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Our Head Prefects, Ella Hauser and Daniel Vaughan, spoke of the privilege it has been for them to lead the student body this year and then passed on the Mantle of Leadership to next year’s Head Prefects, Nathan

Dick and Sarah Wilson. Twenty seven major Tertiary Scholarships and/or monetary awards were presented, then Rory McKay was awarded Proxime Accessit and Jack Vasey was announced as Dux for 2015. Jack also gained an AUT Vice-Chancellor’s Scholarship worth over $15,000.At the end of this year we are sad to farewell

two long-serving staff members, Mr Basevi who has been here 14 years, 13 of these as Head of Mathematics, and Mrs Hollyer who has been here 20 years, 16 of those as Head of our Junior Faculty.The 2016 school year will start for our Year 13 students with their outdoor education camp to Great Barrier Island from 31 January to 4 February 2016, during which time they do their Peer Support training. For students in Years 7, 11 and 12 school will start on Tuesday 2 February, and for all other students on Wednesday 3rd February. We wish you all a safe and enjoyable Christmas season and a refreshing summer holiday.

David Macleod, Principal

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NEWSLETTER

from the Principal

David Macleod

ISSUE 08: December 2015

MAHURANGI COLLEGE

Dear Parents and GuardiansTena Koutou Katoa

Thank you for your support again this year in what has been a very enjoyable and successful year for the College.

We have been able to celebrate some of these successes recently at a series of Prizegivings and Blues evenings. These culminated in our Senior School Academic Prizegiving on Wednesday 4 November at which we presented prizes and awards, generously donated by local businesses and service clubs, to the top student in each subject.

Academic Awards: Dux, Jack Vasey & Proxime Accessit, Rory McKay

Mrs Rose Sheat awarding the David Sheat Memorial Award to Amy Foote

Members of the Jazz Band performing at Senior Prizegiving

Some of the special award winners at Senior Prizegiving

Local accountant Dan Smith presented his scholarship to Kris Middleton

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At the Cultural Blues, which were held the night after our Sports Blues, we had 10 different groups perform for us, including the Kapa Haka, the Pasifika Group, the Performing Arts Academy, Senior Drama students, two Dance groups, and several different musical groups. Between these items the various Blues and other awards were presented. A very special thank you was made to Alex Hill, who has not only been one of our cultural prefects this year, but has also led the sound and light team who have been brilliant at all school performances, shows and events this year, with many innovative and creative ideas.The evening culminated in the presentation of the Cultural Person of the Year Award to Sean Dugdale-Martin, a Senior Drama Student, member of the Performing Arts Academy and one of the lead actors in this year’s very successful Senior Production of “Forever After”.

At the 2015 Sporting Blues evening we awarded 82 Blues to students who had gained Regional representation in sport and 18 High Achiever Awards to students who had gained National recognition. The Sportsman of the Year was Forrest Axford who was a member of the NZ U19 Under-Water Hockey (UWH) team which won the World Championships in Spain. The Sportswoman of the Year was Tonya Botherway who was selected for national representative teams in both hockey and touch. The Team of the Year was the Senior Mixed UWH Team which won the National Secondary Schools’ Open UWH Championships, defeating an all boys team from Wellington College 3-2 in a very tense and exciting final.

The guest speaker was Liz Perry who was a member of the Black Sticks, NZ women’s hockey team, and is currently a member of the White Ferns, the NZ women’s cricket team. She spoke of the challenges she has needed to overcome along the way, mistakes she has made and the support she has received as she has pursued her sporting and academic dreams. She has just completed her Masters degree in the UK where she played both hockey and cricket at a county level.

NEWSLETTERCelebrating Student Successes...

Achiever of the Month: Thomas Patton

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• Academic Blue for Excellence in Level 2 NCEA• Deputy Head Boy

• House Leader• Peer Support Leader

• Member of the Under 19 Boys’ Basketball team• Member of the Senior Boys’ A Volleyball team

Presented by Jeanie Sutherland, Retail Manager. at Mega Mitre 10 Warkworth

Sports Blues Awards

Cultural Blues Awards

Forrest Axford, Guest Speaker Liz Perry, Mr Macleod and Tonya Botherway at the Sports Blues evening

Cultural Blues Awards: Pasifika Group Performance