Awards season at Rangitoto College has seen our top performing academics, athletes and performing artists honoured for their achievements and hard work throughout 2019. The College prioritises excellence in not only academics, but in sport and performing arts, and our students are among the top in the nation in all three arenas.
The highlight of Senior Prizegiving is the naming of the College’s Dux. In 2019, this accolade went to Tessa Herkt, in recognition of her prodigious academic success. Among her many achievements, Tessa was awarded four Scholarships as a Year 12 student, with two at Outstanding level, and was also named in the top 50 scholars nationwide for 2018. Earlier in the evening, Benson Chiang was named the IB Top Achiever, Proxmie Accessit was jointly awarded to Wey Jynn Thoo and Joyce Yang, and Summa Cum Laude was awarded to David Choi, Noah, Ferguson-Dudding, Veronica Kagaoan, Joanna Lee Crawley, Michaela Ryan-Lentini, Rebecca Liao, Helen Peng, David Walton, Bill Wang, and Raymond Zhang. These students represent the academic elite at Rangitoto College, and these prestigious awards recognise the students' countless hours of hard work and dedication to their studies, as well as the invaluable support of both parents and teachers. The breadth of talent at the College was evident in that 200 students from Year 12 and 13 also crossed the stage during the evening to receive certificates, cups and university scholarships over $450,000.
Arts Awards evening was an elegant and extravagant celebration with a Gatsby-style flavour. More than 170 students were recognised for their service, contribution and achievement in co-curricular music, dance, drama, visual art and debating and the night was certainly one to remember. The top award – the Zigliani Cup for Excellence in Performing Arts – went to trumpeter/vocalist Miles Timmis and saxophonist/composer Charlie Harmer. These two extremely deserving students hold the title Performing Artists of the Year 2019.
We recognised students across a variety of sporting codes for their achievements at Sports Awards. Many of our students compete at the highest levels in their chosen sports, and these awards are a chance to celebrate those students who have been selected for national teams. The top awards of Sportsman and Sportswoman of the year went to Josh Armit and Shaunna Li in recognition of their achievements in sailing and badminton respectively.
Rangitoto students win top College Sport Awards
With ten students nominated for awards across a variety of sports, Rangitoto College was the one of the best-represented schools at College Sport Auckland’s Young Sportsperson of the Year Awards 2019.
These awards, held at Eden Park, celebrate the outstanding sporting achievements of secondary school students Auckland-wide. We were proud to see four of our students win awards in their respective categories. Shaunna Li won Best Badminton Player in the female category, and in the male category, Samuel Poching and Seb Menzies took the top awards in swimming and sailing respectively, while Centaine Noom-Duckworth won the All-Rounder award.
