Education: Westlake Boys High School
Westlake Scholar First in NZ Westlake Boys High School celebrated one of the proudest moments in its 53 year history when 2014 Proxime Accessit, Josh Hansen, was announced winner of this year’s Prime Minister’s Award for Academic Excellence. This prestigious award, which recognises Josh as the New Zealand’s top 2014 secondary school scholar, was presented by Prime Minister John Key at the NZQA Top Scholar Award ceremony held in the Grand Hall at Parliament Building in Wellington on Wednesday 6 May. The Prime Minister’s Award for Academic Excellence was first introduced in 2011 and recognises the success of the top scholarship student in the country. The recipient has the most outstanding examination results and the highest overall academic excellence of all Premier Award winners. Josh received six New Zealand Scholarships, including five Outstanding Scholarships in Art History, English, Geography, History and Physical Education, a scholarship in Classical Studies and Top Subject Scholar in Art History. Josh also demonstrated himself to be an all-rounder with strong leadership qualities as a senior prefect, and captain of the distance running team.
Josh received six New Zealand Scholarships, including five Outstanding Scholarships in Art History, English, Geography, History and Physical Education… Alongside Josh at the NZQA Top Scholar Awards ceremony was 2014 Westlake Boys Dux, Chris Hagan, who finished as one of the top three students in the country. Chris achieved four Outstanding Scholarships in English, Art History, History and Physical Education and Scholarships in Media Studies, Geography and Classical Studies and was Top Subject Scholar in Physical Education. Chris is the only student from Australasia to have been selected to study at the innovative Minerva University in California. Westlake Boys High School is immensely proud of the achievements of these two outstanding young men and we look forward to following Josh and Chris as their bright, exciting futures unfold.
Top NZQA Scholar Joshua Hansen with Prime Minister John Key and Westlake Boys' Headmaster David Ferguson.
New Zealand’s top scholars attended the annual NZQA Top Scholar Award ceremony at Parliament last month. Scholars included, pictured in the front row, Westlake Boys’ students Chris Hagan and Joshua Hansen, two of the country’s top three students.
Westlake Hosts FIFA U20 Teams Westlake Boys High School and in particular Westlake Football, opened its doors to some of the world’s finest youth football talent as teams gear up for the FIFA U20 World Cup being staged in New Zealand this month. Ghana made Westlake Boys’ football facilities their home turf for a week as they prepared for a five team pre-World Cup tournament. The Ghanaians have significant pedigree at U20 World Cups, most recently having finished third in 2013 after a tournament win in the 2009 FIFA U20 World Cup. The players seemed relaxed during training and were very friendly, an approach that worked with an impressive 4-1 win against Qatar earlier in the week. A notable name to watch out for at the World Cup will be Yaw Yeboah, who is currently playing for Manchester City and was named the Young African Most Valuable Player for 2015.
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A notable name to watch out for at the World Cup will be Yaw Yeboah, who is currently playing for Manchester City… As well as the Ghana team, Westlake also hosted the Panama U20 side as they took part in a conditioning session in the school’s High Performance Fitness Centre. The players seemed to genuinely enjoy mixing with Westlake’s young Football Institute students.
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Members of the FIFA U20 Ghana team enjoyed several training sessions at Westlake Boys High School.