Six of our senior students have recently qualified for their Silver Duke of Edinburgh’s Hillary Award.

  The mission of The Duke of Edinburgh's Hillary Award programme in New Zealand is to have young people, regardless of cultural, ethnic and socio-economic background, participating in an exciting, flexible and individually-tailored programme, to build skills, identity and self-esteem.

(From the DoE website)  

The programme promotes self-discovery, perseverance, responsibility to oneself and to the community.  The community service requirement is particularly relevant and connects with our values and expectation for our senior students. Congratulations to Ericson Caballero, May Uy, Chelsea Ruiz, Maria Infante, Vaai Lali and Tim Robinson (who attended Catholic Cathedral last year) on achieving this Silver Award and we wish them well as all six intend to strive for the Gold Award next year. We especially thank Chris Allan from the Joshua Foundation for all his support of the students.