Trust boosts secondary school students into tertiary study

The Rotorua Energy Charitable Trust has given Tertiary Study Awards to 41 local secondary school students.

Each student's Tertiary Study Award is valued at $2,000 per year for a maximum tenure of four years.

The Trust presented students with their award at a special ceremony held at the Rotorua Convention Centre on February 9.

Trust deputy chairman Jo-Anne La Grouw said the Trust was pleased to have offered nearly 900 Tertiary Study Awards since the scheme began in 1996.

"These awards are available to students who have attended a secondary school in the Rotorua District and are going into full time undergraduate studies at any New Zealand Tertiary Institution.

"We are proud to announce that we have offered almost $6million in Tertiary Study Awards to Rotorua students since we began the scheme nearly two decades ago," she said.

Awards are made based on applicant's academic achievement, leadership skills and community involvement, which includes their involvement in school activities.

Mrs La Grouw said the selection panel had been impressed by the calibre of the applications.

"The quality of applications we see coming through is largely due to a team of people at each secondary school working very hard to support students at their respective schools," she said.

This year's Tertiary Study Award recipients are:

Sam Austin Rotorua Lakes High
Damandeep Basra John Paul College
Timothy Bradley John Paul College
Daniella Butterfield Western Heights High
Alex Miller-Clubb Western Heights High
Jonathan Cooper John Paul College
Emma Cronshaw-Hunt Western Heights High
Keely Gage Western Heights High
Lindsey Gemmell Western Heights High
Hannah Gimblett John Paul College
Aiyana Grigsby John Paul College
Jazmin Henare Rotorua Girl's High
Kathleen Henshilwood Western Heights High
Brandon Hill Rotorua Lakes High
Jemma Horne John Paul College
Andrew Innes Western Heights High
Nethmi Karunanayake Western Heights High
Iona Kelly John Paul College
Anna Kincheff Western Heights High
Manjot Lall John Paul College
Laurence Lickfold Rotorua Boys' High
Ruiteng Liu John Paul College
Sandi Mahar John Paul College
Aaron-James Moke Rotorua Boys' High
Paige Murray Western Heights High
Maggie-Jean Pike John Paul College
Mark Poskitt Western Heights High
Rebecca Pratt Rotorua Lakes High
Carla Rossouw Western Heights High
Eillish Satchell John Paul College
Ana Smith John Paul College
Sylvia Song Western Heights High
Conor Sutherland John Paul College
Pang Suwanaposee Rotorua Girl's High
Te Rangimonoa Tahi-Rangihau Western Heights High
Rebekah Walsh Rotorua Lakes High
Fintan Walsh John Paul College
Jaimee Wiggins John Paul College
Caroline Winters Reporoa College
Louise Woolhouse John Paul College
Stephen Wright Western Heights High