Senior Prize-Giving

ACADEMIC ENDEAVOUR AWARDS

Academic Endeavour awards go to those students who have worked consistently hard and demonstrated a determination to succeed and an interest in the subject.

Year 11 - ACADEMIC ENDEAVOUR AWARDS

All of these awards are based on results for NCEA Level 1 classes unless otherwise stated.

• Lily Aitken Mathematics
• Emma Brooks General Science
• Lucca (Gabriella) Brown Southern Institute of Technology - Health Science
• Josie (Josephine) Cameron General Science
• Chloe Dempsey Mathematics
• Olivia Dillon Art
• Shae Ellice Geography
• Ava Germaine Mathematics
• Danica Halden English and Mathematics
• Grace Hill General Science
• Issy (Isabella) Hussey PhysiChem
• Lottie Jones Mathematics
• Brooke Leeder Sport & Exercise Science
• Tiana Lord English
• Lucy McMorran General Science
• Isabel Melville Sport & Exercise Science
• Paige Mitchell Mathematics and PORSE
• Pippa (Philippa) Morgans Mathematics
• Milan Nordstrom Te Reo Maaori
• Abby Pooley English and General Science
• Ava Sarty English, French and Mathematics
• Libby Thomson English
• Christina Toon English and Japanese
• Anah West Food Technology

Year 12 - ACADEMIC ENDEAVOUR AWARDS

All of these awards are based on results for NCEA Level 2 classes unless otherwise stated.

• Maddy Basel Food Technology
• Tate Carruthers Economics and Geography
• Kelsey Cassey English - Written & Visual and Mathematics
• Olivia Cook Mathematics
• Becky (Rebecca) Dudson Mathematics
• Greer Enersen Mathematics
• Charlotte Gilchrist Design & Visual Communication, English - Written & Visual and Physics
• Catherine Hardie French
• Amelie Hawera Te Reo Maaori
• Navleen Kaur Singh Chemistry and Mathematics
• Holly Landon Geography
• Niamh McCormack Biology
• Ava Meehan Mathematics
• Sophie Morgans Mathematics
• Ella Perry English - Written & Visual
• Ella Ramsay Chemistry and Physics
• Nina Ross Geography
• Sophia Scaramuzza Mathematics
• Sarah Teale Chemistry and Physics
• Isobel Thirtle Chemistry
• Sophie Turnwald English - Written & Visual
• Annabel Usher Telford - Agriculture
• Brianna Wallis Mathematics
• Abby Wilde Trades - Infrastructure and Construction
• Charlotte Wyndham Sport & Exercise Science
• Hayley Young English - Written & Visual

Year 13 - ACADEMIC ENDEAVOUR AWARDS

All of these awards are based on results for NCEA Level 3 classes unless otherwise stated.

• Olivia Bayne Te Reo Maaori
• Alice (Xiaoxi) Fan Design
• Ashlee Fisher Geography
• Teagan Garmonsway Food Technology
• Emma Hill Statistics
• Grace Ingram Classical Studies
• Cooper Jones Statistics
• Preity Kaur French
• Phoebe Letcher Business Studies
• Emily Makinson Chemistry
• Kaitlyn Meinung Design & Visual Communication
• Mio Morisaki Statistics
• Hannah Nelson Business Studies
• Charlotte Owens Te Kura - Primary Production Agriculture
• Imogen Pilditch Chemistry
• Beth (Elizabeth) Steele English - Written & Visual
• Charlotte Ulyatt Statistics
• Yingshan Wang English for Academic Purposes
• Charlotte Washer Statistics
• Alice Watson Statistics
• Fidella Wijaya Biology

Academic Excellence

These awards recognise students who have produced outstanding work in a subject.

Year 11 - ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARDS

All of these awards are based on results for NCEA Level 1 classes unless otherwise stated.

