B ACADEMIC HONOURS BADGES FOR RECORD NUMBER OF STUDENTS Avondale College's highly coveted Excellence and Distinction academic badges were awarded to a record number of students at the Honours Assembly held on Monday. One hundred and eighty five students were awarded Excellence badges for NCEA and Distinction badges for CAIE, based on their achievement in their assessments in 2019. Fifty-eight students received NCEA Excellence badges for their Level One endorsements last year, and 40 in Level Two. Sixty students were awarded CAIE Distinction badges based on the average of their top three Cambridge examinations in IGCSE, and 27 in AS. (See page 4 for students' names.) Academic badges recognising Merit endorsement and achievement in NCEA and Credit and achievement grades in Cambridge will be distributed to students in their Homeroom classes this week. Congratulations to all who have earned badges this week!
TERM 1 WEEK 6 4 March 2020
FROM THE PRINCIPAL
It gave me great pleasure to see so many students, parents, staff and helpers at school over the weekend. For many of our Polyfest groups, practices have got serious, with the event now less than three weeks away. Keep doing what you are doing – your commitment and drive for excellence will be essential over the next few weeks. There were also a number of sports teams here on Saturday, with very strong performances from our cricketers again, building on some great results from the girls mid-week. At Monday's assembly we recognised the achievements of our scholars who were awarded NCEA Excellence or CAIE Distinction badges. In fact, more badges were awarded than ever before - a real tribute to the tenacity and academic endeavour of our students. Mrs L Watkinson Principal
75TH JUBILEE [8-10 May 2020] Bookings for our 75th Jubilee are now open! The reunion weekend is packed with events for former students, staff, board members, and also our wider community! Please share the news with anyone you know will be interested! Book here:
18 - 21 MARCH
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