Profile of the week
This week we profile Year 11 student, Alex Honey. She is new to the school this year, Alex is excelling in Fine Arts. She is working at Year 12 level and is producing work of a very high standard. Alex is also a member of the 'Dream Team' Art Inspiration Tour to Italy in 2011, and will be exhibiting her work at The Square Edge Gallery in Palmerston North on July 31st, alongside other members of the Dream Team.
Name: Alex Honey
Class/House: 11PH/Totara
Home Town: Pahiatua
Favourite Subjects: Art
Sports and Hobbies: Skating, cooking and drawing
Aspirations: To go to Design School to further her artistic skills.
Following on from our school cross country, our College representatives travelled to Foxton last Wednesday to compete in the Manawatu Inter Secondary Schools Cross Country. Competition was tough and weather conditions were windy and very cold. Our students all ran hard and we had several top 10 places across the grades, with our best result of 4th in the Intermediate Boys by Michael McKnight.
Boy's Hockey won their first competition game 4 - 0 against PNBHS. In a closely fought game at home, the Boys Football 1st X1 drew 1 - 1 with Awatapu College First X1. On the adjacent field our Under 14 rugby team demolished PNBHS by 56 - 0. After the heavy loss the previous week it was a welcome sight to see such commitment and plenty of good performances on show. Later in the day the First XV rugby faced Waiapehu college and put in a good performance but lost 29 - 10. Netball was also under way last week and our Senior A team had a 36 - 10 win over Freyberg, and 9A also had a very good 26 - 6 win over a PNGHS team.
First XV members Lloyd Young, Jesse Wilson and Jackson Clince display the Viking Shield
Recently Tararua College held a Quiz Night as a fund raiser for the 2011 Italy trip. There was a great turnout, and even though there may be a recession, our community spirit is alive and kicking and for that we are very grateful.
Some of the participants in our recent Quiz Night
Tararua College would like to thank the following businesses for their sponsorship of our quiz evening: Caltex Woodville, Laskey's Auto Services, ANZ, BNZ, Westpac, Brookfields Lodge Eketahuna, Pahiatua Take Note, KJ Mitre 10, Whariti Meats, Colleen Daysh, Brockies Cafe, Hoffman Ford, Tony Jury Motorcyles, Managh Electrical, Flowers by Zelda, The Haberdashery, Willowdeane Garden Centre, Video Shack, Post Office Hotel, Liquor Plus, BP Pahiatua, Bollards Pharmacy, Robert Clarke Car Valet Service, Creative Cuts, Davenport Service Centre, Tui HQ, Jones Motors, Infracon Tararua, Pahiatua New World, Gone Bush Hair Design, In Touch Decorators, Fish Spot Woodville, Travel Smart, Bisset Honda, Usherwood Davey Ltd, Property Brokers, Tararua Law, Bush Telegraph & the Tararua Club
Last week four of our students received certificates for being in the top 5% of entrants in Round 1 of the Australasian Brain Bee Challenge. This entitles them to travel to Auckland in June to compete in the second round. We wish them all the best for this.
For further information on this column, or about Tararua College, please email Mr. Mcknight at the College.
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