Scholars' Assembly 2019

The annual Scholars’ Assembly was held at Macleans College on Friday 8 March.

The assembly recognised students who had achieved at the highest level in the National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA), the Cambridge International Examinations and the New Zealand Qualifications Authority Scholarship Examinations for 2018.

In the 2018 Scholarship examinations one student achieved a Premier Scholar Award, and one student achieved an Outstanding Scholar Award.  There were 141 individual Scholarships gained, including 17 at Outstanding level.

Eight students gained High Achievement, seven achieved Top in New Zealand and 16 gained Top in the World awards at Cambridge International.

NCEA 2018 Outstanding Performance

NCEA Year 11 Top Achiever Award 2018

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

NCEA Year 12 Top Achiever Award 2018

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

NCEA Year 13 Top Achiever Award 2018

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

Cambridge International 2018 Outstanding Performance

Cambridge Top Achiever Award 2018

Students who achieved 4 A* Grades in 4 subjects at IGCSE

Cambridge Top Achiever Award 2018

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

Cambridge Top Achiever Award 2018

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

Cambridge Top Achiever Award 2018

Students who achieved an A Grade in 5 subjects or more at IGCSE and AS Level

Cambridge Top Achiever Award 2018

Students who achieved an A Grade in 4 subjects or more at AS

Cambridge Top Achiever Award 2018

Students who achieved an A Grade in 4 subjects or more at AS and A Level

Cambridge Top Achiever Award 2018

Students who achieved a minimum of 2 A* Grades at A Level

Cambridge Top Achiever Award 2018

Students who achieved an A Grade in four or more subjects at A Level

NZQA Scholarship 2018

Students who gained Outstanding in a Scholarship Subject

Students who gained Scholarship in three or more subjects

Elizabeth (Li Ying) Koh
Scholarship in English, Calculus and Geography and
Cambridge Top Achiever Award with a minimum of 2 A* Grades at A Level

Justin Tan
Scholarship in English, Chemistry, Physics and Statistics

Rayman Tang
Scholarship in Chemistry, Statistics and Calculus and
Cambridge Top Achiever Award with a minimum of 2 A* Grades at A Level

Nicholas Ye
Scholarship in Chemistry, Physics and Calculus

Judd Zhang
Scholarship in English, Statistics, Economics and Classical Studies

Zhizhou Alan Zhang
Scholarship in English, Chemistry, Statistics, Calculus, Economics, History and Classical Studies and
Cambridge Top Achiever Award with an A Grade in 4 or more subjects at A Level

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

Junbang (Benson) Liang
Outstanding Scholarship in Chemistry and Scholarship in Physics, Statistics and Calculus and
Cambridge Top Achiever Award with an A Grade in 4 or more subjects at A Level

Owen Wang
Outstanding Scholarship in Physics and Scholarship in Chemistry, Statistics and Calculus

Zi Lin Wang
Outstanding Scholarship in Chemistry and Scholarship in English, Statistics and Calculus and
Cambridge Top Achiever Award with a minimum of 2 A* Grades at A Level

Cambridge International Top Achievement Award 2018

Students who placed First in New Zealand in Cambridge International Examinations in 2018 in subjects where there were less than 50 candidates entered nationally

Angel Loh
IGCSE Foreign Language Japanese

Vincent He
A Level Biology and A Level Physics

Hamish Regan
A Level Music

Ricky Wang
A Level Mathematics

Woo Jin Yang
A Level Chemistry and AS English Language

Cambridge International Top in New Zealand 2018

Students who placed First in New Zealand in Cambridge International Examinations in 2018

Grace Su
IGCSE Business and
Cambridge Top Achiever Award with an A* Grade in 5 subjects at IGCSE

Ellen Wang
IGCSE Global Perspectives and
Cambridge Top Achiever Award with an A* Grade in 4 subjects at IGCSE

Cindy Zhu
AS Chinese Language

Jon Ngoi
A Level Business 1st=

Huixin Wang
A Level Chinese and
Cambridge Top Achiever Award with an A Grade in 5 subjects at AS and A Level

Wayne Zhou
A Level Business 1st=

Cambridge International Top in the World 2018

Students who placed First in the World in Cambridge International in 2018

Kelsey Hao
IGCSE Foreign Language Mandarin Chinese 1st=

Alan Jiang
IGCSE Foreign Language Mandarin Chinese 1st=

Serafina Li
IGCSE Foreign Language Mandarin Chinese 1st=

Sadat Taseen
IGCSE Mathematics and
Top in New Zealand IGCSE Computer Science and
Cambridge Top Achiever Award with 4 A* Grades at IGCSE

Serena Xiong
IGCSE Foreign Language Mandarin Chinese 1st=

Joyce Chan
AS Geography and
NZQA Scholarship (Outstanding Scholarship in Geography and Scholarship in Biology, Chemistry and Earth and Space Science)

Tuhan Gong
AS Physics and AS Mathematics 1st= and
Cambridge Top Achiever Award with an A Grade in 4 subjects at AS Level

Isabel Li
AS Design & Technology and
NZQA Scholarship (Outstanding Scholarship in English and Scholarship in Statistics and Health and Physical Education)

Danielle Tweedale
AS Music and
High Achievement A Level Music

Rishika Choudhry
A Level Biology

Ying Gao
A Level Accounting

Rahil John
A Level Design & Technology

Rachel Li
A Level English Language

Angus Stewart
A Level Computer Science

NZQA Outstanding Scholar 2018

This Award is for candidates who 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.

William Han
Outstanding Scholarship in Chemistry and Calculus, and Scholarship in English, Physics, Statistics and Geography and 
Cambridge Top Achiever Award with 2 A Grades at AS Spanish Language and History and
4 A* Grades at A Level in Further Mathematics, Literature in English, Chemistry and Physics

NZQA Premier Scholar 2018

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.

Yang Fan Yun
Outstanding Scholarship in Biology, Chemistry, Earth and Space Science, Statistics and Economics, and Scholarship in English, Agriculture and Horticulture, Calculus, Geography and Health and Physical Education, and
Cambridge Top Achiever Award with 2 A* Grades at A Level in Literature in English and Geography (Top in the World 1st=) 

Proxime Accessit (Runner up to the Dux) 2018

The Proxime Accessit prize is worth $500 and is awarded to the student who achieved the second highest grades at Macleans College in the annual NZQA Scholarship examinations. 

For 2018, this award is presented to William Han.

Dux of Macleans College 2018

The Dux prize for 2018 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 2018 and recipient of the Allen McDonald Scholarship is awarded to Yang Fan Yun.