Annual Scholars’ Assembly
Posted on March 06, 2017
The annual Scholars’ Assembly was held at Macleans College on Friday.
The assembly recognised students who had achieved at the highest level in the National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA), the Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) and the New Zealand Qualifications Authority Scholarship Examinations for 2016.
In the 2016 Scholarship examinations, students gained 150 Scholarships, including 25 at Outstanding level.
Five students achieved Top-in-the-World and 15 gained Top-in-New Zealand awards at CIE.
These results continue to place Macleans College as one of the top achieving co-educational schools in New Zealand.
The Head Prefects with their parents were introduced to the assembly.
NCEA 2016 Outstanding Performance
NCEA Year 11 Top Achiever Award 2016
Students who achieved Level 1 Endorsed with Merit (with a minimum of 25 credits at Excellence level)
Lauren Adamson of Batten
Alicia Agius of Te Kanawa
Nathan Bevan of Te Kanawa
Wojciech Cierpisz of Hillary
Rishael Croos of Rutherford
Maddy Drew of Upham
Cassidy Fox of Hillary
Sam Green of Mansfield
Piper Hewitt of Rutherford
Jessie Houston of Te Kanawa
Carina Huang of Mansfield
Mariska Jonker of Hillary
Lucy Kofoed of Batten
Sophie Lark of Snell
Jason Li of Hillary
Leia Linford of Hillary
Brooke McIntyre of Mansfield
Brandan Misa of Snell
Ella Morris of Mansfield
Jude Payne of Snell
Tori Rogers of Mansfield
Sanaaya Wadia of Kupe
Madison Walsh of Rutherford
Jessica Woods of Upham
Jasmine Wright of Hillary
Nancy Zhu of Upham
Students who achieved Level 1 Endorsed with Excellence (with a minimum of 50 credits at Excellence level)
Michelle Abraham of Batten
Nataylia Butler of Batten
Jake Edwards-Ingle of Rutherford
George Furniss of Batten
Nivarni Gounder of Hillary
Thomas Harms of Hillary
Mia Kelly of Te Kanawa
Hannah Le Grange of Rutherford
Cullen Neale of Hillary
Danielle Reynolds of Rutherford
Anna Rowland of Rutherford
John Sibanda of Mansfield
NCEA Year 12 Top Achiever Award 2016
Students who achieved Level 2 Endorsed with Merit (with a minimum of 25 credits at Excellence level)
Joshua Armstrong of Snell
Sam Benson of Te Kanawa
Siobhan Bishop of Snell
Danielle Cogger of Snell
Bronte Croad of Upham
Zhane de Mey of Kupe
Mannat Dua of Batten
Jayden Fleming of Kupe
Emily Gillion of Snell
Caoimhe Gormley of Hillary
Monica Hopman of Te Kanawa
Cam Hull of Batten
Sabrina Juan of Kupe
Shengjie Lin of Rutherford
Edmond Liu of Upham
Tennyson Moore of Kupe
Grace Mouncey-Reedy of Rutherford
Amelia Orchard of Batten
Fleur Paitry of Te Kanawa
Yanna Palma of Kupe
Anushka Rajapakse of Mansfield
Vinsuka Rajapakse of Batten
Nadine Samaraie of Hillary
Sabrina Snoad of Rutherford
Emma Stevenson of Kupe
Charlie Stringer of Snell
Hannah Sutcliffe of Rutherford
Grace Tan of Te Kanawa
Holly Thirlwall of Te Kanawa
Flynn Waterer of Rutherford
Georgia Wilshire of Rutherford
