Waihī College celebrates success
Waihī College recently celebrated the cultural, sporting, service and academic achievements of their students at their end of year Prizegiving ceremonies.
The Cultural Prizegiving kicks off the celebrations, followed by the Sports Prizegiving (which is for Seniors and Juniors), then the Senior Effort & Service Awards, followed by the Year 13 Leavers Breakfast and lastly, the Academic Prizegiving.
The Junior Prizegivings follow later. These celebrations are an opportunity to proudly display our students amazing results, hard work and determination and end the year on with a bang.
We farewell Alistair Cochrane this year after twenty-two years as Waihī College’s Principal. He has led our kura with love, commitment and his everresounding motto of “it’s all about the kids”. He has been a massive asset to our school and community for over two decades, and his big heart and passion for always putting students first will be very missed. We are lucky enough to have the wonderful Briar Carden-scott step into his shoes and we look forward to making her welcome at the start of 2024. Alistair won’t be too far away though, and we are delighted that he will be stepping into the roll of International Coordinator three days a week – we knew he wouldn’t be able to stay away! We also farewell Shafee Bhure, Charles Pipe, Joy Maclean and Johnnie Andrews-nye – they are much loved by the students and staff and 2024 won’t be the same without them. We wish you well for your next adventures. Lastly, we temporarily farewell Brian
Hennessy who is taking a year sabbatical in 2024.
Dux this year went to Tyla Millar. She was closely followed by Meg Thomas who took away Proxime Accessit for 2023. Well done girls – a huge achievement.
Thank you to the incredible teachers and staff at Waihī College who continue to offer amazing opportunities and mentoring to our youth. We are so proud of their efforts in helping our students’ reach their potential. The student’s achievements, whether big or small, personal or public, are much valued and we look forward as always to seeing what 2024 will bring.