Student leaders named at high school
After filling out an application, attending a leadership camp at Camp Rangi Woods in the Pohangina Valley, a student vote and an interview, the senior student leadership of Dannevirke High School has been decided and principal Di Carter is thrilled with the calibre of students who have taken on leadership roles.
Not only are the two head students and their deputies exceptional, so are the other 10 prefects and eight house captains, so principal Carter says the future looks very bright.
Both head students and their deputies have interacted in the life of the school.
All four have been involved in the Cactus Programme, three of them in the current course which started last week, with head boy Zane Gatchell as a tutor.
Zane is following a general level three academic course in sports science helping him with his plan to go into the army when he leaves school.
He is a volunteer firefighter, and says that has been challenging with the local brigade called out 37 times already this year. Zane umpires hockey.
Head Girl Chantelle Monteith wants to fly and become a pilot in the airforce. She is already taking lessons and thinks the role of Head Girl while managing a full science calculus and English programme will be “hard but good”. She is also keen on sport with interests in swimming and basketball.
Deputy Head Girl Ella Christini is also thinking of a career as an officer in the army. She is combining drama and history into her course and says her interests are art and football. She says she wants a career helping people but without building a debt while training.
James Mollison also enjoys football but is interested in becoming an engineer with a course selected this year to set him up for training involving graphics, calculus, statistics and physics. He also enjoys cycling.
The prefects are as follows:
Neave Beale, Jed Eastwood, Mese Faleali’I, Pearl Jeffery, Giles Lewis, Nicholas Lowe, Zoe Metcalfe, Clare Seatter, Pippa Smyth and Stephanie Walker.
The house captains are: Grant — Shea Hewitt, Siah PakaiBurkin; MacDonald — Edie Galloway, Cyruz Lazaro; Paulsen
— Jet Jeffery, Renee Walker; Simmers — Caleb Johnson. Tobi Christini.
With an intake of 100 year nine students and 25 students from other schools the roll is up to 450 and the staff only needs a permanent metalwork teacher to have a full complement.