Impact Report 2020-2021

Head Start Scholarships

The POET Head Start Scholarships were first launched in 2016 to give a hand up to students as they move into tertiary study; since then 35 students from schools across the Waikato in which POET operates have been awarded scholarships to study subjects ranging from nursing to civil engineering.



In 2020, 8 students from POET schools were awarded POET Head Start Scholarships:
Kasey Bennett - Paeroa College
Jahmin Tengu - Huntly College
Jade Thomas - Matamata College
Ashley Karl - Morrinsville College
Shontelle Wilson - Forest View High
Kalaya Willis - Melville High School
Tayla Bentley - Morrinsville College
Angel Wilson – Te Kauwhata College