Wellington High

The school defines achievement in the widest possible terms.

Proud Mum and son

Each student is encouraged to develop the skills they bring to school; be they academic, social, physical or cultural. Some achievements seem small for the school but a major success for the individual and the school recognises these.

The school develops a can do attitude in the students. One that means they strive to achieve their personal best and to be proud of what they achieve.

The school is successful when students improve their skills and capabilities.

Academic achievement is expected, valued and acknowledged.

True success comes when students leave school to further education or to employment confident in their ability to be resilient life long learners.

  High Achievers in 2009

• High Achievers 2007
  13 Scholarships
  Finalist (one of four) in L&T magazine Top High School of the World 2007
  Member New Zealand Secondary Schools’ Infomatrics Olympiad team to Zagreb
  Winner College Sport Wellington Sportsman of the Year
  Runner up world Youth Laser yachting championship (Canada)
  Winner NZSS Sheilah Winn Shakespeare festival; best understanding of text, Wellington city competition best student directed performance
  Winner best message in Wellington Stage Challenge
  Winner Wellington SS Rockquest band competition
  Winner Wellington Secondary Schools’ Culinary challenge
  Winner Best Vocalist Manawatu secondary schools’ Jazz Festival
  Winner Best secondary jazz band at Manawatu Jazz Festival 
  Winner Best novice guitarist at Manawatu  Jazz Festival
  Winner bronze NZ secondary schools’ culinary challenge
  Winner 4 gold medals NZ women’s 1m & 3m diving championships 
  Winner New Zealand Future Problem solvers’, dramatic presentation
  Winner Star Sunday Times Secondary Schools’ Short Story writing competition
  Three pieces in Redraft the showcase of senior secondary school writing
  Two winners in the Hello Someday sustainability film competition for under 20 year olds, only school with two winning teams
  CSW Underwater Hockey player of the year,
  Winner of a place on the Young Shakespeare Production Globe trip
  Highly Commended in the NZSSS poetry writing competition
  Winner regional Kapa Haka and place at next year’s nationals
  Gold Duke of Edinburgh award
  Winner NZ Secondary Schools’ Hamburger making competition
  Winner Wellington Region senior girls’ badminton
  Winner Wellington region Junior girls’ badminton singles title
  Members New Zealand U21 Basketball, Underwater hockey & Bowls teams
  Two top 2% achievers in the Australian mathematics competition
  Student trips: Europe, Japan, Nepal, India and many parts of New Zealand
  
  High Achievers 2006 
  19 Scholarships
  Yr 13 student (2005) Hugh Davenport has been chosen to attend the International            Olympiad in Infomatrics in Mexico.  
  One of six winners of stage one of the Royal Society science video competition -         Josh Barnes, Hannah Newport, Joe Russell
  Winners Wellington region Sheilah Winn Shakespeare festival
  Most outstanding vocalist at the SS Jazz competion in Tauranga - Te Ataahia Hurihanganui
  Winner bronze medal for 2.5m spring board diving at Australian age group championships - Alice Wylie van Erd
  
