Head Boy   -  Thomas Patterson
Head Girl   -   Milli Sullivan

Deputy Head Boy   -   Alex Riley
Deputy Head Girl   -   Easterlin Faamausili

Left to Right:  Easterlin, Milli, Thomas, Alex 

Year 9 Academic Scholarship 2021

The Year 9 Academic Scholarship winner for 2021 is Ruby Graham.

This award was established in 2004 by the Ashburton College Board of Trustees, with up to two scholarships awarded annually.

At the end of three days of Prize-Giving Ceremonies a number of top awards were confirmed. These awards indicate commitment, hard work, focus and contributions on behalf of each of these students.  They are to be commended for all that they have achieved.

It is with very grateful appreciation that the College recognises community support of many of these awards.

Hannah Kuipers

And therefore the recipient of the Rotary Club of Ashburton Scholarship Award and the Ashburton High School Centennial Trust Plaque.

In gaining Dux, Hannah attained the following Awards -

• Classical Studies
• Excellence in Level 3 Philosophy Online
• Excellence in Level 3 Social Studies Online
• Level 3 Excellence Award
• AshColl Way Award

Hannah was also presented the - 

• Ashburton Musical Club Trophy for The Best Performance Student

Marlese Schoonerbeek

And recipient of the Rotary Club of Ashburton Scholarship Award.

Marlese's pathway to this achievement came via -

• Daly Trophy for Excellencce in Senior Visual Arts
• Design and Visual Communication
• Top Senior Design and Visual Communication Student (A W Thomson Trophy and Chilton and Mayne Architecture Ltd Prize)
• Visual Art: Creative Design
• Ashburton Lions Club Award for Individual Research in Mathematics with Statistics
• Level 3 Excellence Award
• AshColl Way Award

Marlese was also presented the -

• Leadership and Service to Orange House Award
• Turner Memorial Prize for Citizenship
• Ashburton Trust Tertiary Study Scholarship (now re-branded as the Braided Rivers Community Trust)
• Victoria University of Wellington Tangiwai Scholarship

Tia McCallum

Tia also received the awards of -

• Pat Stephenson Trophy for the Top Student in Writing
• Citizenship Award for Outstanding Contribution in Peer Support Mentoring in Te Whare Manaaki
• Excellence in Level 3 Psychology Online
• University of Canterbury Lissie Rathbone Scholarship
• Level 3 Merit Award
• AshColl Way Award
• Robert Bell Memorial Scholarship
• Ashburton Trust Tertiary Study Scholarship (now re-branded as the Braided Rivers Community Trust)

On behalf of our student recipients, Ashburton College acknowledges with gratitude, the community-minded support which enables the annual provision of the following generous scholarships -

John Grigg Scholarship

Maddy Wilson

John Bell Memorial Scholarship

Maddy Wilson

John Lane Scholarship

Tamaki Nishioka

Rosalie Begg Memorial Scholarship

Milli Sullivan

Robert Bell Memorial Scholarship

Tia McCallum

Turner Memorial Prize for Citzenship

Marlese Schoonerbeek and John Magyaya

TT Ryder Prize for Application, Cheerful Effort & Building Significantly on Learning

Emma Scammell

C H Andrews Prize for Initiative & Enterprise

Sam Holland and Hannah O'Reilly

Butterick Memorial Trophy for Scholarship in English & Sporting Endeavour

Cat Anderson

Ashburton Masonic Lodge Centennial Scholarship

Ellie Lawn

Ashburton Trust Tertiary Study Scholarship (now re-branded as the Braided Rivers Community Trust)

Taylah Burrowes, Ellie Lawn, Olivia Lill, Tia McCallum, Ben Middleton, Hannah O'Reilly, Marlese Schoonderbeek, Milli Sullivan, Lauren Taylor, Dante Vannini

NBS Ashburton College Alumni Scholarship

Tamaki Nishioka

Lions of Ashburton County Award for Citizenship and Community Involvement

Ben Middleton

R O McDowell Award for Pride in their School and Community

Easterlin Faamausili

Lions Club of Ashburton Senior Service and Leadership Award

Gemma Taylor

R O McDowell Crystal Trophy for Character and Leadership (presented by the Ashburton High School Centennial Trust)

Milli Sullivan

Rotary Club of Ashburton and Fooks Memorial Award for Prominence in Scholarship, Leadership and Extra-Curricular Activities

