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