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PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

Tēnā koutou katoa, ko Janine Tupaea tōku ingoa, no tumuaki ki te Kāreti o Manaia ahau. Warm greetings to you all, I am the proud Principal of Solway College. Within the accompanying editorial, you will see examples of our Solway College students being aspirational in their pursuit of excellence, utilising their gifts and talents, and serving those within and outside of our community. Our students sing within our school waiata ‘anei matou nga kohine, e puawai ana - we are the blossoming girls of the school’. In 2022, our students have certainly blossomed, both individually and collectively. The waiata also states ‘tu maia, tu kaha, kia tu kotahi e - we stand proud, we stand strong, we stand as one. At Solway College our special character, Solway Way, and Christian family atmosphere is at the heart of our school. I would like to thank each student, each sta member, each caregiver, and both boards, for their contributions to the collective successes achieved by our Solway College whānau this year.

Janine Tupaea

2022 has been a phenomenal year at Solway College, with a multitude of individual student and collective achievements, throughout all dimensions of their holistic education. Academically, the school again celebrated outstanding NCEA results of 100% attainment across all three NCEA levels, including a high proportion of Excellence endorsements, based on students who remained at Solway College until the end of Term 4. 95 percent of Year 13 students also achieved their university entrance quali cation. In addition to NCEA results, Mahony Puketapu, Moana Papworth and Melissa Burns received prestigious university scholarships for 2023, and Sheryl Chand was the recipient of the Hands on Otago Scholarship, and was also selected to attend the Rotary National and Science Technology Forum, as well as the prestigious National Shakespeare School Production. Four sports teams attended the New Zealand Secondary Schools Tournament Week competitions including Football, Hockey, Netball and Equestrian, with the Equestrian team nishing third overall within the Lower North Island. Our Waka Ama crew nished second place in the under 16 division at the Wellington Regional Championship, and our girls also shone at Wairarapa Interschools events. Olivia Weir won the junior girls discus, Sheryl Chand was 1st in the senior girls shot put, Tilly Raush won the girls 800m and there was a clean sweep to Solway College in senior girls discus with Vianne Downs rst, Trinity Robertson-Davis second and Olivia Mancer third. Violet Fisher medalled in all events at the Manawatu Champs, including gold in the 1500, 800 and 400m races, and was selected as a member of Athletics Wellington U15 team. We also had outstanding success in Cross Country, winning the Year 9 girls and senior girls team events at the Wairarapa Intercollegiate competition, and in the Intermediate Interschools competition, Violet Fisher came 1st and Renee Mensen came 2nd. Violet Fisher then went on to nish second at the Wellington Regional competition. Xanthe Somerville was Wairarapa Secondary Schools Girls Rugby Player of the Year, and Ava Wilson had a phenomenal year in swimming, winning 6 medals including 3 golds at the national secondary schools’ championships, placed top 3 in all 10 events at the Wellington short course championships, and became the national secondary school open water champion for her age group. Sheryl Chand was named the overall national co-winner of the New Zealand Race Unity Speech Awards, as well as the senior girls Wairarapa Interschools Speech competition winner. The SoulC Hip Hop Dance crew were the NZ Made Wellington Regional winners, and one of Solway College’s bands won rst place in the Tangata Pasi ka Beats section of the Regional Smokefree Rock Quest competition. Hannah Walker achieved her Gold Duke of Edinburgh award, and Keri-Kima Lumukana was awarded 1st place in the Wairarapa Intercollegiate Music competition. Fifty dresses that were beautifully made as part of the new ‘Dress a Girl’ service initative, are on the way to a village overseas to bless young girls, a signi cant portion of money was raised for the Cancer Society, and girls provided service for a range of wider community events such as Toi Tū te Tangata. The school was also recognised for prioritising protecting the Manaia whenua on which the school resides, including its 100kw solar panel installation and extension of its native bush area, winning the title of ‘New Zealand’s Most Sustainable School’.

We wish our Year 13 students all the best for their next chapter, and thank them for all that they have contributed to Solway College.

Sheryl Chand was the co-winner of the New Zealand Race Unity Speech Competition. One of the Waka Ama crews came second place at the Wellington Regional Waka Ama Champs.

The Equestrian Team had another outstanding year with a number of individual and team successes, including coming third place at their New Zealand Secondary Schools Tournament.

Ko tenei te kareti o Manaia, our Solway College kapa haka rōpū thank Whaea Aroha for her contribution, and look forward to welcoming our new kaiako Whaea Jordan Bennett to Solway.

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