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Hamilton Girls’ High SchoolTerm One NewsletterFORTUNAM FINGITSAPIENS S I B I

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Principal's Comments

What a pleasure to receive letters from parents, shop keepers, schools and elderly neighbours about our girls’ contribution on Community Service Day held recently on March 20. To see an elderly neighbour so touched by one of our girls helping her out on the day that she donated the money that she would have given to her, to The Child Cancer Foundation.

It was gratifying to hear about two others who organised to return to their primary school and have the Principal of the school saying “what a lovely idea for your school to send you out on a day of service to others.” She said she felt “extremely blessed to have you serving us today. ... It was a particularly grotty and time consuming job, and would have taken us ages to get it done, as no-one really has the time to spare. .. You worked very quickly and very tidily and certainly achieved far more than I thought you would within the day.”

Another of our girls organised her day at a Kohanga Reo. She was congratulated for joining in with “Karakia, Himine/Waiata, roll call, assisting with morning tea and lunch and sleeping the younger Tamariki.” Our girl was commended because “she has initiative, was not afraid to ask questions and was very helpful towards Tamariki, Kaiako and Kaiawhina. Here she initiated this game of bowls and was able to lure in these otherwise

very boisterous group of boys”. Yet another three were commended for helping out in a superette, doing “all the work they were assigned with great commitment and devotion. All three worked equally hard...” .. “ I was amazed at how well they co-ordinated with each other and the biggest thing, they all did the work with big smiles on their faces. I really enjoyed having three such wonderful girls for the entire day and making my day a lot less stressful. This shows the respect and quality of the girls in Hamilton Girls’ High School.”

At the same time I was also given a lovely inspirational notice to read to our girls heading off to Rowing Nationals at Twizel. As one of our new coaches he wrote: “We are Girls’ High. When I made a decision to join Hamilton Girls’ I set an achievement goal. That goal has already been achieved. Our squad – athletes, coaches, parents and school have only grown stronger. Our team for Maadi have “earned” the right to expect their best performance. You have our support to be calm and confident and proud.”

How very special to receive these well deserved accolades and compliments about your amazing daughters, - our girls. What makes them so special is that none of them are sought – all were offered because our girls have impressed with their attitudes, their willingness to think of others, to pull together for the greater good – whether in service or in sport in these examples. Such messages are something I hope each of you as parents are also feeling very proud about. It is no mean task and is an often thankless one, to be a parent. Yet time and again your girls show how worthwhile all that

effort and unconditional love you give no matter what. It’s paying off in massive bucketloads! Well done to all of you too! You too have earned your Certificates of Excellence!

We have had some amazing messages and role models this year with our senior leaders. Each week at our Friday assembly, our Head/Deputy Girls lead the assembly off and set such an inspirational tone, with their own special message. What I look forward to is hearing and seeing the connections they make with the girls with something which is current and relevant in their worlds. They set out to show how their message connects with something which is dear to us, to the “heart” of our school.

When the Head Girls accepted these roles I asked them to lead the school, to make our vision (aspiring to achieve our personal best) and our motto (a wise woman shapes her own destiny) real to our girls each week as they explored the assembly message with the girls. One of the privileges is sitting there observing how much the audience of half of our school - about 800 girls - each week responds to this young and powerful wisdom. I also know that they will listen much more closely to their peers too, so why not make sure this happens! If you are ever around at school about 10.30am on a Friday feel free to join us at the back of our assembly – this year all held in the gymnasium.

Next year or hopefully before the end of this year we will be in our new Centre for Creativity and Performance. Do keep an eye on our website as of now where we are recording our photos weekly about the Centre’s progress. It is very

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using these two days to catch up on what you have missed with your absences to date. You will know you’re in this group as you will receive a letter from me over the holiday break - in the second week. Our school will not be online for the first week. There will be no power on site and no internet connections while we upgrade our transformer with the new buildings being added in to our overall power loading, during this first week.

Looking forward to seeing you all back and well on 26 April, - all ready to embark on Term 2.

Arohanui,

Mary Ann Baxter

exciting seeing the frames going up, and seeing the Music suite, as well as the Drama Black Box and Dance Studio coming into shape. The new Hall is on the corner of Tristram and Ward Streets and has a ground floor of four classrooms beneath it. We still have much to do to be able to provide not only a fantastic building but an infrastructure worthy of it.

Fundraising will be an important dimension, and we would love each family to consider supporting us here. We will be launching our Foundation’s “One Dollar Wednesday” campaign. We hope each family, each tutor group, each workplace, each of our providers, will get behind this fundraising, and offer up one dollar each Wednesday. Our Foundation is going to launch this at the beginning of Term 2. I hope we will have your support. Think about getting behind it and ask your workmates, your whanau, your community friends to support this fundraiser, for our new facilities.

Congratulations to all our girls and staff for their contributions to this newsletter. How special to see so many names of successes and the range of achievements where our girls are aspiring to achieve their personal best. Their commitment to personal best is there when we see how many have bought in so favourably to the 95% attendance to “earn privileges”. They have also been very committed towards their academic mentoring to support this central ethos. It is very inspiring to see the positive energy and wonderful relationships forming between mentors and tutors and our girls. It is all part of “no one left behind”, of each young woman mattering.

Continue to inspire us, girls! Many

of us are so excited about the impact of these new steps this year and I am very gratified around how our staff have immersed themselves in doing all we can to ensure all will succeed. My special thanks all round – we needed this level of commitment from the whole school team. It is a great effort which I hope you see reflected in the reports being distributed at the end of term via the parent portal or by post, where there is no internet in the home. I hope all have a safe and well earned rest over the break and you come back refreshed on Thursday 26 April. We will have a date with a few, unfortunately, before then on the 23rd and 24th for the full two days – where you have not earned this privilege. You will be

Principal's Comments

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Art is a lie that makes us realize truth Pablo Picasso

The Art Department achieved some excellent results in 2011. These results were gained from the hard work and tireless efforts of both the students and their teachers. This year we expect the same commitment from all and look forward to each student achieving their personal best. The junior programmes are producing some really exciting work in Painting, Sculpture and Printmaking. The students are making masks, patterned colorist paintings and dry point portraits. These projects prepare students for the NCEA level 1 programme that explores ‘Self Identity’. This term the Level 2 and 3 Art and Art History students attended the Degas to Dali exhibition at the Auckland City Art Gallery. It was a rare opportunity to experience first hand the works of world famous Avante Garde artists. The students were amazed and inspired by the visit. We look forward to an exciting and creative year ahead.

Junior Visual Art The Junior Visual Art Programmes is producing some really exciting work across all the disciplines of Painting, Sculpture and printmaking.

Images (From Left to Right): • Aaliyah Albo - Yr9 Painting• Georgia Charlton - Yr10 Self - portrait Etchings• Dahlia Gray - Yr10 Artist study • Teaghan Martin - Yr9 Mask-making• Nathine Wye - Yr9 Mask-making• Level 3 students outside the Auckland City Art Gallery• Frankie Reynolds - Yr9 Mask-making• Ashley Lichtwark - Yr9 Painting• Bonnie Lewis - Yr10 Self-portrait Etchings

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English

Top Left:Bio Poem 9EAKatelyn May: Commended

Top Right:Student Mehiya Aden 9EABio Poem: Commended

Bottom Left:Bio Poem: 9EAOcean Phillips: Best Presentation

Bottom Right:Bio Poem: 9EAJenny Qian: Best Poem

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LanguagesCongratulations to the following students who were awarded Excellence Certificates by the New Zealand Association of Language Teachers for their outstanding results in NCEA in 2011.

Kelly Le Quesne - Spanish, gaining four Excellences in NCEA Level 1 Marie Quayle - Spanish, gaining five Excellences in NCEA Level 2

Kerrianne Lindsey - Spanish, gaining five Excellences in NCEA Level 1 Morgan Renata - Spanish, gaining six Excellences in NCEA Level 2

Storm Manning - Spanish, gaining five Excellences in NCEA Level 1 Morgan Renata - Japanese, gaining three Excellences in NCEA Level 2

Amokura Tautari - Spanish, gaining three Excellences in NCEA Level 1 Rachel Porteous - Japanese, gaining three Excellences in NCEA Level 2

Renee Denby - French, gaining four Excellences in NCEA Level 1

Hanna Lim - French, gaining four Excellences in NCEA Level 1 Sisley Currie - Spanish, gaining three Excellences in NCEA level 3

Lauren Nasmith - French, gaining four Excellences in NCEA Level 1 Rachel Gillies - Spanish, gaining three Excellences in NCEA level 3

Siobhan Reynolds - French, gaining four Excellences in NCEA Level 1 Latisha Walton - Spanish, gaining three Excellences in NCEA level 3

Christine Jin - Japanese, gaining five Excellences in NCEA Level 1 Lisa Keleher - French, gaining three Excellences in NCEA level 3

Kerrianne Lindsey - Japanese, gaining five Excellences in NCEA Level 1 Sayuki Pandaram - Japanese, gaining four Excellences in NCEA level 3

Aotea Apiti of Year 13 is now in Japan on an exchange, having been awarded a scholarship by NZIIU after winning a Gold Award in the Language Perfect World Championship competition last year. We wish her all the best for her experience in Japan and look forward to her return in August.

Students who have paid memberships to Language Perfect this year will be able to enter a similar competition, Language Olympics, next term. The cost for membership is $15 which can be paid to the student office in an envelope with the student’s name, tutor group, amount of money and what it is for, written on the envelope. Membership gives year round access to the website which helps students to study vocabulary in various languages. It is strongly recommended for all students studying languages to join Language Perfect as our students have found it to be very beneficial to their learning in the past.

Entries for the ‘Assessment of Language Competence’ tests will be sent at the end of the term, so the $15 entry fee for this needs to be paid to the student office by April 1st. This is compulsory for Year 11 and 12 students of French and Japanese. Thank you to those who have already paid.

The Year 12 French class are planning a trip to a French Film, “La Guerre des Boutons” on the 4th April. Mrs Hall and Ms Skandera are also busy with preparations for French camp early next term, and a trip to France with 16 students in September.

Our assistant Head of Department and Spanish teacher, Mrs Dorota Roznawska, has been awarded a Ministry of Education Immersion award and will be spending Term Two in Spain. We are lucky to have the services of Mrs Clara Beacon who will be looking after Mrs Roznawska’s classes while she is away.

We farewell Mrs Vicki Glassey who has resigned from her position as Japanese and Spanish teacher. We would like to acknowledge the dedication Mrs Glassey has shown the school and students over her years of service, including taking a group of 10 students to Japan in 2008. She will be missed by staff and students, and we wish her “Bon voyage” and all our best for her future.

