Annual Scholars’ Assembly

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 2015.

In the 2015 Scholarship examinations, students gained 164 Scholarships, up from 131 the year before.

Five students achieved Top-in-the-World and 13 gained Top-in-New Zealand awards at CIE.

These results continue to place Macleans College as the top achieving co-educational school in New Zealand.

The Head Prefects with their parents were introduced to the assembly.

NCEA 2015 Outstanding Performance

NCEA Year 11 Top Achiever Award 2015

Students who achieved Level 1 Endorsed with Merit (with a minimum of 25 credits at Excellence level)

• Sam Benson of Te Kanawa
• Siobhan Bishop of Snell
• Amelia Copeland of Hillary
• Bobby Crouch of Hillary
• Lang Cuihua of Kupe
• Zhane de Mey of Kupe
• Avleen Dhanjal of Batten
• Esme Du Plessis of Hillary
• Emma Fromont of Mansfield
• Caoimhe Gormley of Hillary
• Sarah Hillier of Snell
• Monica Hopman of Te Kanawa
• Jason Leung of Batten
• Edmond Liu of Upham
• Dan Muir of Kupe
• Amelia Orchard of Batten
• Fleur Paitry of Te Kanawa
• Kimberly Pfister of Snell
• Vinsuka Rajapakse of Batten
• Florencia Restivo of Batten
• Briahna Rew of Rutherford
• Nadine Samaraie of Hillary
• Sabrina Snoad of Rutherford
• Emma Stevenson of Kupe
• Casey Strickland of Hillary
• Jemina Tacang of Batten
• Monika Todorova of Upham
• Stephen Torr of Kupe
• Georgia Wilshire of Rutherford

Students who achieved Level 1 Endorsed with Excellence (with a minimum of 50 credits at Excellence level)

• Libby Christophers of Hillary
• Paige Cordingley of Rutherford
• Bronte Croad of Upham
• Alice Millar of Te Kanawa
• Anushka Rajapakse of Mansfield
• Charlotte Smaill of Hillary

NCEA Year 12 Top Achiever Award 2015

Students who achieved Level 2 Endorsed with Merit (with a minimum of 25 credits at Excellence level)

• Neve Airy of Mansfield
• Vicky Bassett of Snell
• Morgan Blackmore of Batten
• Franchesca Calderon of Kupe
• Lucy Campbell of Upham
• Courtney Chellew of Mansfield
• Amy Choi of Upham
• Olivia Cookson of Upham
• Amber Egan of Mansfield
• Emily Hamilton of Snell
• Rachel Marlin of Upham
• Johanna Mouncey-Reedy of Rutherford
• Yasmine Mustafa of Te Kanawa
• Stella Ou of Rutherford
• Natasha Pinker of Te Kanawa
• Emily Randell of Te Kanawa
• Olivia Richards of Kupe
• Kelvin Roux of Hillary
• Tyra Smyth of Snell
• Jamila Tacang of Mansfield
• Sheuk Yeeng Tan of Rutherford
• Katie Twisleton of Snell
• Talita Wickham of Hillary
• Stephanie Wilson of Kupe

Students who achieved Level 2 Endorsed with Excellence (with a minimum of 50 credits at Excellence level)

• Milly Clark of Kupe
• Neha Gounder of Hillary
• Rhythm Hauraki-Manukau of Kupe
• Calista Hill of Hillary
• Aleisha Marinkovich of Kupe
• Priyanka Mistry of Rutherford
• Matilda Namala of Kupe
• Siobhan Rew of Rutherford
• Hannah Reynecke of Hillary
• Thomas Trevilla of Rutherford

NCEA Year 13 Top Achiever Award 2015

Students who achieved Level 3 Endorsed with Merit (with a minimum of 25 credits at Excellence level)

