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Inside this issue:
Student Achievers 2
Author Visit 3
Auckland Art Festival 3
French Trip Farewell 3
Biology Trip 4
Geography Trip 4
International Students 4
House News 5
Sports 6&7
Board of Trustees 8
Dates for Term 2 8
High Five!High Five!High Five! Term 1 , 2016
Sandspit Rd, Howick / PO Box 38142, Howick, Auckland / Ph: 534-4492 / www.howickcollege.school.nz
Student Absence— Please send an email to
Appointments— Students must bring a note and sign out (and back in)
at the student office.
Late Arrival After Tutor—Students must sign in at the
student office. Students require a note or their parent
to sign them in.
Unwell at School? Go to the Health Centre first. DO NOT TEXT your parents: they will be contacted by the
Health Centre if required. Students will be picked up and signed out from the
Health Centre.
Reminders:
Dear parents and caregivers,
It has been a busy term and in spite of the incredibly humid summer students have wasted little time settling into school and establishing good learning routines. My thanks to all parents who attended our parent teacher conferences recently and for the commitment to our home/school partnership.
Student Achievement: Congratulations to all students who achieved NCEA excellence last year. It was wonderful to recognise students and their families during our Excellence Evening held earlier in the year. As reported in February, we continue to achieve excellent NCEA results year after year with a long term goal of achieving 90% student success across all levels of the qualification. Staff continue to work hard on improving teaching practice and this is certainly being reflected in our overall results.
Property improvements: As part of our long term property planning we have been given approval to begin a schedule of building refurbishment. Each classroom block over the next 24 months will be refurbished to provide a more attractive learning environment. This plan also includes some targeted restoration of outdoor courtyards, theatre, fields and gymnasium improvements. Work is likely to begin towards term 3 this year and continue into 2017.
School Donation: Thank you to all who have paid the school donation. It is an important financial contribution that allows the school to provide many extras that are not funded by the Ministry of Education. In short, without it we would not be able to offer some school programmes, nor provide the essential technology that is expected. We continue to be an outstanding education provider but this can only be sustained with our parent support. Parents are able to spread payment of the donation and other fees over the course of the year. Thank you.
Chaos at the gates: I would like to remind all parents of our safety requirements when dropping off and collecting children at the start and end of the school day. Vehicular and pedestrian traffic is extremely high during the morning and afternoon at the front of the school. There is no thoroughfare via the bus bay or the car park area at the front of the school. When collecting your child, I encourage parents to agree on a location away from the immediate area in front of the school where it is less busy.
Board of Trustee Elections: Howick College has been extremely fortunate over the years to be well served by trustees who have a passion for making our school community the best it can be. If you have the skills to contribute to our ongoing success and can help us achieve our vision of inspiration then I encourage you to put yourself forward and apply to be part of our exciting journey. The dates for this process can be found in this newsletter.
Enjoy the holiday break.
I L Ropati
Inspiring a Community of Passionate Learners / Whakamanawahia Tētehi Hapori o Ngā Ākonga Hihiri
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NCEA Excellence Evening
Those students who gained an Excellence Endorsement in their NCEA examinations were acknowledged at an evening held in the library earlier in the term. It was great to see parents and staff joining the students to celebrate their success. A big thank you to all involved in organising and setting up the night, and to the Hospitality team for their catering. Congratulations to all the following students on their achievement; keep up the good work!
NCEA Scholarship: Georgia Beasley (Biology), Simone Kritzinger (Chemistry), Elaine Ryan (Chemistry), Alysha Hardey (Dance), Finnian Watkinson (Design), Ben Egan (Drama – outstanding scholarship), David Groothuizen-Dijkema (English – outstanding scholarship & History – outstanding scholarship), Nicolas Popov (French), Jack Eager (History) and Bethany Cogger (History).