Maths Text Books are available to all Maths students at HGHS for NO COST so long as they are returned at the end of the year. If you are being charged about $45 for a book called Alpha or Beta then your daughter has lost or NOT RETURNED her text book from 2011. This means other students are making do with old and outdated text books while we wait and wait and wait for your daughter’s book to be returned. Please help your daughter to find this book and save yourself the expense. Any overdue books should be returned directly to the school library asap.

Sandy Christophersen HOD Maths HGHS

Mathematics

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Level 1 11 APS is a busy course this term where students must participate actively in a variety of physical activities and explain factors that influence their own participation. It is designed to provide students with the skills and attitudes to establish and maintain a healthy lifestyle among other things. The activities are training for and completing the Huntly Half Marathon (on the 20th May), training for and completing the Beach Education requirements of the course and there is also

a Softball unit as part of this Achievement Standard worth 5 credits towards NCEA Level 1. Methods of assessment for this Achievement Standard 1.1 are Observations, Surf Life Saving Events, Reflection, Keeping a Log, Conversations and Training and completing the Huntly Half Marathon. The Huntly Half Marathon is a huge challenge but if the girls follow the program given to them they should make the distance and then celebrate the wonderful sense of achievement of competing and completing this event.

Physical Education

Beach EDAll our year 11 sport and outdoor ed classes went to Raglan on the 9th for their beach education day. We were lucky enough to have beautiful weather which made the day much more enjoyable. The day started off with a 5km run along the beach and back up the hill – you can’t complain about that as a start to your day! We were then introduced to the surf club guards that took us through water safety and CPR. It was amazing to hear some of their stories about surf boat racing! After lunch we split into separate classes and completed a run swim run, beach flags and water rescues. It was a fantastic day at the beach, well done to all participants!

Level 2 Athletics Porritt StadiumWell the sunshine wasn’t out for us, only the champions go hard rain or shine!!!! So all the Year 12 Advanced PE Sport class were out giving it their best in all their events running, throwing and jumping. This is a part of the Achievement Standard 2.4 for the 5 Star Athletics Event. The girls need to train in three events one throw, jump and run to gain their credits. From a spectator’s view all the participants were very focussed in their individual events. Highlights for the day were breaking records in the Triple Jump by Kayla Cassells from our own class, the girls pushing themselves and participating when they may have not normally done so. It was a great start to the year and look forward to seeing more developments throughout the term in their performances in Athletics for their final result.Mrs Irwin2APS Teacher

ImagesTop Row: 11APS ClassBottom Row: 11APS Class

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2APO TrampingYear twelve outdoor education has started out on a high. We have just returned from a 3 day tramp at Tihoi which we capped off with some abseiling and rock climbing on the last day. It was beautiful weather thank goodness as we left the day after the latest weather bomb. We spent the first night at the Waihaha Hut sitting around the fire and enjoying an interesting array of food for dinner. On the second day we walked from 9.30 till 5.45 which got us to the beautiful Waihora Lagoon although many of the girls were disappointed that there was not enough water in it to swim. It was only a short walk back to Tihoi on the third day which helped the team push on knowing that we were nearly there. It really was an amazing few days with some very surprising skits at the end. Well done to all those in 2APO.

Level 3

3APO Term one has started well. This year we have record number of students taking the outdoors course. With the first practical assessment only 3 weeks away the girls are working hard at extreme edge practising their climbing. For their assessment

they are to compare themselves to an ‘expert’ climber and identify weaknesses in their own climbing. Once they have done this they are to write a programme, which they then follow, to improve their climbing. This is finished off with 2 practical assessments one on the indoor climbing wall at Extreme Edge in Hamilton and 1 outdoors at Wharepapa. An additional aspect to the course this year will be the tramp to the summit of Mt Pureora in the Pureora Forest Park. Students will also get the chance to listen to (and hopefully spot) the rare Kokako bird on their dawn tramp to the forest look out.

13APS - Tennis

Term One: Year 13 Advance Sport has been put through their paces with their Tennis coach this Term. The girls have tested their skill and ability level and are continuing to develop. Each student will play a twenty minute game against a professional as part of their assessment in April. I look forward to seeing how much they have developed and grown as a player. Happy training until then! Miss Walker13APS Teacher

Physical Education

Top Left:2APO Tramping Class

Top Right:3APO Class

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Science2012 ICAS Open Science Competition

Every year girls from all levels are invited to take part in the Australasian School Science competition.

This is scheduled for Wednesday 6 June 2012. The CLOSING DATE for entries is Monday 7 May.

The entry fee is $7.50 and needs to be into the Finance Office preferably BEFORE then. If by cheque endorse: ICAS Science Competition 2012.

Further information, past papers can be found on: http://www.eaa.unsw.edu.au/etc/icas Check with science teachers or Mr Porteous in S2

Science Fair is On Again

Each year the Waikato Science Fair is on at the Hamilton Gardens Pavilion. Last year our students won two categories and came second in another.

The Science Fair is a great opportunity to find out about something you’ve always wanted to know. You can learn science, find out interesting things and enter to win prizes all at the same time!The Fair is on in August, but the sooner any projects are started the better. Students can enter experimental investigations or the special topics – Scientific Drawing, Scientific Photography and Wall Charts.

Talk to your teacher to find out what you need to do. They will help you organise your ideas and make sure you have all the information you need.

Fun with dry ice and iodine sublimation

9XA Science with Mrs. Bergman

In Science last week 9XA has a lot of fun with dry ice (frozen carbon dioxide). We placed it in water and watched the vapour dance across the surface. We also filled a jug with the carbon dioxide gas and poured the gas onto a burning candle. The flame went out. In another experiment we watched a large tube filled with water, food colouring, detergent and dry ice. Froth formed and poured out of the tube overflowing and flowing down the side because carbon dioxide is heavier than air. We had just enough time to observe iodine turn straight from a solid to a purple gas under heat then form small solid crystals when it hit a surface cooled with ice.Natalie Scott 9XA

Photos top right of page:9XA Science - Dry Ice and Iodine Sublimation

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ScienceLevel 3 Science

Volcanic activity field trip

On the 9th of March, the year 13 science class went on an exciting geology trip to Rotorua “the geological capital of New Zealand.” We had to be at school by 7.30am to begin our trip. Our first stop was the Hinuera Quarry where we were taken around by the manager who explained the formation of the ignimbrite rock and how the rock was cut and used for making sculptures. Our next stop was the Kuirau Park where we took qualitative tests on different geothermal pools which was really fun as it bought a hands on feel to the field trip.As the day proceeded, our class went to the Rotorua Museum where we got to experience first hand the Tarawera exhibition and the audiovisual earthquake simulation. Our last stop was the Waiotapu Thermal Park where we learnt

about how certain geothermic areas like the Rainbow crater and Devil’s Home were formed. The colors at the Champagne pool were amazing and somewhere I personally would recommend to anyone to visit.Overall the trip was very successful and was a good start to the beginning of the term. By Georgia Wilson

Level 3 Physics

This is year 13 Physics class. We are doing an experiment which is fun and at the same time educational. Mr Chand is our teacher and he has good sense of humour. For this experiment we attached a hook to a string that was rotated around a pulley which was held up by a retort stand. We measured the distance the hook was away from the ground and then measured the time it took the hook to fall. Using the time and distance we used

four different physics equation to calculate the Inertia of the pulley. Inertia of an object is resistance of any physical object to a change in its state of motion or rest. Do you know that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction, so next time when you do sometime remember this Newton’s 3rd Law of motion.

Level 3 Chemistry

The students in Level 3 Chemistry have been fine tuning their titrating skills in preparation for an internal assessment that requires them to accurately identify the concentration of a solution. This requires much skill, patience and practice.

Photos (from left to right):Top Row: Level 3 Chemistry, Level 3 Chemistry, Level 3 Physics.Bottom Row: Level 3 Science Volcanic activity field trip.

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Social SciencesClassical Studies

Classical Studies have started with a bang this year! The year 13 students are looking at Roman religion and have learned about all sorts of interesting subtopics like prayer and divination. They even performed their very own sacrifice but only on a toy pig! Year 12 have started by comparing a modern film to classical myth and now love ‘Percy Jackson’ and ‘Clash of the Titians.’ The year 12s are also excited about their fieldtrip to the gardens and their first taste of Greek Drama.

Geography

Year 12 Geography has had a fantastic start to the year! The students are looking at Endangered Species at a global scale and have learnt about what is causing the endangerment and what we can do to help stop species becoming threatened. They have learnt about ways people can protect at-risk species and to reinforce these ideas they attended a Hamilton Zoo Fieldtrip. The students were very excited about the trip which helped

Photos:Left: Level 3 Classical Studies studying Roman ReligonRight: Level 2 Geography Hamilton Zoo Fieldtip

In term 2 we will be finalising several units of work. Year 10 Hamburger competitions will be taking place. Also year 12 Restaurants and year 13 are producing special occasions meals for a “Retro” theme event. The soap making in year 10 Biotechnology is taking shape with students now making their own bath bombs.

Technology

to cement the ideas about human impacts and the conservation of animals. Some students opted to participate in the Face-to-Face encounter available at the Hamilton Zoo and got up close and personal with Java the Sumatran Tiger!

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Student Voice What are our students saying about their elearning?

At the end of 2011 almost 400 students (38% Year 9 and 62% Year 10 students) responded to a survey about ICT and elearning.

Findings: • Most families have the internet at home (93%)• Not many students are accessing the internet at school on a mobile device - our technician is available on Tuesday and Thursday at interval in the library to help students.• While many students own a phone that accesses the internet they would prefer to use a laptop to access the internet at school for their learning.• Approximately 75% of students use a computer for at least one hour a day at home. 23% said they spent more than 5 hours a day on the computer.• Facebook is the most popular computer activity for the students at home followed by homework then watching videos.• When asked “ How do you think your parents would respond if you were expected to bring a mobile device

to school?” 22% thought their parents would be keen and 55% thought they would be okay with it. • “What ICT tools do your teachers use in class?” Powerpoints (90%); YouTube (77%); moodle (66%); digital cameras ( 28%)• “ What ICT tools do you like your teachers using in class?” Powerpoints (64%); YouTube (83%); moodle (55%); digital cameras ( 33%)

Student examples of elearning in the classroom:

French - for educational games and recapped on new information from the last lesson. English - we used Youtube to Youtube a song and had to write another verse to end the song.Rich Task Day in DGT - we used cameras with stop motion animation which was really fun.Spanish - we heard, understood and responded the answers we thought were correct and if they weren’t we could try again. Also eportfolios as it is a different way of handing in our assessments which is new and interestingSocial Studies - learning about the Treaty of Waitangi;Sport - watching serious injuries on Youtube and the internet.

