Once again, Mount Roskill students demonstrated their powerful learning in the NCEA and scholarship examinations. The big increase in pass rates are a result of considerable thought, planning, time and effort by all and are reliant on a strongly formed three way partnership between students, families and teachers. We all know that a strong team brings in the results. A student’s success is enjoyed by families and staff who have also invested heavily in the student’s education. This is the biggest yearly increase in pass rates that MRGS has ever seen. Congratulations to the Mount Roskill Grammar School community.

Whole school

Pass rate for Level 1 was 86.2%, the best ever results at MRGS.

Pass rate for Level 2 at 85.0% and shows a significant increase on previous years and, as with the Level 1, represents the best ever results at MRGS.

Pass rate for Level 3 at 75.2% is the best ever, which is considerably higher than the national average and completes the record year for MRGS with the highest Level 3 results in the school’s history.

The percentage of Year 13 students gaining at least Level 2 is now 96.3%.

Level 1 Numeracy and Literacy achievement rates remain at very high levels with literacy at 92.6% and numeracy at 97.8%.

Key points

There is a sustained trend of improvement in Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 pass rates resulting in the highest pass rates in MRGS history at Level 1, 2 and 3! The results of our Maori and Pasifika students continue to rise. Our Maori students continued to exceed previous years’ results in level 1 and 2 and our Pasifika students recorded their highest results across all levels in 2017. Level 3 and University Entrance remain good with the UE results of our Pasifika students more than doubling over the past year.

Endorsement rates at all levels continue at high levels.

MRGS Excellence Endorsements for 2017 Examinations

Once again, the school achieved high numbers of Excellence endorsements and continued the outstanding achievement across a range of subjects that the endorsements represent. A student’s NCEA will be endorsed with Excellence if they gain 50 credits at Excellence. This year a total of 187 MRGS students achieved at this highest level across NCEA Level 1, 2 and 3. These results once again attest to the committed, resilient and engaged learning within our student community.

Excellence Endorsement Wall of Fame

The following students were awarded overall excellence endorsement for 2017.

Level 1 Excellence:

Janice Ah Sam, Isope ‘Akau’ola, Wanya Ansari, Amra Arshad, Emaan Asad, Kerwyn Bennett, Kate Bonnici, Akash Boppana, Dhiraj Bora, Joel Castelino, Krisha Chandnani, Asif Cheena, Ano Chitando, Parth Desai, Skanda Deshpande, Ishita Dwivedi, Jessica Fang, Glorielle Filisi, Gwyneth Garcia, Catharine George, Saakshi Hegde, Emily Huang, Abdullah Islam, Wooyoung Jang, Christine Fangzhi Jian, Dezil Jojo, Akash Kanamala, Simran Komalan, Jenice Kuzhikombil, Youxiang Lei, Ima Li, Jojo Liang, Caitlin Low, Jacob Madgwick, Sean Malone, Niharika Mandadi, Neil Mario, Sarah McKenzie, Asem Mohamed Arif, Amnashara Mohamed Shuraik, Vinodhini Murali, Manasija Nandagiri, Justin Ng, Max Noller, Kunj Patel, Tayla Pennell Tupou, Amisha Prasad, Shameer Prasad, Lovely Pulotu, Aruni Ramalingam, Pranav Rao, Adithi Rathnayake, Manav Rathod, Rinesh Rattan, Jessica Rigg, Gianlucca Salva-Bascur, Sangavi Shanthinathan, Fahad Shehzad, Snehal Sibi, Susan Su, Anna Sue, Nadia Suhaimi, Jack Sun, Daniel Torrey, Lillian Tualau, Ala Vailala, Lauren van Laarhoven-Hargreaves, Carlton Varela, Sheng-Ya Wang, Kevin Wu, Caroline Yan, Julie Yi, Abdullah Yousef, Cindy Yuan, Jabez Zeleke, Nancy Zhang, Wendy Zhao, Rebecca Zhao, Sophia Zhou

Level 2 Excellence:

