Mangere College 2020 Magazine

Achievement Centre
Tasi Limoni started at the Ambury School for Riding in 2019 – a partnered approach
to helping him achieve in both his learning and in life. After an unsettled start, Tasi
soon became an inspirational leader among his peers and a pillar of respect and
responsibility. Adding to this, Tasi mastered the art of riding and caring for the
horses.
This year with the recommendation
of the Principal and staff at Ambury,
Tasi attended an Automotive
class at the Manukau Institute
of Technology (MIT), in what was
only to be a two-week trial. Oneweek
in, Tasi was accepted into
the full Automotive Course at
MIT. From successfully stringing
paragraphs together and solving
math problems in the Learning
Centre, to cooking and baking in
the Achievement Centre, through
to riding and tending to horses
at Ambury…Tasi is now a full-time
student at MIT. Congratulations
Tasi.
This has been quite the year for
everyone. Even with the Covid19
lockdowns, students in the
Achievement Centre qualified for
their learners licenses, participated
in cultural performances for
language weeks and public
events, taught Year 7 and Year 8
students sports skills, went on work
experience and first aid courses and
were even named in the school’s 1st
XV Rugby team. We acknowledge
Jeremiah Falanaipupu and Nathan
Taufahema who were named in
the team for 2020. Nathan was also
appointed as co-captain.
We are also extremely proud of
Violetta Langi and Nathan for taking
a leap outside their comfort zones
to submit applications to become
Student Leaders. Nathan was
successful and will be a Student
Leader in 2021. The mere fact they
applied, is a huge achievement.
The Mamba Mentality (introduced
and made famous by the late L.A
Lakers and NBA great, Kobe Bryant)
means “to be on a constant quest
to try be better today than you were
yesterday”. This has been our ACH
focus for 2020. We’re ACHIEVING IT
every single day.
- Hermann Arp
34 Māngere College - 2020