Thomas Patterson

Zoe Ritchie

In attaining the Year 12 Top Scholar Award Zoe gained the following awards –

• English (Mary Bovett Prize and Murrow Cup)
• Drama (Jenny Smith Trophy)
• History
• Dance
• Level 2 Excellence Award
• AshColl Way Award

Ngahuia Maeva

Ngahuia also gained the following awards:-

• Māori
• Maui Award for Spirit of Tikanga Māori
• Senior Speech Trophy
• Citizenship Award for Mentoring Students in Reading
• Level 2 Merit Award
• AshColl Way Award

Ngahuia was also presented the -

• Girls' Rugby Trophy - Most Improved Forward

Ollie Bubb

In attaining the Year 11 Top Scholar Award Ollie also gained the following awards - 

• Level 1 Excellence Award
• AshColl Way Award

Isabel Wall

In attaining the Year 11 Top Performing Māori Student Award Isabel also gained the following awards -

• Economics
• Level 1 Excellence Award
• AshColl Way Award

This is awarded to a student who is an excellent member of the community, who displays the values of being a good citizen, and who exemplifies the AshColl Way through their actions in a variety of areas.

This year's recipient has been involved in numerous cultural and sporting activities, both within Ashburton College and the wider community, and whose approach has exemplified the characteristics of what  agood citizen is. 

Molly McKenna

In attaining the Thistle Masonic Lodge Prize for Citizenship Molly also gained the following awards - 

• Design and Visual Communication (Herbert Watts Cup)
• Level 1 Excellence Award
• AshColl Way Award

Ella Rickard

In attaining the Year 10 Top Scholar Award Ella also gained the following awards -

• Top Student in Design and Visual Communication
• Top Student in Materials Technology: Fabrics (Joint Award)
• Top Student in Social Studies (Joint Award)
• Excellence in Science
• Excellence in Mathematics
• Excellence in Agriculture
• General Excellence in 10N
• AshColl Way Award

It is also worthy to note that Ella was top student in Year 9 last year.

Kaleb Thompson

In attaining this award Kaleb also gained the following awards -

• Excellence in English
• Excellence in Māori Studies
• General Excellence in 10

Maddie Page

In attaining the Year 9 Top Scholar Award Maddie has also gained the following awards -

• Top Student in Drama
• Top Student in Materials Technology: Hard
• Excellence in Physical Education and Health
• Excellence in Māori Studies
• Excellence in Design and Visual Communication
• Excellence in Food and Nutrition
• Excellence in Music
• AshColl Way Award

Torry Wilson-Brown

In attaining the Top Overall Year 9 Māori Student Torry has also gained the following awards -

• Top Student in Mathematics (Williamson Cup)
• Excellence in Māori Studies
• AshColl Way Award

Jared Munn

This award is for a Year 9 or Year 10 student showing attributes and reflecting the College Values of Pride, Quality and Respect in their actions at College.

Melvin Galletly was Head Boy at Ashburton College in 1974.

Jared was part of the Year 10Y Innovation Class which produced Māori business products, with the profits from sales going to Kai for Kids.  Jared was a leader within his business group, motivating and supporting others through various setbacks to see the products to completion.  He was prepared to make decisions under pressure and showed a tremendous work ethic throughout.

Despite only being a Year 10 student, Jared leads the College Student Technical Crew which runs the sound, lighting and staging in the College Auditorium.  Jared's work supports College events, shows and assemblies, but he has also supported groups from the community who have used the Auditorium.  One example of this was the Wakanui School production where Jared was given a request to turn the lights off at the start and on at the end.  However, Jared took the initiative to plot a lighting plan, complete with cues for the entire show, giving the cast a professional lighting display to highlight their show.  Jared interacted professionally with the adults involved in the production, and they praised Jared's work as "beyond expectations".  Jared's expertise in lighting has also seen him volunteer to support the Mid Canterbury Summer Singing School production in the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

Jared is a proud supporter of activities that support our Māori students, having participated in Wānanga and supporting our speakers at Manu Kōrero earlier this year.

In attaining this award Oliva also gained the following awards -

• Ashburton College Technical Crew Prize for Service and Contribution to Technical Support in the College Auditiorium
• Excellence in Product Design Hard Materials: Metal
• AshColl Way Award