From the Principal's Desk- An exceptional Mairehau High School student

2019 Mairehau Scholar  Runner-up: Caitlyn Barnett-Johnston 

I take this opportunity to acknowledge a fantastic young learner of Mairehau High School the school’s runner up to the Mairehau Scholar: Caitlyn Barnett- Johnston.

Her teachers describe her as considerate, friendly, conscientious, focused, and a self-manager. She is an achiever and has a natural aptitude for many subjects, particularly History and Geography, in which she has a deep understanding and exceptional talent. Our runner-up is a focused, insightful, and very competent academic who has always worked to her potential, achieving results at levels in advance of her cohort. This year she has already achieved her NCEA Level 3 qualification. Her Year Level Dean describes her as incredibly helpful and committed. Mr Lee also acknowledges her contribution to our school and describes her as:

• Hard-working
• Able to apply a perspective in an analysis that stretches far beyond that of others her age.
• Cas easily conceptualize, contextualise and grasp complex ideas. 
• Although quiet, always willing and ready to make positive, thoughtful and meaningful contributions to class and class discussions.
• However, she is confident enough to go against the grain and stand up for what she believes in 
• Her amazing level of empathy and care for others in her life.
• She is driven and motivated, and she has a bright future in front of her because of this determination.
• Always asks how your day/weekend was - has a genuine interest in a relationship with teachers/people.
• A lovely girl. The perfect student.

Her key strength is her quietly confident personality. Her teachers find her polite and respectful member of the class. She is always kind and courteous, a testament to her empathetic nature. Her diligence has seen her achieve impressive results so far this year; she displays a great amount of talent for the skills required in her courses. She is always engaged in class, willing to help others to understand and readily asking questions that benefit herself and her classmates. 

She has an excellent work effort and is prepared to put in extra time to strengthen new ideas, and she is will seek help when needed. She is a confident, connected learner of Mairehau High School who is actively involved with others. She mixes with students of many levels and is happy to talk to students about her ideas. She’s a listener and thinker with great plans, and she is a wonderful role model. 

Teachers have acknowledged her for her perceptional ability, her conceptual understanding, her problem-solving capability, and her reporting skills. They all confirm her maturity of purpose and diligence in managing her school-wide commitments in preparation for study at Tertiary in the future. 

She is a person who will utilise opportunities offered by new knowledge and technologies to ensure a sustainable social, economic, cultural, and environmental future for all. 

We are all proud of her contributions to our school and her accomplishments, and we wish her well in her tertiary studies at ARA, next year, in Business Studies. 

Here is her 2019 academic profile: 

Academic Profile: 

1 st History

1 st Geography

1 st = Health

1 st = Maths with Statistics

I congratulate and acknowledge our runner-up to the 2019 Mairehau Scholar,  Caitlyn Barnett-Johnston