NCEA Excellence Endorsement: Tabby Adams, Rowena Ainsworth, Komal Arora, Dale Ballantyne, Stuart Ballingal, Lyndsey Bartlett, Amandeep Bath Singh, Reuben Beattie, Shana Beggs, Chiara Beintken, Jessica Bennett, Greer Bonnette, Hariz Boucher, Tyla Buckley-Smith, Jessica Budd, Elysia Burns, Max Calvert, Jac-Wye Chan, Alice Cloke, Bethany Cogger, Jessica Corrigan, Hannah Crandall, Dannielle Cripps, Ben Cummins, Alice Curwood, Morgan Davies, Lizzy Domigan, Grace Driscoll, Ben Egan, Annabelle Fletcher-Jones, Mikayla Galbraith, David Groothuizen-Dijkema, Kerrin Hainsworth, Benj Hamill, Charlie Hamilton, Kevin Han, Kiana Hania, Natasha Hartshorne, Michelle Isemonger, Rebecca Johnson, Sam Jones, Susana Jones, Saskia Jordan, Devon Kellow, Zac Kershaw, Simone Kritzinger, Amol Kumar, Bertha Lai, Kimberley Langevad, Serene Lee, Sian Lovelock, Aimee Mackenzie, Keeley Mackenzie, Nick Mackenzie, Jess Manchester, Brad McAuley, Sam McGillicudy, Viktoria Metz, Munirah Mohd Mahadi, Vicki Mosheim, Liam Murphy, Anjana Naidu, Chris Neville-Dowler, Lauren Peddie, Kelly Perfect, Raynor Perreau, Benjamin Philavong, Darren Phu, Victoria Pickett, Sheena Pindoria, Inka Pleiss, Trishant Prasad, Aimee Roberts, Kayla Russell, Elaine Ryan, Umbar Sandhu, Shivain Sethi, Imogen Shaw, Laura Sinclair, Rupinderpal Singh, James Smithers, Mikayla Stewart, Fang-Fei Tham, Shaman Theron, Christine Tuck, Olivia Walls, Amy Wang, Jasmine Warner, Caitlin Warren, Finnian Watkinson, Toni Wharehoka, Adayla Williams, Daniel Williamson, Elias Worrall-Bader and Catherine Yu.
Congratulations to:
Elias Worrall-Bader: in the holidays he will be one of 50 young environmental leaders attending the 2016 Sir Peter Blake Youth EnviroLeaders Forum in Nelson.
Open Premier Advance Debating team (Adayla Williams, Umbar Sandhu and Elias Worrall-Bader): advanced to the quarter-finals of the Russell McVeagh Schools Auckland Debating competition.
Umbar Sandhu: has been involved in debating for a few years at school and has been selected for the Auckland Regional Debating team.
Kate Hamilton: for her stunning entry into the ‘Eye on Nature’ Wearable Art competition. This year’s theme was ‘Water for Life’ and her entry titled ’Ocean Spirit’ displays the beach as we like to see it; bright, clean, sparkling and fun.
Relay for Life team: they spent 18 hours on the track and raised $2,000 for the Cancer Society - a great effort.
Pasifika Leaders group: fundraising to send a ShelterBox to those affected by cyclone Winston in Fiji.
Junior Scholar of the Year 2015 - Inka Pleiss
Thanks to a generous grant from the North & South Trust, our teams and athletes can now add weight training to their fitness programmes.
Excellence awards
Good luck to:
Kyle Glogoski - taking part in baseball camps in
Australia and USA in front of scouts from professional
teams.
Chris Walden - playing with Waikato University football
team in Hawaii and USA with the hope of securing a USA
college scholarship
Farewell - as mentioned in earlier correspondence, we wish to acknowledge Mr Derek Warlaw’s contribution to Howick College over 36 years. Derek retires from the teaching profession at the end of Term 1 and we wish him all the very best in his retirement.
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Author Visit
‘Boys Who Read Succeed’ was the message from New Zealand author David Riley to the Year 10 boys’ English SIE class. A passionate advocate of the power of reading, David is the author of several books aimed at encouraging reluctant boy readers. He was joined by illustrator Michel Mulipola who has worked with him on several books and together they shared stories of success through reading. Mr Ropati also spoke to the class about his own sporting and academic journey.
To find out more about David Riley’s books visit: www.readingwarrior.com
Michel Mulipola and David Riley Year 10 SIE English
Bon Voyage!
After a year of planning and working hard with fundraising our group of French and Classics students headed off on April 13 for their French adventure. The group will be spending time visiting important historical and cultural sites in Paris and the south of France. While in Montpellier, they will attend French lessons and will be hosted with French families to be fully immersed in the language and culture. The Classics students will get to see first hand some
examples of Roman architecture including the famous Pont du Gard aquaduct.