• Elodie Bowman Geography
• Angel Cao Design & Visual Communication, Economics and General Science
• Ella Cho Level 2 Biology
• Irene Chun Mathematics and PhysiChem
• Skyla Clarke Design & Visual Communication, English and Level 2 Biology
• Eve Donoghue Level 2 Biology
• Shae Ellice English
• Rochelle Fernandes English
• Annabelle Fielder Accounting
• Hayley Forshaw Geography and PhysiChem
• Aylee Gane Sport & Exercise Science
• Stephanie Gutsell PhysiChem and Level 2 Biology, English - Literature and Mathematics
• Danica Halden Accounting
• Libby Hayvice PhysiChem
• Issy (Isabella) Hussey Mathematics
• Keisha Joe Drama, Economics, English, General Science and Mathematics
• Brooke Leeder Te Reo Maaori
• Joie Lin PhysiChem and Level 2 English - Literature and Mathematics
• Xanthe Lovegrove-Edlington General Science
• Stella McHardie Fashion & Design
• Emilee Mehrtens Accounting, Mathematics, Physics and Level 2 Biology
• Teresa Oertly English, Fashion & Design and General Science
• Sienna Overwater Economics
• Jessie Parker Sport & Exercise Science
• Lilli Parres Te Reo Maaori and Level 2 English - Literature
• Bethany Parry Food Technology
• Kheesa Rahman French
• Rachael Ronowicz General Science
• Ava Sarty General Science and History
• Esandi Silva Mathematics and Level 2 English - Written & Visual
• Amy Thomas Sport & Exercise Science
• Brooke Thomas Sport & Exercise Science
• Christina Toon Drama
• Iris Wainui-Mackle Dance
• Emma Wallis Food Technology
• Serenita Wijaya Economics, English, General Science and Mathematics
• Jenny Xiang History
• Hazar Yousef Mathematics
• Diny (Ziyue) Zhou - Level 2 Biology and English - Literature

Year 12 - ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARDS

All of these awards are based on results for NCEA Level 2 classes unless otherwise stated.

• Madelin Beere Food Technology
• Jamie Bidois Media Studies
• Charlotte Bryant English - Written & Visual
• Sienna Casey English - Written & Visual
• Emma Clapcott Biology and Sport & Exercise Science
• Olivia Cook Dance
• Francesca Cullen Biology, Chemistry and English - Literature
• Catherine Curry Drama
• Charlotte de Lautour Chemistry
• Amiria Douglas Biology
• Becky (Rebecca) Dudson Food Technology and Sport & Exercise Science
• Greer Enersen Fashion & Design
• Emily Gibbons Chemistry
• Danielle Graham Classical Studies
• Sarah Hilton Mathematics and Level 3 Biology
• Annabel Johnson Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics
• Rei (Seoyeon) Kang Mathematics
• Navleen Kaur Singh Accounting and Biology
• Lani Kete Te Reo Maaori
• Brooke Manderson History, Japanese and Mathematics
• Niamh McCormack History
• Jessica Mealing Photography
• Ava Meehan Biology
• Kate Mulder Design & Visual Communication and English - Written & Visual
• Sarah Ngawhika Accounting
• Alexandra Peoples English - Literature
• Ella Perry Design
• Petra Pratt-Rink English - Written & Visual
• Molly Roberts Economics
• Sophie Roberts Classical Studies
• Julia Sharratt Art and Physics
• Lucy Smith English - Literature
• Sarah Teale Te Kura - Digital Technology, Mathematics and Level 3 English - Literature
• Kaitlin Thorrold Dance, French and Level 3 English - Written & Visual
• Anna Urlich Mathematics
• Peyton Woolerton Drama and English - Written & Visual
• Alena Zhu English - Written & Visual and Physics

Year 13 - ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARDS

All of these awards are based on results for NCEA Level 3 classes.

