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6 Tuesday <strong>November</strong> <strong>20</strong> <strong>20</strong>18<br />
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SOUTHERN VIEW<br />
Recognition for<br />
academic success<br />
Academic Honours for <strong>20</strong>18: Our school Year 13 Graduation Ceremony is always a wonderful occasion,<br />
with students, staff, parents and whanau gathering to celebrate and acknowledge our graduating “Class<br />
of <strong>20</strong>18” in the spectacular venue of the Isaac Theatre Royal.<br />
School Dux (Cartwright Prize):<br />
Briana Steven<br />
Briana is an exceptional student<br />
who gained top three subject<br />
placings across all five of her<br />
subjects. She is also an extremely<br />
well-rounded person, with<br />
impressive achievements in the<br />
school’s co-curricular activities.<br />
This includes being a top musician<br />
and representative in the NZSSS<br />
Orchestra, and a talented<br />
sportswoman representing<br />
New Zealand in Orienteering.<br />
In <strong>20</strong>19 Briana intends to study<br />
Mechanical Engineering at the<br />
University of Canterbury.<br />
Proxime Accessit: Otis Williams<br />
Otis is an outstanding academic<br />
student, who this year was placed<br />
first in two and top five in his<br />
other three subjects. Otis is an<br />
extremely diligent and astute<br />
Proxime Accessit Otis Williams (left), School Dux for <strong>20</strong>18 Briana<br />
Steven (centre), and Principal Mark Wilson<br />
young man with excellent work<br />
habits. In <strong>20</strong>19 he intends to study<br />
Health Science at the University<br />
of Otago.<br />
Next year’s Cashmere High School Head Students, Oki Tilaia, Alice Tiso,<br />
Emma Hartshaw and Finn Barclay, at the Armistice Day Memorial Service<br />
with Christchurch Mayor Leanne Dalziel, centre.<br />
WWI’s end marked<br />
On Sunday, <strong>November</strong> 11,<br />
Armistice Day was remembered<br />
and commemorated – 100 years<br />
ago when the guns finally fell<br />
silent and World War I (1914-<br />
18) ended. This “Great War” had<br />
a huge impact on our country,<br />
as about 10 per cent of New<br />
Zealand’s population enlisted to<br />
fight, and of these 58 per cent<br />
were killed or wounded.<br />
Cashmere High School student<br />
Emma Hartshaw was able to<br />
visit the battlefields of France<br />
earlier this year as a young New<br />
Zealand ambassador, and she was<br />
one of the official speakers at<br />
Christchurch’s formal ceremony<br />
on Armistice Day.<br />
Emma and her fellow Head<br />
Students for <strong>20</strong>19 also laid<br />
a wreath at the Bridge of<br />
Remembrance archway as part of<br />
the service.<br />
Arts Gold, Sports<br />
Blues awarded<br />
Achievers Evening: At our school’s annual Achievers Evening we<br />
celebrate the wide range of co-curricular achievements of our students,<br />
including the awarding of our prestigious Arts Gold and Sports Blue<br />
Awards. The top honours of the evening is the announcement of the<br />
highest achieving students in the Arts and Sports.<br />
Artsperson of the Year <strong>20</strong>18:<br />
Emily-Jane (EJ) Stockman<br />
EJ’s passion, talent and skill for<br />
the performing arts have seen<br />
her perform with the Chamber<br />
Choir, Barbershop, Girls Chorus,<br />
major productions, Shelia Winn<br />
Shakespeare Festivals, Stage<br />
Band, and Music tours. She has<br />
been a regular winner of multiple<br />
categories at the October Music<br />
Competitions, as well as at ARA<br />
Jazzquest and the National<br />
Young Singers In Harmony<br />
Competitions.<br />
Sportsperson of the Year <strong>20</strong>18:<br />
Liliana Braun<br />
Liliana has dominated school<br />
races in the 3000 metres, 1500<br />
metres, 800 metres and Cross<br />
Country in various age divisions.<br />
She won the Canterbury<br />
Under 18 Club Championships<br />
and the South Island and<br />
Canterbury Secondary Schools<br />
Championships. Not surprisingly,<br />
Liliana was selected for the New<br />
Zealand Representative Cross<br />
Country and Athletics teams.<br />
Musicians tour New York, Boston<br />
This year Cashmere’s Music<br />
Department had an amazing<br />
three-week trip to New York<br />
and Boston (USA) and were able<br />
to perform in a wide variety<br />
of venues, ranging from grand<br />
concert halls, spectacular<br />
cathedrals, Central Park and jazz<br />
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cafes, to huge public shopping<br />
malls.<br />
They were able to visit musical<br />
academies such as the Berklee<br />
College of Music, music high<br />
schools, tour amazing music sites<br />
and venues, attended live shows<br />
(The Lion King and The Phantom<br />
Award winning Cashmere Humanities lead students, from left, Indi Chenery,<br />
Skye Peng and Angleu Suerte-Felipe, with teacher Mrs Vanessa Van Hoof,<br />
right.<br />
of the Opera), a night at Dizzy’s<br />
Jazz Club, and concerts such<br />
as the Boston Pops Symphony<br />
Orchestra.<br />
This was an incredible music<br />
tour, and special thanks to the<br />
staff for their organisation in<br />
making this experience possible.<br />
Accolade for Famine fundraiser<br />
Cashmere High School was<br />
awarded World Vision’s<br />
“Outstanding Famine<br />
Event” award, which<br />
recognises events that have<br />
a high level of community<br />
involvement.<br />
This was for the excellent<br />
funding work our students’<br />
Humanities Council<br />
organised as part of this<br />
years’ World Vision 40 Hour<br />
Famine.<br />
This fundraising included<br />
organising a successful<br />
community fair with a<br />
range of fun novelty stands<br />
and activities.
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