First Foundation Scholarships
Nazhat Saleem - Recipient of the NZ Post Award Scholarship 2009ENTERPRISE LEADER 2010, PREFECT 2010, PEER SUPPORT 2010
The Year 12 Dean at Kelston Girl’s College strongly recommends Nazhat Saleem for a First Foundation Scholarship, stating ‘Nazhat is a reliable, mature and considerate young woman who is self-motivated and interested in her studies. She always takes on cheerfully and duties or responsibilities assigned to her. Nazhat is a competent academic student who is genuinely enthusiastic about learning.’
This attitude is evident in her 2008 NCEA Level 1 results, with which Nazhat achieved with a Merit endorsement. For her All-round Excellence, Nazhat was awarded the Colgan Scholarship for Year 11. Nazhat is part of Kelston Girl’s College’s ‘Gifted and Talented’ programme.
Nazhat is thoroughly involved in many facets of her school community. She is a Student Librarian and part of the Road Patrol team. She contributes to a number of school committees, namely, the Environmental Committee, Multi-cultural Group, Muslim Group and the Academic Group. She shows strong leadership in her role as a Peer Mediator to younger students. She is keen to raise awareness of her culture at school, and organised the promotional material for ‘Islam Awareness Week’ and is a member of the Ranui Mosque Quran reading programme.
Nazhat wishes to pursue a career in Business, and aims to find a job she is passionate about. She is interested in studying a Bachelor of Commerce, majoring in Management and Marketing, with the possibility of further completing Postgraduate study with Honours. She also has not ruled out studying a Bachelor of Business and Information Management and Education, eventually becoming a teacher.
Katie Versteeg - recipient of the Toll NZ Consolidated Ltd Scholarship 2007
HEAD OF SPORTS, PREFECT, KELSTON GIRLS COLLEGE, 2008
The Principal of Kelston Girl’s College believes Katie is a most deserving candidate of the First Foundation Scholarship. She says Katie is “a mature, conscientious and highly motivated student, with excellent work ethic that is logical and systematic.” Katie’s attitude to her work has not gone unnoticed at school, where she has been in the class for academically high achieving students since Year 9. Her hard work is reflected in her very respectable NCEA Level 1 results in 2006. For her efforts, she was awarded the highly respected Colgan Scholarship for all-round excellence in Year 11.
Katie is actively involved in many facets of the wider life of the school. She plays netball, as well as coaching a younger team in the school, is part of the Kelston Boy’s High/Kelston Girl’s College drama production this year and has a keen interest in saving the environment. After attending the Auckland City Council Environmental Conference for Sustainability in April, she and two fellow students have started an Environmental Committee at school.
Katie has a very clear idea of what she wishes to achieve at tertiary level. At this stage, she wants to study Biomedical Science at the University of Auckland in 2009. By her third year, she will combine this major with Sport and Exercise Science, and move on to complete an Honours degree by her fourth year. Katie is interested in working with athletes in rehabilitation and high performance.
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Luisa Fuimaono - Recipient of the ASB Scholarship 2007DEPUTY ARTS LEADER, PREFECT, KELSTON GIRLS COLLEGE, 2008
The Principal of Kelston Girl’s College believes Luisa will benefit greatly from being the recipient of the First Foundation Scholarship. “Luisa is a very able student academically, who excels in what she enjoys. There is no doubt that Luisa has the academic capability to succeed at tertiary level. “ Luisa has been in the high motivation class since Year 9 and excels in Accounting and Drama. Last year she came first in her year level in Drama at NCEA Level 1.
Luisa is very involved in extra-curricular activities. She plays Netball as well as coaching younger students. She is on the Arts Committee, Multicultural Committee, is a Student Council representative and is involved in the Road Patrol Programme. In 2006, she received the Ivy Rakich Memorial Award for Industry and Achievement.
Luisa aims to study a Bachelor of Commerce, majoring in Accounting at the University of Auckland. She is also thinking about a conjoint with Arts, majoring in Drama, but will make her decision after NCEA Level 3. She hopes to one day work as an Accountant or even own her own business.
Sina Eti - Recipient of the Ford Motor Company of NZ Ltd Scholarship 2007
DEPUTY HEAD PREFECT 2008
The Principal at Kelston Girl’s College recommended Sina for a First Foundation Scholarship, as she is “a diligent and responsible student, with great personal qualities that completes all class work.” Sina has shown academic excellence throughout her time at Kelston Girl’s, and in 2006 was commended for her efforts with a subject prize for NCEA Level 1 English, as well as a special award, the Margaret Jarvis Memorial Award for Industry achievement in Year 11.
Sina’s particular interests lie in performance. She is a member of a band and is the lead singer. She plays in the School Orchestra, sings in the Choir and is a member of the Christian Group. Sina’s academic programme consists of a full NCEA Level 2 programme as well as the Work Exploration through Gateway where she has focused her work experience in the media. She partakes in many facets of school life and is on the Arts Committee, Sports Committee and the Student Council. This year she is the Student Representative on the Board of Trustees.
With Sina’s talents in performance and her work experience in the media domain, it is not surprising that Sina intends to study Communications and Journalism at Auckland University of Technology (AUT).
