Student Celebrations Success for Amy 2020 has been a successful year for Amy CharmanMoore. She has received a Merit Award for her work as a Year 9 peer mentor, a Bronze Award for the 2020-21 New Zealand Biology Olympiad programme, as well as a scholarship to the World Vision Senior Leadership Summit for her work helping to organise the 40 Hour Famine event this year. A fantastic effort Amy!
Hyerin Cho - NZ National Youth Arts Awards Finalist Hyerin travelled to Hamilton in September for the New Zealand National Youth Arts awards held at the Arts Post Galleries. Hyerin’s artwork was chosen from hundreds of entries to make the Finals. Hyerin can be very proud of her achievement as can the Otumoetai College Art Department for the encouragement and nurturing of Hyerin’s considerable talent.
Sharna take out National Award The Graeme Dingle Foundation runs an Annual Excellence Awards. This year, Year 13 student Sharna Steer, who was a Peer Mentor with 9ELR, won the Stars Peer Mentor Excellence Award for the Bay of Plenty. Sharna was then nominated for the National Award - only three Peer Mentors across the country receive this. Sharna was one of the three students who took out the award!! Sharna has been an exceptional mentor this year and has gone above and beyond in her duties and has worked hard to earn this recognition. The time, effort, care and support she has given her Y9 students this year has been outstanding. Sharna received her award on October 14 at a ceremony in Auckland in front of many high profile personalities. 26
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