  High Achievers 2005
  
  Top Scholarship Drama student
• 37 scholarships with 7 outstanding awards
• New Zealand Secondary Schools’ Computer Programming Champions
• Australian Science Competition 11 students in top 5%
• Jazz Band winner of Wellington Massey University competition
• Runner up New Zealand Sheila Winn Shakespeare costume design competition
• New Zealand Secondary Schools’ Journalism - Highly commended Best Feature: Issue, Profile and Best Review
• Winner Wellington Lamb& Beef Burger senior and junior competition
• Winner New Zealand Lamb and Beef Burger senior competition
• Winner Wellington Spelling Bee and NZ finalist
• Runner up Finalist in New Zealand Secondary Schools’ Design competition
• Student writers published in ‘Re-Draft’ a national collection of best student writing, national finalist for the Bell Gully National Schools Poetry award and the Star Sunday Times short story award, win the VUW Fullbright Writing competition, win of the Office of the NZ Dictionary national prize for best Y13 research into changes in NZ English; winner of the second prize and another entry is commended for its innovation. Janet Holmes, lecturer at VUW, commented that she wishes her Level 300 students produced work of this standard.
• Winners at the NIWA Regional Science Fair; for their work on Global Warming and Climate Change and the prestigious Futures Prize for his essay on “Transport, Climate Change and the Future”
• 9 New Zealand sports representatives in tennis, fencing, diving, waterpolo, hockey, underwater hockey
• 21 Wellington Sports representatives
• Member Wellington Youth choir
• Winners Massey University 2006 scholarship to study jazz and another to stduy engineering
• Winners of two Victoria University School leaver Scholarships for academic excellence
• Winners division 1 250m plate NZSS Waka Ama final
  Winners best defensive team in Wellington Collegiate netball - Team 9
  

 High Achievers 2004

• Children's Rights Symposium - Fran Olds, Te Ataahia Hurihanganui
• Champion Wellington Big Band
• Tauranga Jazz Best New Big Band in NZ
  Tauranga Best Pianist - Miles Crayford
  Tauranga Best Original Composition - Miles Crayford
  Tauranga Best Drummer - Raymond Biggs
• NZ Merit award for Services to Libraries - Adaire Hannah
• NZSS Young Filmmaker of the year - Hunter Abbey
• NZSS Film awards Best Actor - Dan Weeks
• Mixed Hockey NZ Champs
• NZ Award for Services to libraries - Jane Shallcrass
• NZSS Journalism Best issue writer - Tina Liu
• NZSS Journalism Best profile writer - Lydia Wisheart
• Shielah Winn : Best student Director - Eli Kent
                            Actors in Eli's play - Jack Shadbolt Tane Robyns
                            Best actor in a tragedy - Sonny Thomas
                            Best fight on stage - Jack Shadbolt, Tane Robyns
• NZSS Fashion Design Finalist - Esther Lofley                                         
• NZSS Champion Computer Programmers - Sean Brennan, Stephen Davis, Oliver Jennings
• Winners Bangkok theatre sports - Zach Kerr, Rohan Fleury McCahill, Lisa Missen, John Wilcox                                                                   
• Winner Wellington Spelling Competition - Illja Milder                           
• Winner Wellington Hamburger design & build - Lana Woodford 
• Winner of the North City Talent Search - Ben Hazelwood
• Wellington SS Girls Surfing - Kifka Kingan 
• Winner - essay competition and trip to Africa - Max Hardy 
• NZ U16 Tennis rep - Lisa Wilkinson  
• Bell Gully Writers - Hayley Aomarere, Ian Bertram, Maddy Conway, Sarah Johnstone, Oliver Sheehan, Cara Pollock , Hera Lindsay  
• NZ Optimist sailing Champion - Josh Junior 
• Scientists of Distinction - Gideon Scott, Ben Wylie Van Erd, Patrick Stewart, William O'Neil, William Rutherford, Samuel Burns, Michael Riley, Zofia Seymour, Talia Pollock, Keir Leslie, Matt Fraser               
• NZSS Girls Soccer team - Josie Fitzsimons 
• NZ U15 Champion Cornet player - Frances Hill 
• World Mountain running champion - Melissa Moon 
• NZ Indian Hockey team - Shami Bhana 
• Winner Massey Scholarship for 2005 - William Rutherford 
• Parliamentary Press team - Sonny Thomas, Hunter Abbey 
• NZ Underwater Hockey team - Ms Whittaker 
• Mathematicians of Distinction - Ben Wylie Van Eerd, Zach McKenzies, James Titchener, Isabel Paske , Lydia Pawson 
• Best Kapa Haka in Wellington Region
• Wellington U18 Surfing Champ - Tom Doig 
• Winner NZ skateboard competition