During our full school assembly on Friday 16 March, a large number of students were awarded Academic Badges in recognition of their outstanding NCEA success in 2017. Congratulations to the following students who achieved overall Merit or Excellence:
Congratulations to the Year 9 and 10 students who competed in the Junior Idol on Thursday 15 March. It was exciting to see so many talented students perform at this event. Congratulations to the winners of the competition:
1st Jorgia Redfern (signing “Ave Maria”)
2nd Stevie Lee (singing “Valerie”)
3rd Mary Brunn (singing “The A Team”)
As winners of the Junior Idol, these students will join other Performing Arts students in the Cultural Soiree on Thursday 23 March.
Congratulations to our Relay for Life team who participated in the Manawatu Relay for Life event over the weekend. The team of 49 students spent months fundraising for the event and raised an incredible $7700 for the Cancer Society. Well done!!
The Secondary Schools Regional Canoe Polo Competition was held in Levin on Saturday 3 March. The Senior Girls’ Team consisting of Ellan Babbage, Sophia Babbage, Annelies Orme, Bianca Trewick and Molly Turnbull played at their best to finish third in this tough competition, beating Horowhenua College in a hard fought semi-final.
Year 13 student, Phoenix Reid, was recently interviewed by the Manawatu Standard for her outstanding success in Artistic Roller Skating. Click here to read the full Stuff article.
Phoenix has qualified to compete for what could be her first chance to represent New Zealand at the world championships in France in October. The final qualifying tests will be open to the public and held in Palmerston North on April 20 to 22, at the Central Energy Trust Arena. This is in addition to having recently competed at the America's Cup Skating Competition in USA (gaining 5 medals in total) and at the Oceania Artistic Roller Skating Championships in Brisbane in September (gaining 3 silvers).
Well done, Phoenix! You should be very proud of your achievements. (Photo credit David Unwin, Stuff)