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L to R: Adriana Miller, Tilly King and Lily Rawson
 
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Senior Prizegiving 2021

Waitaki Girls' High School —

Congratulations to our prize winners. Good luck to all our Year 13 leavers.

Cultural Awards

Aurora Smyth contribution to school music); Adriana Miller (contribution to Oamaru Youth Orchestra), Sol Cunningham (year 11 writing prize); Ane Tangifolau (year 12 writing prize); Danelle du Plessis (contribution to senior dance).

Sports Awards

Sophie McMillan-Sinclair (most talented rower); Ashley Nicholson (trap shooting champion); Lily Rawson (senior triathlon champion); Jorgie McDiarmid-Jones, Hayley Sim and Paige Black (senior triathlon team champions); Renee Stenning (netball – senior fairplay award); Aurora Smyth (hockey senior player of the season); Lei Tefaiva (most valuable volleyball player); Shelby Johnston (rugby player of the season); Brylee Milmine (most outstanding senior netball player and senior touch player) Jordyn Phillips and Eesha Sukumar (badminton senior doubles champions); Jordyn Phillips (badminton senior singles champion); Jordyn Phillips and Jorja Belt (tennis senior doubles champions); Jordyn Phillips (tennis senior singles champion).

Academic Awards

Year 11

Saskia Brienesse-Little (2nd digital technology); Meg Clark (2nd life science); Sol Cunningham (2nd textiles technology); Tayla Eggleton (2nd mathematics for life); Max Geddes (2nd transition); Aliyah O’Brien (2nd music); Abby Rowland (2nd agriculture); Noa Smith (2nd art); Ivy Tepper (2nd business); Holly Dickson (1st food and nutrition technology); Andy Haywood (1st transition); Nethmi Madawala Liyaddage (1st English alternative); Michaela McRae (1st life science); Katie Paton (1st geography); Emma Selman (1st mathematics for life); Georgia Hawkins (1st agriculture, 2nd English, 2nd mathematics and 2nd physical education); Casey Kinns (1st digital technology, 2nd food and nutrition technology, 2nd history and 2nd science); Ruby McDermott (1st art and 1st textiles technology); Renee Stenning (1st business and 1st physical education); Emma Spittle (1st German, 1st science and 2nd geography); Hannah Miller (1st English, 1st history, 1st mathematics and 2nd German and the cup for academic excellence).

Year 12

Shannon Burnett (2nd music); Isabel Harris (2nd tourism); Chloe Hayman (2nd English alternative); Tilly Helm (2nd history); Danella McGrath (2nd transition); Charlotte Nichols (2nd food and nutrition technology); Mady Rawson (2nd physics); Ane Tangifolau (2nd English); Esita Tuipulotu (2nd Mathematics Bridge); Emma Meikle (2nd accounting and 2nd agriculture); Jordyn Phillips (2nd geography and 2nd physical education); Nuna Apelu (1st English alternative); Larissa Freeman (1st mathematics bridge); Larissa Hore (1st art - painting); Maddy Jones (1st dual enrolment); Sam Lloyd (1st tourism); Ashley Nicholson (1st geography); Seannah Nuttall (1st music); Lilian Tepper (1st agriculture); Hannah Tiffen (1st accounting); Jazmine Todd (1st Gateway); Linnet Vavae (1st Transition); Taylar Keene (1st digital technology and 2nd art- photography/design); Ella Phillips (1st German and 2nd mathematics); Breanna Stewart (1st economics and 2nd textiles technology); Alex de Geest (1st history, 2nd digital technology and 2nd economics); Arrow Koehler (1st art – photography/design, 2nd art - painting, 2nd biology and 2nd mathematics and statistics); Holly Taylor (1st physical education and 1st textiles technology); Charlotte Wollstein (1st biology, 1st mathematics, 1st physics, 2nd chemistry and award for senior Japanese); Katie Kinnaird (1st Chemistry, 1st English, 1st food and nutrition technology and 1st mathematics and statistics and trophy for academic excellence in year 12).

