Western News: December 02, 2021

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Thursday December 2 2021
Time to
celebrate
all our
successes
Kia ora koutou. Talofa. Kia Orana. Malo e
lelei. Bula Vinaka. Fakaalofa atu. Namaste.
Kumusta. Haere mai haere mai ki Te Kura
Huruhuru Ao o Horomaka. Warm greetings to
the Hornby High School community.
As always, this is my favourite time of year. I
love celebrating the success of others, and we
have seen some fabulous successes from our
students this year. We celebrated the best in
academic, sporting, and cultural success at
our prize giving last week. We are so proud
of the number of students who have gained
university scholarships for 2022, and as we
celebrated our leavers it was amazing to see
the number of students whose intention is to
follow a course of university study in 2022.
University study isn’t the right pathway for
everyone, and we also see many students
who are passionate about following their own
pathway into trades training too.
Similarly our school sports teams have had
a great summer sports season, with success
across a range of codes. We are very grateful
for the coaches from both within and outside
the school who nurture and support our
young people in their sporting activities. I was
particularly gratified to receive an approach
from a group of prominent Hornby volleyball
players intent on putting even more energy
and “zip” into our volleyball programme. They
well remember the halcyon days of national
prominence for Hornby volleyball.
I commented at our prize giving that we need
to remember that success comes in many
forms, and is different things for different
people. In this age of significant mental
challenge for so many, there are those for
whom simply functioning on a daily basis
is a significant achievement. Recognising
this range of different people, my greatest
encouragement to all of our rangatahi is
that they aspire to be the best version of
themselves that they can be. That is the best
that any one of us can ask.
In the meantime, thank you to everyone in our
community who has supported us. I would
like to take this opportunity to wish you all a
great Christmas season and a safe and restful
summer.
Robin Sutton
Tumuaki
November 2021
Commitment,
Achievement,
Resilience,
Respect
Rewards for commitment
and effort at prizegiving
On Wednesday, November 17,
we held our Senior Prizegiving.
This is always a very special
event on the Hornby High
School calendar and although
our format was considerably
different, the occasion was no
less auspicious.
Unfortunately we were unable
to allow an audience to attend,
which meant that for the
first time whānau could not
watch their tamariki receive
their awards. However, we
were lucky enough to have
Mr Carter behind the camera
streaming the event via a
GoogleMeet, allowing whānau
and our junior students to
watch.
Congratulations to all of our
prizewinners on a highly
successful school year.
We would like to acknowledge
our sponsors for the event:
XCM Group Limited, Lodge
Unanimity Sumner, Fujifilm
Business Innovation NZ, Hei
Hei Health Centre, CrestClean,
Rhino Fire and Security, and
Ministry of Education.
Alyana Pascual – Christchurch Music Centre
Trophy for Outstanding Involvement, Service
to the School, and UC Hiranga Scholarship for
Academic Excellence.
Cameron Arthur – The 2021 Dux of Hornby High
School, UC Hiranga Scholarship for Academic
Excellence, UC Business and Law First Year Award for
Excellence, UC Horomata Scholarship.
Lenora Taotua-Lavea – The Paul Ryan Trophy
for Service to the School, Keith Hay Trophy for
Outstanding Contribution to Sport, Merit in
Culture and Performing Arts.
Roanne Arceo – The Jim Anderton Trophy for Proxime
Accessit, and UC Hiranga Scholarship for Academic
Excellence.
Jenica Padiernos – The Dalmer Cup for
General Excellence at Year 13, and UC Mapura
Bright Start Scholarship.
Nadia Officer – Mainguard Trophy for
Excellence in Drama, Merit in Culture and
Performing Arts plus Service to the School.
Michelle Arama – Recognised for Service to the
School and First in Art.
Peteli Fevaleaki – Awarded for Service to the
School, and Senior Boys Volleyball Trophy.
Nidhi Prasad – Greater Hornby Residents
Award for Community Service.