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Ayesha Amin - Recipient of the Fonterra Co-operative Group Ltd Scholarship 2005
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Accepted into The University of Auckland School of Law 2006
Ayesha was awarded the Best Scholar of Year 11 at Kelston Girls High. The Acting Principal says that “Ayesha would be an ideal candidate for the First Foundation.” In the same year she also won the Colgan Scholarship for Excellence and came First in NCEA English and Economics.
A passionate belief in human and animal rights has led Ayesha, at a young age, to be actively involved in causes to help others less fortunate than her. She is a member of the UN Youth Association of NZ and Amnesty NZ. Ayesha’s passion combined with her talents for public speaking and writing will make her a formidable force. She recently gained first place in the UN Association of NZ Speech Awards, she had an article on genetic engineering published in the NZ College Herald and she has represented her school for two years at the Bell Gully Writers festival.
Ayesha is also concerned with helping those close to her; she finds the time to help junior students 3 times a week in a reading programme. She plays badminton and chess and loves acting, having held two leading roles in school Shakespeare productions.
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Juanita Jelleyman - recipient of the CGNZ Scholarship 2004
Juanita has won many prizes and awards in and out of school over the last few years, covering her many activities, including The Colgan Scholarship for Excellence in Year 11. Her writing skills meant she was chosen for the Bell Gully Writing Conference and she is an accomplished poet having won prizes for her poems in both English and German. Her NCEA Level 1 results have been excellent.
One of the prizes Juanita is most proud of winning is the Most Promising Dancer 1999, in her first year she came top of her grade. It gave her the motivation to continue and today she combines it with Classical Ballet. She has played the Oboe for 6 years and is in the Training Orchestra for the Aotea Youth Orchestra. She is on both the Student and Multicultural Councils and is an active member of her church, where she is part of the Leadership team.
2008 update - I started with business consultants CGNZ and then experienced and was involved in a professional and greatly successful business merge with HPNZ. I have had a broad range of work experiences from Internal IT helpdesks to Communications and writing media releases.
My love and passion for dance, the performing arts industry, business and leadership have flourished and matured during my time at University and with CGNZ, HP and First Foundation. I intend to spend the next few years gathering further training and experience which will set me on the path of becoming an Artisitic Director and running my own fusion dance company.
First Foundation and I met back in 2004 and since that day I was awarded a Scholarship with CGNZ and HPNZ, my life has been enriched in so many ways that it is hard to count! I have throughly enjoyed being apart of the First Foundation family and at the same time being exposed to New Zealand's professional business sector. There has been a sense of safety and nurturing from FF which has been paralleled by opportunities to grow and step into and fill shoes larger than your own. Even if you stripped away the monetry support - this package scholarship could be termed invaluable!
Lisa Reddy - recipient of the Douglas Pharmaceuticals Scholarship 2004Lisa is an outstanding example of a young person who sets herself goals and then tries her hardest to achieve them. This determination was rewarded when she won the Margaret Jarvis Award for Industry and Achievement in year 11, recognizing her academic achievements and her extra curricular activities. Lisa has done extremely well at NCEA Level 1, mainly at Excellence and Merit.
Over the last year Lisa has not only achieved academic success she has been busy working as group leader for the Polyfest Indian Group, a member of the multicultural committee, a Youth Councillor for the Waitakere City Council and attending the National Youth Council Forum. She has a part-time job and has found that it will provide her with skills and instilled qualities that she feels will benefit her in any work place.
Lisa has a deep desire to experience more of the world and other cultures, her ideal way to achieve this would be to complete a Health Science course and use these skills to work overseas with a health agency such as the Red Cross.
Nisha Tailor - recipient of the ASB Scholarship 2004
Nisha is a high achiever who knows that if you put the effort in and work extremely hard the results will pay off. She is extremely proud of herself in achieving 6 Excellences out of 7 for Accounting in NCEA 1. The Deputy Principal at Kelston Girls High School says that Nisha would be an ideal candidate for First Foundation.
Nisha is involved in many extra curricular activities, including Swimming, the Indian cultural group, and the Multicultural committee. She lives with her mother and has contributed to the family finances by working at part time jobs, from which she has learned many skills that she knows will stand her in good stead in her work at ASB Bank.
Her talents for finances are already evident; Nisha would like to develop these further by doing a Commerce degree from Auckland University, and eventually having a career as a Chartered Accountant.
2008 - Update
What has the scholarship meant to me?
Being part of First Foundation for four years, I've found that its benefits certainly go beyond the three years at university and will affect the rest of my life. This scholarship is one of my most valuable achievements because it has provided the three ideal bases one needs when entering tertiary education and for me that is working part-time at ASB, support from my mentor Linda Watson and money to pay fees. All three have contributed to my goal of wanting to be a Chartered Accountant. First Foundation has moulded my career path and personal development which would have not been the case had I not been given the opportunity, so thank you to the First Foundation organisation for making a change in my life!
What course am I currently studying?
Currently I'm studying Conjoint: Bachelor of Commerce (Majoring in Accounting and Marketing) and Bachelor of Property at University of Auckland. I have one and half more years till completion.
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