Cecilia Zhang of Mansfield
Derrick Zhu of Te Kanawa
Students who achieved Level 2 Endorsed with Excellence (with a minimum of 50 credits at Excellence level)
Libby Christophers of Hillary
Paige Cordingley of Rutherford
Esme Du Plessis of Hillary
Emma Fromont of Mansfield
Sarah Hillier of Snell
Briahna Rew of Rutherford
Charlotte Smaill of Hillary
Monika Todorova of Upham
Ziwei Yang of Hillary
NCEA Year 13 Top Achiever Award 2016
Students who achieved Level 3 Endorsed with Merit (with a minimum of 25 credits at Excellence level)
Neve Airy of Mansfield
Vicky Bassett of Snell
Jamie Bird of Snell
Morgan Blackmore of Batten
Chun Yin Chan of Kupe
Victor Chan of Rutherford
Jerry Chen of Te Kanawa
Amy Choi of Upham
Yasmin Colonetti of Batten
Olivia Cookson of Upham
Arnav Doshi of Snell
Amber Egan of Mansfield
Judah Gilbert Solomon of Upham
Neha Gounder of Hillary
Emily Hamilton of Snell
Rhythm Hauraki-Manukau of Kupe
Danial Hong of Batten
Zane Karai of Mansfield
Christina Masson of Hillary
Eleanor Motuliki of Rutherford
Tarran O'Shaughnessy of Upham
Stella Ou of Rutherford
Tori Picton of Te Kanawa
Emily Randell of Te Kanawa
Siobhan Rew of Rutherford
Olivia Richards of Kupe
Maggie Roach of Te Kanawa
Tyra Smyth of Snell
Sheuk Yeeng Tan of Rutherford
Erik Todorov of Upham
Katie Twisleton of Snell
Rhys Walters of Mansfield
Jennifer Wang of Hillary
Talita Wickham of Hillary
Stephanie Wilson of Kupe
Students who achieved Level 3 Endorsed with Excellence (with a minimum of 50 credits at Excellence level)
Courtney Chellew of Mansfield
Milly Clark of Kupe
Calista Hill of Hillary
Mackenna Jacobusen of Mansfield
Aleisha Marinkovich of Kupe
Rachel Marlin of Upham
Priyanka Mistry of Rutherford
Johanna Mouncey-Reedy of Rutherford
Yasmine Mustafa of Te Kanawa
Matilda Namala of Kupe
Natasha Pinker of Te Kanawa
Hannah Reynecke of Hillary
Thomas Trevilla of Rutherford
Chan Sik Yoo of Upham
CIE 2016 Outstanding Performance
Students who achieved 4 A* Grades at IGCSE
Grace Baylis of Upham
Jessica Gu of Upham
Kevin (Yu Chen) Hou of Upham
Richard Jiang of Upham
Elizabeth (Li Ying) Koh of Upham
Isabel Li of Upham
Haiying Xie of Te Kanawa
Thomas (Haoyu) Ye of Upham
Johnny (Ching Hei) Pau of Hillary
Linda (Yijia) Yan of Upham
CIE Top Achiever Award 2016
Students who achieved either an A Grade in five subjects or above at IGCSE
Lia Ilinichna Antonets of Mansfield
Gemma Black of Upham
Zhi Ying Cheng of Te Kanawa
Michaela Crozier of Rutherford
Syon Divekar of Rutherford
Holly Du Plessis of Snell
Catherine Fletcher of Batten
Ditoya Ghosh of Rutherford
Joshua Giles of Mansfield
Harjot Kaur of Hillary
Caitlyn Khoo of Te Kanawa
Carol-Nicola (Hor Hei) Lee of Mansfield
Zj (Zhuo Jun) Lin of Mansfield
Kayomi Patrawala of Snell
Kenny (Ching Long) Pau of Te Kanawa
Hamish Regan of Rutherford
Michelle Tang-Smith of Snell
Rhianna Windle of Hillary
Stephy (Yue) Yu of Hillary
Students who achieved an A* Grade in five subjects or above at IGCSE
