Bound for Medical School - Congratulations

Six ex-AGGS students have been accepted to study Medicine at Auckland University in 2018. They are Tamiel Tagaloa (Head Girl in 2016), Victoria Murphy, Sophie Yu, Vivian Chhan, Bisma Maryam, and Yestina Godinet. Entrance into Medicine is a very competitive process requiring very good grades in first year health or biomedical science, a good result in the Undergraduate Medical and Health Sciences Admission Test (UMAT) followed by an interview.  AGGS regularly has ex-students accepted into Medicine, but six students in one year is a record for us. We wish them all the best for their future studies and careers.

Year 13 2018 Uniform

In 2018 our Year 13 students will be wearing school uniform.  Our Year 13 students are our student leaders and a uniform will  clearly identify them as such. 

The only change to our current uniform for our Year 13 girls to our other students will be a different blouse and a tie.  Pictured below: 

Senior Prizegiving 2017

On Friday 3 November 2017, scholarships and grants worth over $250,000 were awarded to our senior students.    The award of Dux, the highest academic award in any school went to Airu Teng and the award of Proxime Accessit to the Dux was made to Vienna Trainor, this year's head girl.  Other significant scholarships included the Louise Gardner Scholarship and the University of Auckland Top Achiever Scholarship, which were both awarded to Deputy Head Girl, Scarlett Parkes.    Other scholarships included three University of Auckland Academic Potential scholarships awarded to three Year 13 recipients:  Habibah Haneef; Vienna Trainor and Marwa Nazari.

AUT Scholarships covering $6,000 of fees each year for three years were awarded to Yamin Cook, Deputy Head Girl Chant'e Leafa and Selena Hafoka.  

Four Year 12 students received First Foundation Scholarships.  These four year scholarships are funded by businesses and trusts and provide the students with a personal mentor, paid work experience and an extensive student development programme.   The scholarships were awarded to:  Maryane Ma'asi, sponsored by the Auckland District Health Board; Selu Kian-Faketoese, sponsored by Sky City, Sabrita Grace Kalone, sponsored by Sistema and Samyah Powell sponsored by Steel & Tube NZ. 

Congratulations to all of these girls - we are very proud of you.  

These are only a snapshot of some of the many awards that were made at the ceremony, which was a wonderful celebration of our students' achievements this year.  

 Picture below Vienna Trainor, Proxime Accessit to the Dux and Airu Teng DUX.

AGGS Welcomes Black Ferns Home

Students from AGGS Kahurangi Whanau Unit welcome home the victorious Rugby World Cup Black Ferns in a special ceremony held at the Vodafone Arena. The girls were delighted when members of the Black Ferns joined in with their haka.