Top scholarship award winners

NZQA has confirmed the Premier Award and Top Subject Scholarship Award winners for 2008.

A total of 29 students made up the country’s 10 Premier Award and Top Subject Scholarship Award winners, with several students winning awards in both categories.

To receive a Premier Award, students in 2008 attained at least four Scholarships at “Outstanding” level.

“We are very impressed by the results of Scholarship Award winners in 2008, and are particularly impressed by the number of students who won Scholarship in multiple subjects,” says deputy chief executive Qualifications Bali Haque.

“We would like to congratulate all students who have achieved Scholarships in a very competitive environment.”

Premier Scholarship Award winners are:

• Emily Adlam – (also Top Subject winner in Latin, Physics and Statistics and Modelling), Diocesan School for Girls.

• Jingcheng Bian – Auckland Grammar School.

• Jacob Diggle – (Top Subject winner in Art History), Wellington College.

• Kane O’Donnell, Saint Peter’s School (Cambridge).

• Arkesh Patel – (Top Subject winner in Science), Westlake Boys’ High School.

• Ella Tunnicliffe-Glass – (Top Subject winner in Geography), St Cuthbert’s College.

• Heath Vinicombe, Westlake Boys’ High School.

• Timothy Vogel – (Top Subject winner in Chemistry), Mount Roskill Grammar School.

• Thomas Wilkinson – Papa-nui High School.

• Xiaoxiao Ye – (Top Subject winner in Maths with Calculus), Rangitoto College.

Top Subject Scholarship Award winners:

• Accounting – Hayden Strickett, Lincoln High School.

• Art History – Jacob Diggle, Wellington College.

• Biology – Raymond Chan, Wellington College.

• Chemistry – Timothy Vogel, Mount Roskill Grammar School.

• Chinese – Jessie Xing, Mount Roskill Grammar School.

• Classical Studies – Alex Winsley, Lindisfarne College.

• Drama – Nicolas Swindells, Kavanagh College.

• Economics – Thomas Elton, Westlake Boys’ High School.

• English – Jonathan Mahon-Heap, Auckland Grammar School.

• French – Brittany Challis, Paraparaumu College.

• Geography – Ella Tunnicliffe-Glass, St Cuthbert’s College.

• German – Theresa Ammann, Logan Park High School.

• Graphics – Thomas Seear Budd, Wellington High School.

• History – Ruth Upperton, Palmerston North Girls’ High School.

• Japanese – Mika Umeda, Avonside Girls’ High School.

• Latin – Emily Adlam, Diocesan School for Girls.

• Maths with Calculus – Xiaoxiao Ye, Rangitoto College.

• Media Studies –Luke Sizer, Rutherford College.

• Music Studies – David Taylor, Macleans College.

• Physical Education – Alice Hickey, Baradene College of the Scared Heart (Auckland).

• Physics – Emily Adlam, Diocesan School for Girls.

• Science – Arkesh Patel, Westlake Boys’ High School.

• Spanish – Gisselle Alarcon, Auckland Girls’ Grammar School.

• Statistics and Modelling – Emily Adlam, Diocesan School for Girls.

• Technology – Kevin Anderson, Otumoetai College.

• Te Reo Maori –Apirana Pewhairangi, Mana Tamariki (Palmerston North).

• Te Reo Rangatira – Apirana Pewhairangi, Mana Tamariki (Palmerston North).

• Visual Arts – Tamsin Blundell, Nayland College.

The Top Scholarship Awards ceremony for Premier Award and Top Subject Scholarship Award winners will be held in Wellington on 14th May.