Indicate which mobile device you own that accesses the internet:

Which mobile device would you prefer to use to access the internet at school for your learning?

E Learning_

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Access Yes No Don't knowDo you have the internet at home? 93% 7%Do you have access to a computer at home? 97% 3%Do your parents have an email address? 93% 3% 4%CommunicationDo you read the school newsletter online? 23% 77%Do you look at the Parent Portal? 51% 49%Do your parents look at the Parent Portal? 39% 61%Elearning at HGHSHave you noticed an increase in the use of ICT tools by your teachers this year?

54% 46%

Bringing your own device (BYOD)Do you have a device you could bring to school to access the internet, moodle, etc?

62% 38%

Do you currently access the school's wireless network with your own device?

15% 85%

Would you access the internet for your learning at school if you had a mobile device which was internet capable?

79% 21%

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Our search last year to find the first female pupil enrolled at Hamilton High School, Annie Cook, unearthed the location of the school enrolment registers for Hamilton High School. After many unfruitful inquiries I discovered they were held in the Hamilton Boys’ High School archive.

The archivist from Boys’ High, Kate Holdsworth, and I have subsequently spent a morning making copies of the old registers for the archive at Hamilton Girls’ High. To date we have copied those from the opening of the school in 1911 until 1930. There are several more registers yet to be copied.

Entries in the registers, all in a variety of beautiful handwriting, are quite detailed. Boys were listed before girls, along with the date of birth and admission number. Names and address of the parents (usually the father), and primary or previous school attended, are followed by the date of withdrawal and the student’s destination, although this is not always included. Many of the girls returned home to help their mothers, while boys went to university, farming, joined the post office, and trained to be teachers.

Students from all over the Waikato were enrolled, and arrived from other schools in many parts of New Zealand. These original rolls list many well know names and early Hamilton identities.

I have also paid a visit to the archive at Boys’ High and scanned a large number of photos which related to either Hamilton High School or Hamilton Girls’ High School. Co-operation between the two school archives is ongoing as we source and copy photos or documents only held by one school, and discuss conservation and storage methods to preserve our precious school memorabilia.

Archives

Atrium Recital Series

Hamilton Girls’ High School hosts the Atrium Recital Series - A musical series that showcases some of the University of Waikato’s finest musical students. We host six recitals throughout the year in the Atrium (entrance off Ward Street). Entry is free and the event is open to the public. Performances start at 5.30pm and doors are open from 5.10pm. The dates for this year are: 27 March,1 May, 5 June, 31 July, 18 September, 30 October. So, write it in your diaries now!

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COMPILED BY HARPREET SINGH 

THE START OF A NEW CENTURY

The construction gets under way! 

The structure is finally taking form. 

2012 is the start of a new century bringing with it many unique changes.  It was not long ago that Hamilton Girls’ High old and current girls gathered to celebrate our one hundred year  anniversary.  Almost a year later we watch part of our school transform into something bigger and better.  After many years of additional planning the construction of our new hall began during the fourth term of 2011.  Day by day girls watched temporary fences being set up and trucks filled with rubble drive past.  Slowly the hall started to strip away, until finally the whole structure was demolished out of our sight.  Walking into the school grounds in 2012 there was a noticeable change.  Brick walls were being cemented together, a crane was compiling the metal structure of our hall and new concrete was being laid down.  I think I speak for everyone when saying that seeing these slight changes, the completion date at the end of term three does not seem very far away.        While the hall seems to be taking its form, included in this construction is a drama suite and music suite.  The drama suite brings with it a dance studio, black box and rehearsal room.  In comparison to the music suite, it  includes a recording studio, practicing rooms and a keyboard room.    There is no doubt that the name “Centre for Creativity and  Performance” for this new area is perfect.  This construction not only offers our girls a new surrounding to further develop their skills, but a centre where they can craft and become confident wise women shaping their own destinies.    By Harpreet Singh, Academic Captain 

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THE THREE MUSKETEERS

When and where did you find out that you were deputy head girl and what did you do after? I was at home, cleaning my room and the phone rang giving me the great news that I was deputy head girl!  It was so surreal that I celebrated by cleaning. Is there a person or motto that  motivates you to keep aiming high? My coach at karate always says to me “if it is to be, it’s up to me.”  I  basically live to that and try to do my best at everything I do.  My coach is  someone who has always really  inspired me. What do you do to keep a balance between your role and social life? I think my social life and role mixes together.  Being a leader you are  constantly surrounded by different people.  So they both intertwine  together really well and I just have so much fun. What advice would you give to our younger sisters? Do everything now because when you get to Year 13 you realise how much you missed out on.  Try to get into everything you can because that's how you know that you did everything you could to make your high school years the best that they were. RANDOM FACTS: 

‐ I love red heads, they are amazing.     If you have red hair don’t dye it! ‐ I love noodles and bananas 

When and where did you find out that you were head girl and what did you do after? I was at home and the first thing I said when I got off the phone was, "Aww yeah! Guess who's head girl this year!?" Humble, I know! It sounded insanely cocky, but I was only with my mum and dad and they were absolutely stoked, just like me.  Is there a person that motivates you to keep aiming high? My Mum. She's always encouraging me to better myself and aim higher. Also Brooke Fraser, she's my idol. She reminds me that one of the most  important parts of leadership is  giving back, it's not all about you and boosting yourself, but about what you can do for other people. The school vision is pretty deep for me too. I constantly aspire to achieve my personal best. What advice would you give to our younger sisters?  Just do it! I'm not a sales rep for Nike or anything, but actually, just do it! Give things a go. Go and play lacrosse because it looked fun in Mean Girls. Or go to Academic Council even if you're not an absolute genius. You'll never know if you like it, or what they actually do, unless you go and give it a go and try for yourself!  RANDOM FACT: ‐ If I could be an animal, I would  ‐ either be a lion or an eagle, I can't ‐ decide which is better.  

When and where did you find out that you were deputy head girl and what did you do after? I was on the computer when I got the call.  At first I thought Mrs.  Baxter was going say that I missed out but then she said that I got  deputy head girl! I was so happy and then I did a little dance in the corner.  My parents and I had a celebratory dinner too. Is there a person or motto that  motivates you to keep aiming high? I attended an Outdoor Pursuits  Centre and I really liked the motto ‘feel the fear and do it anyway’.  I think teenagers need to realise that you can’t hold back in life, you’ve just got to give everything a go,  because sometimes you only get one shot at it. What advice would you give to our younger sisters? I would say to not let any  opportunity pass because then you wonder what could have happened.  For example I took the opportunity to go to Navy Adventure Challenge and now I’m planning on joining the navy when I leave school.  Everyone should live life to the fullest because you never know what tomorrow will bring.   

RANDOM FACTS: ‐ I have never broken a bone (touch  ‐ wood) ‐ I like to listen to OP Shop 

Interview by Kinjal Patel 

Mairarangi Haimona  Morgan Renata  Georgia Boden 

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ATHLETICS & SWIMMING SPORTS nek minnit... 

But a little rain didn’t stop HGHS’s competitive athletes and swimmers.  

Athletics: On the morning of Athletics 2012, the clouds hung overhead threatening to dampen our spirits.  Unfortunately due to the weather forecast our fun  activities had to be cancelled.  However HGHS’s competitive athletes headed in their crazy outfits to Porrit Stadium to showcase their talent.    

By holding the competitive events it highlighted the  amazing ability and sportsmanship we have at HGHS.   The competitive events included discus, javelin, long jump, triple jump, high jump, 1500m, 800m, 400m, 200m, 100m and shot put.  Congratulations to all the girls who competed in these events and put in their best efforts.  Also another big congratulations to our three competitors who came out on top!  Jamie Jefferson was named the Junior Champion, Mikayla Jefferson the  Intermediate Champion and Shiray Tane being the Senior Champion.    We finished Athletics on a high note with the traditional ‘Teachers versus Year 13’s’ relay.  It was great to see the Year 13’s smashing the Teachers.   All in all, HGHS’s athletics 2012 was a great way to begin the school year.  

 Swimming Sports: Swimming sports 2012 was held on the 23rd of February.  Unfortunately the weather once again was not in our favour.  However our competitive swimmers put on their brave faces while sprinting in the pouring rain to the pool from the small gym in their togs.    Diving into the warm pool was a relief to our swimmers as they swam their hearts out!  A variety of swimming events were held, portraying once again the impressive talent we have at HGHS.  On a low note our final events were  cancelled due to the heavy rain but will be held especially for our swimmers on a later date.  Hopefully the sun will come out and shine for these final events!   By Shiray Tane, Sports Captain 

BRAIN TEASER ? 

What word is missing? Begin ‐ inch ‐ chapel ‐ elastic  ‐ _ _ _  ‐ cellar ‐  arisen ‐  end Think you know the answer? Be the first to write into buzz@hghs.school.nz with the correct answer and win a prize! Brain teaser supplied by Holly Wallbank, Academic Prefect 

On your mark. Get set. GO! 

