Te Kura O Tititea Mount Aspiring College (MAC) celebrated its year 7-10 students last week at two prizegivings on Thursday and Friday (December 8-9).

A range of academic, cultural, sport and service awards were granted at ceremonies, which took place at the MAC gymnasium.

The junior premier awards were awarded to students with outstanding achievements in a particular area. 

These included Holly Radford, Merryn Foster (best all round Year 7 students), Dani Maguire, Zoe Waddington (best all round Year 8 students); Mikayla Botting, Jack Sides (best all round Year 9 students); Lucy Radford, Ryan Enoka (best all round Year 10 students); and Ryan Enoka (whole-hearted contribution – junior).

Highest achiever awards were given to the top students from each class. 

The recipients for Year 7 were: Coco Hocking, Theo Guilleux, Niamh Nolan, Bella Wright, Bess Wilson, Brooke McLachlan, and Lucas Simpson; For Year 8 they were Hannah Thomas, Zoe Waddington, Tim Heiler, Lottie King, Hugo Van Maren, Dani Maguire, and Isaac Lam; for Year 9 they were Nico Pettit, Mikayla Botting, Kasey Brooks, Riley Miller, Heidi Anthony, Phoebe Laker, Fenella Millen; and for Year 10 they were Joe Rowley, Alex Coupland, Oskar Sharpe, Dan McKean, Harry Oxley, and Lincoln Rimmer.

Students across the junior school who had made national or international achievements in the last year also received awards. 

These went to Jeremiah Moses (rock-climbing), Oli Wyeth (biathlon), Nico Pettit (cross country skiing), Sylvia Trotter, Isabel Watterson, Luke Harrold, Lottie King (skiing), Kezik Magill (ice hockey and skiing), Hunter Cranfield (ballet), Grace Thomas (dance), Fia Warburton (rock climbing), Daisy Woods, Eva Small, Logan Millar, Nova Arnott (skiing), Kade van der Hulst (snowboarding), Winifred McAllister-Brown (cross country skiing and biathlon), and Fergus MacRae (karate).

Awards were also granted to students for a range of sporting achievements, including Hugh Ragg (athletics), Kahlarni Hondelink (cross country), Rhian Telfer (mountain biking), Oscar Leigh, Jalen Carleton (snowboarding), Nico Pettit (athletics and cross country), Luke Harrold (junior sport), Ila Duncan, Lyndajayne Kitto, Otis Oxley (athletics), Liv Fairmaid (cross country), Daisy Woods (skiing), Kade van der Hulst (snowboarding), and Lauchlan Roy (cross country and athletics).

Arts awards went to Ryan Enoka (Mana Pounamu and Te Kura Ara Mai); Ruby Smith (music), Luke Gendall (whole-hearted contribution – junior), Isabel Martin, Timothy Heiler (ballet), and Hannah Thomas (dance); and the Duke of Edinburgh’s Hillary bronze awards to Olive Sedon, Chloe Murray, Jacob Toomey, Lucy Radford, Nico Pettit, and Ruby Smith.

Special academic awards went to Grace Thomas (debating), Dan McKean (mathematics), Nico Pettit (monologue), Amber Gemmell (speech), Jayden Robertson (music), Adrianna Huggett, Arnaud Mackenzie, Dani Maguire, Emily Hunt, Georgia Beale, Grace Underwood-Vize, Hank Weathington, Hannah Radford, Hannah Thomas, Isabel Martin, Ivy Adams, Leo Johnstone, Liv Fairmaid, Lottie King, Lyndajayne Kitto, Madison Smith, Mia Gemmell, Mia Langton, Mikae Hape, Milo Adams, Monte Halliday, Nelson Rimmer, Otis Oxley, Phoebe Cervelli, Rhys Taylor, Sarah-Jane Berben, Theo Irvin, Thomas Jurczyluk, Tighe Owen, Winifred McAllister-Brown, and Zoe Waddington (William Pike Challenge).

High achievement and Tititea awards were also presented at both ceremonies.

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