• Chelsea Aitken of Batten
• Rachel Childs of Snell
• Kristelle Cooper of Te Kanawa
• Samantha Edwards-Ingle of Rutherford
• Dean Elliott of Upham
• Rochelle Fisher of Hillary
• Chloe Forse of Hillary
• Jordan Fox of Hillary
• Cameron Gleed of Te Kanawa
• Sarah Gleeson of Kupe
• Ben Goodman of Hillary
• Sullivan Harnett of Mansfield
• Isabelle Lee of Te Kanawa
• Ella Macleod of Upham
• Alex Melia of Kupe
• Leigh Mori of Hillary
• Abinaya Saravanapavan of Hillary
• Calvin Shelwell of Upham
• Tori Thirlwall of Te Kanawa
• Alina Yudintseva of Hillary

Students who achieved Level 3 Endorsed with Excellence (with a minimum of 50 credits at Excellence level)

• Angelia Cao
• Lucy Evans of Upham
• James Fisher of Hillary
• Isabella Giommarelli of Te Kanawa
• Iris Hsieh of Batten
• Renee Jones of Kupe
• Zara Nagle of Upham
• Johnathan Reynecke of Hillary
• Francesca Sewell of Te Kanawa
• Katherine Somervell of Hillary

CIE 2015 Outstanding Performance

CIE Year 10 Top Achiever Award 2015

Students who in Year 10 who achieved 4 A* Grades out of 4 at IGCSE

• Joyce Chan of Kupe
• Allen Hui of Kupe
• Sheryl Luo of Kupe
• Harshitha Penneru of Kupe
• Sophie Sun of Kupe
• Alan Zhang of Kupe
• Vanessa Zhu of Kupe

CIE Top Achiever Award 2015

• Nikita Deva of Batten
• Skye Macleod of Te Kanawa

CIE Year 11 Top Achiever Award 2015

Students who achieved an A Grade in five subjects or more at IGCSE

• Arie Ali of Hillary
• Vethahi Arunthayaparan of Snell
• Emily Briggs of Te Kanawa
• Vivian Chen of Hillary
• Nicholas Chong of Snell
• Danielle Gamlen of Mansfield
• Elaine Gao of Rutherford
• Bonnie Guan of Mansfield
• Joyce Guo of Mansfield
• Vicky Hu of Hillary
• Manvinder Kaur of Hillary
• Jess Kwong of Te Kanawa
• Roweigh Lin of Upham
• Jack MacDonald of Kupe
• Kushagar Maini of Kupe
• Jasleen Oberoi of Mansfield
• Minahil Rizwan of Upham
• Oli Roberts-Swain of Hillary
• Ivana Sequeira of Upham
• Goyum Siriwardane of Te Kanawa
• Karen Solomon of Kupe
• Lucy Tang of Snell
• Wei Ting Teo of Rutherford
• Ramanjot Thiara of Upham
• Dylan Vinall of Mansfield
• Jane Wang of Batten
• Lucia Wang of Te Kanawa
• Sam Wang of Rutherford
• Mary Wei of Mansfield
• Zoe Wong of Rutherford
• Nina Yao of Mansfield
• Rebecca Zhang of Batten

CIE Top Achiever Award 2015

Students who achieved an A Grade in five or six subjects at IGCSE and AS

• Annie Chau of Te Kanawa
• Vanessa Ciputra of Te Kanawa
• Geoffrey Dharmadi of Hillary
• Harris Hao of Batten
• Kate Haszard of Mansfield
• Janice Ho of Te Kanawa
• Alana Klein of Mansfield
• Sujin Lee of Mansfield
• Gordon Liu of Te Kanawa
• Jason Liu of Mansfield
• Sue Liu of Mansfield
• Amber Peek of Snell
• Harrison Roper of Mansfield
• Richard Tang of Te Kanawa
• Khorshed Tarapore of Mansfield
• Leilani Wakelin of Snell
• Elinor Wang of Te Kanawa
• Vincent Wang of Mansfield
• Ansel Wong of Batten
• Helen Wu of Te Kanawa
• Max Yang of Te Kanawa
• Rama Yogakumar of Mansfield
• Katrina Zhang of Te Kanawa
• Kyle Zhou of Te Kanawa
• Teresa Zhou of Kupe
• Karl Zhu of Snell