• Emma Bartram Business Studies
• Hannah Brooks Geography
• Jorja Challis English - Written & Visual
• Harriet (Haopu) Chen Accounting and Calculus
• Amelia de Lautour English - Written & Visual
• Lexin Deng Accounting
• Olivia Driscoll Drama
• Maddison Hansen Drama and Media Studies
• Emma Hill English - Written & Visual
• Katie Hollands Sport & Exercise Science
• Bailee Houghton Media Studies
• Michelle Jeng Physics
• Emma Kimpton French
• Ashley Koo Calculus, Physics and Statistics
• Anna Lamont English - Written & Visual
• Cindy (Manshu) Luo Chemistry
• Alice Mackintosh Food Technology and Te Reo Maaori
• Bahaar Mahal Chemistry and Physics
• Emily Makinson English - Literature
• Isla McCabe Biology and Sport & Exercise Science
• Alexis McKinnon Art
• Rosie (Rosa) Migounoff Sport & Exercise Science
• Abbie Moore Classical Studies
• Leah Norvall Sport & Exercise Science
• Lara Oertly Biology, Chemistry and English - Literature
• Ava O'Neale Food Technology
• Helen (Hyelin) Park Economics, English - Written & Visual and Statistics
• Kate Peddie History
• Imogen Pilditch Classical Studies
• Brooke Pyle Design & Visual Communication
• Brooke Renner Calculus, Chemistry and Statistics
• Madeleine Shale Sport & Exercise Science
• Jyoti Singh-Sekhon English - Written & Visual
• Rylee Smith Dance
• Beth (Elizabeth) Steele Business Studies and Photography
• Isabelle Stiles Biology and Statistics
• Charlotte Washer Biology and University of Lincoln - Global Food Systems
• Alice Watson Biology
• Aimee White Accounting and Statistics
• Fidella Wijaya Chemistry
• Ally (Jun) Zhang Biology and English - Written & Visual

Major Awards - First in Subject

The following students are First in NCEA Level 1 subjects unless otherwise stated

• Chelsea Rundstrom Accounting
• Zoe Weldon Clark-Olson Trophy Celebrating Passion for Learning in Classical Studies
• Claire McKelvie Dance
• Samantha Taylor Design & Visual Communication
• Hayley Forshaw Digital Design Innovation
• Lilli Parres Drama
• Grace Hill English
• Iona Martynoga Lovel Cup for Literature - Iona is a Y10 student
• Emily Powell Food Technology
• Stephanie Gutsell French
• Lottie Jones General Science
• Rochelle Fernandes History
• Irene Chun Japanese and the Japanese Cup
• Kezia Schuitemaker Music
• Nicole Hollands Sport and Exercise Science
• Annika Te Anga Te Reo Maaori
• Skyla Clarke Geography and Mathematics
• Joie Lin Art and Level 2 Biology
• Diny (Ziyue) Zhou Economics, PhysiChem, Level 2 Mathematics

The following students are First in NCEA Level 2 subjects unless otherwise stated

• Annabel Johnson Accounting
• Shelby Bowater Classical Studies
• Kaitlin Thorrold Drama
• Francesca Cullen Economics
• Ella Cho English - Written & Visual - Ella is a Y11 student
• Kelsey Cassey Geography and the NZ Geographical Society Trophy
• Lexi Gribble Lorraine Wallace Rosebowl for Progress in Physical Sciences
• Brooke Manderson Media Studies
• Ellena Wood Music
• Peyton Woolerton Photography
• Alexandra Peoples 1st = Sport and Exercise Science
• Anna Urlich 1st = Sport and Exercise Science
• Jamie Bidois Te Reo Maaori
• Rei (Seoyeon) Kang Japanese, The Senior Languages Cup
• Julia Sharratt Dance, Digital Design Innovation
• Isobel Thirtle English - Literature, History
• Alena Zhu Art, Design & Visual Communication
• Charlotte de Lautour Design, Food Technology, Level 3 Biology
• Sarah Hilton Chemistry, French, Physics, Excite Trust Award for NCEA Level 2 Mathematics and Science

The following students are First in NCEA Level 3 subjects unless otherwise stated

• Maddison Hansen Accounting and the Ankersmit Cup
• Beth (Elizabeth) Steele Art
• Lexin Deng Business Studies
• Cooper Jones Classical Studies and the Grant Cup
• Emily Makinson Design & Visual Communication
• Fidella Wijaya Economics
• Harriet (Haopu) Chen English for Academic Purposes
• Eva Donkin English Literature Cup
• Sarah Rich Erica Colbert Cup for Progress in Drama
• Lucy Powell Food Technology
• Amelia de Lautour Geography and the Globe Trophy
• Isabelle Stiles Greenslade Family Award - Most Inspiring NCEA Music Performance
• Ashley Koo Music
• Emma Hill Photography
• Cindy (Manshu) Luo Physics
• Olivia McDonald Sport and Exercise Science and The Waikato Polytechnic Cup
• Jorja Challis Te Reo Maaori
• Brooke Renner The Anderson and Nicholson Mathematics Cup
• Emma Bartram The Just Kidding Babysitting Award
• Bahaar Mahal Calculus, French
• Alexis McKinnon Design, Media Studies
• Alexandra Newman-Jacobs Dance, Drama and the Alison Littler Cup for Senior Drama
• Imogen Pilditch English - Literature and the Joan Harris Memorial Trophy, History and the History Cup, The Julia and Anna Smith Cup for Excellence in the Social Sciences
• Michelle Jeng Chemistry and The Margaret Peapell Memorial Trophy, English - Written & Visual, Fashion & Design, Statistics, Broad Cup for Sciences.

