Ngaruawahia High School Yearbooks 1994-2009 Ngaruawahia High School Yearbook 2009

MARCH 20 Anne & Sarah?Michelle attain Excellence status MARCH 21 The NZQA (our qualifications authority) changed the levels of achievement at Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3 to Achievement with Merit and Achievement with Excellence, as an endorsement of students who gain a significant number of Merit and Excellence credits. To earn a n endorsement at Merit and Excellence levels, students must gain a minimum of 50 credits of Merit or 50 credits at excellence. This is not as easy as it looks guys!! We have in the past had several students who have passed NCEA Level 1 and 2 with a Merit endorsement, but so far, none at Excellence level, until 2008. Our school was fortunate enough to have two students earn this privilege – Sarah?Michelle Washer and Anne Roa. The girls were asked to share with all of us their “secret recipe” for gaining an endorsement at Excellence, and here is what they said. Anne (far left) said “I had an incentive to achieve NCEA with Excellence.” Sarah says “I wanted to prove to myself that I could compete with others from any other school and that I could achieve excellence at this school.” Advice to up?and?coming Year 11’s….. “Do your Art!!” “Do all your internals otherwise there’ll be too much pressure in the exams” “Tell your teachers you are aiming high or to excellence because they will help” “Focus on all your exam subjects, but focus more on those subjects you are confident in” “Make sure you pass your English credits or Te Reo Maori” “Make time to study outside of school” “Take lots of notes” “Go to all the exam tutorials” “Take all practice exams seriously” “Chase up your teachers for your internal assessments” “An upside to this was putting Ngaruawahia High School on the map” Sarah?Michelle Washer: Gained 75 credits at excellence level. 46 of those credits coming from external assessments (exams). These were achieved from a wide range of subjects including: Accounting, Graphic Design, Economics, English, Mathematics, Science, Visual Arts (in fact all of Sarah’s subjects). Anne Roa: Gained 59 credits at excellence level – 32 of those coming from external assessment. Anne’s subjects include, Business Administration, Economics, Mathematics, Science, Visual Art, Level 1 and Level 2 Te Reo Maori. For those in the times of the old School Certificate this is like having heaps of “A’s” – how many of us did that! These young ladies provide an incentive to all those coming after them, especially this year’s Year 11 students. Among them are quite a number of potential endorsements at Excellence, so we are looking forward to increasing the excellence rate. Tamaki Makaurau Kopapa Regatta What a great opportunity for paddlers to practise competition Kopapa, initially at the Onehunga Basin Reserve, but after the flood gates were left open, we arrived to an empty lake. We were diverted to the Orakei Basin and eventually started racing after karakia and setting up camp. There weren’t too many schools there, but it was awesome to come up against the ‘guns’ from Nga Taiatea and Tamaki Makaurau whanau o Te Puna Matauranga (hosts). A big mihi to those paddlers we took, especially to Jordan and Kingsley who had too much kaha and snapped two paddles. Results were:? Junior Girls: First Second Junior Mixed: Second Junior Boys: Senior Girls: First Senior Mixed: Second Senior Boys: Second Ngaruawahia Regatta And so it should be….. Ngaruawahia High School being represented by ten teams at the Ngaruawahia Regatta held on Friday 13th March, 2009 at the Riverside, Turangawaewae Marae. A huge congratulations to all those who participated, training tirelessly over the past few weeks, in pr \\?][?????p??Y?]p???[][[?[?\?p??Z[?[???????Z?p?[Xp???Y?[?[??[?0??][?[?p?0???Y0??p??\?[??]?Y]?Yp??Z?p?????0?0????[0?X[\??XYp??[?[?0??X?0??\?p?[???^?][???\?0???p?^K0?Y[???\0?Y?Z[??0?????? ?Z?p?[XJp?Y\??????p???p??ZX]Xp?[?0??Z?][X[??K0?\???[0?\???\?p????p??[0??\??p???0?\?[???0?0?????\?[???\?K??????????[?[????\???[?\??YY[0?????[?[???\???0???0?YY[0?????[?[????\??????p?YY[0?????[?[???\???????p?YY[0???????p???]]X???0??]0???]0??Y][p????p?X[p???ZY?0??Y[????\?\?[?Y0?????]0?p???p?]]X???[0?]0???]0???Y][p?[??[Z[??X\?Y\??\??\?K??0?0?0????^p??\?p?X???\[?YY0??p?X]Xp???Z?p?[?0?[0??\?\?[?Y0??\???\?p??]0?]X?0???Yp?[?0?]\?Z[?][???0?0????p??\?[???\?N??$0??\?0?0???]??[\???ZY0????0?????[\???\?Y0????[????[?[\??? ??[??p??\?X?p???K0??[???^p???Z]8?$?^K0??Y\??p??\??[?????

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