Success Story - MAC Strikes Gold in Duke of Edinburgh Awards

In 2006, eight of our students - Will Austen, Hannah Beaufoy, Jody Direen, Tayah Johnston, Jillian Macfie, Whitney Mulqueen and Hannah Sutherland all completed their Gold Awards.

Six of these students started the Award at Bronze Level and two at Silver Level and all put in a huge effort to achieve at Gold Level.

To achieve at Gold Level each student had to complete:

• 60 hours of Community Service over 12 months
• Follow a skill for 12 months
• Take part in some form of physical recreation for six months
• Complete a practice and qualifying expedition each involving four days and three nights
• Complete a residential which involved spending five days and four nights with a group which is not your regular peers doing something that will benefit others.

• Fashion Designer
• Singing
• Graphics and compilation of the school magazine
• Drama Teaching
• Debating
• Piano

• Netball
• Rugby
• Outdoor Pursuits Course
• Horse Riding
• Rock Climbing

• Two of the groups attended a Rotary Leadership Course
• Two were volunteer leaders at a YMCA youth camp
• Two completed a 21 day Outward Bounds course
• One did a week of volunteer work in a breeding stable
• And one member had ten days on the Spirit of Adventure