Miscellaneous Awards

Distinction in the Australian Mathematics Competition

• Fidella Wijaya - Senior 
• Diny Zhou, Isabella Hussey and Joie Lin - Intermediate

The Prime Ministers Vocational Excellence Award

• Bailee Houghton

Cultural Awards

• Jorja Challis Winner of the Piki Mahuta Essay Competition. This award was donated by Piki Mahuta - the Late Maaori Queen Dame Te Atairangikaahu for an excellent essay on a Maaori perspective.
• Jorja Challis The Tukua/Rakena Award for Maaori Leadership - A student of Maaori descent who goes the extra mile for Maaori students and the Maaori culture. This student must be a role model in all aspects of our school life for younger Maaori students.
• Hyelin (Helen) Park Marion Slaney Award for the Student who has Most Promoted International Understanding
• Imogen Pilditch Lt.Col John Manchester Allen Prize for the student who has produced the best commemoration-themed speech or essay.

Service Awards

• Francesca Cullen Student Council Cup - This is awarded to a student who has contributed positively and willingly throughout the year
• Catherine Hardie The Bianca Flintoff Memorial Cup - A student who has displayed a positive and consistent commitment to boarding and who has supported the special character of the school
• Georgiana Broughton Peacocke Cup for Service to the Boarding School
• Teagan Garmonsway Fullerton-Smith Cup for Senior Boarder

Faith In Action Awards

This award recognises students who demonstrate academic endeavour in Religious Education and Christian Behaviour

• Ava Germaine Faith in Action Award Year 11
• Petra Pratt-Rink Faith in Action Award Year 12
• Sophie Liefting Faith in Action Award Year 13

House Awards

Most Helpful Girl to the Head of House

• Alexis McKinnon Blake
• Sarah Rich Hillary
• Alice Watson Ross
• Cindy Stanford Scott
• Katie Hollands Shackleton
• Shelby Bowater Wilson

Sportswoman of the Year (re-announced)

• Alex Endres 

Jean Anderson Memorial Prize for Service to the Junior School

• Kate Lumsden 

Bishop's Awards - for Contribution and Commitment to the Christian Life of the School

• Ashley Koo
• Isabelle Stiles

Red Girdle Awards - For a student best reflecting the qualities desirable in a Dio Girl

This award recognises - Academic Endeavour, Participation in the Extra-Curricular life of the School, Willingness to be of service to the school community and Modelling school values appropriate to the special character. 

• Olivia Bayne
• Cooper Jones
• Ashley Koo
• Cindy Stanford
• Isabelle Stiles
• Fidella Wijaya
• Ally Zhang

Special Awards

Principal's Service Award for Exemplary Citizenship

• Emma Bartram
• Jorja Challis
• Lexin Deng
• Eva Donkin
• Jonti Garland
• Bahaar Mahal
• Hyelin (Helen) Park
• Kate Peddie
• Natasha Raza
• Elizabeth Steele

Larner Cup for Outstanding Leadership

• Olivia Bayne

Neckar Cup for Leading House

• Wilson House, led by Olivia Driscoll

Staff Cherrington Fellowship Award

The Fellowship acknowledges a major contribution to teaching and learning at Dio over several years.

• Mrs Jo Munn

Top 5 Academics

• Fifth Overall Ashley Koo
• Fourth Overall Brooke Renner
• Third Overall Cooper Jones

Proxime Accessit

• Bahaar Mahal

Dux of Waikato Diocesan School for Girls 2022

• Michelle Jeng

Photos from this event can be viewed and downloaded HERE.