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ATHLETICS HOUSE EVENT AFTERNOON

Hello!  So girls Athletics was really awesome.  I was really pleased to see everyone getting out there and doing their best at the events.  We really out chanted those other houses  and we came second overall!  Woooohooooo!  There’s no doubt that those 3kg of lollies paid off.  Keep up the good work girls because Campbell house is the best and we are going to come up on top! ‐Ariana Moore, Campbell House Captain   Hi everyone, I'm Kelsi, Edgecumbe House Captain for 2012. As you know, its been a busy term with both  Athletics and Swimming Sports.  Despite the rain Edgecumbe still went out there and gave it their best shot!  I felt like a proud mum watching all my ‘Edgecumbers’ getting involved in both the competitive and non  competitive events. It’s been awesome to see all the blue team sprit out there!  Big thanks to those girls who have helped out in a number of ways this term, you are all legends.  Can’t wait to see what else 2012 has in store for us and GO EDGECUMBE! ‐Kelsi Prendergast, Edgecumbe House Captain   Hey Heads girls!  Athletics was such a blast and so was the competitive and the fun day.  I was so  impressed with the number of girls that participated and how many girls actually dressed in their wacky red colours and outfits.  Everyone showed such great spirit, I could tell that you were all going hard! You girls were awesome.  Well done to those girls who did really well and keep up the great work.  H.E.A.D.S heads house, oh yeah oh yeah! ‐Shayana Floyd, Heads House Captain   The athletics catch up afternoon was an absolute blast for MacDiarmid!  I was so happy to see the number of girls that turned up and participated in each and every event.  Everyone was in their green, giving  everything a go and most importantly being really supportive of each other.  The girls all put in an  astounding effort and led us to our long awaited athletics day victory!  I can honestly say I am extremely proud of all my MacDiarmid girls and I cannot wait to work with them by my side to make the rest of the year just as awesome! ‐Kim Jong, MacDiarmid House Captain   Athletics day was amazing. Out of all my years at Hamilton Girls’ High I have never seen Wilson so happy and excited to be a part of it.  Even teachers were getting actively involved. I was so proud of all the  wonderful yellow everyone was wearing and we didn’t even need to try convince most of the girls to  participate because they were already keen.  It really showed me that win or lose no house is better than  Wilson! ‐Kasie Stockman, Wilson House Captain and Rochelle Harris, Wilson House Prefect  

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RELAY FOR LIFE

After intense fundraising efforts, the two HGHS “Relay for Life” teams had to finally walk the walk… literally!   The Relay for Life is a 22 hour community event in support of the Cancer Society, which raises awareness about the far‐reaching effects of cancer, and celebrates those who have fought the battle and won. The  challenge for each participating team of ten is to have at least one member walking the track at all times. So despite sore legs and tired eyes, the girls soldiered on through the night and endured the freezing wind, taking turns to rest in the tents. But our girls could leave with their heads held high, knowing they had contributed to a great cause.  Congratulations to all the competitors, and thank you to those who donated. Don’t forget, this is an annual event, so don’t be afraid to join in the fun and carry the baton next year!! 

Competitors: 

Ashleigh Beech  Renee Fowlie Holly Cooke Angela Engelsman 

Katie Hitchings  Hannah Longman Alice Knowles Julia Gasston  

Yubin Han Nikki Walker Marie Quayle Trea Corr Maira Haimona  

Morgan Renata Brie Smith Rachel Porteous Georgia Boden  

By Marie Quayle and Nikki Walker, Academic Prefects 

On Thursday the 8th of March Girls’ High had its first mufti day for 2012.  The theme was crazy hair in support of the students involved in the recent Relay for Life campaign.  The two teams involved in the Relay from our school managed to raise thousands of dollars which would be donated to cancer research.  It was great for  Student Council to support them on this.   The results for the money raised from our mufti day are:   1st Place: Wilson who raised $305.00   2nd Place: MacDiarmid who raised $267.30   3rd Place: Heads who raised $254.00    4th Place: Edgecumbe who raised $224.90    5th Place: Campbell who raised $223.10 In total we raised $1274.30!  We also had 6 tutor groups who all paid on the day: HHA, ECI, WEM, MBR, CSY and XHD. A big thank‐you to all girls who were involved and paid their mufti money.  It’s an important school fundraiser that helps us donate to many deserving charities.    By Hilary Capon, President of Student Council 

MUFTI DAY

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‘THIS’ OR ‘THAT’ Our year nine and thirteen’s battle it out. 

1. Which boy band?  

2. Who’s the better artist?  

3. Which field sport do you prefer to play?  

4. Which turf sport do you prefer to play? 

5. Who makes your lunch? 

6. Mum/Dad gives you money to buy your lunch you go to... 

7.  Which series do you prefer to read? 

8.  Which T.V. programme do you prefer to watch? 

9.  I choose to shop at... 

10.  Day to day I keep my hair... 

The Student Buzz is our newsletter. We’d like to hear from you about what you’d like to read in The Student Buzz. Please contact the editor at any time  to  let  us  know what  you’d  like  to  see more  or  less  of  and we’ll  do  our  best  to  accommodate  your requests. If you’ve got any news or events happening that you would like to share with the rest of the school community, please let us know. 

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BUZZ@HGHS.SCHOOL.NZ 

Thank you to all of our writers and those who supplied photos. 

Monday  Tuesday  Wednesday  Thursday  Friday 

Sports Council 

Lunchtime 

Large gym 

Academic Council 

Lunchtime 

G3 

Multicultural Council  

Interval  

D3  

FREE DAY! Sit back and relax whilst eating your five+ a day 

Enviro Group 

Interval 

A5 

Arts Committee 

Lunchtime 

Drama room 

  Student Council 

Lunchtime 

GS1 

  Service Council 

Lunchtime 

J1  

COUNCIL MEETINGS Feeling lost when it comes to council meetings? With this timetable you will now be the first one there. 

SCHOOL SMART We give you the low down when it comes to school uniform. 

Modelled by:  Brie Smith  Arts Captain 

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My time at Hamilton News:By Kenna Horsfield, year 12. This year started with a bang and has been extraordinarily busy for me as I have enrolled in the Gateway programme meaning being offered a place at Hamilton News to gain work experience in journalism.

Having work experience at Hamilton News is really helping me weigh up options for when I leave school and provide me with more knowledge about being a journalist.

I am offered the chance to do interviews and write articles which is amazing as it means some of my work may actually get out there for people to read.

This is a huge achievement for me and my career if I do choose to be a journalist.

If any of the journalists are going out to get coverage of an event or interview someone in the community I get the chance to tag along which is an amazing opportunity as I get to observe what they do.

I have already picked up a lot of helpful tips I would have never thought of before such as wearing shoes that are easy to take on and

off, so when you’re interviewing someone in their home you don’t look stupid trying to get your shoes on and off.

Even what to look for in a journalism course to how to type up an article.I’m finding it really interesting discovering what is happening around Hamilton. There is so much that goes on we just don’t know about.

Working at Hamilton News gives me the opportunity to learn more about our community and the people in it which is just amazing!I work at the Hamilton News every Wednesday 9am till 12:30 pm which means I am missing quite a bit of school so there’s a lot of catch up to be done.

But the experiences Gateway is providing makes all the hard work worth it.

To anyone who is or going to be in year 12 or 13 and has a career choice they would like to try out head into the Gateway office and sign up.

Gateway is a once in a life time opportunity that helps you with the insanely difficult decision of what to do when you leave school.

Gateway

Photos (from left to right):Top Row: Briana Martin at Waikato Dog Obedience, Cassisa Ngaruhe& Tyra Paama at Community Radio, Kenna Horsfield at Hamilton NewsBottom Row: Aimee McGregor at Rototuna New World, Natasha Martinsen at The Coffee Club.

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Yr13 students – All Yr13 students will be invited to attend a careers interview with either Ms Calder or Mrs Lander during Term 1 & 2. The intention of this is to assist the students with their future plans for 2013 and beyond. You can support your daughter by encouraging her to attend the interview and discussing what her ideas are for her future. The CareersNZ website www.careers.govt.nz is a very good resource for both parents and students. Those unsure about their plans are encouraged to complete the activities that may give them a starting point – CareerQuest, Skills Matcher, Managing work in life. The results of these can then be discussed at a second interview time if necessary.

All Yr13 students also have the opportunity to complete a Red Cross First Aid Certificate and bookings are presently open in the Careers Room for a range of

different dates. This is a very good addition to a CV.

Yr11 & 12 students – These students will be completing a Careers Module through the PDP programme (Personal Development Programme) during Term 2 & 3. They will have the opportunity to consider their interests, skills and future plans. These years are the perfect time to begin exploration of their various career ideas and they can do this through participating in STAR courses, Gateway work placement scheme and career specific days. They can also make appointments to speak with the Career Counsellor.

Yr10 students – These students will begin a Careers Module with Mrs Lander during Term 2 & 3. This module is focused on expanding the student’s knowledge of careers and familiarizing them with tertiary study pathways. They will also have

Careers

Hamilton Girls High School Art Exhibition

the opportunity to participate in STAR courses during Term 3.

Tertiary Liaison Visits - All eight NZ Universities are scheduled to visit the school during Term 1 & 2 to present an overview of courses. The timetable for this can be found on the school website and various notice boards around the school. The students are also informed through the daily notices. It is very important the senior students check these as specific career information will posted throughout the year. They are also encouraged to start visiting the various institution websites and familiarizing themselves with closing dates, scholarships and course requirements.

If any students or parents have concerns they are more than welcome to make an appointment with Ms Calder the school Career Counsellor.

Hamilton Girls’ High School FAMILY, FOOD, FAITH A photojournalist project involving students from years 9 to 13 in celebration of Hamilton Girls’ High School Centennial

Wallace Gallery, 167 Thames St, Morrinsville Tel: 07 889 7791 www.morrinsvillegallery.org.nz Open: Tues-Sun 10-4

Wallace Community Gallery March 22nd - April 3rd 2012

Te Hine-ngaro Tuterangiwhiu

Tasmyn Roach

Lee Eastwood

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House groupsCampbell HouseAnother great sunrise orange glowing year begins. Did you know that ……….???????

1) Our fabulous house is named after Mollie Campell who still lives in Auckland. She became the first Lady Assistant Teacher here in 1948. She was Senior Mistress in 1949 and remained here until 1954 before the establishment of the separate schools

Did you know that ……….???????2) Our vivacious leader this year is Ariana Moore who is completely full of drive and enthusiasm. As part of her advertising campaign for House Leader election she produced and presented a very convincing rap with great class. She has great prefects to help her - Maggie Untermayer and Georgia Wilson

Did you know that ……….??????? 3) Our own Summer Kendall is the 2012 Intermediate Swimming Champion

Did you know that ……….???????4) Our Maggie Untermayer broke the senior girls’ 800 metre record which had stood since 1980! AND she won the 1500 metres in her own personal best time

Did you know that ……….???????

These girls have been elected as our Campbell Tutor Group leaders for 2012 and represent us on Student Council

CAS Senior - Hannah Adams Junior - Skye WatsonCHS Senior - Sonya Marais Junior - Meg ReidCMG Senior - Tess Benseman Junior - Ritika RamCSY Senior - Hannah Short Junior - Monika JarkiewiczCCH Senior - Krystal Geragthy Junior - Charlotte White

Edgecumbe HouseWOW what a start to the year girls!!! With both athletic and swimming sports been and gone we have had some pretty outstanding results. Big ups to all the girls that got stuck in to the competitive sports days that have been held this year, with special shout outs to Michaela and Jamie Jefferson who were our outstanding athletes. Also, Janelle Anderson and Kelsi Prendergast who swam through the water like beautiful blue sharks to claim glory in the competitive swimming. That brings us to House afternoon. Loved the chanting, loved the enthusiasm, loved the BLUE. Have a safe and happy holidays, get training for Cross Country and remember, BLUE is like water and without it, you would die. See you term twoKelsi and Miss H.

