa Haka - Koby Austin(joint recipient)
Sports Awards
Junior Sports Person of the Year - Jothika Arun
Basketball Junior Boys Most Valuable Player - Jahkaere Campbell-Tapa
Basketball Junior Boys Most Promising Player - Kovu Leqakowailutu
Cricket Junior Boys Most Valuable Player - Blake Rutherford
Cricket Junior Boys Most Promising Player - Shivm Patel
Football Junior Boys A Most Valuable Player - Charlie Schmal-Singleton
Netball Red Most Valuable Player - Kaira-Paige Patelesio
Netball Orange Most Valuable Player - Vayda Pou
Sienna Verberne Netball Purple Most Valuable Player
Touch Junior Mixed Most Valuable Player - Kaira-Paige Patelesio
Touch Junior Mixed Most Promising Player - Joseph Mathews
Volleyball Premier Junior Boys Most Promising Player - Reign Buenaventura
Volleyball Junior Premier Girls Most Valuable Player - Shanaya Nand
Volleyball Junior Premier Girls Most Valuable Player - Brianna Cameron
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