B SENIOR PRIZEGIVING Hundreds of awards and thousands of dollars in scholarships and prizes were presented to our top academic scholars at last night’s Senior Prizegiving. Congratulations to all who received awards, and particularly to our very top scholars: Dux (CIE) Rokaya Islam; Dux (NCEA) Jingyuan (Cindy) Huang; Proxime Accessit (CIE) Bronwen Lamb; and Proxime Accessit (NCEA): Sepora Cassidy. Look out for more details and photos in next week’s Heartbeat.
TERM 4 WEEK 4 2 November 2016
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All levels Mrs Lynne van Etten vtn@avcol.school.nz
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Dean Ms Rhonda Donaldson 820 1706 dsn@avcol.school.nz Associate Dean Mr Mark van Beurden ext 560 vbn@avcol.school.nz Deputy Principal Mrs Lyndy Watkinson wtn@avcol.school.nz 820 1707
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Dean Mr Pahlavi Timoteo tmo@avcol.school.nz Associate Dean Ms Selina Hundley hdy@avcol.school.nz Deputy Principal Dr Terry Brown bwn@avcol.school.nz
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Dean Mr Ben Coop cpb@avcol.school.nz Associate Dean Mrs Fredda Sorensen srn@avcol.school.nz Deputy Principal Mr Phil Hill hil@avcol.school.nz
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Dean Mr David Dewsnap dsp@avcol.school.nz Associate Dean Miss Aleishia Orange ogn@avcol.school.nz Deputy Principal Mr John Goold gld@avcol.school.nz
Dux (CIE) Rokaya Islam
Dux (NCEA) Jingyuan (Cindy) Huang
SPORTS AWARDS DINNER
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Dean Mr Neil Bartlett btt@avcol.school.nz Associate Dean Mrs Megan Miller mrm@avcol.school.nz Deputy Principal Mrs Kiely Murphy mhy@avcol.school.nz
Guest of honour was former Avondale College student and Olympic Silver Medalist Niall Williams, who entertained and inspired the audience with the story of her journey from Avondale to Rio and beyond. Winning the top honours of the night were Delzea Tu’ua, (Binns Cup for Best All Round Girls’ Sports Record); Ethan Manukuo (Kingstone Cup for Best All Round Boys’ Sports Record); Swimmer Gabrielle Fa’amausili (the Jason Twigg Award for Outstanding Achievement in Girls’ Sport); and (in absentia), badminton player Dacmen Vong (the Jason Twigg Award for Outstanding Achievement in Boys’ Sport). See page 4 for more.
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Friday night’s Sports Awards Dinner was a superb event, as the Avondale College sporting community gathered together to honour the success of our top sporting athletes.
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JUNIOR EXAMS From Wednesday 2nd November Monday 7th November. Timetable and instructions on page 5 of this newsletter.
PARKING SAFETY NOTICE The front gate of the school is a NO STOPPING zone. Please DO NOT drop your children off directly outside any gates or inside the school grounds. Drivers who stop in the wrong place to drop off passengers put the safety of the students, staff and school property at risk. Thank you.
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