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Principal's Letter February 2010 A special welcome to all new parents/guadians who join our Glendowie College family this year... |
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Wednesday 2 February was the first day of secondary school for our 193 new Year 9 students... |
Academic successes achieved by Year 9 and 10 students were acknowledged at the 2009 Junior Prizegiving ceremony... |
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Year 13 Music leavers were acknowledged recently at a special concert of favourite music and fun... |
Senior Prizegiving celebrated the top academic awards at each year level... |
Year Speech Competition Winners View placings and photos of the winners... |
Sports Person of the Year 2009 Claire Gibson was awarded the Kia Kaha Cup for ‘Sports Person of the Year’... |
National Bank Mathematics Awards Eighteen students won awards in the National Bank Mathematics Competition... |
The college celebrated excellence in the Arts at the annual Arts Awards Evening recently... |
| Sports Draws Would you like a copy of a sports draw? ... |
Latest College Communicator
Full of events, important dates, key messages and interesting happenings around the school and wider community, the latest College Communicator is a great way to keep up to date. The latest edition has been sent to you at home - if you haven't got yours, you can view or download it here. (pdf, 1.1MB)
Day 1 2010
Wednesday 2 February was the first day of secondary school for our 193 new Year 9 students. A powhiri was held to welcome the ten new teachers and new students in other year levels.
We thank Kaumatua Hemi Pene and Karena Heta from the Ruapotaka marae, Glen Innes for supporting the powhiri and staff of the marae for tutoring the students.
Student leaders in the powhiri were Hamish Wilson, Ariana Kahui, Joseph Williams and Emilly Kapua.
Day One was for Year 9 and Year 13 students. During the day Year 9 students were given a tour of the college by their Year 13 Peer Support leaders.
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Junior Prizegiving 2009 - Top Scholars
Academic successes achieved by students from Years 9 and 10 were acknowledged at the 2009 Junior Prizegiving on the final day of school for 2009.
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| T S Wong presented the Top Scholar Year 9-Cup to Gregory Warren. | The Parents Association presented the Top Scholar Year 10 Cup to Jason Wei. | |
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| The Groves Cup was presented to Josephine Stonyer for the most outstanding all-rounder in Year 10 academics, activities and service. | ||
| The Rotary Club of Auckland East Lydia Gillan. This is a new cup presented to a student in Year 9 or 10 who has shown the greatest leadership in the junior school. |
More information and photos are available at Events - Past
Leavers’ Concert
The Year 13 Music leavers were acknowledged recently at a special concert of favourite music and fun.
Performances were given by the Choir, Orchestra, Concert Band, Stage Band , “Talkbox”, and vocal soloists Holly Dennison and David McGregor.
The leavers summed up their five years of music in a humorous valediction and Mrs Myhre acknowledged the contribution they had made to music performance in the school. More photos are available at Co-curricular The Arts
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Senior Prizegiving 2009 - Top Scholars
This year the senior prizegiving was an all girls affair with the top academic awards at each year level awarded to female students.
Congratulations to our two Top Scholars for 2009
Proxime Accessit, Frances Wilson (left) and Dux, Yitian Wang (right) photographed below with Ms Moore following the recently held senior prizegiving ceremony.
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Top Scholar Year 12
Amy Dendale (below, left)
Amy was 1st in Year 13 Biology, 1st in English, 1st in History, received a Certificate in Physics and the Andrea Boyd Memorial Cup for the Top Scholar in Year 12.
Top Scholar Year 11
Anna Schuck (below, right)
Anna was 1st in German, 1st in Mathematics, was awarded a Certificate in Year 12 Chemistry and was the recipient of the Timothy Wells Memorial Cup for the Top Scholar in Year 11.
