Nor'West News: December 19, 2017

8 Tuesday December 19 2017
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NOR’WEST NEWS
Top scholars recognised at Rangi Ruru
RANGI RURU Girls’ School
came together to celebrate top
achieving students at its
end-of-year prize-giving.
Marisol Hunter was named
dux, while Isabella Gregory was
announced as proxime accessit
for the senior school.
Awards:
•Marisol Hunter - Dux and
Faletoese cup and the PTA
prize for the best all round girl
Marisol received distinction
in the ICAS Science Competition,
high distinction in the
Australian Chemistry Quiz and
third in the University of Otago
Senior Science Quiz.
In addition to her outstanding
academic role, Marisol is
also an athlete and a musician,
senior athletics champion,
captain of cross country and
lifesaving, lifesaving coach,
national selection in orienteering,
clarinet and percussion
player.
•Isabella Gregory - Proxime
Accessit, The Dorothy Bates
Trophy awarded to a pupil
who shows outstanding
potential during her years at
school, The Ian Stephenson
Prize for passion for the environment
and PTA prize for
head of sustainability
Isabella has a scholarship
place waiting for her at
Victoria University, and in addition
has applied for places
overseas.
She has been the top scholar
in curriculum English for
the last two years and gained
a New Zealand Qualifications
Authority Outstanding Scholarship
Award in English in 2016
from year 12. .
PTA prizes for the associate
heads of the school:
Head of Culture - Anna
Bruce
Dawson Prize for the associate
head of the school
with responsibility for service
- Felicity van der Pohl
Head of Community - Danielle
Bussell
Head of Wellbeing - Phoebe
Spiers
Head of Sport and Otago
University Leaders of Tomorrow
Entrance Scholarship -
Zoe Gilpin
Ethel Gibson Memorial
Prize for the head of house -
Monica Marshall
The Samantha Perkins
ACHIEVEMENT: Marisol Hunter was named dux of Rangi Ruru and best all round student.
Memorial Prize for the head of
the school - Meg Dutton
The Special Award for perseverance
- Phoebe Spiers
The Sophie Savill Cup for
outstanding sportswoman -
Esra McGoldrick
The prize for outstanding
performing arts student -
Anna Bruce
The Principal’s Award for
generosity of spirit - Eden
Cotter-Longworth
General excellence - Year 9
Chloe Hughes, Samantha
Senior, Megan Tansey, Poppy
Blake-Manson, Saskia Simmers,
Isis Ward, Penelope
Frost, Eliza McIntosh, Penny
Procter, Anna Bedggood, Rosa
Blake, Emma Ffowcs, Niamh
Cummingham, Stella Prescott
and Alice Symons-Edwards.
Year 10
Amie Coombes, Hannah
Margison, Sophia Smith, Michelle
Boulais, Amy Clough,
Pippa Lange Rosa Jones,
Ruby Lee, Olivia Yankov-Reid,
Holly Blake, Georgia Sheat,
Landie, Daisy Auker-Woor,
Anna Casey and Maddy Sheat.
Year 11
Alisha Bedggood, Lucy
Johnson, Hazel White, Lucy
Anderson, Sarah Lawrence,
Leah Zydenbos, Emily Davey,
Sadie Nash, Holly Lewis, Ryley
Visser, Amelia Wilson, Sarah
Woodward, Alex Dunn, Charlotte
Helms, Isabella Inkson,
Tulsi Lathia, Amber Spurway
and Samantha Summerfield.
Georgina Jolly - Cross cup
for consistent work in year 11
Year 12
Emily Aitken- First in food
and nutrition, high achievement
in accounting, biology
and history
Ruby Blake-Manson - First t
in Biology, high achievement
in chemistry, French and physics
Jane Boyle -First in textile
technology, high achievement
in economics
Yuna Chon - First in level 3
calculus and the recipient of
the Elinor Wilson Cup, high
achievement in music and
chemistry
Charlotte Corkery - First in
design, high achievement in
chemistry, graphics and paint/
print
Abby Croot - First in Spanish,
first in classical studies,
high achievement in economics,
English and history
Emma Cushing - First in
economics, First in equal in
media studies, high achievement
in drama
Maddi Halliday - First in
history, high achievement in
classical studies
Molly Halpine - First in
English and the William Adam
Memorial Prize, high achievement
in graphics
Eugene In - First in chemistry,
high achievement in
English, music and physics
Moeka Kanemaru - First in
geography, high achievement
in business technology
Ploy Kriangkriwakin - First
in graphics
Eleanor Lester - First in
physics, high achievement in
biology, chemistry, French and
level 3 calculus
Lily McKenzie - First in contemporary
music
Holly Manning -First in
SCHOOLS
general science for citizenship,
high achievement in accounting
Mari-Clare McLaughlin -
First in accounting, first in
French, high achievement in
chemistry, physics and level 3
calculus
Ava Morrow - First equal in
media studies, high achievement
in history
Ella Neale - First in drama
Poppy Prentice - First in
business technology
Alyssa Robinson - First in
paint/print, first in photography,
high achievement in
design
Lucy Simpson - First in
physical education, high
achievement in food and
nutrition
Maddison Wall - First in
statistics
Valerie Xiang - First in
music, high achievement in
chemistry, French, English and
level 3 calculus
Madeleine Finch - PTA
prize for consistently high
standard of achievement in
year 12
Old Girls’ Special Prizes for
excellence in year 12 – Abby
Croot, Ellie Lester, Mari-Clare
McLaughlin, Valerie Xiang
Year 13
Jessie Anderson - First in
classic studies and the Friends
of Rangi Ruru Prize, high
achievement in English and
music, Auckland University
Top Achievers Scholarship, the
Victoria University Vice-Chancellor’s
Excellence Scholarship
and a Victoria University
Excellence Scholarship
Linda Ban - First in business
technology and the Eckersley
Prize, high achievement in accounting
Charlotte Bowman -The
Moira Thompson Salver for
excellence in art
Ella Brownrigg - First in
textile technology
Anna Bruce - First in drama
and the Fay Lester Trophy for
drama, first in printmaking and
the Cleavin-Copeland Cup,
high achievement in painting
and art history
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