A very big merci to all those who have supported their various fundraising efforts and helped our students achieve their goal. We wish them bon voyage and safe travels, and look forward to hearing all about their amazing trip! You can follow their travels on their blog here: howickcollegefrenchtrip2016.tumblr.com
Engaging Art
At the start of the term, Year 9 and 10 art classes contributed their creativity to a project for the Auckland Arts Festival by making wooden printing blocks for ‘Inkspot’, a textile printing workshop. Facilitated by textile designer and artist Katie Smith of Smitten Design, the project required students to create a print design that reflected their culture and identity. Family knowledge and research helped the students to finalise their designs which they then cut into wood.
‘Inkspot’ was one of the Arts Festival Family Day hands-on workshops and visitors were able to use the wooden printing blocks to print onto calico bags and fabric squares. Block printing is one of the oldest forms of printing, dating back to the 4th century AD. A group of students also volunteered to help run the workshop and they enjoyed seeing people creating colourful prints with their blocks. You can see a video of the printing workshop on the school Facebook page or here www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKMM7Y4gZ9o Well done to student Connor Nelson for putting the video together!
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Welcome to:
Theresa Schuller, Julia Mogara, Khaysin Cheam,
Ami Shinkai, Naroot Choksathaporn, Cheng Tan,
Wexin Tan, Yaxin Liang, Siyu Lan, Bin Sun, Liuan Liu,
Zhikang Huang, Gening Huang, Minyue Guo, Xuanju
Jian,Yu Duan, Xin Shen, Mudi Zhang, Jiayi Qiu, Kai Chen, Zheyi Wei, Yuxinyi
Wang, Qingxuan Xu, Yuan Zhou, Yi Fang, Yi Oanm Yue Cai, Haogang Chen, Yin Shu
Li, Yang Zhang, Kei Wakasugi, Stan Perera, Tilda Luna Rose, Jonas
Tulodziecki, Yebaihe Chang, Yuhei Dooka, Ikumi Chiba,
Tianshu Geng, Mingdi Yang, Saki Iwashita, Fujihito
Ishihata, Mana Setoguchi, Jingyi (Jenny) Zhou, Wanting
Zhu, Ruomeng Shi, Khanesuan Yodnual, Tian
Yao Li, Jinze Wang, Hengze Li, Parattakorn
Techatamnukul and Gahyun (Julia) Yang
International Students
Term 1 has been full of catching up with our returning students, getting to know our new students, and helping them settle into our school and a different way of life. We have also hosted two short term groups - 14 students from Zhoushan High School and 7 students from Putuo High School in China. While they are with us, the groups spend time in class with their Howick College buddies and also have special ESOL classes where they continue their English language study and learn about our New Zealand culture. In one of their special Maori Culture classes, they made masks with Maori designs.
From these short visits, many students decide to return to Howick College to continue their education. For the teachers who accompany them, it is a valuable learning experience too as they see how the Kiwi education system works in comparison to the Chinese system. We are very grateful to our teachers,
students and buddies for welcoming these students into our school and giving them a wonderful stay.
Our homestay families are also a valuable part of the International Student experience and we are very lucky to have so many wonderful, welcoming and caring families to look after all our students - thank you so much!
This term we also welcomed Vanessa Pickett to the International team. Vanessa joins us as a Homestay Co-ordinator, working with Tania Troussova to make sure both our students and homestays have a happy and positive experience. We always need more homestays so if you are keen to host one of our lovely students and get to know more about a new culture, please contact either Tania ([email protected]) or Vanessa ([email protected]).
Zhoushan High students making Maori masks
Biology
Year 13 Biology students had the chance to experience real life lab work with their recent trip to the Liggins Institute at the University of Auckland. They leaned about the current research being conducted at the institute. The Liggins Institute is researching the link between the birth weight of newborns and the risk of obesity in later life. Our students also gained hands-on experience, helping prepare a range of samples in the laboratory.
