Mount Aspiring College held its junior prizegiving recently. The prize list is. -
Academic awards
Year 9: Highest achievers (class): Lucas Baird, Hayley Yule, Jamie Toomey, Annabel Fairbairn, Blake Hartley, Jaime Toepfer, Tom Scott, Ruth Bennie.
High achievement (subjects): Reilly Arnesen, Olivia Bates, Ben Boyd, Georgia Budd, Fletch Cavanagh, Mitchell Evans, Jessie Fothergill, Kilita Fouchee, Ben Fussell, Madi Gainsford, Sheree Gamble, Tyler Greeks, Ben Harrington, Luella Harry, McKenzie Hart, Sam Horton, Harry Hughes, Ruby Jamison, Ethan Kerr, Logan Lambert, Elena McFadgen, Peta McKay, Fiona Murray, Stellar Nepia, Jessica Paddon, Ellise Price, Caitlin Roberts, Jesse Robertson, Flynn Rosie, Billy Sandri, Zhane Skipper, Ayla Smalls, Maggie Stiven, Max Swift, Isabella Thomsson, Bronson Toghill.
Strivers: Jesse Robertson, Maggie Stiven, Jessie Fothergill, Matthew Wilson, Isabella Culshaw, Billy Sandri, Jessica Paddon, Tait Scurr.
Junior mathematics: Jono Watson.
Year 10: Highest achiever (class): Alistair Garland, Emily Simpkin, Adam Breen, Holly Wigg, Joe Strawson, Sonya Palmer, Julius Staufenberg, Casey Scurr, Stirling Deaton, Ming Thor-Poet.
High achievement (subjects): Erica Ayres, Emilie Barnett, Daniel Bastion, Dara Beattie-Johnson, Riley Christie, Laura Erichsen, Gregor Findlay, James Glynn, Max Hall, Oscar Hetherington, Alyssa Horning, Zachary Kaye, Liam Kirk, Hannah McNabb, Peechanika Phoomrittikul, Alex Plimmer, Makayla Rasmussen, Breagha Rennie, Tom Rizzi, Joshua Rogan, Erina Tamati, Mel Telford, Lachlan Weir.
Strivers: Laura Erichsen, Lochlan Murdoch, Jesse Harling, Makayla Rasmussen, Gregor Findlay, Bella Fraser, Simone Johnson, Joshua Rogan, Nadia McNeilly, Finn Mueller.
Premier sports awards
Weston Bell, Rata Horan, Gregor Findlay, Phoebe Young (cross-country); Jack Findlay, Piper Cavanagh, Fergus Read, Jasmine Murray, Kobi Stevens, Jaime Toepfer, Gregor Findlay, Samantha Garrick (swimming); James Glynn, Phoenix Brownlie, Zach Smith, Abby East, Ryan Schmack, Annie Timu, Ella Landreth, Wesley Moore (athletics); Maggie Little (free-skiing); Phoebe Young (cross-country, mountain biking), Gregor Findlay (junior sport).
National, international achievements
National: Campbell Wright (cross-country skiing); Megan Blackley, Ben Harrington, Blake Hartley, Patrick Hartley, Zoi Sadowski-Synnott, Molly Thomsson, Maggie Little (skiing, snowboarding); Ruth Bennie (trap shooting); Phoebe Young (cycling).
National, international: Holly Wigg (karate).
Cultural awards
Matthew Wilson (junior debating); Ethan Brady, Michael Gealogo (junior speech); Hayley Yule (junior monologue); Ming Thor-Poet (junior music).
Service awards
Duke of Edinburgh Hillary Award: Emilie Barnett, Megan Blackley, Samuel Davey, Simone Johnson, Hannah McNabb, Alyx Nyika, Alex Plimmer, Breagha Rennie, Mel Telford (bronze). Top junior international: Yesol Park.
Junior premier awards
Emilie Barnett, Laura Erichsen, Leo Munro-Heward, Jamie Toomey (cultural); Gregor Findlay, Bella Fraser, Holly Wigg, Phoebe Young (sport); Erica Ayres, Annabel Fairbairn, Max Hall, Mel Telford (service); Erica Ayres (whole-hearted contribution junior).
