EDUCATION: WESTLAKE BOYS
Guiqi Huang.
Chan Yoo.
Andy Wang.
Grant Liu.
Raymond Luo.
Brian Kim.
Aakash Singh.
Yuxin Li.
George Yang.
Yanrui Zhou.
Collectively our students gained a total of 200 New Zealand scholarship examination passes, the second highest total for a secondary school and the highest rate per capita for any secondary school in the country.
Outstanding results for the Westlake scholars From a school’s perspective, 2020 was less than ideal… That said, we were delighted with the determination of our senior students to overcome the disruption and produce some exceptional examination results. Collectively our students gained a total of 200 New Zealand scholarship examination passes, the second highest total for a secondary school and the highest rate per capita for any secondary school in the country. To add to that, Westlake Boys also had the most Outstanding and Premier scholars awarded for the year. To put this into perspective, scholarship examination qualifications are only achieved by the very top performing secondary school students and involve a significant amount of additional study by candidates. Usually, scholarship subjects are offered to students in Year 13; however in the last few years we have extended this to students in Year 12, and in some cases Year 11, who have demonstrated exceptional talent in certain subjects. The scholarship awards are granted to only the top 3% of all students in each subject with only the top 0.3% of students achieving the prestigious outstanding scholarship. In 2020 there were 12 Premier Scholars across the country, and
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four of these came from Westlake. Premier Scholar awards, for achievement at the very highest level, were awarded to Brian Kim, Yuxin Li, Raymond Luo and George Yang. This award entitles each recipient to $30,000 over three years of tertiary study. George Yang gained seven scholarships including five Outstanding, as well as the Top in Subject award for Earth and Space Science. Brian Kim gained eight scholarships including three Outstanding, Raymond Luo received six scholarships including three Outstanding, and Yuxin Li received five scholarships including three Outstanding. We extend our congratulations to these young men on their impressive results. Amongst our scholarship successes, six Outstanding Scholar awards were also received by Guiqi Huang, Grant Liu, Aakash Singh, Andy Wang, Chan Yoo and Yanrui Zhou. Each of these students will receive $15,000 over the course of their three-year tertiary education. Yanrui Zhou also received the Top in Subject award for Chinese in New Zealand. With 200 scholarships secured in 2020, our students have continued to build on the success of previous years. We are extremely proud of our students' dedication and hard work to achieve these remarkable results; they are an inspiration to our younger students.