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More information and photos are available at Events - Past
Year 13 Speech Competition Winners
Pictured from left: 2nd Geoffrey Beinart Smollan, 3rd Annaleisha Rae and 1st Edmund Boyes
Year 12 Speech Competition Winners
Pictured from Left: Najla’a Al-Abayechi 3rd, Steph Stevens 2nd, Brenna Cukier 1st, Cain Parangi highly commended, Blake Bennett (absent) also highly commended
Claire Gibson – Sports Person of the Year
At the recent Annual Sports Awards Evening (which is proudly sponsored by Sport Unleashed), Claire Gibson was awarded the Kia Kaha Cup for ‘Sports Person of the Year’. Claire represented New Zealand in Rock Climbing at the 2009 World Youth Championships. She travelled to Europe and Australia as part of NZ team. Claire is the current New Zealand Under 20 Champion and now ranked 38th in the World Under 20 Age Group. Claire also received a ‘Blues Award’, along with 12 other students who gained NZ representative honours in 2009.
To view the major award winners please visit the Annual Sports Awards page.
National Bank Mathematics Awards
Eighteen students who won awards in the National Bank Mathematics Competition received their certificates in assembly last week. We thank Mrs Carmen Collinso from the National Bank in St Heliers for presenting the awards. Head of Mathematics, Mr Ruffles said it was great that so many students had given the competition a go, and encouraged them to continue to take opportunities when they arise - because "you may be amazed at what you can do."
Top 100 Awards: Shaun Seto, Callum Chalmers
Top 200 Awards: Katie Seto, Yu Zhe-Ying, Akhila Puthigae, Eileen Song, Chelsea Wong, David Lloyd
Merit Awards: Christine Chae, Rebecca Phemister, Jason Wei, Lucas Haugh, Alexandra Ingram, Gregory Warren, Christopher Wong, Simona Davtyan, Menaga Manokaran, Caitlin Cairncross
Back Row: Mr Ruffles, Callum Chalmers, Menaga Manokaran, Jason Wei, Greg Warren, Christine Chae,
Rebecca Phemister, Caitlin Caincross, Chris Wong
Front Row: David Lloyd, Simona Davtyan, Alex Ingram, Akhila Puthigae, Jane Yu, Lucas Haugh, Chelsea Wong,
Eileen Song, Mrs Carmen Collinson (National Bank, St Heliers) Absent: Katie Seto & Shaun Seto
Arts Awards Evening
The college celebrated excellence in the Arts at the annual Arts Awards Evening recently. The guest speaker was Tamati Patuwai who gave an inspirational speech about the place of drama in his own life.
Musical performances were given by Holly Dennison, David McGregor, and Bradley Craig. A dramatic monologue on aspects of the life of Sir Edmund Hillary was devised and performed by Edmund Boyes. The evening began with an extract from Patrick Spillane’s cleverly written play, “Wills Twins”, performed by a small group of Year 12 students. Selected folio boards on display from the Art Department provided another opportunity for student work to be appreciated.
Arts Leaders, Bradley Craig and Ally Thomson, provided entertaining continuity for the evening which was well attended and enjoyed by all.
Special Awards
Masonic Award, Excellence in Fine Arts Kimberley Torrie
Bill McColl Cup for Photography Tiffany Ngan
National Arts Supplies Cup for Painting Krenare Pireva
Photolife Graphic Arts Award Rya Allen
Senior Debating Trophy Geoffrey Beinart Smollen
Drama Cup Hamish Wilson
Senior Music Award David McGregor
Production Cup Matt Young
Best Jazz Musician Henry Hawkins
Steven Dakers Performing Arts Award Bradley Craig
Arts Leader Koru Trophy Ally Thomson
Arts Leaders Framed Trophy Bradley Craig
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For a complete listing of the 2009 Arts Awards, please visit the The Arts web page.
College Herald Awards: Georgina Spratt and Megan Stericker
Two students who won ‘Editor’s Choice’ awards in last term’s College Herald were officially presented with their cameras and certificates at a ceremony at the Te Noho Kotahinga Marae, Unitec last week. They attended the ceremony with their English teacher, Mrs Sue Wood. Georgina won the award for her piece on hunger and Megan for her story on loss. The students each won a Canon IXUS 100 IS Digital Camera and the school won $1000.
Megan Stericker, Georgina Spratt & Mrs Wood
Sports Draws
Would you like a copy of a sports draw? Just send an email and Mrs Catherine Massie, Sports Coordinator, will send one out to you. Email address: cmassie@glendowie-college.school.nz