Phil Hill Memorial Scholarship Fund

Mr Phil Hill passed away unexpectedly on 20 Apr 22. His teaching career spanned 50 years, 34 of which were at Avondale College, and almost 30 of them as Deputy Principal. Phil taught Geography, Social Studies, History, Art, Art History, Health and Careers and Psychology. He introduced Psychology to Avondale College in the mid-90’s and then pioneered its development across New Zealand.

Just prior to his passing Phil was in the process of establishing an annual award to celebrate creative thinking and creativity at the Avondale College. The trophy was just being finished at the time of his passing. The intent is to use all donated funds, which the family will then supplement, to establish a scholarship to accompany the award to aid the recipient in their creative pursuits.

Phil had a real issue with flowers, and couldn’t fathom “Why people would want to harvest the reproductive organs of plants for decoration”. What can we say? He was a quirky sort of guy. He’d much rather any money that would have been spent on flowers was used in a way that was going to help aid others in their educational pursuits; something he dedicated his life to.