Above the Hoops Awards 2024

By Elaine Kelly | Posted: Monday December 9, 2024

“He has honour if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct” (Walter Lippmann, writer and political commentator).

At Junior Prizegiving, 45 outstanding young men were awarded the Above the Hoops Badge. This is the final of the Junior Values Badges and can only be earned by Year 10 students. It is given in recognition of the fact that a boy has gained all of the values badges for two years running. This means that his effort and engagement in class have been exemplary and that he has made an impression on his teachers such as to merit them taking time out of their busy schedules to write postcards and award house points.

These are young men whose whanau can be especially proud of them but most importantly they are young men who should be proud of themselves. Amongst these young men are, no doubt, some future leaders in the school and we will watch their progress and growth with interest. They should now hold themselves to this ideal of conduct as they advance into the senior school where they will serve as role models to younger students. 

“Above the Hoops” Badge Recipients 2024

Maddox Adamson, Lawrence Bielski-Cook, Carter Bracewell, Lukas Braun, Daniel Brockway, Mathew Campbell, Vincent Cavanagh, Toby Coatham, Tom Collie, Xavier Connell, Randika Dassanayake, George Garden, Leo Garden, Sam Goodchild, Mason Hansen, Sam Hobbs, Henry Hodgson, Riley Horne, Hugo Iida, Josh Jackson, Thisun Kuruppuarachchi, Enzo Lira Ralston, Mateo Machado, Mikah Machado, Chris McArthur, Alex Marshall, Luke Milburn, Oliver Morgan, Charlie Nichol, Jack Power, Flynn Richards, Hunter Ruxton, Oscar Sharpe, Hossein Shirzad, Alex Smith, Ethan Smith, Maddix Smith, Tyler Smith, Harrison Thurlow, Mason Twemlow, Keagan Usher, Kace Wilson, Will Workman, Jack Yeoman and Simon Zhang.