CCA Senior - Emily Tarbotton Junior - Tehillah KeyserCMH Senior - Manuekaho Fehoko Junior - Ashley JonesCDY Senior - Alesha Roulston Junior - Rhiannon DunnCJN Senior - Grace Berge Junior - T.K.Watene CTR Senior - Tania Fu Junior - Sasha Davey

Did you know that ……….???????

CAMPBELL ROCKS - what a great start

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Wilson House

Wilson girls have done themselves proud this term. Congratulations on getting involved and engaged in House Competitions. It has been heartening to see a mass of yellow clad competitors in the House events. It has been delightful to see such passion, engagement and enjoyment being expressed by both students and staff.

Term Two is just around the corner, and that brings the Cross Country House Competition into focus. Wilson did extremely well in this event last year, so let’s see if we can do the same in 2012.

The wonderful endeavours and House Spirit of Wilson girls, will be recognised, in a Wilson Girl of the Month Award for each Wilson Tutor Group. Girls will be nominated from each Tutor Group, receive a Certificate and go into the draw for a Movie Ticket.

So come on Wilson House. Let’s put our best foot forward.

Wishing you all a safe and happy holiday break.

Arohanui, Mrs Weir (Head of Wilson House)

MacDiarmid House

MacDiarmid started the year ready for action our House Leader Kim Jing with her prefects Whitley Byford, Tahlia TeKiri, Madisyn Randall and Deesha Priyadarshani. With the weather playing a huge part in disrupting the annual athletics and swimming sports it did not dampen the enthusiasm of MacDiarmid house, With Rachael Porteous doing well at athletics and Keeha Oh making waves in the pool .

For the House afternoon MacDiarmid’s chants echoed around city central with a great result in the relay with MES winning and we were placed 1st after the point were collated. Great start to the year for us.

Swimming sports was next on the list for MacDiarmid with rain putting a dampener on the event but MacDiarmid girls were out in force with Keeha Oh was the best of MacDiarmid house in the poolWe finished up 3rd for the house points.

Now we are looking forward to Cross Country event when the streets will be covered with green runners. MacDiarmid will be ready for any challenge.

House Groups

Heads House

‘Heads is RED HOT!” Heads house has started 2012 off the way we mean to go on. Our awesome team is led this year by Shayana Floyd and two prefects: Kaja Keen-Laird and La Sharn Satherley-Teece. Athletics and swimming sports were fantastic and it was wonderful to see so many Heads girls competing and getting behind their House. We are really showing the other houses that “Heads is RED HOT”.

Our tutor group rooms have been beautifully decorated in house colours and really show the Heads spirit. 2012 promises to be another great year for HEADS HOUSE.

R, E, D red H, O, T hot! Once we start we cannot stop!

Amanda Wood (Head of House)

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Te Kupenga Koi Ora is our Sports and Leadership programme here at school. Te Kupenga is the shortened version of our programme name. The programme is in its first year running this year, and we are very pleased to say that the students we have currently are already demonstrating that they have what it takes to grow into positive young leaders. Te Kupenga Koi Ora’s basic translation suggests that everyone has a fishing net capable of capturing as many opportunities as they want or need. And with the right knowledge, belief and effort your Kupenga (net) can help create positive opportunities. Mission:“Providing students with an opportunity to develop stronger Personal and Social Leadership qualities for use in Sports, Education and Life” In Te Kupenga the word leadership for us consists of two important parts. One is personal leadership and the other is social leadership.

Personal Leadership skills call on useful qualities and skills such as problem solving, creativity, and personal learning strategies. Even a small increase in these three

attributes provides awareness of more options when faced with both challenges as well as opportunities. Hopefully better decision making and choices are made as our personal leadership attributes grow. Social leadership reflects on our ability to communicate clearly and effectively within groups. Communication skills are a great asset to anybody wanting to, captain a sports team, become confident doing job interviews, or for when we find ourselves having to manage our frustrations when dealing with people in a variety of settings.Within the sporting arena social leadership calls on team building abilities, and developing the trust of their peers. These attributes set people above the rest in both the sporting arena and in personal career choices.

The kaupapa for term one is to focus on team building, and positive role models.

One trip we recently completed took us to the Hamilton River City High Ropes course. We were met there by our Instructor Erica. Erica is an energetic, vocal professional with a great sense of humor that made the girls crack up. We started off on the climbing wall inside the

concrete building complex. We learnt about safety and how to belay. This helped a lot to build safety awareness and add confidence to the students that were unsure about climbing. After the wall the girls went outside and from there, they took on the High ropes course. Now it’s really high!. The high ropes course really did provide the challenge that we were hoping to provide for the girls, and by the looks on the climbers’ faces, they were definitely being challenged! Mrs Whaanga and I applauded the efforts of these students on this day. They demonstrated team work, determination, and the ability to move past fear and into a new moment of experience. Ka pai rawa atu kotiro ma!

Nga mihi nui

Les Hayes and Katrina WhaangaKa pu te ruha ka hao te Rangatahi

Te Kupenga Koi Ora

Photos:Left: Some serious fun belaying. Right: Chassidee caught in the net during a Obstacle course challenge

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Hamilton Girls High Touch team wins National Title

During Term 1 last year, the Hamilton Girls’ High Senior Touch team competed in the NISS touch zones and regional’s competitions. We won both tournaments which meant we had qualified for the NZSS touch nationals which were held at the end of the year in Hamilton. Our team began training early in the term 3 preparing for this competition, which included many hours of early morning fitness sessions as well as further developing our skills and team as a unit. The team was hardworking and committed as everyone wanted to achieve the ultimate goal of winning Nationals. All the hard work and commitment paid off because we came 1st at Nationals. In the final we played Mount Albert Grammar School and dominated

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We won the regionals at Rotorua on Sunday 25 March. We played

and won our 4 games. We now go to the

nationals in December.

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Top Row: Shiray Tane, Sarah Young, Toni Hall, Stephanie Hunia, Te Awatea Whitiora-Te Uira, Emily Young, Danielle Paenga, Abby Meads. Bottom Row: Leah Meagher, Tenika Willison, Terina Te Tamaki and Tahlia Te Kiri

scoring 3 tries to 2. We became the NZSS Touch National Champions. The touch season for the year is well underway and we have already competed at zones, which we won again. Although we have lost some senior players from our 2011 team we still have a dedicated team who are all working towards our goal of becoming the NZSS touch National champions for 2012 and reclaiming our title for the second year in a row.

As a result of winning the title of National Champions our team was nominated at the Waikato Secondary Schools sports awards. This year the Secondary and Waikato sports awards were combined. We got to sit along side Waikato’s elite athletes. Unfortunately we did not win the award but we enjoyed a nice evening with some of our teachers, parents and Mrs Baxter.

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Sports Corner

HGHS Swimming Results: Yet again the weather played a part in our sporting events. Our swim-ming sports was a show of determi-nation with the swimmers coming out for there event and racing back to the gym on completion of their event. The rain eventually won on the day with having to complete the 4 length medley during lunch time. After the event was completed our champions are as follows

Senior Champion - Janelle AndersonRunner up - Kelsi Prendergast Intermediate Champion - Summer KendallRunner up - Emma Ballard

Junior Champion - Kainoa Hemi Runner up - Kelly Ballard

2012 HGHS Athletics:Our annual athletics day was a soggy day with only the championship events being held at Porritt Stadium. Despite the rain some fantastic results were had with 3 new records at the triple jump pit

With Jaimee Jefferson 8.40m – Emma Walker breaking a record from 2001 9.87m and Kayla Cassells breaking a long standing record from 1994. Eden Bates just missing the long standing High jump record and on the track we had record just holding on by splits of seconds

Our athletic Champions for 2012Junior - Jaimee JeffersonIntermediate - Mikayla JeffersonSenior - Shiray Tane

House Events were held out on the school field with much song and colour all houses were there to get the valuable house points the competition was strong with the 5 activities with MacDiarmid coming through as overall winners from the points from the competitive and house events

House Results:

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78 103 116

MacDiarmid Wilson

82 71

Central Zone Secondary School Athletics Championships 2012

Congratulations to all of the athletes who represented HGHS at Porritt Stadium on Tuesday 6 March. It was a great day with many supportive parents encouraging the athletes. Some wonderful results were produced. Most noteable was Maggie Unternahrer who smashed the Senior Girls (SG) 800m record by 6 seconds. This record has stood since 1975. It was a stunning effort! Maggie then went onto to comfortably win the SG 1500m.

Mikaela Jefferson raced above her age group when she won the SG 100m Hurdles and was also placed 2nd in the Intermediate Girls (IG) 100m. Not to be outdone Emma Walker won the IG Triple Jump,

was 2nd in the IG Long Jump and 80m Hurdles, plus she ran 6th in the 100m sprint.

Other fine performers were:Meg Reid – 2nd IG 800m; 4th IG 1500Kyla Marsh – 2nd SG Shot Put; 4th SG DiscusJaimee Jefferson – 2nd JG High Jump; 6th JG Triple JumpSydney Karaitiana – 2nd Junior Girls (JG) Shot Put; 8th JG JavelinFinnlee Iti – 2nd JG JavelinDionne Martin – 3Rd SG Shot Put, 5th SG High Jump

In an extremely close finish our Junior Girls were placed 2nd in the 4 x 100m relay (Violet Hapi-Wise, Michaela Foster, Eden Bates, Jaimee).

Athletes who were in the top six for their respective events have been selected to represent the Central Zone Secondary Schools at the Waikato/Bay of Plenty Secondary School Track and Field Championships to be held in Tauranga on Saturday, 16 March. HGHS athletes who have also been selected to compete at the Regional Championships are: Keely Jennings; Maia Gray, Hope Fraser; Rhiannon Dunn and Peaches Fletcher.

Another group of athletes were finalists in their events (top 8): Stacey Littleworth; Kayla Cassells; Winnie Rawiri-King; Michaela Foster; Olivia Scotland and Rebecca Louisson.

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Waikato Bay of Plenty Secondary Schools Athletic Championships

On Saturday 17 March HGHS athletes travelled to Tauranga to represent the Central Zones Secondary Schools at the Waikato/Bay of Plenty Championships. Wonderful weather and excellent support from family and friends set the tone for a very successful day.

Maggie Unternahrer once again proved that she is one of the top secondary school athletes in New Zealand by breaking the Senior Girls (SG) 800m record by one and a half seconds. This record has stood since 1980 (Thirty two years ago). This was an outstanding achievement. Maggie then went

onto win the 1500 in a personal best time.

Emma Walker showed her potential when she won the Intermediate Girls (IG) 80m Hurdles, was third in the IG Triple Jump and fourth in the IG Long Jump.

