Excellent NCEA achievements celebrated...

Last week we held our formal Academic Awards assembly. This was an opportunity to recognise our top academic achievers of 2021 and showcase their achievements. Former student and Head Prefect, Dion Batchelor was our guest speaker and he gave some powerful messages for all students to take on board. Attached is a copy of his speech. 

Congratulations to the following students on excellent achievements: 

Students who have gained subject Merit Endorsement certificates have gained 14 or more credits at Merit or Excellence in a subject at a particular level.

Level 1 Merit subject endorsements:  

Lauriann Hodder, Connor Bonney, Kayla Briggs, Ken Calderon, Jonathon Habershon – Physical Education

Pypr McMaster – History

Jade Constable – Food Technology

Jack Gillespie – Geography, Mathematics, Science

Ruby Shortus – Agriculture, English, Physical Education and Science

Level 2 Merit subject endorsements:

Andrew Masayon – English 

Sophie Matthews, Katelyn Freeman – Physical Education

Lily Shortus – Agriculture & Physical Education

Alisha Roberts - English

Kate Melville – Agriculture & Painting

Lily Anne Beazley – Biology, Chemistry, English & Painting

Level 3 Merit subject endorsements:

Emily Hargreaves – Agriculture

Emma Freeman – English & History

Hannah Soper – English, Geography and History

Level 2 Excellence subject endorsements:

Lily Shortus – Physical Education

Andrew Masayon, Alisha Roberts – Painting

Level 3 Excellence subject endorsements:

Hannah Soper – Physical Education

The next students who have achieved NCEA certificate endorsements receive a full colour. They are presented with a WHS certificate and colour badges. They receive a gold badge for endorsements with Excellence and silver for Endorsement with Merit.

To gain a Merit Endorsement, students need to have achieved at least 50 credits with Merit or better across all subjects. To gain an Excellence Endorsement students needed to have achieved at least 50 credits with Excellence across all their subjects.

NCEA Level 1 Certificates endorsed with Merit:

Kayla Briggs

Jade Constable

Jack Gillespie

Lexis Mawdsley

Ruby Shortus

Sophie Matthews – Cumulative NCEA Level 1 endorsed with Merit

NCEA Level 2 Certificates endorsed with Merit:

Lily Anne Beazley

Sophia Cho

Katelyn Freeman

Andrew Masayon

Alisha Roberts

Lily Shortus

NCEA Level 3 Certificates endorsed with Excellence:

Emma Freeman

Hannah Soper