CIE Top Achiever Award 2015

Students who achieved an A Grade in four subjects at AS and A Level, or a minimum of 2 A* Grades at A Level

An A Grade in four subjects or more at AS and A Level

• Kallen Chan of Rutherford
• Catherin Chen of Batten
• Andrew Hu of Hillary
• Audrey Jian of Batten
• Elisa Nithya Martin Moses of Hillary
• Davina Paul of Rutherford
• Benjamin Payne of Snell
• Terry Peng of Rutherford
• Leo Roper of Mansfield
• Bowyn Su of Batten
• Alyssa Tang of Batten
• Rebecca Tao of Upham
• Jenny Wang of Mansfield
• Olivia Wang of Upham
• Julia Wei of Batten
• Hannah Williams of Batten
• Linda Zhang of Mansfield
• Lorena Zheng of Batten

A minimum of 2 A* Grades at A Level

• Shaun Wee of Batten

CIE Top Achiever Award 2015

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

• Victor Sun of Batten

An A* Grade in four subjects at A Level

• Abhishek Chawla of Batten

CIE Top Achiever Award 2015

Students who achieved Distinction One in CIE Pre-U Mathematics

• Aditya Arora of Rutherford
• Helen Cao of Rutherford
• Jade Shum of Upham
• Rymon Yu of Snell

NZQA Scholarship 2015 - Outstanding Subject Scholarship

Students who gained Outstanding in a Scholarship Subject

• Praharsh Bahl of Batten
  Outstanding Subject Scholarship in English, AND CIE Top Achiever Award with an A* Grade in 4 or more subjects at A Level
• Christine Shao of Rutherford
  Outstanding Scholarship in Classical Studies
• Elisa Tang of Mansfield
  Outstanding Subject Scholarship in Calculus

NZQA Scholarship 2015 - 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.

• Jin Lee of Snell
  Scholarship in Chemistry, Physics, Statistics and Calculus AND CIE Top Achiever Award with Distinction One in CIE Pre-U Mathematics
• Charlene Lo of Batten
  Scholarship in Chemistry, Physics and Statistics AND CIE Top Achiever Award with an A Grade in 4 or more subjects at A Level
• Tina Sun of Te Kanawa
  Scholarship in English, Chemistry and Statistics
• Sunny Wang of Hillary
  Scholarship in Physics, Statistics and Calculus AND CIE Top Achiever Award with a minimum of 2 A* Grades at A Level
• Annaliese Wheeler of Batten
  Scholarship in English, Statistics and Calculus
• Ernest Wong of Upham
  Scholarship in Physics, Statistics and Calculus AND CIE Top Achiever Award with a minimum of 2 A* Grades of at A Level

Students who gained Scholarship in three or more subjects, including an Outstanding Subject

• Savesh John of Kupe
  Scholarship in Biology, Chemistry and Physics, including an Outstanding Subject Scholarship in Statistics
• Alina Lin of Kupe
  Scholarship in Art History, Media Studies and Geography, including an Outstanding Subject Scholarship in English
• Oliver Li of Hillary
  Scholarship in Physics and Statistics, including an Outstanding Subject Scholarship in Calculus
• Chris Varghese of Rutherford
  Scholarship in Biology and Chemistry, including an Outstanding Subject Scholarship in English
• Zachary Wong of Batten
  Scholarship in Calculus, Geography and Economics, including an Outstanding Subject Scholarship in Statistics AND CIE Top Achiever Award with a minimum of 2 A* Grades at A Level

CIE Top Achievement Award 2015

Students who placed First in New Zealand in CIE in 2015 in subjects where there were less than 50 candidates entered nationally

