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.
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.
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!!
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)
Due to the poor weather forecast for Wednesday 7 March, the decision has been made to cancel School Athletics on Wednesday 7 March 2018.
Normal school timetable will continue on this day. Students are expected to be at school, wearing normal school uniform, at the usual time of 8.45am.
Congratulations to Shelby Nicholson and Ruairi Daniela who have been selected to attend a fully funded trip to Houston, USA, as part of the Pūhoro Maori STEM Academy run by Massey University. These students were selected from over 70 applicants and were chosen due to their commitment to the programme, their outstanding grades, and positive community involvement.
This trip will take place in the April school holidays and will give the students a chance to explore NASA, speak to Mana Vautier (a New Zealand Astronaut) and watch the Vex Robotics World Championships. This is an amazing opportunity that both Shelby and Ruairi are very deserving of. Congratulations to both of these students and also a big thank you to Massey University and their sponsors for making this fantastic trip a reality.