Vicky (Qi) Deng of Mansfield
Disha Mehta of Rutherford
Tim (Tianyu) Pan of Batten
Brendan Zhang-Liao of Te Kanawa
Students who achieved an A Grade in 5 subjects or more at IGCSE and AS Level
Joyce (Sum Yuet) Chan of Kupe
Ashish Dravid of Batten
Matthew Duffett of Batten
Ying Gao of Hillary
Mehtab Haer of Snell
Vincent He of Hillary
Christina Huang of Hillary
Jney Khanna of Rutherford
Mark (Yixiao) Li of Mansfield
Rocco Xi Ang Liu of Kupe
Sheryl Luo of Kupe
Jonathon (Ting Feng) Ngoi of Batten
Yiwei Qi of Batten
Angus (Yuji) Stewart of Snell
Woo Jin Yang of Rutherford
Jackie Zhang of Te Kanawa
Peilin Zhao of Snell
Jenny (Ying) Zhu of Hillary
Students who achieved an A Grade in 4 subjects at AS
Vivian (Xusi) Chen of Hillary
Nicholas (Lin Ren) Chong of Snell
Allen (Zijun) Hui of Kupe
Xinwei Luo of Snell
Sashi Peiris of Kupe
Goyum Siriwardane of Te Kanawa
Justin (Hong Jie) Tan of Kupe
Ricky Wang of Kupe
Yang Fan Yun of Snell
Alan (Zhizhou) Zhang of Kupe
Students who achieved an A Grade in 5 subjects or more at AS and A Level
Harris (Mingxi) Hao of Batten
Kate Haszard of Mansfield
Gordon (Xin Hua) Liu of Te Kanawa
Karl Zhu of Snell
Students who achieved a minimum of 2 A* Grades at A Level
Tristan Bettesworth of Kupe
Kassy (Qianjing) Chen of Mansfield
Jessica (Xiaoyue) Gao of Kupe
Alana Klein of Mansfield
Sue (Sue Ching) Liu of Mansfield
Louise Lu of Upham
Bryner King Lum of Mansfield
Nicole McLennan of Snell
Davina Paul of Rutherford
Benjamin Payne of Snell
Terry (Tianyi) Peng of Rutherford
Jerry (Junyan) Qian of Rutherford
William Shin of Te Kanawa
Ada Jiexin Song of Batten
Lexin Wang of Upham
Max Yang of Te Kanawa
Rama Yogakumar of Mansfield
Linda Zhang of Mansfield
Lorena (Lu Heng) Zheng of Batten
Kyle Zhou of Te Kanawa
Students who achieved an A Grade in four subjects at A Level and A* Grade in four subjects at A Level
An A Grade in four subjects at A Level
Tony (Yan Tong) Chen of Mansfield
Helen Wu of Te Kanawa
An A* Grade in four subjects at A Level
Katrina (Yiwen) Zhang of Te Kanawa
Students who achieved Distinction One in CIE Pre-U Mathematics
(including a CIE Top Achiever Award 2016 with a minimum of 2 A* Grades at A Level)
Jenny (Jieni) Wang of Mansfield
NZQA Scholarship 2016 - Outstanding Subject Scholarship
Students who gained Outstanding in a Scholarship Subject
Eglantine Layec of Mansfield
Outstanding Scholarship Subject in French
Andrew Power of Mansfield
Outstanding Scholarship Subject in Calculus AND
CIE Top Achiever Award with a minimum of 2 A* Grades at A Level
Julie (Hung Yee) Tan of Hillary
Outstanding Scholarship Subject in Geography
Richard Tang
Outstanding Scholarship Subject in Calculus
Teresa Cayling Zhou of Kupe
Outstanding Scholarship Subject in Statistics
NZQA Scholarship 2016 - Scholarship Award
Students who gained Scholarship in three or more subjects.
$2,000 each year for up to three years as long as candidates maintain a ‘B’ grade average in tertiary study.
