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 2007
12 scholarships, 1 outstanding
WHS Top 4 finalist in the Language and Travel magazine’s Best High School in the world competition.
Mary Dennis wins Star Sunday Times secondary school short story winner and has 3 poems in Redraft.
Josh Junior awarded College Sport Wellington Sportsman of the Year.
Prue Kelly, Principal, a finalist in Wellingtonian of the Year Education category.
High Achievers 2006
19 Scholarships, 2 outstanding
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
Josh Junior College Sport Wellington yachting sportsman of the year.
High Achievers 2005
Top Scholarship Drama student
37 scholarships, 7 outstanding
8 scholarships for Drama awarded out of 44 nationwide
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 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