Year 13 Bio students hard at work
Geography
The annual Year 12 Geography trip took 56 students, and 4 teachers to Tongariro in March to undertake river studies and experience the beautiful Tongariro World Heritage area. The trip gives the students hands-on learning they can then write about in their end of year Geography exam. Highlights of the trip were visiting the National Trout Centre, working within the rivers and the big breakfast every morning!
Special thanks to Mr Kerr, Mr Grant, Mrs Kyle, and Ms Urwin for coming along, and supporting the students.
Year 12 Geographers
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House Leaders 2016
Left to right: Lachlan Haitana (MacDonald), Zierra Misiaita (Ingham), Ben Cummins (Irvine), Shaman Theron (Bacot), Chris Walden (Minerva), Sabrina Eagleton (Ingham), Charlie Schwalger (Bacot), Melissa Parmar (Minerva), Jeremy Thompson (MacDonald), Chloe Usherwood (Irvine), Jordan Wright (Bell) and Toni Wharehoka (Bell)
Inter-house Competition
Congratulations to MACDONALD - winners of the Year 13 Multi-sport competition and, MINERVA and BELL who tied for first place in the Year 10 5 Bat Rounders competition. The race for the House Shield continues in Term 2...
Continuing their support for the Fred Hollows Foundation and Cystic Fibrosis NZ, Bacot House sold chocolates and roses for their Cupid’s Day fundraiser.
Orders were pre-sold and collated to be delivered during class time by Cupids in green. Some recipients had their treats delivered with a serenade.
Thanks to the Bacot committee for organising this fun event, and to all who supported their efforts. Over $500 was raised for the Bacot house charities.
BACOT - Cupids Day
BELL - Ice cream Sundae Week
Chocolate and strawberry topping, sprinkles and wafers… a yummy treat for lunchtime was on offer courtesy of Bell House. Their ice-cream sundaes proved popular with students and staff alike. The house raised over $500 for the Child Cancer Foundation - that’s a lot of ice-creams!
A big thank you to the Bell committee for their sundae making skills and to all who supported their fundraiser. We are sure you enjoyed your summer treat!
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Athletics Day Results
High Jump: Jnr Boys: Thomas Staples, Elijah Meyer, Kaine Bradley / Jnr Girls: Rebeccca Dean, Madita Pleaiss Int Boys: Michael Scott, Troy Renata, Harry Dutthie / Int Girls: Rosie Salt, Shanna Steffany, Reah Bull Snr Boys: Cullen Jenks, Connor Morris / Snr Girls: Dominique Nagel, Ashleigh Corkitt, Sune van Deventer
Long Jump: Jnr Boys: Kayden Ralph-Smith, Francis Morrison, Jerome Faivale / Jnr Girls: Olivia Halpin, Haylee Jones, Chloe Purdie Int Boys: Harry Duthie, Lee Wilton, Quinn Malone / Int Girls: Iva Livani, Nai Mullane-Ronaki, Ellery Martin Snr Boys: Jamie Corbett, Cullen Jenks / Snr Girls: Ashleigh Corkill, Mele Kaitaifeo, Dominique Nagel
Shotput: Jnr Boys: Jack Samaauga, Francis Morrison, Kaine Bradley / Jnr Girls: Shardoe Tepu-Caudwell, Briana Little, Daijan Brown Int Boys: Ishaiah Cross, Maorikave Turaki, Andy Pereira / Int Girls: Olivia Hohua, Nai Mullane-Ronaki, Su-Elyse Ulugia Snr Boys: Bryce Wessels, Ryan Edmonds / Snr Girls: Mele Kaitaiefo, Dominique Nagel, Alice Croll
Discus: Jnr Boys: Eden Gray, Francis Morrison, Ezekiel Taylor / Jnr Girls: Shardoe Tepu-Cuadwell, Daijan Brown, Tui Jones Int Boys: Joshua Killian, Anthony Stockman, Jyvante George-Nathan / Int Girls: Olivia Hohua, Alysia Lefau, Mackenzie Wiki Snr Girls: Samantha Johnson, Dominique Nagel