The strength of our junior athletes was particularly evident with the following fine performances:

Sydney Karaitiana – 1st JG Discus, 4th Shot PutEden Bates – 3rd JG High Jump, 5th Triple JumpHope Fraser – 3rd JG Javelin, Discus finalistKeely Jennings – 3rd JG 300m

Other competitive performers were Meg Reid (4th in both the IG 800m and 1500) and Kyla Marsh (5th in the Senior Girls Shot Put and Discus).

These athletes have all been selected to represent the Waikato/Bay of Plenty Secondary Schools at the North Island Championships on 31 March/1 April, along with Mikaela Jefferson and Jaimee

Check out the Sport Waikato Facebook page for photos and videos of the Championships w w w . f a c e b o o k . c o m /sportwaikatosecondaryschool (All athletics results are now on the sportwaikato website, under secondary schools and results)

Lynne Fenton

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Jefferson. They can all be very proud of their superb efforts, particularly since many of our athletes produced personal best performances in their respective events.

Lynne Fenton

New Zealand Secondary School Track and Field and Road Race Championships

The Championships were held in Wellington on 10/11 December, 2011. Conditions in were excellent for the weekend of athletics. The athletes who represented HGHS produced some excellent performances.

Mikaela Jefferson won a gold medal in the Junior Girls 80m Hurdles. Maggie Unternahrer was pipped at the line in an extremely close finish to be placed 4th in the Senior Girls 800m. Meg Reid was a semi-finalist in the Junior Girls 800m and also raced in the Year 9 Road Race (12th place).

Lynne Fenton

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Sports Corner NISS Rowing

From the 9-11th of March, Hamilton Girls’ High School rowers competed at the North Island Secondary Schools Rowing Championships. This is a huge event with nearly 1,600 rowers from 89 secondary schools competing. For many of the girls, this was the final regatta of the season and the culmination of six months of hard work, commitment and long hours of training.

Hamilton Girls’ entered nine crews and of those, five crews made finals which was a great achievement. Results achieved in these finals were:

Under 15 four (31 Entrants): placed 3rd in the B final

Under 16 coxed Quad (26 entrants): placed 5th in the B final

Under 16 double (51 entrants): placed 8th in the A final

Under 17 double (32 entrants): placed 1st in the B final

Finally, a huge congratulations to the under 17 coxed quad of Ariana Apiti, Georgia Allen, Jaimee Thompson and Siobhan Reynolds, coxed by Junelle McPherson who came second in their A final, receiving a silver medal. This is the first time in four years that Hamilton Girls’ High has won a medal so it is a great achievement. We wish these girls every success at the Maadi Cup Regatta (National Secondary Schools competition) in the last week of March when they will race the Under 17 quad, the Under 16 double and the Under 17 double.

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NZQA Fees are due to the Finance Office by the 22nd June 2012The school will send an invoice via e-mail to all families who have given us an e-mail address and post a paper copy to the other families. Your daughter’s NZQA fees have been added to this invoice.

Please note, the NZQA fee is a charge that the New Zealand Qualifications Authority charges students for the administration of assessment results which lead to NCEA and University Entrance qualifications. The NZQA fee is not part of the school fee. Hamilton Girls’ High School is required by law to collect this money on behalf of NZQA and then transfer it on to them. The Qualifications Authority does not hold the school accountable for non payments of these fees. Instead NZQA will take action against your daughter. Hamilton Girls’ High School will put in a considerable effort into collecting these NZQA fees in order to protect your daughter from adverse consequences from NZQA.

NZQA will charge an extra $50.00 fee for any late payment. They will also withhold your daughter’s results until the fees are paid in full. This could cause problems for any student wishing to gain entry to courses, polytechnic, or university in 2013.

NZQA Fees for Domestic Candidates

Entry Fee

Entry for all NZQF standards including Scholarship subjects

$76.70

NZQA Fees for International Fee Paying Candidates

Entry Fee

Entry for all NQF standards $383.30

Entry for each Scholarship subject $102.20 per subject

Financial Assistance To be eligible for financial assistance the applicant (normally the parent or guardian of the candidate) must be the fee payer and meet at least one of the following criteria:• Be receiving a Work and Income or Study Link benefit. (benefit-based applications)• Have a joint family income that would entitle the applicant to receive a Community Services Card. (income-based applications)• Have more than one child undertaking these qualifications in the same year, irrespective of income and the total fees to pay are higher than $200. (multiple candidate applications)Applications are due to the Finance Office by the 22nd June 2012To apply: Complete the “Application for Financial Assistance” form enclosed. Alternatively, you can obtain a financial assistance form from the student finance office.

Once approved the fee will be reduced, so it is important to return the form ASAP.Further forms are available from the finance office.

Eligible for beneficiary or income-based assistance

Not eligible for beneficiary or income-based assistance

One child who is a candidate $20.00 Full fees ($76.70 for NZQF and 3 Scholarship subjects)

More than one child who are candidates

A maximum of $30.00 per family Where fees are payable for more than one candidate, a maximum of $100.00 per child and $200.00 per fee payer

International fee paying students are not eligible for financial assistance.

NZQF = New Zealand Quantifications Framework

NZQA Fees and Issues

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Special Assessment Conditions- Students with significant learning/physical issues may apply to have special assessment conditions for both their internal and external assessments. - This includes, but not limited to, students: • with poor sight who need enlarged examination papers, • who have physical difficulties in writing and need a computer, or • with learning issues who may need a reader, writer, or reader and writer. - Special assessment conditions may include:

• reader assistance, • writer assistance;• computer assistance, • enlarged papers,• extra time, • separate accommodation or a• combination of the above

- Students who are granted special assessment will receive their results just like any other student. There will be no mention of the special assessment condition on their results; it is a private issue between the student, school and NZQA.- To apply you must contact Mr Mitchell (07 839 1304 EXT 893 or mitchellm@hghs.school.nz). - When to Apply: Apply as soon as possible because students are only allowed these conditions for their internal assessments after NZQA has approved their applications. The school’s deadline for these applications is on the 24th August.- If you think you may need assessment, and to determine whether or not you qualify for any of these conditions, please contact Gilly Hickton (07 839 1304 EXT 876)

Assessment ProceduresThe school’s assessment procedures can be found in the document entitled NZQA INFORMATION AND ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES for Senior Students for 2012. This document is contained on the school’s website (www.hghs.school.nz) under Curriculum, scroll down to NZQA Information and Assessment Procedures and click on HGHS Senior Students 2012. (Alternatively you can go directly to the page by typing in http://www.hghs.school.nz/files/NZQA%20INFORMATION%20AND%20ASSESSMENT%20PROCEDURES%20for%20HGHS%20Senior%20Students%202012.pdf)

The school has explained to students their rights and obligations in regards to assessment during tutor group time and in the daily notices. In addition to this all senior students are expected to read the school’s assessment procedures.

School contactMr Mitchell is the NZQA Liaison Person at the school. You can contact him by:

E-mail: mitchellm@hghs.school.nz Mail: Mr Mitchell Principal’s Nominee PO Box 4082 Hamilton

Phone: 07 839 1304 EXT 893

Special Assessment Conditions Apply as soon as possible as students are only allowed these conditions for their internal assessments after NZQA has approved their applications.

You cannot apply after school’s 24th August deadline.

Start checking your results on the

NZQA Database 9th May 2011

(Updated on the 5th day of each Month)

NZQA Fees School’s deadline – 22nd June 2012

Financial Assistance School’s deadline - 22nd June 2012

Last Date to Withdraw from External Exams School’s deadline - 22nd August 2012

Last Date to Withdraw from Internal Standard

Unless you have been given an

adequate assessment opportunity School’s deadline – 21st September 2012

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The Foundation is an Incorporated Society with Trustees who assist the school by actively raising funds for an Endowment fund and a Building fund. The Endowment fund is setup to raise funds to support students and staff to be involved in high level sporting, academic and cultural programmes. The Building fund supports the fit-out of new buildings at the school, such as the Centre for Performance and Creativity

currently under construction. The Building Fund will pay for curtains, sound equipment, signs and other commodities that are not included in the MoE funding.

At the beginning of Term 2 the Foundation is commencing a programme called $1.00 Wednesday. The ASB Bank has kindly donated Kashin money boxes for friends of the school to

News from the Foundation

Attendance 95+% Term 1Our girls are showing pleasing attendance statistics. We are looking forward to the girls seeing that their progress and achievement does show their personal best, and that this is connected to them being in class more regularly so that they do really engage in their learning. Jomana Abdelsalam, Lucky Abdi, Suad Abdulkadir, Faduma Abdulkadir, Anna Aberhart, Aaliyah Abraham, Jayden Abraham, Whafeeqah Abrahams, Alaa Abu Ellif, Hannah Adams, Georgia Adams, Xontae Ahu, Megan Aislabie, Makayla Aitken, Aaliyah Albo, Xenia Ali, Zainab Ali, Zinab Al-Khaleefa, Zahra Al-Khaleefa, Phoebe Allen, Georgia Allen, Wairua Anderson, Janelle Anderson, Katie Anderson-Wharekura, Passion Andersson, Murrayanne Andrew, Charli Ansley, Olivia Appleton, Angel Aramoana, Cassidy Armishaw, Ayshal Arun, Diloromkhon Askarova, Nodirakhon Askarova, Margaret Auga, Holly Baars, Kaycee-Lee Babbington, Ursula Bailey, Mikayla Baker, Brooke Baldwin, Vanessa Baledrokadroka, Emma Ballard, Kelly Ballard, Georgia Ballard, Bethany Balme, Kelsey Bamford, Rozhin Baneh, Evein Baneh, Alexis Barakat-Moore, Terri Baranski, Kate Barlow, Grace Barry, Erin Barter, Kayla Barton, Sophie Barton, Kaethe Basoc, Eden Bates, Kaitlin Bates, Melissa Bates, Bhanuja Batra, Shea-Bobrow Bautista, Tayla Baylie, Tylah Beale, Chenade Beardsall, Ashleigh Beech, Deearn Bell-Derikx, Shye Belleza, Tess Benseman, Madelyn Berge, Grace Berge, Joanne Bieleski, Emma Bigham, Megan Billington, Jessica Bishop, Victoria Black, Ashley Blackburn, Shanara Blackmoore, Isla Blake, Melaia Blake, Georgia Boden, Rachel Boom, Jordyn Boot, Laura Booth, Jo-Anne Bosch, Ema Bourne, Kate Bouwhuis, Gabriella Boyce, Aiden Boyd, Elsa Bredenkamp, Ruby Brett, Isobel Brooker, Michaela Brooks, Abigail Broome, Laura Brough, Olivia Brough, Heather Brougham, Cheyenne Brown, Samantha Brown, Renee Brown, Dasha Brown, Dante Bruns, Kate Bryant, Sarah Bryant, Tessa Buck, Meah Buckton, Patricia Buencamino, Ashley Buencamino, Erica Bullen, Kate Bullen, Jade Burgess, Danielle Burling-Claridge, Francine Burling-Claridge, Tayla Burman, Jaya Burnet, Katrina Cabanesas, Sarah Cairns, Jessica Calnon, Olivia Campbell, Xiao Yan Cao, Deanna Capon, Arna Carlson, Olivia Carter, Dana Chadwick, Asmita Chand, Rachael Chapman, Chase Charles, Lisa Chipwanya, Amelia Christensen-Rose, Amy Christopher, Jessica Clark, Izzy Clark, Natalia Clarke, Bessie Clarke, Renee Clear, Libby Clement, Bronwyn Clunie, Aaniwa Coffey, Kayla Coker, Emily Coll, Laura Collins, Holly Cooke, Ruby Cooke, Eve Cooper-Port, Niamh Corr, Trea Corr, Tessa Cowley, Aliesha Crackett, Mikaela Crow, Katy Cruwys, Sabrina Cuellar, Brooke Cunningham, Brooke Curran, Kiaoratahi Currie, Winnie Curtis, Christy Damba, Michelle Damba-Tete, Faith Dashwood, Alannah Dashwood, Sasha Davey, Zoe Davids, Anna Dawson, Brooke Dawson, Georgia Dawson, Cassie Dean, Janine Dela Cruz, Samara Dempsey, Alicia Dempsey, Lauryn Denby, Renee Denby, Shivani Deo, Sarah Dewar, Jaspreet Dhaliwal, Manurere Dimitro, Sonja Dimitrov, Amy Dixon, Tamara Doney, Ashlee Douglas, Courtney Douglas, Theresa Downey, Tyler Downs, Jessica Du Plessis, Tayla Duff, Courtney Duff, Shivani Dutt, Lana Dutton, Louise Eaves, Courtney Edgar, Caitlin Edwards, Georgia Edwards, Sara Elgoran, Roukhosh Eliassi, Kaeley Elkington, Kaitlyn Ellery, Alysha Ellis, Angela Engelsman, Abigail Englefield, Camille Esposo, Kim Evangelista, Zoe Evans, Zara Evitts,