Year 13

Cleo Wilson (diligence and progress); Jessica Cunningham (2nd physics); Maggie Hartland (2nd tourism); Gracie Haywood (2nd history); Azariah Robinson (2nd classical studies); Kowhai Te Moananui-Gamble (2nd music); Brylee Milmine (2nd agriculture, 2nd economics); Emily Taylor (2nd chemistry, 2nd food and nutrition technology, 2nd textiles technology); Brooke Bennie (1st transition); Mikayla Bryant (1st agriculture); Nicole Cope (1st digital technology); Grace Kennedy (1st textiles technology); Maddison Marriott (1st accounting); Brooke Meek (1st tourism); Adriana Miller (1st music); Lilly Scott (1st dual enrolment); Meghan Hay (1st gateway, diligence and progress); Quinn Plunkett (1st art – painting, 2nd media studies); Aurora Smyth (1st media studies, 2nd art – photography/design, 2nd art – painting); Lily Rawson (1st statistics, 2nd biology, 2nd English, 2nd geography, 2nd physical education); Abbey Wilson (1st history, 1st physicaleducation); Alice Petrie (1st chemistry, 1st food and nutrition technology, 2nd calculus); Harriet Melton (1st calculus, 1st physics, 2nd accounting, 2nd digital technology); Jess Kelly (1st classical studies, 1st economics, 1st German, cup for humanities); Tilly King (1st art – photography/design, 1st biology, 1st English, 1st geography, 2nd statistics).

Leadership Awards

Kowhai Te Moananui-Gamble and Amy Hawkins (Burn House Captains); Maddi Hamilton and Minetta Martin (Ferguson House Captains); Emily Braid and Nicole Cope (Gibson House Captains); Milly Matthews and Alice Petrie (Wilson House Captains); Brylee Milmine (Sports Captain); Adriana Miller (Cultural Captain); Maddison Marriott (Careers Captain); Ruby Searle (Health Captain); Abbey Wilson and Harriet Melton (Peer Support Captains); Emily Taylor and Gracie Haywood (Waitaki Way Captains); Jess Kelly (Student Representative – Board of Trustees); Mikayla Bryant (Head Boarder); Lily Rawson (Deputy Head Girl); Tilly King (Head Girl).

Service Awards

Bethany Paisley (canteen service); Nicole Cope (senior school service); Astra (group effort), Senior Agricultural Students (conservation challenge).

Tertiary and Special Awards

Mikayla Bryant (Mana Pounamu – Tuakana); Maddison Marriott (Masonic Charitable Trust tertiary award); Emily Taylor (Altrusa tertiary scholarship); Emily Braid (Violet Monteath-Walker scholarship); Zahara Shah, Maddison Marriott, Lily Rawson, Alice Petrie, Kowhai Te Moananui-Gamble, Rowan Crane, Bri Tipa, Jess Kelly, Nicole Cope, Auiluma Pasoni, Abbey Wilson (Otago University Scholarships); Brooke Bennie (Prime Minister’s vocational award); Aurora Smyth (University of Canterbury scholarship); Tilly Richards (Otago Polytechnic scholarship); Harriet Melton and Brylee Milmine (Futures Trust scholarship); Lily Rawson (all round excellence, Class Act Award); Tilly King (Zonta tertiary award, cup for leadership, 3 University of Canterbury scholarships and Class Act Award), Danelle du Plessis (Iris Romans Scholarship); Brylee Milmine (most inspiring senior in sport); Eunice Brown Trust scholarship – Grace Kennedy, Eesha Sukumar and Cleo Wilson.

Honours Awards

Dux House – Wilson; senior sports Dux – Lily Rawson; senior cultural Dux – Adriana Miller; Proxime Accessit – Lily Rawson; Dux of the school – Tilly King.