The Rosmini College Head Boys for 2018 are Year 13 students Scott Maloney, also 17, of Unsworth Heights and Michael Slessor-White, 17, of Milford.
Scott has a passion for theatre and acted last year in the school’s productions of ‘Bugsy Malone’ and ‘Children of the Poor’. Scott also appeared in the Auckland Theatre Company’s ‘Grand Opening’ and The Pumphouse Theatre’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ in Takapuna. Consequently he wants to “work hard to ensure the success of Rosmini performing arts.”
Scott hopes “to be a role model to all of the students at Rosmini” and “ensure the unity of the Rosmini Brotherhood.” Michael has represented New Zealand in water polo and last year he was selected to play in the Under 20 New Zealand Water Polo team, which competed at the World Champs in Belgrade, Serbia. Michael’s goal is to be selected for New Zealand’s Commonwealth Water Polo team. Michael too wants to be “an excellent role model” and provide such services to the school as coaching and promoting the Young Vinnies.
The Deputy Head Boys are Hank Trenton, 17, of Devonport and Luke Gilbert, also 17, of Milford. Hank is actively involved the school’s performing arts and is "a fan of all things drama and music-related.” He wishes to “support the boys and strengthen the Brotherhood.” Luke plays for the school’s 1st XV and he hopes the team will, again, win the North Harbour rugby competition this year. Luke wants to “bring all the students in the school community closer together.”
The Sports Captains are Kruz Perrott-Hunt, 17, of Northcote and Luke Buxton, 17, of Greenhithe. Kruz is a member of Rosmini’s Senior Premiers Basketball team, which won the Nationals last year. He is also a Junior Tall Black and a member of the New Zealand Breakers’ Development Unit. Kruz would like “to be more involved in the community as a prefect and a sports leader.” Luke plays for the 1st XI cricket team and the 1st XI hockey team. He is a New Zealand U18 hockey representative and a member of the Australasian Merit Cricket squad. Luke hopes to “achieve academic and sporting success and also be a true Rosminian who the younger students wish to follow.”
The Catholic Character Leader is Josiah Brown, 17, of Greenhithe. He a member of the New Zealand U18 Lacrosse team and he has also won a Duke of Edinburgh Hillary Silver Award. Josiah says: “As Head of Catholic Character I would love to be a role model to my peers and spend as much time as I can with my brothers in the school.”
The Maori Leader is Mitchell Dance, 16, of Birkdale. He is also a member of Rosmini’s Senior Premiers Basketball team and he was named the Schick Championships Secondary Schools Nationals’ MVP. Mitchell is a New Zealand U17 Basketball Representative and a member of the Breakers' Basketball Academy team. Mitchell says: “As a prefect and Maori leader I hope to achieve many things. However leadership is practised, not so much in words, but in attitude and actions. I believe a good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame and a little less than his share of the credit.”
Yachting Win
Rosmini College Year 11 student, Francesco Kayroux, 15, of Devonport won the 29er World Championship in Hong Kong. He says: “I found this a very cool experience as I reached my goal and I got to see a very different culture. I met new people and made friends. The highlights were winning and exploring Hong Kong.”
