Gold Duke of Edinburgh recipients:(back row from left) Scott Stiven, Blair Thomson (both 19) and Kevin
McSweeney (Blue Mountain College principal); middle row (from left) Linda Miller (Blue Mountain College deputy principal) Samantha Beel, Kade Cormack, Megan Edwards, Elisse Crawford, Annie Kate Rea (all 19) and Vicki Crawford (Duke of Edinburgh co-ordinator) ; front row (from left) Kirsten McIntyre (18), Logan Bennett (19), Reuben Mariu and Emma Shaw (both 18). Inset : Anna Venz (18).
Duke of Edinburgh co-ordinator Vicki Crawford said the achievement was ‘‘momentous''. ‘
‘We are the second smallest secondary school in Otago so we are thrilled.''
The pupils received their medals at a function at St Hilda's Collegiate in Dunedin on November 15.
