2015 SPIRIT Award

S-SPARKLE, P-PASSION, I-IMAGINATION, R-RESILIENCE, I-INTEGRITY, T-TENACITY

The Annual Boarding SPIRIT Award was presented for the seventh time earlier this Term. Chris, Tim and Daisy Higham have created and present the award in the memory of their son Lachie who died tragically on the family farm while a boarder here at Scotch. The award is based upon the attributes above and the winner is someone whom the Residential Staff believes best demonstrates these traits in their day to day lives.

This year we held a dinner to celebrate the award and prior to announcing the winner the nominees were presented to the Higham Family and the Residential Community.

The 2015 nominees were;

Year 7: Daniel Wiese

Year 8: Levi Waters

Year 9: Stewart Wallace

Year 10: Latre Harrison

Year 12: Matthew Dare, Ben Piercey and Harry Milne

The WINNER of the Award this year was Matthew Dare from Year 12. Matthew has definitely shown he displays all the characteristics that the award implies and is a fantastic role model for all of the other boys within our community. He was a very proud and humble winner and was very gracious in his acceptance speech.

There is now a SPIRIT award Facebook page that Chris has set up and she manages to stay in contact with all previous winners, even occasionally organising a SPIRIT lunch! Matthew joins a very select group and a tradition that is growing strongly here within the Residential Community of Scotch.

Marcus Wilkinson

Director of Residential Life