Colleges celebrate high achievers at senior prizegivings

Left, Dux winner Zoe Knapp Spens-Black. Right, Proxime accessit was awarded to head boy James Webb.
Head girl and boy for 2023, Grace Richards and Tobey Sykes.

Mahurangi College

During an evening celebrating its high achievers, Mahurangi College principal Tony Giles awarded dux recipient Zoe Knapp Spens-Black the Patricia and Alan Schedewy Family Cup.

She also won the Withers & Co Chartered Accountant Scholarship ($2250), the Insight Legal Award ($250) and the SBA Chartered Accountants Prize for classics.

The Alon and Audrey Shaw Trophy for proxime accessit was awarded to head boy James Webb, who also won the Argyle Schoolwear Scholarship ($1500), the University of Auckland Top Achiever

Scholarship (up to the value of $28,000), the Rodney Lodge of Freemasons Upstanding Young Man prize ($250), the Warkworth Lions Cup and Prize for Excellence in Public Speaking ($200), and the Friends of Mahu prize for head boy.

Head boy and girl for next year will be Tobey Sykes and Grace Richards.

Scholarships
Warkworth Driving Academy ($300), Jordan Teio and Isla Ward-Stewart; Leggoe Electrical Future Apprenticeship ($400), Nicholas Schollum; Warkworth Community ($500), Maia Collins Bowman, Lucy Butler, Terrayne Collins-Maginley, Daniel D’Urban Burgess, Alyssa Gore and Logan Jones; Binsted Family Cup and Award ($500), Lexx Meale; Bayleys Real Estate ($500), Elouise Balfour and George Williams-Mart; Academic Excellence ($500), Ava Bravenboer and Eliza Eyre; Macdonald Adams Optometrists ($500), Isabella McCormick; Redstone Creek Management ($500), Alexandra Gordon, Caitlin Johnson, Kyla Ruthe and Nadia Schedewey; Mahurangi Physio & Hand Therapy ($1000), Deja Pareta; Southern Paprika Pasifika Futures ($1000), Elaine Ebaraima Anatete; Sue Wynyard Maori Pasifika Health Studies ($1000), Grace Lewis; Dolly Wynyard Trust, Isabella McCormick ($500), Ava Bravenboer ($1000), Ruby Oliver ($1000), Noah Barclay ($1500), Madeline Martin ($1500) and Lexx Meale ($1500); Bailey Earley Memorial ($2000), Joshua Burgess; Prime Minister’s Vocational Pathway Award ($2000), Grady Collis; University of Canterbury Hiranga ($5000), Daniel D’urban Burgess and Jared Membery; University of Canterbury Horomata ($6000), Amelia Burton; University of Otago Leaders of Tomorrow Entrance ($6000), Ashlie Bissett, Lucy Butler and Finn Stevenson; University of Otago Māori Pacific Peoples’ Entrance ($14,000), Elaine Ebaraima Anatete; Victoria University of Wellington Raukaraka ($10,000), Amelia Burton; Auckland University of Technology ‘Find Your Greatness’ (up to the value of $22,920), Ava Bravenboer and James Glassford; University of Waikato ‘Ko Te Tangata’ School Leaver, Maddeline Brooker ($5,000), Déja Pareta ($7,000) and Katie Rhodes ($7,000); University of Waikato ‘Te Paewai o Te Rangi’ for Outstanding Academic Achievement (up to the value of $28,000), Amelia Burton, Daniel D’Urban Burgess and Jared Membery; University of Auckland Top Achiever (up to the value of $28,000), James Webb.


Left, Dux and proxime accessit winners, Mikaila Isla and Eve Hampson. Right, music scholarship winner, Charlie Balle.
New head girl and boy, Norah Williams and Toby Henderson.

Rodney College

This year’s dux winner, Mikaila Isla, was awarded the Wrighton’s Cup and PTA Award ($1000), University of Auckland Academic Potential Scholarship ($6000 over three years), and Izard Trust Scholarship ($1000).

Proxime accessit Eve Hampson was presented with the Kevey Cup and PTA Award ($500), as well as Victoria University Tangiwai Scholarship for Excellence ($5000) and University of Otago 150th Entrance Scholarship ($13,000 over two years).

Head boy and head girl next year will be Toby Henderson and Norah Williams.

Scholarships
McDonald Optometrists ($500), Jaide Collinson; Michelle Moir Art ($1000), Michael Hodge; Wharehine Contractors Civil Engineering Pathway ($1750), Montel Vemoa; Prime Minister’s Vocational Pathway ($2000), Courtney Prictor; Poland Motors Vocational Pathway ($2500), William Anderson; Poland Motors Academic Financial Assistance ($2500), Tiger Amodeo; Mary J Partington Music ($3000), Charlie Balle; Waitapu Farms ‘Helping Hand’ ($3000), Mackenzie Whitaker; University of Otago 150th Entrance ($13,000 over two years), Natalie Pearson; University of Auckland Moana (up to $18,000), Charlie Balle; University of Otago Māori Entrance ($20,500 over two years), Jaide Collinson.


From left, Dux Billie Le Mesurier-Cowbourne with principal Dirk Smyth and proxime accessit Alana Yardley.
Third from right, head boy John Hampshire with head girl Carla Fraser, with principal Dirk Smyth behind, plus prefects for 2023.

Otamatea High School

Sweeping the board this year at Otamatea High School, dux winner and head girl Billie Le Mesurier-Cowbourne received the Mr & Mrs L Mitchell Trophy. She also won the DA Finlayson Cup for General Excellence by a Senior Student, and the Fonterra Cup for Best Aggregate of Science Subjects. She received the Principal’s Award for head girl, as well as a Raukaraka Scholarship to Victoria University ($5000), and a Top Achiever Scholarship to Auckland University.

Proxime accessit Alana Yardley won the Mr & Mrs J Morrison Cup and the Jessie Vaughan Trophy for Senior Citizenship. She was also awarded a Top Achiever Scholarship to Auckland University. Also awarded Raukaraka Scholarships to Auckland University were Sarah Campbell-Winter ($5000) and Michael Ferguson ($5000).

Head boy and girl will be John Hampshire and Carla Fraser.