Praharsh Bahl of Batten
Scholarship in English, Biology, Statistics, Geography and Classical Studies
Bastian Busch of Snell
Scholarship in Physics, Statistics and Calculus
Khorshed Tarapore of Mansfield
Scholarship in Statistics, Accounting and Economics<br>AND<br>CIE Top Achiever Award with an A Grade in 5 or more subjects at AS or A Level
Vincent (Haotian) Wang of Mansfield
Scholarship in English, Physics, Calculus and Media Studies<br>AND<br>CIE Top Achiever Award with an A Grade in 5 or more Subjects at AS or A Level
Hannah Williams of Batten
Scholarship in Chemistry, Physics, Earth and Space Science, Statistics, Geography<br>AND<br>CIE Top Achiever Award with Distinction One in CIE Pre-U Mathematics
Students who gained Scholarship in three or more subjects, including an Outstanding Subject
Edward Liu of Mansfield
Outstanding Scholarship in Chemistry and Scholarship in Physics and Calculus AND
CIE Top Achiever Award with a minimum of 2 A* Grades at A Level
Victor Sun of Batten
Outstanding Scholarship in Physical Education, and Scholarship in English and Statistics
Sunny (Yinjie) Wang of Hillary
Outstanding Scholarship in Physics, and Scholarship in Chemistry, Statistics and Calculus AND
CIE Top Achiever Award with Distinction One in CIE Pre-U Mathematics AND
A minimum of 2 A* Grades at A Level
Ernest (Pui Hong) Wong of Upham
Outstanding Scholarship in Physics, and Scholarship in Statistics and Calculus AND
CIE Top Achiever Award with Distinction One in CIE Pre-U Mathematics
CIE Top Achievement Award 2016
Students who placed First in New Zealand in CIE in 2016 in subjects where there were less than 50 candidates entered nationally
Catherin (Wan-Yin) Chen of Batten
CIE Top Achiever - High Achievement Award AS Business
Ashleigh Schieck of Mansfield
CIE Top Achiever – High Achievement Award AS Literature
Emily Briggs of Te Kanawa
CIE Top Achiever – High Achievement Award A Level Music and AS Music
CIE Top in New Zealand 2016
Students who placed First in New Zealand in CIE in 2016
Christina Yvonne Beer of Snell
CIE Top Achiever Award – Top in New Zealand
IGCSE Accounting AND
An A Grade in 5 subjects or more at IGCSE
Wen-Hsin (Joyce) Chen of Te Kanawa
CIE Top Achiever Award – Top in New Zealand
IGCSE Foreign Language Japanese
Rishika Choudhry of Mansfield
CIE Top Achiever Award – Top in New Zealand
IGCSE Literature (English) 1st = AND
An A* Grade in 5 subjects or more at IGCSE
Jae Yun (Sarah) Jeong of Rutherford
CIE Top Achiever Award – Top in New Zealand
IGCSE Business AND
An A Grade in 5 subjects or more at IGCSE
Jonathan (Eeway) Shaw of Batten
CIE Top Achiever Award – Top in New Zealand
IGCSE Literature (English) 1st = AND
An A Grade in 5 subjects or more at IGCSE and AS
David (Keonsoo) Shin of Snell
CIE Top Achiever Award – Top in New Zealand
IGCSE Computer Science AND
An A Grade in 5 subjects or more at IGCSE and AS
Joyce (Yuxuan) Guo of Mansfield
CIE Top Achiever Award – Top in New Zealand
AS Mathematics 1st = AND
An A Grade in 5 subjects or more at AS and A Level
Jessica Kwong of Te Kanawa
CIE Top Achiever Award – Top in New Zealand
AS Art and Design – Graphic Design
Jia Hui (Mary) Wei of Mansfield
CIE Top Achiever Award – Top in New Zealand
AS Art and Design
Janice (Mei Ung) Ho of Te Kanawa
CIE Top Achiever Award – Top in New Zealand
A Level Mathematics 1st = AND
NZQA Scholarship Award with
Outstanding Scholarship in Chemistry and Scholarship in Physics, Statistics and Calculus AND
CIE Top Achiever Award
An A* Grade in 4 subjects at A Level
Eric Pan of Kupe
CIE Top Achiever Award – Top in New Zealand
A Level Accounting AND
CIE Top Achiever Award
A minimum of 2 A* Grades at A Level AND
CIE Distinction One in CIE Pre-U Mathematics
Elisa (Qinyi) Tang of Mansfield
CIE Top Achiever Award – Top in New Zealand
A Level Mathematics 1st = AND
CIE Top Achiever Award
A minimum of 2 A* Grades at A Level
Elinor (Yi Lan) Wang of Te Kanawa
