Scholars and Honours Board
A special feature of this school is its magnificent academic record. The primary focus of Auckland Grammar School is academia - every other aspect of school life is secondary to this.
The first lines of our mission states: "Auckland Grammar School will provide young men with a rigorous academic education. Each young man is expected to pursue excellence in acquiring knowledge and skills while upholding the School’s values."
The young men list below deserve recognition for academic excellence in 2017. It is important to the very being of this school that we celebrate academia in the manner we do.
Performance in Cambridge A level examinations and Scholarship examinations or equivalents through time, have provided the benchmark indicators for inclusion on the prestigious honours boards that frame this hall.
These boards recognise top academic performers through our School's history. Students who sat NZ Scholarship examinations and gained three or more scholarships are included on the honours board and both Cambridge and Scholarship results will be recognised in individual student citations read today.
The school through time has used external examinations as its benchmark. Because of their competitive nature and the all-round standard of attainment needed for success, these examinations inevitably produce quality young men who are committed and resilient.
The Honours Boards that surround our hall are symbolic of the School's academic mission and inclusion on them is rigorously earned.
The group of young men we honour today are top academic students from a talented Form 7 and 6A & B who were part of the make-up that earned this school its position as a top performing Cambridge School with 26 special awards in Cambridge examinations, which included 3 Top in the World Awards, 13 Top in New Zealand Awards and 7 High Achievement Awards, as well as the top three New Zealand Awards:
- Best Across 5 IGCSE's
- Best Across 4AS Levels
- Best Across 3 A Levels
The School was the top performing School in the country in NZQA Scholarship examinations again, bettering the School's highest scholarship results in our history - 168 - in 2016, by producing 185 individual scholarship awards in 2017:
- 168 scholarships
- 17 Outstanding Scholarships
- 1 Top Subject Scholar awards
- 2 outstanding scholar awards
There is no doubt this supports our vision: 'pre -eminence in boys' secondary education.'
It is appropriate today to recognise our past - the foundation on which academic success continues to be built. There are many distinguished scholars who studied at Grammar and later received higher honours and academic recognition.Eminent scholars like Sir Peter Gluckman, Vaughan Jones, Peter McNaughton, Keith Hunter, Mark Warner and many others who have made contributions across a myriad of fields.
It is indeed a feature of Auckland Grammar School that the Honours Boards are around the hall and that we meet here daily, - this symbolises the primary place that academia has in our School and is well respected by our Old Boy community and the general public.
We hope that many of you in the hall today have aspirations to have your name included on an honours board - something that is truly earned.
Entry onto this list is restricted to the top 10% of the entire Form 7 cohort plus 6A and 6B. The lowest average mark on the Honours Board for 2016 will be 89.3% - an extremely high standard and the range of involvement and depth of achievement of these scholars is stunning.
A number of scholars have earned scholarships into New Zealand universities and some have gained direct entry into overseas universities. This is testament to the calibre of these young men and the support given to them by masters throughout their tenure at Auckland Grammar School.
My thanks to our masters for their commitment to providing rigorous academic courses and pathways, on call mentoring and tutoring that has aided the level of success celebrated today. I hope their success serves as motivation for others to strive for excellence in your studies. Such success does not happen by accident.
In our centennial year an editorial in The Star attempted to offer reasons for Auckland Grammar School's ongoing success in 1969.
"Tradition is a word that must occur frequently in any attempt to assess the reasons for Auckland Grammar's continuing striking success.
The value of tradition can only be judged by its results. And the results at Auckland Grammar prove conclusively that its tradition is a powerful force for good. It is impossible to define just what is this sense of tradition which surrounds the school. But it is unquestionably a very present and potent influence which has impressed itself on every boy who has attended an assembly with the imposing dignity of the central hall."
We are very proud of the 2017 scholars and we thank them for helping to leave the jersey in a better place. We wish you well for your studies in 2018 and your future careers.
