B SCHOLARS' ASSEMBLY
TERM 1 WEEK 5 1 March 2017
DEPUTY PRINCIPALS' AND DEANS' CONTACT DETAILS DEPUTY PRINCIPAL All levels
Mrs Kiely Murphy mhy@avcol.school.nz
820 1700
Mr Mark van Beurden vbn@avcol.school.nz Associate Dean Miss Helena Pattison ptn@avcol.school.nz Deputy Principal Mrs Lynne van Etten vtn@avcol.school.nz
820 1738
YEAR 9 Dean
ext 539 820 1720
YEAR 10 Dean
Avondale’s very top scholars were honoured at a special Scholars' Assembly on Monday, in celebration of their outstanding achievements in last year’s New Zealand Scholarship and Cambridge Examinations. New Zealand Scholarship examinations are the most challenging of examinations for secondary school students in their final year of schooling. Candidates are expected to demonstrate high-level critical thinking, abstraction and generalisation, and to integrate, synthesise and apply knowledge, skills, understanding and ideas to complex situations. Twenty four Scholarships were awarded to twenty Avondale College students this year, including one Outstanding Scholarship awarded to Natasha van Etten in Dance. Rokaya Islam (NCEA Dux in 2016) was awarded three Scholarships (in Biology, Chemistry and English) and two students won two: Jingyuan Huan (Design and Design & Visual Communications); and Lenna Kunisawa (Japanese and Statistics). Notably, three students were awarded a scholarship while still in Year 12: Anataia van Leeuwen (Geography), Danielle Twentyman (Dance) and Spring Han (Physics). Also acknowledged were the three students who topped New Zealand in four Cambridge exams, as well as the teachers and families who have supported all of these outstanding students in achieving such high success. For a full list of names see page 2.
Ms Rhonda Donaldson dsn@avcol.school.nz Associate Dean Miss Ashleigh Earwaker ekr@avcol.school.nz Deputy Principal Mrs Lyndy Watkinson wtn@avcol.school.nz
820 1706 ext 560 820 1707
YEAR 11 Dean
Mr Pahlavi Timoteo tmo@avcol.school.nz Associate Dean Mrs Naomi Parker prk@avcol.school.nz Deputy Principal Dr Terry Brown bwn@avcol.school.nz
820 1710 ext 540 820 1728
YEAR 12 Dean
Mrs Megan Miller mrm@avcol.school.nz Associate Dean Ms Vicky Harris hrs@avcol.school.nz Deputy Principal Mr Phil Hill hil@avcol.school.nz
820 1709 ext 542 820 1701
YEAR 13 Dean
Mr David Dewsnap dsp@avcol.school.nz Associate Dean Mrs Aleishia Davis dva@avcol.school.nz Deputy Principal Mr John Goold gld@avcol.school.nz
820 1708 ext 534 820 1702
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PARENTS EVENING Wednesday 1 March 2017 7pm-8pm Avondale College Atrium
Come along to find out how to help your children be responsible digital citizens and keep themselves safe online. The session will be led by Pauline Spence, Education Advisor at Netsafe.
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