CIE Top Achiever Award – Top in New Zealand
A Level Biology AND
NZQA Scholarship Award with Scholarship in English, Chemistry and Statistics AND
CIE Top Achiever Award<br>4 A* Grades at A Level
CIE Top in the World 2016
Students who placed First in the World in CIE in 2016
Rahil John of Kupe
CIE Top Achiever Award – Top in the World
IGCSE Design and Technology AND
An A* Grade in 5 or more subjects at IGCSE
Jackie Liu of Snell
CIE Top Achiever Award – Top in the World
IGCSE Art & Design AND
High Achievement<br>IGCSE Drama AND
An A* Grade in 4 subjects at IGCSE
Harshitha Penneru of Kupe
CIE Top Achiever Award – Top in the World
IGCSE Chemistry AND
An A Grade in 5 or more subjects at IGCSE and AS Level
Kevin (Yu-Jen) Shen of Rutherford
CIE Top Achiever Award – Top in the World
AS Japanese Language AND
NZQA Subject Scholarship Award
First in Subject - Japanese
Zi Lin Wang of Rutherford
CIE Top Achiever Award – Top in the World
IGCSE Combined Science
NZQA Outstanding Scholar Award 2016
For candidates placed in the top 20-40. The minimum requirement to be considered for this award is three Scholarships with at least two at “Outstanding” level, or more than three Scholarships with at least one at “Outstanding”. The number of recipients for this award is restricted and achieving the minimum requirement will not guarantee an award.
$5,000 each year for three years as long as candidates maintain a ‘B’ grade average in tertiary study.
Audrey Jian of Batten
Outstanding Scholarship Award -
Outstanding Scholarship in Biology, and Scholarship in English, Statistics, Chemistry and Calculus AND
CIE Top Achiever Award
A minimum of 2 A* Grades at A Level
Ray (Ying-Jui) Ma of Hillary
Outstanding Scholarship Award -
Outstanding Scholarship in Chemistry, Statistics, Calculus, and Scholarship in Physics AND
CIE Top Achiever Award
Distinction One in Pre-U Mathematics AND
A minimum of 2 A* Grades at A Level
Zachary Wong of Batten
Outstanding Scholarship Award -
Outstanding Scholarship in Statistics, and Scholarship in Calculus, Media Studies, Economics, History and Physical Education AND
CIE Top Achiever Award
Distinction One in Pre-U Mathematics
NZQA Premier Scholar Award 2016
This award is awarded to the very top 5 to 10 candidates in New Zealand. The minimum requirement to be considered for this award is at least three Scholarships at “Outstanding” Level. The number of recipients for this award is restricted and achieving the minimum requirement will not guarantee an award.
Premier Scholars receive $10,000 each year for three years as long as they maintain at least a ‘B’ grade average in tertiary study.
Lucas Lee
Outstanding Scholarship in Calculus, Statistics, Chemistry, Physics, Accounting, and Scholarship in English, Geography and Economics. AND
CIE Top Achiever Award 2016
High Achievement in A Level Economics and AS Accounting AND
An A* Grade in 4 subjects at A Level.
Ben Zhang
Outstanding Scholarship First in Subject – Physics,
Outstanding Scholarship in Chemistry, Statistics, Calculus, and
Scholarship in English, Physical Education, Earth and Space Science, Biology and Media Studies. AND
CIE 2016 Best Across Three Cambridge International A Levels, including:
Top in New Zealand – English Literature and Chemistry AND
An 5 A* Grades at A Level.
Dux Of Macleans College 2016
The Dux prize for 2016 is awarded to the Macleans student who achieved the highest grades in the annual NZQA Scholarship examinations.
The Dux of Macleans College receives the Allen McDonald Scholarship. This scholarship was established by the Macleans College Parent Teacher Association in recognition of the contribution of Allen McDonald, the second Principal of Macleans College, particularly with regard to the school’s scholastic achievement.
The scholarship is worth $1,000.00.
The Macleans College Dux of 2016 and recipient of the Allen McDonald Scholarship is jointly awarded to Ben Zhang and Lucas Lee.