Right Head Students - Jaylon Paki, Rose Akkerman, Amber Harrison and Logan Blair
Senior School Leaders 2020 Baylee Dyer is a co-leader of the Special Events committee. Baylee has taken advantage of the various opportunities that are made available in each of the year groups in all facets of school, academics, sport and culture. Baylee’s best experience at Ōtūmoetai College to date was her involvement in the China exchange trip in 2019. Baylee’s extra-curricular involvement at Ōtūmoetai College includes the 1st XI girls’ football, Senior A girls’ volleyball as well as completing the Bronze and Silver Duke of Edinburgh award. She is currently working towards her Gold! Baylee’s favourite subjects are Business and English and she plans to study Business next year and put her entrepreneurial skills to good use by starting up her own business in the future. Baylee’s goal for 2020 is to combine the different skills of her committee members in order to create memorable events for the rest of the student body. Jane Tingey is the co-leader of the Sports committee. Since joining Ōtūmoetai College in Year 9, Jane has been involved with numerous sports such as indoor volleyball, beach volleyball, hockey as well as the school equestrian and skiing team. Outside of school Jane loves anything to do with water, including surfing, water skiing, wake boarding and snow skiing. Jane loves that our school has a huge variety of sports teams, bands/ music groups and academic clubs that allow students to interact with different people and broaden their interests as well as pursuing their own personal commitments. Jane lists winter tournament week, playing in the 1st X1 Hockey girls’ team in Auckland at the Marie Fry tournament, as one of her best experiences to date.
The week consisted of wins and losses, gratification for our hard work and disappointment at missed opportunities, laughs, pains and aches, cold swims at Bucklands Beach, and home baking. Through the ups and downs, strong friendships were made within our team and countless laughs carried us through the week. Jane’s goal for 2020 is to make a difference and give back to the school as it has done so much for her over the years. She wants to raise school spirit by getting more students interested and involved with sports in a fun and interactive way.
Jaylon Paki is our Head Boy for 2020 and is the coleader of the Sports committee. He is passionate about sport and is a member of the 1st XI boys football team as well as playing volleyball for the school during the summer terms. Jaylon also plays for the Ōtūmoetai Football Club Men’s Federation Team and enjoys skateboarding in his spare time. Jaylon counts his best experience at school to date as the advanced Learners Camp in Year 9, as it allowed him to meet many likeminded students that are still some of his closest friends. Having just moved to the school from Auckland, this camp made him feel as though he fitted in. What he loves about Ōtūmoetai College is the diversity in opportunities, through sport, performing arts, academics, and cultural pursuits. He believes that staff push you to do more for yourself than just getting by. Having a large number of students means everyone can find someone they can relate to. During this year Jaylon wants to exceed what is expected of him and enjoy every moment of his final year at college
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