Deesha Bhatia, Akash Boppana, Matthew Carey, Mahir Chand, Carmen Chen, Cathy Chen, Kinsh Chhabra, Amanda Chow, Jenny Chung, Rae Cruz, Michael Dang, Chantal Deverell, Zara Deverell, Thea Dickson, Alison Huanzhu Dong, Rebecca Ferguson, Isabella Fong, Dion Fonseca, Hana Galea, Pankaj Ghodla, Jamie Gibson, Anna Greaves, Ayla Hawthorne, Selena He, Aaron Huo, Abdullah Islam, Stephaan Jacques, Christine Fangzhi Jian, Syed Kazmi, Adam King, Youxiang Lei, Liam Liang, Mahalakshmi Manthramoorthy, Vakhtangi Mestvirishvili, Miguel Mitra, Alexander Nicholson, Pansy Ou, Rocky Parsons, Krupa Patel, Meghna Patel, Ellen Peng, Emily Power, Elizabeth Qian, Axl Rada, Aashna Rahi, Janna Rana, Pranav Rao, Khushi Sehajpal, Jill Shukla, Gunjan Soeny, Dilsha Sudu Dewage, Ann Maria Tomy, Kelis Tosala, Tania Tribhuvan, Lillian Tualau, Sheng-Ya Wang, Davis Wu, Sachi Yamamoto, Sarah Yan, Hannah Yu, Rebekah Yu, Cindy Yuan, Wendy Zhao, George Zhou

Level 3 Excellence:

Shristi Anand, Caleb Baptista, Yasmin Bell, Catherine Benny, Ellen Bingham, Tessa Brown, Winnie Chen, Shuen Shuen Chu, Dhanada Dave, Sheldon Desa, Ruba Firowze, Ding Gao, Sannan Hafeez, Jay Kuang-Yi Huang, Naomi Inoue-Rajapaksa, Hiromi Inoue-Rajapaksa, Vyshni Ishwaran, Breearna Johnson, Pranavan Kailainathan, Gajanth Kanakaratnam, Shivam Kapoor, Vibhasrita Kasha, Cindy Ko, Youfei Lei, David Lin, Vanros Jiarui Lin, Josephine Mavaega, Callum McKenzie, Mihika Mehta, Karthik Menon, Arshiya Mohamed Arif, Sam Anhad Paul, Priya Prakash, Madhulika Ravuri, Shaineel Reddy, Thuluksiga Shanthinathan, Ojas Shukla, Anna Sin, Bineprit Singh, Elizabeth Tan, Natalie Tan, Tushar Thakur, Alan Thomas, Srishti Toora, Jahnvi Trivedi, Siosaia Tuitupou, Alice Wang, David Wong, Jaime Wu, Felix Yang, Kevin Yang, Elvin Zhang

New Zealand Scholarship Examination Successes

Our school’s record of achievement in the premier national examination continued as MRGS students gained 63 scholarships. Our congratulations to all the scholarship recipients. Among these, Tushar Thakur will receive New Zealand Outstanding Scholar Awards. Scholarships were awarded across 16 different subjects with 18 scholarships and 4 outstanding scholarships achieved in Accounting. In addition, students achieved two outstanding scholarships and four scholarships in Chemistry plus one outstanding scholarship and five scholarships in Statistics. 33 students gained at least one scholarship and eight students gained three or more scholarships.

Caleb Baptista Physical Education and Technology
Yasmin Bell Accounting
Catherine Benny Accounting
Pranav Bhulabhai Accounting
Ellen Bingham English and Music
Winnie Chen Accounting and Geography
Sheldon Desa Accounting
Alison Huanzhu Dong Chinese
Peiyang Du Accounting, Biology and Statistics
Ding Gao Accounting
Sannan Hafeez Calculus and Physics
Neesha He Accounting
Naomi Inoue-Rajapaksa Accounting and Japanese
Cindy Ko Chemistry
David Lin Physics
Vanros Jiarui Lin Calculus
Callum McKenzie Accounting, Classics, Physical Ed. and Statistics
Mihika Mehta Accounting
Jelisa Rana Physical Education
Madhulika Ravuri Accounting
Thuluksiga Shanthinathan Accounting
Ojas Shukla Accounting and Classics
Anna Sin Accounting
Tushar Thakur Accounting, Biology, Chem., English and Stats.
Alan Thomas Biology
Srishti Toora Accounting
Jahnvi Trivedi Accounting, Chemistry, Physics and Physical Ed
David Wong Accounting
Jaime Wu Accounting, Calculus, Chemistry and Physics
Josette Xu Accounting, Calculus, Chemistry and Statistics
Felix Yang Accounting, Chemistry, Physics and Statistics
Karen Zhang Biology, Economics, Physical Ed. and Statistics
Oscar Zhong Design