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Academic news – 134 stories

Hands-on building lessons 3 July 2013 St Paul’s Collegiate School and key industry builders are enabling students to gain hands-on experience in the construction industry as part of a programme aimed at Year 12 and 13 students. Read more
Teen scientist off to physics mecca 29 May 2013 St Paul’s Collegiate senior student Chris Whitley will visit one of the world’s leading physics laboratories in July, thanks to an award from the Royal Society. Read more
Science talent wins St Paul’s student trip to London forum 17 May 2013 A Hamilton student has won a travel award to attend an international science forum in London and visit the lab in Geneva where one of the building blocks of the universe was discovered. Read more
St Paul’s produces four of New Zealand’s top 60 scholars 13 February 2013 Results from the 2012 New Zealand Scholarship examinations have confirmed that St Paul’s Collegiate School in Hamilton is the country’s highest achieving independent school for academic performance, gaining 43 Scholarship passes which included 14 Outstanding Scholarship passes. Read more
First joint female Dux at St Paul’s 14 December 2012 Olivia Thompson and Belinda Pedersen gained top marks in Y13 as well as making history by being the first joint female Dux that the School has ever had. Read more
St Paul’s wins ChemQuest Competition 29 October 2012 St Paul’s Collegiate have snatched back their title as the winners of the University of Waikato’s ChemQuest challenge. Read more
St Paul’s student wins at the NIWA Waikato Science Fair 29 August 2011 Navdeesh Singh-Thandi wins The Hill Laboratories Trophy for best Material World exhibit Navdeesh Singh-Thandi was extremely successful t at the recent NIWA Waikato Science Fair. Read more
St Paul’s top New Zealand in science assessments 5 August 2011 St Paul’s students top in New Zealand Year 12 and Year 13 in ICAS Science What is ICAS? International Competitions and Assessments for Schools (ICAS) is conducted by Educational Assessment Australia, UNSW Global Pty Limited. Read more
St Paul’s achieves 32 Scholarship Examination passes in 2010 15 February 2011 28 Scholarships plus 4 Outstanding Scholarships = 32 St Paul’s Collegiate School has gained a total of 32 Scholarships in the 2010 Scholarship exams and that is with a total student population of 630 students. Read more
Only Year 12 gold medal student in New Zealand 1 February 2011 St Paul’s student excels in ICAS On Tuesday 14 December 2010, Chang Zhai, his mother Jane and the HOD science Mr Kelvin Hogg attended the annual International Competitions and Assessments for Schools (ICAS) Medal Presentation Ceremony at the Aotea Centre in Auckland. Read more
James Kennedy at Hills Laboratories Science Summer School 31 December 2010 On the 8th to the 13th of December 2010, St Paul’s student James Kennedy attended the 2010 Science Summer School held at Waikato University. Read more
2010 Waimaths results 12 August 2010 The annual Waimaths Mathematics Competition was held at the Hamilton Gardens on 12 August with the top three mathematicians from several Waikato schools competing. Read more
Student wins Prime Minister’s Competition 95th Anniversary of the Gallipoli Landings 31 March 2010 As part of the commemoration of the 95th anniversary of the Gallipoli Landings, which will be commemorated in Turkey on 25 April 2010, the Prime Minister sponsored a competition to select 21 students to accompany the official party to the commemoration. Read more
Top Cambridge International Exams Award 12 February 2010 St Paul’s Collegiate School achieved a Top Centre Certificate for the November 2009 CIE examinations. Read more

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