• Cindy Chang of Hillary
  AS Level Japanese Language

CIE Top In New Zealand 2015

Students who placed First in New Zealand in CIE in 2015

• Flora Zhou of Kupe
  CIE Top Achiever Award – Top in New Zealand IGCSE Art & Design AND An A Grade in 5 subjects or more at IGCSE and AS
• Kelly Luo of Upham
  CIE Top Achiever Award – Top in New Zealand IGCSE Design & Technology
• Eric Pan of Kupe
  CIE Top Achiever Award – Top in New Zealand AS Level Accounting AND An A Grade in 4 subjects or more at AS and A Level
• Louise Lu of Upham
  CIE Top Achiever Award – Top in New Zealand AS Level Biology AND An A Grade in 4 subjects or more at AS and A Level
• Jarrod Sellar of Rutherford
  CIE Top Achiever Award -Top in New Zealand AS Level Language & Literature in English
• Tiger Guo of Te Kanawa
  CIE Top Achiever Award – Top in New Zealand A Level Design & Technology AND NZQA Outstanding Subject Scholarship in Design and Visual Communication
• Ray Ma of Hillary
  CIE Top Achiever Award – Top in New Zealand A Level Mathematics AND An A Grade in 4 subjects or more at AS and A Level AND NZQA Scholarship Award with Scholarship in Chemistry, Statistics and Calculus
• Ben Zhang of Mansfield
  CIE Top Achiever Award – Top in New Zealand AS Level Physics AND An A Grade in 5 subjects or more at IGCSE and AS

CIE Top in the World 2015

Students who placed First in the World in CIE in 2015

• Sashi Peiris of Kupe
  CIE Top Achiever Award – Top in the World IGCSE Combined Science AND Year 10 - An A* Grade in 4 subjects at IGCSE
• Wendy Xie of Rutherford
  CIE Top Achiever Award – Top in the World IGCSE Foreign Language Mandarin Chinese
• Owen Wang of Kupe
  CIE Top Achiever Award – Top in the World IGCSE Mathematics

NZQA Outstanding Scholar Award 2015

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.

• Lucas Lee of Hillary
  Outstanding Scholarship Award - Outstanding Scholarship in Chemistry and Physics, and Scholarship in Statistics, Calculus and Economics, AND CIE Top Achiever Award Top in New Zealand – A Level Physics AND an A Grade in 4 subjects or more at AS and A Level
• Daisy Huang of Rutherford
  Outstanding Scholarship Award - Outstanding Scholarship in Chemistry and Scholarship in Biology, Physics, Statistics, Calculus and Geography
• Joseph Meltzer of Rutherford
  Outstanding Scholarship Award - Outstanding Scholarship in Chemistry, Statistics and Calculus, and Scholarship in Physics
• Wendy Lee of Rutherford
  Outstanding Scholarship Award - Outstanding Scholarship in Media Studies and Scholarship in English, Art History, Economics, History and Physical Education, AND NZQA Scholarship - First in Media Studies AND CIE Top Achiever Award Top in New Zealand – A Level History
• Saffron Huang of Rutherford
  Outstanding Scholarship Award - Outstanding Scholarship in Chemistry and Economics, and Scholarship in English, Physics, Statistics, Calculus and History, AND CIE Top Achiever Award Top in the World – AS Level English Language
• Henry Jiang of Rutherford
  Outstanding Scholarship Award – Outstanding Scholarship in Chemistry, Physics and Statistics, and Scholarship in Calculus.

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Runner Up to the Dux 2015

This award is presented to David Kim of Rutherford.

• David Kim of Rutherford
  Outstanding Scholarship Award Outstanding Scholarship in Chemistry (1st in Subject), Biology and Statistics, and Scholarship in physics and calculus.

Dux Of Macleans College 2015

The Dux prize for 2015 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.

This prestigious Scholarship is awarded for 2015 to Zhong Huang of Rutherford.

Zhong achieved the following in the 2015 examinations:

Premier Scholar Award

Premier Scholarships are 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.

Zhong’s Premier Scholar results are: Outstanding Scholarship in Chemistry, Physics, Statistics and Economics, and Scholarship in English, Biology and Geography.

AND

CIE 2015 Best Across Three Cambridge International A Levels, including:

Top in the World A Level Economics,<br />Top in New Zealand - A Level Business Studies and A Level Chemistry