South Otago High School held its junior prizegiving recently.
The prize list is. -
YEAR 9
Class prizes
9Fr: Excellence, Danielle Vreugdenhil; merit, Sean Driver, Aaron Hayes; diligence, Brayden Brice, Awhina Webster; 9Li: excellence, Hayley Lister; merit, Christopher Latta, Jordan Valli; diligence, Jessica Shand-McPherson, Samara Willocks; 9Mg: excellence, Sophie Erwood; merit, Mathew Botting, Zachary Fitzgerald; diligence, Leanne Kruger, Megan Morrison; 9Ml: excellence, Bokyong Mun; merit, Ireland Jacobs, Alexander Owen-Cooper, Ryan Powell; diligence, Conlan Spence, Rebecca Stark, Benjamin Williamson; 9Mt: excellence, Aimee Hewson; merit, Cleighton Bunting, Tegan Hollows; diligence, Renee McGowan, Nicole Nicolson.
Module prizes
Erica Bisset (merit design technology); Cleighton Bunting (excellence physical education); Jessie Clark (merit food technology); Sean Driver (merit text and information management); Jordan Edwards (excellence music, merit French); Abby Erwood (excellence drama, physical education); Ireland Jacobs (excellence art); Lee-Anne Kruger (excellence drama, health); Mikayla Latta (merit physical education); Hayley Lister (merit physical education); Megan Morrison (excellence physical education, merit Maori, hard materials technology); Bokyong Mun (excellence French, Maori, text and information management); Paige Pomeroy (merit physical education); Rebecca Slattery (merit physical education); Hayley Smith (merit music); Rebecca Stark (merit food technology, physical education); Jordan Valli (merit health); Connor White (excellence art); Dayna Williamson (merit design technology); Danuel Wyllie (merit hard materials technology).
Sporting cups, trophies
Kimberley Barton, most improved hockey player girls; Sophie Erwood, junior girls tennis doubles (with Rebecca Stark), physical education best all-round girl; Mackenzie Gardner, junior mixed tennis doubles (with Rebecca Stark); Hayley Lister, junior girls badminton; Paige Pomeroy, contribution to junior soccer girls; Rebecca Stark, junior girls tennis, junior girls tennis doubles (with Sophie Erwood), junior mixed doubles (with Mackenzie Gardner); Hope White, U14 girls swimming; Dion Willocks, most improved cricket junior, physical education best all-round year 9 boy; Damian Wilson, U14 boys swimming.
Special awards
Erica Bisset, high achiever; Mackenzie Gardner, cup and prize, year 9 speech; Aaron Hayes, high achiever; Megan Morrison, high achiever; Rebecca Stark, best all-round academic, cultural and sporting effort year 9; Larissa van der Loo, high achiever; Benjamin Williamson, high achiever; Samara Willocks, high achiever.
Sport, cultural blues
Tegan Hollows, rugby; Bokyong Mun, piano.
YEAR 10
Class prizes
10Bn: Excellence, Jayden Leslie; merit Rebecca McLay, Joel van Vugt, Brayden Wilson; diligence, Jazmin Cunningham, Luke Instone; 10 Ha excellence, Leslie Cu; merit, Emily Hargest, Melissa Joyce; diligence, Rebecca Botha, Craig Hamilton; 10Hr: excellence, Russell Benington; merit, Eva Crossan, Grace Duncan, Aaron Fleming; diligence, Georgia Crutchley, David Kornyei, Breeani Munro; 10Le: excellence, Kirsty Maw; merit, Leigh Forbes, Brittany Pyne; diligence, Blake Lamond, Olivia Pirie; 10Os: excellence, Bryce Reichel; merit, Amber Carson, Kristina McMillan; diligence, Mary Hattingh, Hayley Mackie.
Option prizes
Benjamin Atkinson (excellence hard material technology); Richard Blair (excellence business enterprise); Rebecca Botha (excellence drama, merit health); Nico Burgess (merit physical education); Amber Carson (merit food technology); Erica Cross (excellence business enterprise); Eva Crossan (excellence music, merit art); Georgia Crutchley (merit business enterprise); Leslie Cu (merit French); Caitlin Dent (excellence physical education); Grace Duncan (excellence French, merit text and information management); Lachlan Hannah (merit literacy); Emily Hargest (excellence art, merit textile and design technology); Zoe Harris (merit graphics); Aleisha Horton (excellence art); Keely Hurring (merit text and information management); Benjamin Jenkins (excellence physical education); Melissa Joyce, merit textile and design technology); Stephanie Joyce (merit media studies); Sarah Jury (merit food technology); Liam Kingma (merit hard material technology); David Kornyei (excellence text and information management, merit health); Kobie Latta (merit physical education, health); Jody Law (merit Maori, health); Hayley Mackie (merit food technology); Kirsty Maw (merit health); Samuel Mcarthur (merit graphics, engineering technology); Scott Pauly (merit physical education); Erin Pellett (merit food technology); Olivia Pirie (merit art and physical education); Shea Robertson (excellence physical education); Sean Sell (merit business enterprise, engineering technology); Holly Thoms (merit health); Joel van Vugt (excellence physical education); Cameron Walker (excellence media studies); Hayden Whitmore (merit music); Kirsty Wong (merit art).
