B MOS WORLD CHAMPS
FOUR TOP TEN PLACES! Beating more than 670,000 contestants worldwide, four of the Avondale College/New Zealand team placed in the top ten of their categories at the Microsoft Office Specialist World Championships held in the USA last week, with Jayden Cooke bringing home a bronze medal! This is another extraordinary result for Avondale College! The world’s largest global ICT competition is open to secondary and tertiary students aged from 13 to 22 and this year grew to attract 1.1 million entries from 670,000 individuals in 122 countries. Avondale College fielded the entire Australasian team at the international final, joining 200 finalists from 50 countries. Competition was fierce as contestants raced against the clock to create unique project-based assignments in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
TERM 3 WEEK 3 9 August 2017
DEPUTY PRINCIPALS' AND DEANS' CONTACT DETAILS DEPUTY PRINCIPAL All levels
Mrs Kiely Murphy mhy@avcol.school.nz
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Mr Mark van Beurden vbn@avcol.school.nz Miss Helena Pattison ptn@avcol.school.nz Mrs Lynne van Etten vtn@avcol.school.nz
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Dean
Ms Rhonda Donaldson dsn@avcol.school.nz
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Associate Dean
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Deputy Principal
Mrs Lyndy Watkinson wtn@avcol.school.nz
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Mr Pahlavi Timoteo tmo@avcol.school.nz Mrs Naomi Parker prk@avcol.school.nz Dr Terry Brown bwn@avcol.school.nz
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Mrs Megan Miller mrm@avcol.school.nz Mrs Pritika Patel ptl@avcol.school.nz Mr Phil Hill hil@avcol.school.nz
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Dean
Mr David Dewsnap dsp@avcol.school.nz
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Associate Dean
Mrs Aleishia Davis dva@avcol.school.nz Mr John Goold gld@avcol.school.nz
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YEAR 9 Dean Associate Dean Deputy Principal
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YEAR 11 Dean Associate Dean Deputy Principal
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Deputy Principal
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Jayden, an Avondale College graduate and current Innovation Programme intern won third place in the world – and a prize of USD$1,500 for his efforts in the Excel (2016) category. This makes it the second bronze medal he has won at international level, following his previous success in MS Word (2010) in 2014. Three of Jayden’s teammates also achieved top-ten in the world results: Shrey Tailor (Year 12) - fifth in Microsoft Excel 2013, Sebastian Thomas (Year 11) - eighth in Microsoft PowerPoint 2013, and Ed Allison (Year 10) - eighth place in Microsoft PowerPoint 2016. It’s an extraordinary tally for Avondale College, with this year’s success making it twelve world top-ten results, including three medals, since our students began taking part four years ago. “The Microsoft Office Specialist World Championship is inspiring – not only because these students won an impressive award, but because they have gained valuable workforce skills that will benefit them throughout their academic and career pursuits,” said Aaron Osmond, General Manager of certification provider and competition organiser, Certiport. “The best part is watching the champions go home and then reporting back to us with all of the amazing things they are doing academically and in the workforce.”
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NCEA FEES DUE: 18 AUG Fees are paid to Avondale College and must be paid, in full by 4:00pm, 18 August, 2017. If you do not meet this deadline then fees must be paid directly to NZQA. For details see www. nzqa.govt.nz. Fees received after 1 December will incur a $50 late charge, payable directly to NZQA. Paying your fees will enable your results to be recorded on your Record of Achievement and to receive any certificates. To get financial assistance you have to fill in a financial assistance form and give it to your school. You can get this form from your school or the NZQA website at: www.nzqa.govt.nz/ financialassistance.
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