EDUCATION: RANGITOTO COLLEGE
Top Scholars and a Prime Minister’s Award
- Rangitoto College prepares students for success Rangitoto College is immensely proud of the recognition that two of our students received at the Beehive in May. Each year, a special event is held at Parliament to celebrate the success of New Zealand’s top students. The highest achieving student in each scholarship subject receives recognition of their success from the government at the Top Scholar Awards Ceremony, attended by the students and their whānau. This year Ashley Huddart, who was a Year 12 student in 2021, received the award for Top Scholar in New Zealand for Physical Education. Ashley was incredibly honoured to receive this award and said that she “really enjoyed the opportunity to talk with and celebrate the achievements of some very inspiring students”. This is an outstanding achievement for Ashley and is testament to her dedication and hard work. In 2020, as a Year 11 student, she gained one of 15 Outstanding Health and Physical Education Scholarships awarded. In 2021, she gained top marks and Top Scholar with 24 out of 24 for a totally different selected document. Her topic of choice was Sport New Zealand’s Every Body Active strategy, which attempts to analyse the decline in participation in youth sport. Special thanks goes to teacher Jamie Sowter for her mentorship. In addition to the Top Scholars in each subject, this award ceremony also announced Cameron Senior with the Associate Minister of Education, Hon. Jan Tinetti. and celebrated the Prime Minister’s Award for Academic Excellence. This award recognises the success of the top New Zealand Scholarship student in the country. school’s belief that students should experience academic success The recipient showcases the highest overall academic excellence of all and be involved in the wider school community. Cameron showed the Premier Award winners. consistently high achievement during his time at Rangitoto College, Rangitoto College was honoured to see this prestigious award also receiving a number of Scholarships and a Premier Award in being presented to one of our own, 2021 Rangitoto College Dux, the 2020 round of examinations. His success is a credit to his own Cameron Senior. Cameron was annouced as the sole recipient dedication, and the support of the Prime Minister’s Award for 2021 by Deputy Prime Minister, and hard work of his whānau the Honourable Grant Robertson. Dr Grant Klinkum, NZQA Chief and teachers. Cameron is Executive, acknowledged the additional remarkability of Cameron’s currently studying a Bachelor success in a year that was so disrupted by Covid-19. In his acceptance of Biomedical Science at the speech, Cameron acknowledged the support of those who helped University of Auckland, with him throughout his time at Rangitoto College, explaining that “this a goal of gaining entry into award is really the culmination of the efforts of my family, friends, the medical programme. We and teachers who instilled in me a passion for learning." Cameron is are very proud of Cameron’s incredibly deserving of this award as he broke a number of records success at Rangitoto College with his results. and look forward to seeing Cameron achieved Outstanding Scholarships in Art History, where this will take him in the English, Geography, Health and Physical Education, History, Physics, future. and Statistics. He also achieved Scholarships in Biology, Calculus, Cameron Senior and and Chemistry. He was Top Scholar in three of these subjects: Art Ashley Huddart both truly History, Geography, and Statistics. These enormous achievements exemplify Rangitoto College’s come as no surprise to those who know Cameron. Cameron is an guiding principle—Great incredibly dedicated student and was widely involved in a number Opportunities, Great Ashley Huddart. of co-curricular activities at Rangitoto College, exemplifying our Students..
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