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donate $1.00 each Wednesday. The Foundation is contacting our school suppliers to invite them and their staff to donate $1.00 each Wednesday. Our Hostel team is supporting the programme and we are asking students to donate $1.00 each Wednesday in their Tutor Group classes. There will be a prize for the Tutor Group that raises the most funds each Term.

For school suppliers, the group that donates the most each Term will receive a morning tea shout delivered during the school holidays by the Principal or a Deputy. If you would like to join the $1.00 Wednesday programme please email development@hghs.school.nz.

You can follow the progress of $1.00 Wednesday at our website www.hghs.school.nz. We need to raise around $200,000 this year to undertake the initial fitout for the new Centre for Performance and Creativity and your generous support will allow for future generations of HGHS students to benefit from well developed facilities.

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Sarah Fakaosilea, Maddison Fatu, Cree Fatupaito-Keen, Tayla Fepulea’i, Letitia Fepulea’i, Codie Finch, Hayley Finch, Shannon Finch, Monique Finney, Melaina Fisi’inaua, Katie Fitzgerald, Paige Fitzpatrick, Kennedy Fletcher, Peaches Fletcher, India Fletcher, Courtney Flogdell, Shayana-Lee Floyd, Demi Foley, Daniela Foote, Serena Foote, Kelly Forde, Emily Forlong, Michaela Foster, Evanya Fraser-Leau, Caitlin Frater, Hayleigh Frost, Hannah Frost, Sharna Fulton, Tegan Fyers, Michelle Galbraith, Taylor Gallagher, Aleisha Garard, Katrina Gaskell, Bridget Gaskell, Ashleigh Gatiss-Ward, Harriet Gaudin, Charlotte Gaudin, Ariana Gedge, Eden George, Christy George, Krystal Geraghty, Moji Ghassemi, Marie Gibbard, Jemma Gibbison, Jaimee Gibbons, Kendall Gilbert, Pavit Gill, Emma Gillard, Casey Gilmour, Tara Given, Olivia Godfrey, Kendyl Golder, Georgia Goldsworthy, Laura Goodwin, Sumayyah Gordon, Zoe Gordon, Jeanette Gordula, Ardyn Graham, Shanade Gray, Dahlia Gray, Maia Gray-Chase, Brooke Gregson-McHardy, Samantha Griffin, Olivia Griffith, Paige Griffiths, Amy Grinter, Shalini Guleria, Cera Gupwell, Chelsea Gwynne, Brooklyn Gyde, Madeline Hailwood, Samantha Hailwood, Mairarangi Haimona, Jessica Haldane, Anna Hall, Jeneva Hall, Megan Hamilton, Elle Hamilton, Hye Bin Han, Yu Bin Han, Maia Handley, Gena Hang, Brittany Hannah-Munns, Danielle Hansen, Naomi Hansen, Eilish Hare, Jordan Harris, Kirstin Harris, Sarah Harris, Elle Harris, Kadison Harris, Rochelle Harris, Jarna Harrow, Rachel Hartstone, Sarah Hartstone, Maddy Harty, Tiraha Hau, Leah Haumaha, Jaylen Hawea, Kelsey Hay, Tyla Haydon, Tayla Hayward, Rachael Hayward, Lauren Healey-Goodin, Rachel Hemi, Nicolla Hemi, Kainoa Hemi, Rebecca Heng, Abbe-Mae Henry, Teina Hiakita, Danielle Higgs, Rebecca Hill, Monica Hill, Kayla Hill-Liddle, Alyssa Hirawani, Fartun Hirsi, Vada Hockenhull-Jamieson, Tessa Hodge, Kelsey Hodge, Katerina Hodgson, Tayla Hollick, Dannielle Hollick, Mckayla Hollins, Danielle Holmes, Angel Holmes, Kellie Holton, Lily Hooker, Charlotte Hooper, Megan Hooper, Hiria Hopa, Ella Hopkins, Alana Horsley, CoCo Hsueh, Yu-Wen Hsueh, Helen Huang, Helen Huang, Jane Huang, Morgen Hughes, Elizabeth Humberstone, Stephanie Hunia, Katie Hunia, Alice Hunt, Diana Hutchings, Fatha Ibrahim, Ariona Ieremia, Jane Ieu Nati, Kate Illing, Ana Maria Ina, Leilani Ina, Shanae Inwood, Angelica Iotebwa, Bwerebwere Iotebwa, Armarni Irwin, Finnlee Iti, Shiori Ito, Lydia Jackson, Annah Jacobs, Monika Jarkiewicz, Ashleigh Jeffcoat, Mandy Jenkins, Keely Jennings, Savannah Jennings, Stella Jeon, Christine Jin, Lisa Joe, Niven Johnson, Rhian Johnson, Sheridan Johnston, Ashley Jones, Elly Jones, Kitana Jones, Bryoney Jones, Jayme-Lee Jones, Charlotte Jones-Banks, Shania Jong, Brittany Jordan, Ayumi Kamitori, Heather Kang, Jessie Kang, Amy Kang, Jennifer Kapoor, Sydney-Jem Karaitiana, Kaea Karena, Mangala Kasongo, Kirandeep Kaur, Parabjot Kaur, Hennessy Kear, Amaria Kee-Huaki, Kaja Keen-Laird, Anna Keighley, Kristen Kendall, Summer Kendall, Tia Kendall, Shelby Kendall, Tayla Kendall, Tyla Kettle, Elisa Keung, Tehillah Keyser, Ziba Khandarash, Sara Khasrawi, Chanokporn Khonkaen, Eugenie Kim, Samantha Kim, Grace Kim, Shiena Kimura, Yasmin Kingi, Stephie King-Uerata, Bronwyn Kirby, Danielle Kirby, Natalie Kirby, Gretel Klinac, Maddie Knight, Joanna Knowles, Swetha Kolluru, Lana Kong, Nicole Kong, Keryn Koopu, Brooke Koopu, Rangimarie Kuka, Swytha Kumar, Stevie Lacy, Alicia Laing, Kitty Lallu, Urvarsee Lallu, Denise Lam, Melinda Lam, Georgia Lambert, Clementine Lambert, Portia Lancaster, Stephanie Lane, Sigrid Larsen, Kendal Lawrence, Charlotte Le Brocq, Eszter Le Couteur, Kelly Le Quesne, Joan Leavasa, Crystal Leavasa, Sophie Leckey, Yin Chi Lee, Sarah Lee, Layla Lee-Pope, Karen Leng, Kayla Leonard, Amber Lewis, Jasmine Lewis, Kylie Lewis, Rachel Li, Ashley Lichtwark, Georgia Lichtwark, Helena Light, Courtney Lilburn, Hanna Lim, Krystal Lin, Jane Lincoln, Ingrid Lindeman, Kerrianne Lindsey, Candice Llewell, Kelsey Lomas, Marne Lomas, Zoe Lonergan, Hannah Longman, Tyler Lousi, Kassandra Lovegrove, Amanda Lowe, Vasanthi Lualua, Helena Ludlow, Dayna Ludwig, Jumarie Lumiwes, Marimar Lumiwes, Jessica Lusby, Kirsten Lusby, Katie Lush, Abbey Lynam, Kaalee Mackie, Zhontee Madden-Hulena, Dipshaya Maharaj, Shreya Maharaj, Rachel Maidment, Atela Mala, Darshikha Mala, Diana Mamu, Heather Manning, Tiana Manuatu, Sabrina Manutai, Chanda Mao, Sonya Marais, Rebekah Marsden, Rosie Marshall, Muri Martell, Brianna Martin, Teaghan Martin, Sarah Martin, Natasha Marwood, Ella Maseyk, Ruby Masters, Neve Masters, Karen Matahe, Breanne Matara, Chevonne Matchett, Renee Matheson, Brooke Mayall, Alex Mayer, Grace Mayer, Caitlin Mayor, Benichou Mbenguele Massika, Georgia McArthur, Maria McCallum, Krystal McCullough, Laura McCurran, Kayla McDonald-Jackson, Laura McFadzien, Kashmere McGifford, Sasha McGifford, Nikita McGregor, Aimee McGregor, Markie McKinnon, Hannah McLean, Atareta McMahon, Zoe McVeigh, Abbe Meads, Safa Mekkey, Ranita Menezes, Brooke Menzies, Keandra Mercado, Aya Metlek, Tanya Mhlanga, Ashleigh Miles, Stephanie Miles, Nicholle Miller, Tegan Miller-Rowlands, Nikayla Milne, Jessica Minhinnick, Abira Mire, Baylee Mitchell, Molan Mo, Red Mohamed, Fatuma Mohamud, Rochelle Molina, Deahna Monkley, Paula Montrose, Darshni Moodley, Chelsea Moore, Linda Mork, Sarany Mork, Sindy Mork, Ashton Morris, Georgia Morrison, Taylor Morrison, Shannon Muir, Amun Mukhtar, Angela Mundell, Rachel Mundell, Tionne Muraahi, Stephanie Nagel, Rachana Naicker, Michaela Naidoo, Divya Naidu, Melissa Nak, Lauren Nasmith, Sunniva Nasmith, Jhanaya Nathan, Emily Naylor, Rylie Neil, Libbi Neverman, Taylor Newland, Zoe Newnes, Giselle Newport, Cheyenne Ngahere, Christine Ngaheu-Walker, Josina