Green Bay High School takes pride in acknowledging and celebrating students who achieve their goals, with prestigious Scholarships and Awards announced at the conclusion of each school year.
Year 13 students have a formal Graduation occasion at the end of the year, with invited guests from University and Tertiary institutions awarding successful recipients with a range of tertiary packages and/or scholarships. Sporting Excellence Awards are presented during an annual Sports Dinner, recognising our top sports-people and their commitment to representing Green Bay High School on a local, national and international arena.
Year 13 Graduation 2022: Top Honours, Scholarships, Awards
TOP ACADEMIC AWARDS:
2022 Dux Litterarum: Lily Melville
2022 Proxime Accessit: Divya Karippail
HONOURS AWARDS:
He Taonga Māori Honours Award: Mali Reid
Sports Honours Award: Keira McLean
School Service Service Honours Award: Lily Melville
Creative Arts Honours Award: Kantinka Hopkins
Te Angitū Ngātahi Honours Award: Tonya Morozova
SPECIAL AWARDS:
Artificial intelligence and Programming Course at Techtorum: Argelle Concepcion
The Lion Foundation Young Enterprise Scheme (YES), Excellence in Creative Thinking Award: Isaac Newman, Samantha David, Hazel Cook, Joshua Church, Mekayla Green, Lily Melville
Barfoot and Thompson Young Authors Challenge: Hazel Cook
Top Pathways Award: Joseph Church
Top Gateway Award: Mekayla Green
Peace Trophy: Lily Melville
Sisters United Award: Gina Iele
ROTARY TRADES AWARDS
New Lynn Rotary Club kindly gift these two awards to the amount of $500:
Rotary Trades Award: Isaac Newman
Rotary Design Award: Samantha David
TERTIARY INSTITUTE AWARDS
University of Auckland:
Academic Potential Scholarship: Phoebe Williamson
Academic Potential Scholarship: Hazel Cook
Vaka Moana Scholarship: Elsa Grossmith
UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY
University of Canterbury Hiranga Scholarship ($5000): Fatema Baj
OTAGO UNIVERSITY
150th Entrance Scholarship (worth up to $13,000): Maryam Dulaimi
Māori Entrance Scholarship (worth up to $13,000): Beth Dunphy
Pacific Peoples' Entrance Scholarship (worth up to $13,000): Keira McLean
AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
All Rounder - Find your Greatness Scholarship (worth up to $23,000): Kate McLoughlin
Kiwa - Find your Greatness Scholarship (worth up to $20,000): Teal Wiliams
Kier Trust Study Award (worth up to $13,000): Gina Iele
TRUSTS COMMUNITY AWARDS
$200 for each award, kindly donated by the Portage Trust
Edward de Waal
Adalia Edwards
Gina Iele
Zoe Blake
Millz Lee
Andre Ashby
Ryan Kendall-Jarvis
Megan Taylor-White
Nathan Limmer
Georgia McMurtrie
INTERNATIONAL STUDENT AWARD
Huy Tran
Criteria
To be eligible for any of the awards at Green Bay High School, the nominated student must have consistently conducted themselves in a manner reflective of the school values.
The recipient will have demonstrated significant service to the school:
- Which significantly impacts upon a wide cross-section of the school community
- For a significant and sustained period of time
- That is likely to be in more than one area
- Not necessarily connected to a formal student leadership role
- That embodies the school values
Junior Honours Awards
- He Taonga Māori: Waiho rā kia tū takitahi ana ngā whetū o te rangi - Let it be one alone that stands among the other stars in the sky. Awarded to a senior student of māori descent who, through their deeds and actions will have significantly strengthened their own personal mana and that of their tupuna and Nga iwi Māori.
- Creative Arts: Awarded to the student who has demonstrated Excellence in the sphere of Creative Arts at Green Bay High School. This could include, but is not limited to exhibiting, competing, performing, producing, publishing or composing; and has made a significant contribution in a chosen creative field which may include extracurricular activities; and has embodied the school values.
- Sports: Awarded to a student who has demonstrated excellence and service to sport at Green Bay High School by having: Excelled in sport for at the highest level available to them at Green Bay High School, as one or more of Player, Coach or Referee as per the tier structure below; Has significantly impacted on the development of excellence in sport at Green Bay High School; Has been a positive role model by demonstrating the school values.
- Service: Awarded to the student who has demonstrated significant service to the school: Which significantly impacts upon a wide cross-section of the school community - For a significant and sustained period of time; That is likely to be in more than one area; That embodies the school values.
- Te Angitū Ngātahi - Succeeding together: Awarded to a student from each year level, at the end of each term, who has truly exemplified Te Angitū Ngātahi - Succeeding together. Someone who consistently supports and encourages other to succeed to be the best they can be.
- Academic: First in Subject Award, awarded the top student in each junior class.
Senior Honours Awards
- DUX Award: This is the school’s top academic prize and is our ultimate celebration of academic excellence. The award is given to the student in each Year level that has demonstrated academic excellence by achieving: (1) The greatest number of Excellence credits across courses at the relevant NCEA Level. (2) Derived grades and predicted Art and Technology grades will be included in the calculations. Only credits during their current year of study will be used: Year 11 - Excellence credits across seven courses / Year 12 - Excellence credits across six courses / Year 13 - Excellence credits across five courses
- Proxime Accessit: Second placed academic prize according to the DUX HONOURS criteria above.
- He Taonga Māori: Waiho rā kia tū takitahi ana ngā whetū o te rangi - Let it be one alone that stands among the other stars in the sky. Awarded to a senior student of māori descent who, through their deeds and actions will have significantly strengthened their own personal mana and that of their tupuna and Nga iwi Māori.
- Creative Arts: Awarded to the student who has demonstrated Excellence in the sphere of Creative Arts at Green Bay High School. This could include, but is not limited to exhibiting, competing, performing, producing, publishing or composing; and has made a significant contribution in a chosen creative field which may include extracurricular activities; and has embodied the school values.
- Sports: Awarded to a student who has demonstrated excellence and service to sport at Green Bay High School by having: Excelled in sport for at the highest level available to them at Green Bay High School, as one or more of Player, Coach or Referee as per the tier structure below; Has significantly impacted on the development of excellence in sport at Green Bay High School; Has been a positive role model by demonstrating the school values.
- Service: Awarded to the student who has demonstrated significant service to the school: Which significantly impacts upon a wide cross-section of the school community - For a significant and sustained period of time; That is likely to be in more than one area; That embodies the school values.
- Te Angitū Ngātahi - Succeeding together: Awarded to a student from each year level, at the end of each term, who has truly exemplified Te Angitū Ngātahi - Succeeding together. Someone who consistently supports and encourages other to succeed to be the best they can be.
- Academic: First in Subject Award, awarded the top student in each junior class.
Want to know more? Please see your dean for more information, or contact Deputy Principal Elaine Webb.
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