2017 Scholars:
|
Name |
Percentage scored |
Extracurricular Activities |
Area of study in 2018 |
|
H. Chen |
97.00 |
Animal Rights Group |
Bachelor of Science and Medicine at the University of Sydney |
|
J. X. J. Chan |
95.67% |
Premier Concert Band |
Master of Biology and Chemistry at the University of Oxford or a Bachelor of Arts majoring in BioChemistry at Princeton University |
|
A. Gao |
95.33% |
Table Tennis |
A Bachelor of Science and Medicine at the University of Sydney |
|
J. X. J. Wong |
94.33% |
Sri Lankan Cultural Group |
A Bachelor of Science and Medicine at the University of Sydney |
|
Z. M. Yang |
94% |
Asian Drama Group |
A Bachelor of Medicine at the University of Sydney |
|
Y. J. Hui |
93.67% |
Asian Cultural Group |
A Bachelor of Advanced Sciene and a Doctor of Medicine at the University of Sydney |
|
A. Khanna |
93.67% |
Computer Monitor |
A Bachelor of Engineering with Honours at the University of Auckland |
|
S. Mo |
93.67% |
Badminton |
Enginnering at the Imperial College London |
|
A. Gupta |
93% |
Senior C3 Football |
Bio Medicine at the University of Auckland |
|
M. V. B. Ratnayake |
93% |
Sri Lankan Cultural Group Leader |
Bio Medicine at the University of Auckland |
|
J. Kawamura |
92.67% |
Senior C5 Football |
A Bachelor of Science and a Doctor of Medicine at the University of Sydney |
|
J. J. Lerner |
92.67%
|
Editor of the Chronicle |
A Bachelor of Law and a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Economics at the University of Sydney |
|
A. S. Pillarisetti |
92.67% |
3rd XI Cricket |
7A at Auckland Grammar School |
|
R. J. J. Yong |
92.67% |
Japanese Animation Club |
Health Sciences at the University of Otago |
|
S. A. Flint |
92.33%= |
Christian Rock Leader |
A Bachelor of Bio Medicine at the University of Auckland |
|
N. Joseph |
92.33%= |
Interact Group |
A Bachelor of Bio Medicine at the University of Auckland |
|
J. Z. Zheng |
92.33%= |
Headmaster's Social Awareness Committee |
A Master of Engineering at the Imperial College, London |
|
W. Y. Chong |
92%
|
Table Tennis |
A Bachelor of Engineering at the University of Auckland |
|
E. B. Figgitt |
91.67%= |
Premier 2 Disc Ultimate |
A Bachelor of Bio Medicine at the University of Auckland |
|
C. G. Fraser |
91.67%= |
Senior C5 Football |
A Bachelor of Bio Medicine at the University of Auckland |
|
H. N. Doyle |
91.33%= |
4th XI Hockey |
A Bachelor of Bio Medicine at the University of Auckland |
|
C. Mani |
91.33%= |
Senior C5 Football |
A conjoint Bachelor of Engineering and a Bachelor of Commerce at the University of Auckland |
|
O. M. C. Zambuto |
91.33% |
Senior C5 Football |
A conjoint Bachelor of Law and a Bachelor of Arts majoring in English at the University of Auckland |
|
R. L. J. Burns |
91%= |
Premier Disc Ultimate |
A conjoint Bachelor of Engineering with Honours and a Bachelor of Science at the University of Auckland |
|
N. P. O. Schischka |
91%= |
Senior C5 Football |
A Bachelor of Bio Medicine at the University of Auckland |
|
F. E. Marcon Swadel |
90.83% |
Diabolo Club |
7A at Auckland Grammar School |
|
A. L. Chen |
90.67% |
Bridge |
7A at Auckland Grammar School |
|
K. Chen |
90.67%= |
Animal Rights Group |
A Bachelor of Bio Medicine at the University of Auckland |
|
M. A. Derevianko |
90.67% |
1st XI Football |
7A at Auckland Grammar School |
|
H. Yang |
90.67% |
Kendo Club |
Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania |
|
J. D. Bickler |
90.33%= |
Senior C5 Football |
A Bachelor of Engineering at the University of Auckland |
|
T. Y. Chen |
90.33%= |
Disc Ultimate |
A Bachelor of Science and Medicine at the University of Sydney |
|
L. S. H. Chin |
90.33%= |
Table Tennis |
A Bachelor of Engineering at the University of Auckland |
|
F. J. Doherty-Eagles |
90.33%= |
Senior C5 Football |
A Bachelor of Science majoring in Physics at either the University College, London or McGill University, Montreal |
|
W. Wang |
90.33%= |
Duke of Edinburgh Award – Silver Humans of Grammar |
A Bachelor of Medicine at the University of Auckland |
|
Y. Yang |
90.33%= |
Badminton |
Aeronautical Engineering at the University of Sydney |
|
S. Zhu |
90.33%= |
Table Tennis |
Civil Engineering at either the Imperial College London or University College, London |
|
T. Im |
90%= |
Asian Board Games |
Health Sciences majoring in Dentistry at the University of Otago |
|
J. Li |
90%= |
Asian Board Games |
A Bachelor of Science at the University of Otago |
|
A. J. Farmiloe |
89.67%= |
Weightlifting |
A conjoint Bachelor of Engineering with Honours and a Bachelor of Science at the University of Auckland |
|
D. G. Brown |
89.67%= |
Senior Tennis |
A conjoint Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Law at the University of Auckland |
|
D. Liu |
89.67%= |
Badminton A Reserve |
A Bachelor of Engineering at the University of Auckland |
|
L. Han |
89.33%= |
Advanced Open 2 Debating |
7A at Auckland Grammar School |
|
H. N. A. Jamieson |
89.33%= |
Captain of Skiing |
A Bachelor of Medicine at the University of Auckland |
|
W. Ma |
89.33%= |
Asian Cultural Group Tutoring |
Dentistry at the University of Queensland |
|
G. Z. Wang |
89.33%= |
Captain of Mountain Biking |
Aeronautical Engineering at the University of Sydney |
|
J. H. S. Roberts |
NZQA Scholarship Award (5 Scholarship Awards) |
Senior Cycling |
A Bachelor of Engineering at Canterbury University |
|
K-C. Ho |
NZQA Scholarship Award (5 Scholarship Awards) |
Senior A Chess Team |
A conjoint Bachelor of Engineering and a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Auckland |
|
D. C. K. Leigh |
NZQA Scholarship Award (3 Scholarship Awards) |
Fencing |
A Bachelor of Engineering at the University of Auckland |
|
D. S. Seneviratne |
NZQA Scholarship Award (3 Scholarship Awards) |
Social Badminton |
7A at Auckland Grammar School |
|
Z. Zhu |
NZQA Scholarship Award (2 Scholarship Awards, 1 Outstanding) |
Badminton |
7A at Auckland Grammar School |