Ngare, Cassia Ngaruhe, Ciarne Ngatai-Morrison, Leah Nicholson, Heidi Norris, Deanna Norris, Elizabeth North, Victoria Norton, Mehrunnisa Nouri, Zoe Nyika, Eden Oakes, Rachel Oatham, Savannah O’Brien, Tait O’Brien-Wright, Makayla Odlum, Brittany Ogilvie, Keeha Oh, Anna O’Hara, Tahlia Ollington, Maryan Omar, Monica Orbe, Sophie Osborne, Fatha Osman, Samphous Ouch, Tyra Paama, Collene Pacis, Melissa Page, Sara Pairaudeau, Ashton Palaone, Jacqueline Palmer, Kazandra Palmer, Sapna Pandaram, Sapphire Pandaram, Hazel Panzo, Shemaiah Parai, Tini Parete-Simon, Laura Parker, Zoee Parker, Leeanna Parry, Anjali Patel, Kinjal Patel, Medhavi Patel, Urvashi Patel, Jigisha Patel, Hiralben Patel, Akshita Patel, Jignesa Patel, Shaena Paterson, Nethmi Pathirana, Lisa Patiti, Brooke Patiti, Rosee Paton, Danielle Patterson, Amy Paul, Jaspreet Paul, Samantha Paul, Rebecca Pearce, Melissa Peck, Josefina Pehrson, Tyra Pene-Herewini, Amelia Penfold, Zoe Pennell, Cheyenne Perfect, Kayla Periam, Shannon Periam, Ederlyn Perolina, Kristine Perolina, Phoebe Perry-Meyer, Casey Pester, Nikki Pester, Maiken Petersen, Grace Phillips, Renee Piggott, Tivania Pillay, Aimee Pitcaithly, Soloni Pohiva, Eden Poihipi, Hannah Polglase, Jeri Pomare, Estelle Poole, Kelly Porima, Nicole Porima, Leah Porima, Rachel Porteous, Zarya Poulava, Koria Pouri-Lane, Jenna Powell, Rebecca Powell, Sanjani Prasad, Neha Prasad, Jess Preddey, Tessa Preddy, Kelsi Prendergast, Courtney Preston, Raven Priestley, Deesha Priyadarshani, Courtney Pyle, Marie Quayle, Nazifa Rahman, Ritika Ram, Ranjana Rani, Kripalee Raniga, Tegan Ranstead, A. J. Ranstead, Shivani Rao, Georgia Rashleigh, Kavita Rawat, Reena Rawat, Dearna Rawiri, Meg Reid, Morgan Renata, Olivia Rendle, Sarah Rendle, Anna Rendle, Frankie Reynolds, Siobhan Reynolds, Cassandra Rhind, Samantha Rickard, Jennifer Riedel, Charise Ritchie, Kate Ritchie-Lawless, Georgia Roach, Georgia Robb, Haylee Robben, Holly Robins, Emma Robinson, Rebekah Rodgers, Fionna Roma, Jazz Ronaki, Katherine Rose, Alesha Roulston, Shantelle Roulston, Tia Mataa Ruakere, April Ruvas, Waimarie Ruwhiu, Devena Ruwhiu-Edmonds, Jasmine Ryan, Bonnie Ryland, Zaheen Saeed, Devya Sagar, Divya Sagar, Mindy Salter, Vouchleang San, Navjit Sandhu, Katherine Sarcich, Hannah Sarcich, La Sharn Satherley-Teece, Caitlin Saunders, Kate Saunders, Chiharu Saunders, Rachael Saunders, Katelyn Savage, Elyshia Savage, Paige Savage, Miya Sawyer, Olivia Scotland, Natalie Scott, Alysha Scott, Rachel Scott, Chyna Searancke, Sarah Shamail, Tendai Shanduka, Naiimo Sharif, Aishwarya Sharma, Jeeta Sharma, Sheenal Sharma, Laura Sherson, Kennedy Simon, Alexandra Simpson, Yasmin Simpson, Asheelta Singh, Harleen Singh, Raveen Singh, Sharandeep Singh, Sukhvir Singh, Harpreet Singh, Briannon Singh, Reema Singh, Jaymie Small, Ashley Smith, Hannah Smith, Janice Smith, Annabel Smith, Brie Smith, Michaela Smith, Amiria Snowden, Karen Soanes, Jessica Solanki, Alyssa Soria, Erin Speedy, Shavaughn Stanley-Williams, Kate Steere, Ruby Stevens, Kelly Stevenson, Kimberley Stevenson, Kasie Stockman, Emma Stonier, Angel Storey-Tucker, Aimee Stringer, Irene Sugimoto, Lucy Sullivan, Courtney Summers, Rebecca Sun, Claudia Symonds, Aliitasi Tagaloa Su’a, Miriama Tahana, Anahera Takuira-Mita, Miho Tamura, Mako Tanaka, Paige Taplin, Charlotte Tarbotton, Emily Tarbotton, Aniesi Tauaika, Mele Tauaika, Amokura Tautari, Arlenna Tauti, Shayarn Tawera, Tyeisha Te Kiri, Kristina Templeton, Tuhe Joelle Teokotai, Angela Teow, Chandrakala Teppala, Kajol Thanki, Emily Thom, Ashlee Thomas, Ash Thomas, Katie Thomas, Brooke Thomas, Casey Thomas, Jaimee Thompson, Lisa Thomson, Monica Thurston, Antonia Timings, Anna Tipping, Aimee Todd, Kitia Toimata, Naomi Toimata, Claris Tomlinson, Alicia Tothill, Emma Trolove-Leabourne, Shaye Tudor, Eterina Tumai-Cowley, Jessica Tumata-Lane, Paige Tuporo, Ngataua Turinui, Trinity Twydle-Bartle, Analisa Tyrell, Sara Tyrell, Sulimoni Tyrell, Sukhandeep Ubha, Sesenieli Ucuna, Jowalesi Ucuna, Litiana Ucuna, Yoshino Uryu, Caitlin Van der Zee, Tylah Van Tiel, Natalie Vaofanua, Christelle Venter, Faye Vidal, Monique Villalobos, Lara Mei Villavicencio, Mia Vink, Pawanjot Virk, Olivia Voss, Kristie Wade, Aaliyah Wade, Hayze Waenga, Emma Walker, Nikki Walker, Terina Walker, Lyric Walker-Eketone, Stirling Walker-Pitman, Kelsi Wallace, Holly Wallbank, Madison Walsh, Chelsea Walton, Vanessa Walton, QiuRu Wang, Shania Ward, Keeley Ware, Kelsey Watene, Te Aomihia Watene, Zoe Waterhouse, Jessica Watson, Savahna Watson, Chyna Watson, Maia Waudby, Lydia Weaver, Clara Weinzettl, Alesia Wells, Johnelle Wereta, Megan Whitburn, Charlotte White, Kelsey White, Simone White, Melanie Whitfield, Cassidy Whitu-Duncan, Rangimarie Whiu, Melissa Wilkinson, Jessica Wilkinson, Veshae Wilkinson, Emily Williams, Olivia Williams, Jaimie Wilson, Georgia Wilson, Zoe Wilson, Shiloah Wilson-Swann, Lyric Winiata-Smart, Christa Wise, Maddison Woodmass, Krystal Woodward, Holly Woolston, Shania Wootton, Mikyla Wright, Cristina Wu Xie, Paige Wyatt, Nathine Wye, Lucy Xu, Danielle Young, Elise Young, Sabrina Zama, Tania Zein, Lucy Zhou, Fiona Zik

Outstanding Academic Achievement

Taljit Sandu-SinghGeography

Teacher: Mrs A Weir

Ashley LousiPainting

Teacher: Mrs J Tautari

As well we would like to congratulate the following top scholars for their excellent results in NCEA 2011. These students have their certificate endorsed with Excellence which means they have 50 or more credits at Excellence at that Level.

Level 3 Top Scholars - Siobhan Edwards (CCH), Deanna Jordan (WCN), Stephanie Kingsford (ECT), Catherine Lealand (MRA)

Level 2 Top Scholars - Tess Benseman (CMG), Jessica Haldane (HCC), Ingrid Lindeman (WMW), Rachel Porteous (MKR), Marie Quayle (MHW), Morgan Renata (WCP), Hannah Short (CSY), Harpreet Singh (HCS), Kajol Thanki (HWJ), Maggie Unternahrer (CJN), Holly Wallbank (WMW)

Level 1 Top Scholars - Ariana Apiti (MIN), Renee Denby (HPL), Daniela Foote (EPA), Krystal Geraghty (CCH), Kahu Haimona (HWU), Yi Song (Christine) Jin (MLE), Eszter Le Couteur (HCE), Kelly Le Quesne (EPA), Yu- Hyung (Hanna) Lim (CMH), Kerrianne Lindsey (ECI), Storm Manning (MNL), Abbe Meads (EST), Stephanie Miles (EPA), Lauren Nasmith (MNL), Elizabeth North (CCH), Collene Pacis (HCC), Siobhan Reynolds (CDY), Katherine Sarcich (MWG), Alysha Scott (MHW), Aimee Short (CDY), Lucy Sullivan (MKR), Amokura Tautari (WLG)

2011 SCHOLARSHIPS:

Deanna JordanBiology

Teacher: Mrs G Bergman

Catherine LealandDesign

Teacher: Ms J Fernyhough

Tamsen WalkerPhysical Education

Teacher: Ms L Hodgkinson

Wendy YeoEnglish

Teacher: Ms D Hunt

Elsa KlinacBiology

Teacher: Mrs G Bergman

Board of Trustees, Staff and Students would like to congratulate the following students on their

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