Sporting cups, trophies
Matthew Crawford, junior boys badminton, junior boys badminton doubles (with Craig Hamilton); Leslie Cu, junior girls badminton doubles (with Emily Hargest); Caelib Edwards, contribution U15 rugby team, junior boys tennis, junior boys tennis doubles (with Connor Mills); Craig Hamilton, junior boys badminton doubles (with Matthew Crawford); Emily Hargest, junior girls badminton doubles (with Leslie Cu); Samara Hollows, junior girls cross-country, excellence junior netball, most promising touch junior, best all-round U15 girls sport; Keely Hurring, junior girls swimming; Benjamin Jenkins, junior boys cross-country; Kobie Latta, most promising junior girl rugby; Connor Mills, junior boys tennis doubles (with Caelib Edwards); Olivia Pirie, U14 girls athletics, Colts girls cross-country; Aaron Rhodes, junior boys athletics; Shea Robertson, Colts boys athletics, Colts boys cross-country, best all-round U15 boys sport; Joshua Telford, junior boys squash; Joshua Turnbull, all-round sportsmanship rugby.
Special awards
Russell Benington, high achiever; Rebecca Botha, junior drama; Amber Carson, year 10 speech; Matthew Crawford, high achiever; Leslie Cu, high achiever; Zoe Harris, best junior writing; Melissa Joyce, high achiever; Olivia Pirie, contribution to community, best all-round academic, cultural and sporting effort year 10; Bryce Reichel, high achiever; Hayden Whitmore, year 10 music.
Sport, cultural blues
Samara Hollows, athletics, cross-country; David Kornyei, karate; Kobie Latta, rugby; Olivia Pirie, surf life-saving; Shea Robertson, rugby.
YEAR 11
Commendable achievement
Kayla Bopp, English; Adon Campbell, NZ Certificate of Science; Jaydin Cassel, Maori; Damon Clement, NZ Certificate of Science; Ruby Crichton, mathematics (unit standards); Jordan Deans, communication English; Anton Felts, history, mathematics, science; Nicola Fenton, English, science, text and information management; Cameron Forrest, mathematics (unit standards); Reuben Gray, geography, music, science; Joannah Harrex, physical education; Christopher Hattingh, NZ Certificate of Science; Regan Hunter, physical education; Shinyka Knight, physical education; Jenna Lanini, art, geography, science, mathematics; Mei Li, physical education, health; Letitia Melvin, mathematics (unit standards); Gemma Mills, communication English; Karen Nicolson, geography, text and information management; Joshua Payne, mathematics; Taylor Pennell, food technology; Thomas Powell, mathematics; Georgia Scott, food technology; Georgia Sharpin, food technology; Alexander Shoemaker, engineering technology; Shannen Storer, art; Kimberley Thorn, agriculture/horticulture, English, mathematics; Gary Townsend, building technology, communication English; Jema Wall, NZ Certificate of Science; Jordan White, building technology, graphics, physical education; Jodie Wilson-Cochrane, communication English; Anneka Wyllie, food technology.
Merit, excellence
Kobey Clark (merit physical education, health); Anatiah Haitana (merit Maori); Sarah Morrison (merit food technology); Nikki Tomkinson (merit communication English); Craig Botting (merit building technology, commendable achievement science); Kaitlin de Geest (merit art, commendable achievement mathematics); David Hall (merit engineering technology, commendable achievement science); Matthew Kuiti (merit engineering technology, commendable achievement geography); Bradley Martin (merit agriculture/horticulture, commendable achievement science); Kylie McLaren (merit communication English, commendable achievement food technology); Jessica Paul (merit history, commendable achievement mathematics); Hamish May (merit agriculture/horticulture, commendable achievement English, geography); Kate Snell (merit art, commendable achievement geography, mathematics); Hayden Gold (merit English, physical education, commendable achievement engineering technology, history; Morgan Pennycook (excellence art); Libby Munro (excellence text and information management, commendable achievement English, music); Bryony Harrison (excellence geography, merit English); Holly Catherwood (excellence science, merit mathematics, music, commendable achievement graphics); Jordan Willocks (excellence mathematics, physical education, commendable achievement accounting, English); Sonja Vreugdenhil (excellence mathematics, science, merit physical education); Zoe Robson (excellence drama, English, merit geography, commendable achievement French, science); Brooke Ramsay (excellence mathematics (Level 2), French, history, merit English, geography, science); Morgan Powell (excellence accounting, mathematics, science, text and information management, merit graphics, commendable achievement English); Amelia Shaw (excellence economics, English, mathematics, physical education, merit geography, science).
Sporting cups, trophies
Shane Calder, most improved rugby player Second XV; Ryan Eggers, senior boys tennis; Reuben Gray, intermediate boys swimming, most improved soccer player; Regan Hunter, junior boys swimming; Shinyka Knight, intermediate girls athletics, intermediate girls cross-country; Daniel Morris, service boys hockey; Karen Nicolson, contribution girls basketball; Jessica Paul, equestrian one-day eventing; Brooke Ramsay, intermediate girls swimming; Cohen Tuhou, contribution touch; Sonja Vreugdenhil, junior girls athletics; Connor Wilson, sportsmanship boys hockey, best all-round basketball player.
Special awards
Holly Catherwood, contribution music junior; Hayden Gold, engineering technology; Talitha McBain, food technology; Morgan Pennycook, excellence year 11 art; Zoe Robson, year 11 speech; Amelia Shaw, sport, academic effort and achievement year 11; Gary Townsend, building technology; William Wright, Te Putai Tahuna Taonga boys.
Sport, cultural, academic blues
Jordan Currie, rugby; Ryan Eggers, tennis; Regan Hunter, rugby; Matthew Kuiti, rugby; Morgan Powell, academic; Brooke Ramsay, academic; Zoe Robson, academic; Amelia Shaw, academic; Sonja Vreugdenhil, academic; Jordan Willocks, academic.
