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Alumni & Friends
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Western Springs College - Ngā Puna o Waiōrea| Seddon High School | SMTC
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Success for Springs/Waiōrea in Architectural Awards Season
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We appear to have ‘scooped the pool’ by taking out all of the major architectural awards this year for our new school. We began by taking first prize in the education category of the NZ Institute of Architects (NZIA) Auckland Regional Awards. This has been followed by a first place in the NZIA National Awards and the Ted McCoy Supreme …
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Leroy Beckett - working for positive change
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Attended Western Springs College: 2010-2012 School life, what it meant to me: I came to Western Springs for the start of year 11 following almost an entire year off school due to cancer. I had a remarkably normal schooling experience, which is exactly what I had hoped for. I had some great teachers, and I learnt a lot from them. I …
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Eva Fuemana explores important concepts through art
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Eva Fuemana works mostly with mix media painting and embroidery fine arts as well actively working in street art, creating pieces for communities all over Auckland. Her work explores the prejudice v. reality that is embedded in the lives of poc (people of colour). Her mixed Niuean heritage inspires her to make content guided towards both traditional and modern Polynesian …
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Social Media and Graphics Sparks Creativity
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Kia ora, I’m Jack Whitehead. I attended Western Springs College from 2011 - 2016. Since then I have graduated from Media Design School in Auckland with a Bachelor of Media Design and am currently working as a Motion Designer for a small advertising agency. In my second year at Media Design School, I had the chance to create a one-minute …
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Did you graduate between 2015 and 2019? One of our teachers at Western Springs College Ngā Puna o Waiōrea (WSCW), Ben Hinton, is undertaking an inquiry for Te Kāhui Ako o Waitematā which seeks to find out more about our alumni’s transition to life beyond secondary school. Who are you and what is Te Kāhui Ako o Waitematā? My name …
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Harry Ashton-Ireland - Making his Dream a Reality
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Harry is currently a year 11 student at Springs-Waiōrea, he has been accepted to the New Zealand School of Dance, as a full time student in 2021. Ever since I was a toddler, I was always dancing frantically around the house and making up “dances” to the various pieces of music my parents would play to me. However, it wasn't …
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The Cafeteria, a vibrant sustainable hub.
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Alumnus, Vincent Clark has been running the food centre since 2018. He has seen some big changes in this short time, with the new build moving him out of the old canteen (to the old Samoan common room) and COVID closing him for a while. Despite the challenges, Vinnie and his 2IC Satomi run a very progressive food centre. Right from …
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Solar Power project soon to be a reality
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Thanks to the generosity of our community, whanau, alumni and local businesses we have achieved our goal of raising enough funds to install a 50kW PV solar array on the Ken Havill Centre for Learning. The installation is planned for the January, 2021 school holidays. This community funded project is all about making a difference Making a tangible difference to …
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