Wanganui High School students have achieved a record number of scholarships this year with 16 students awarded scholarships ranging from $3000 to $50,000.
Principal Garry Olver said it is an historical record for a decile 5 school to have so many awardees.
Some students were awarded more than one scholarship - Dinuka Perera was awarded the University of Otago Academic Excellence scholarship as well as a University of Auckland scholarship. Dinuka has chosen to study medicine at Auckland University next year with a $50,000 scholarship.
Toby Brooke received scholarships from Massey and Victoria universities as well as a University of Academy of Sport scholarship and Sarah Tastard received awards from Massey and Victoria universities.
Sarah recently won the inaugural NZ Moving Words Literary Translation Prize for Spanish, a competition entered by the entire Y13 Spanish class.