Academy Showcase 2023
We had a great night on Wednesday, 25 October celebrating the wonderful success of our Academy students to a nearly full house of whanau, students, and friends in the Bruce Ritchie Performing Arts Centre at Massey High School. All our students were awarded their course completion certificates for the year plus some individual course certificates from the motor industry trading organization, MITO, plus there were some excellent special prizes won by our top performers.
The night was hosted by our two gold badge prefects Jade Bench and Donte Laute-Skinner who both did a great job presenting these certificates and the prizes and a special mention to our two students who were running the sound desk, Marwan Osman and Karlin Yip.
Special thanks also to our sponsors for the night with our main sponsor, Western ITM of Swanson who supplied a tremendous selection of prizes for our construction students with the help of OX Tools and Milwaukee. Also sponsoring some of the hospitality prizes a special thanks to NZMA the chef school at 100 Symonds St, who trained our year 13 hospitality students this year in level 4 hospitality achievement standards. Many thanks also to all the hard work that our students put in during the year, and to the tutors at MHS, who always go the extra mile. A big thank you to Sarah Maxwell for creating all the certificates for the night and putting the powerpoint together.
Congratulations to the winners of the special prizes, who are listed below.
Please enjoy the short video, which was made by our prefects, Jade and Donte, the photos of the night and the powerpoint.
Prize Winners 2023 Academy Showcase
Name of Academy. (L = Level) | Winner & Tutor Class |
Auto 3 & Spannerman Cup | James Woodhams 13 HNI |
Most improved in Auto L3 | Shaun Ram 13 TFR |
Autohaus Cup First in Automotive L 2 | Martin Pelepetaine 12 KVS |
Most improved in Auto L2 | Psalm Lawrence Wong 12 KRE |
Most reliable Tradie 2023 Multi Skills | Sepu Leaupepe 11 TVE |
Builder of the Year | Meleane Pese ACDBUI |
Most improved in Building | Brooke Pairama ACDBUI |
Carpenter of the Year. | Siaosi Paongo ACDCPT |
Most improved in Carpentry | Jonathan Stevens ACDCPT |
Female Carpenter of the year. | Reign Nepe ACDCPT |
Most improved Female Carpenter GIC | Siuila Niurou 11 KMS |
First in ECE L3 & ECE Endeavour Cup | Chelize Santos 12 TTO |
First in ECE L3 extn. | Jade Bench 13 HNI |
First in ECE L 2 & Winner Endeavour cup | Izzie Soutter 11 MJM (Combined prize) |
Hospitality NZMA Chef Award | Jack Murray 13TFR |
First Hospitality L 3 & Hospitality & Catering Cup | Logan Pates 13TFR |
Barista Cup | Ana Tepulolo 13MFM |
First Hospitality L2 | Ivan Mills 12MHT |
Nyla Hanson Trophy | Isabella Daniels 13KSB |
Ngaue Cup | Psalm Lawrence Wong KRE |
Café Assistant Cup | Daniel Dennis 12TST |
Tourism Dept Award L3 | Benji Mikaio Faasou 13 KTM |
Outstanding Student Tourism Plus L 2 | Sarah Pettyjohn 12 HMI |
Outstanding Student Tourism Plus L 2 | Kharizma Delos Santos 12 MWI |
Services to Academies 1 GB Prefect | Jade Bench 13 HNI |
Services to Academies 2 GB Prefect | Donte Skinner-Lauti ACDBUI |
PM’s Vocational Prize | Awarded at Main MHS Prize Giving |