AWARDS: Wairarapa College Cultural Elite 2013 recipients, from left, Year 12 Susan Colton, Year 13 Dominick Ruddock, Year 13 Emma Preston, Year 13 Trent Graham and Year 10 Anna Smith. PHOTO/SUPPLIED
AWARDS: Wairarapa College Cultural Elite 2013 recipients, from left, Year 12 Susan Colton, Year 13 Dominick Ruddock, Year 13 Emma Preston, Year 13 Trent Graham and Year 10 Anna Smith. PHOTO/SUPPLIED
Wairarapa College continues to celebrate student success and achievement with a Cultural Assembly on Tuesday that made Elite awards to students across a wide range of fields.
Five students gained Elites for outstanding achievements in drama, music and fashion and numerous other students received Blues and Awards for contributions inother academic arenas.
Year 13 thespian Emma Preston received her Elite for her selection to attend the Shakespeare Globe Centre New Zealand's National Secondary Schools' Production from her performance in Wairarapa College's entry of Richard III where Emma played Buckingham. She also received an Award for her contribution to the school choir, Cantate.
Year 13 musician Trent Graham received an Elite for his runner-up placing in the Australasian Performing Rights Association Lyrics Award, Blues for leadership and contribution to Cantate, boys' choir Pogonologists and popular music and an award for his involvement in the major production.
Fellow songwriter and musician Dominic Ruddock, Year 13, also received an Elite for his runner-up placing in the Australasian Performing Rights Association Lyrics Award and four Blues for his involvement in the major production, leadership and contribution to Cantate, Pogonologists and popular music.
Year 12 designer Susan Colton received a Blue for coming runner-up in the Senior Creative Category at the HETTANZ Student Fashion Awards, Blues for winning the Most Effective use of a Woven Fabric and Overall Most Creative Excellence Shown, which are major awards at the Wairarapa Intercollegiate Fashion Extravaganza, and two awards for winning the Mask section at the Wairarapa Interschool Wearable Art Awards and winning Senior Nightlife: Creative Excellence at the Wairarapa Intercollegiate Fashion Extravaganza.
Fellow designer, Year 10 student Anna Smith, received an Elite for winning the Emerging Technical Category in the HETTANZ Student Fashion Awards and won the UV Section in the Wairarapa Interschool Wearable Art Awards.