Top Student Successes – November 2023

Academic

UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIPS:
68 awarded

ICAS:
2 Medals – Year 7 Writing and Spelling Bee

MATHEMATICS:
Year 12 CMA Competition Winner
Year 10 Cantamath Runner Up
NZPMC Junior Competition Winner
2 Peter O’Halloran Awards (Top Marks)
Australian Mathematics Competition

BUSINESS AND COMMERCE:
RBNZ Monetary Policy Challenge Runner Up
PMP Regionals Runner Up

SPEECH:
Ngā Manu Kōrero: Senior English Runner Up
Rotary Contest Year 6 Division Winner

FUTURE PROBLEM SOLVING:
National finals – 3 first, 1 second, 1 third

MEDIA:
Best Cinematography International Youth
Silent Film Festival

VEX ROBOTICS:
Nationals Top South Island School

CHESS:
Canterbury Schools: Secondary Runner Up

CREATIVE WRITING:
National Schools Poetry Award Runner Up x 2

DECATHLON:
Year 9 NZ da Vinci Competition Runner Up

NEW ZEALAND REPRESENTATIVES:
1 Recipient

Culture

PIPE BAND:
World Pipe Band Championships: Juvenile Third Place

ORCHESTRA:
6 students NZSS Symphony Orchestra

STRINGS:
Winner National Young Performer Award – Cello (PACANZ)

ROCK BAND:
National Finalist Battle of the Bands

JAZZ BANDS:
Big Band Gold Award ARA Jazzquest
Soul Band and Jazz Orchestra Silver Award
ARA Jazzquest
Best Bassist ARA Jazzquest

DEBATING:
Canterbury Senior Regionals Winner
Canterbury Impromptu Cup Winner

BALLET:
5 NZAMD Ballet Scholarship Nominees
2 NZAMD Ballet Award Finalists – 2nd place
5 NZAMD Ballet Distinctions
2 NZSOD Associate Dancer
10 Excellence Awards
7 Senior Ballet Diplomas

HIGHLAND DANCE:
U18 NZ Champion of Champions
7 Years, 12 Years, U16 Highland Dancer of the Year

DUKE OF EDINBURGH’S HILLARY AWARD:
16 Gold Awards

NEW ZEALAND REPRESENTATIVES:
12 Recipients

Sport

ROWING:
Girls 18 1x, Girls U15 4x+, Boys U17 4+ Gold NZSS
Boys U17 8+ Silver NZSS
SISS Championships – 2 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze

HOCKEY:
Girls 1st XI Runner Up NZSS Federation Cup
Girls Preparatory School Bronze AIMS Games

BASKETBALL:
Girls Senior A Runner Up NZSS
Junior Boys and Junior Girls Winners SISS

GOLF:
New Zealand Amateur Men’s Champion

NETBALL:
Senior A NZSS Top 13
Year 9A Winner SISS Junior Tournament
Year 10A Runner Up SISS Junior Tournament

FOOTBALL:
Girls 1st XI NZSS Top 7, Winner Canterbury SS

FUTSAL:
Senior Girls Winner Mainland SS Championships

CRICKET:
Runner Up NZSS Junior Tournament

TENNIS:
Girls and Boys Team Runners Up SISS

ROGAINE:
Senior Mixed Team Winner NZSS

TRIATHLON:
U14 Girls Winner NZSS

ROAD RACE:
Year 9 Girls, U16 Team Winners Canterbury SS

SKIING:
Winner CSS Mixed Team
Winner Mike Greer Homes Upper Clutha Schools
Ski Race Primary team, Primary Fastest Girl
Winner ISSA Primary Team Co-ed, Intermediate
Team Co-ed, Primary Fastest Girl
Winner Primary and Intermediate Schools Cups

SWIMMING:
CSS Championships 7 podium finishes
NZSS Championships 8 podium finishes

ATHLETICS:
NZSS Championships – 1 gold, 1 bronze (Dec 2022)
SISS Championships – 3 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze

CROSS COUNTRY:
U16 Boys Winner SISS Championship

TOUCH:
Mixed Team Winner SISS

TRAP SHOOTING:
Ladies Skeet Champion North Island
Ladies Skeet and 2-person Skeet Team Champions SISS

ZONTA AWARDS:
Winner – Category 1 and 6
Highly Commended Category 5 – Girls Senior A
basketball and Girls 1st XI hockey

NEW ZEALAND REPRESENTATIVES:
18 Recipients

College Productions
Trilogy (Ballet Academy)
The Little Mermaid (Middle)
Bright Star (Senior)

Outstanding Cultural Celebrations
Music Festival // Film Fest