100M: Jnr Boys: Kayden Ralph-Smith, Jesse Scheepers, Levi Jackson / Jnr Girls: Grace Kelly, Chloe Purdie, Haylee Jones Int Boys: Dray Roberts, Lee Wilton, James Davison / Int Girls: Iva Livani, Mackenzie Wiki, Caitlin Bullent Snr Boys: Jack Cupples, James Smithers, Cullen Jenks / Snr Girls: Mele Kaitaeifo, Taylor Gill, Alice Croll
400M: Jnr Boys: Francis Morrison, Eli Stevens, Regan Moore / Jnr Girls: Haylee Jones, Grace Kelly Int Boys: Matt Cleland, James Davison, Liam Geddes / Int Girls: Corinna Rahm, Katie Heaven, Nicole Elia
800M: Jnr Boys: Kaine Bradley, Eden Gray, Bradley Wickes / Jnr Girls: Grace Kelly, Bella Sinclair, Julianne Buys Int Boys: Joel Hughes, Dray Roberts, Lockie Lockhart / Int Girls: Katie Heaven, Inka Pleiss, Teuila Sotutu Snr Boys: Andre Catley, Lachlan Haitana, Ryan Cobb / Snr Girls: Aimee Mackenzie, Alice Croll
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Athletics Zones
All place getters from Athletics day headed to Zones where the team performed well, taking home place wins and qualifying for Auckland champs. Congratulations to:
Kayden Ralph-Smith (1st 80m Hurdles, 3rd Long Jump, 5th 100m) Thomas Staples (3rd High Jump, 3rd 80m hurdles) Levi Jackson (3rd Shot Put) Eli Stevens (1st 300m) Kaine Bradley (2nd 800m, 2nd 1500m)Rebecca Deen (3rd= High Jump)Shardoe Tepu-Caudwell (4th Shot Put Chloe Purdie (4th 100m) Grace Kelly (4th 200m, 2nd 300m) Lee Wilton (4th Long Jump, 4th 400m)Troy Renata (4th High Jump) Maorikava Turaki (4th Shot Put) Dray Roberts (2nd 400m) Joel Hughes (2nd 3000m) Olivia Hohua (3rd Shot Put, 1st Discus) Katie Heaven (5th 800m) Dominique Nagel (2nd High Jump) Aimee Mackenzie (2nd 3000m) Cullen Jenks (2nd High Jump) Ryan Cobb (4th 800m) Andrew Catley (2nd 1500m, 1st 3000m)Lachlan Haitana (3rd 1500m, 2nd 3000m) Open Boys 4 x400m relay 2nd Junior Boys 4 x 100m relay 5th
Congratulations to:
Liam Brown and Chris Walden - selected for the NZSS U19 Football team
Susana Jones - selected for the Auckland Fiji Community netball U19 team
Seth Gibson - selected for the NZ U17, Auckland U17 and Emerging softball teams
Jess Manchester - won the U20 Girls North Island Mountain bike title. Howick College was also awarded Top Female Mountain
bike school
Jess also won U19 and U17 in the Oceania Championships and took GOLD in the
Australia National Series race and SILVER in the U17 Australia National race.
Zoe Virgin - third overall at
the NZ Olympic Weightlifting
Championships, and set a NZ record for the
Clean and Jerk in her division. She has now
qualified for the upcoming Oceanias
Yorel Alapaki - selected for the Auckland U15 and NZ U15 Boy’s softball teams
Ashley Hunt - selected for the Auckland U15 Girls Cricket team.
Mac Rawiri and Evan Froger - selected for the NZ age group Ice-hockey teams
Senior A Girls Touch team - qualified for Nationals after winning the Eastern Zone competition. Good luck for Nationals girls!
Senior Girls Tag team - South East Zone championship winners
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Zoe Virgin
Rowing
Congratulations to Annie Williamson, Gemma Owen, Saskia Jordan, Sian Lovelock and Rhian Kocsis. A BRONZE at the North Island Championships, saw them qualify to race at the MAADI Cup. It is the first time a Howick College team has competed in this national
championship and the girls rowed extremely well, winning BRONZE in the final of the U18 Novice Coxed Fours. Annie and Rhian also placed 7th in the U15 Double Sculls.
This amazing achievement is the result of huge commitment and dedica-tion in those hard early morning sessions on the water—well done girls! A big thanks to their coaches Dudley Storey and Keith Hibberd.
Cricket
The Howick College 1st XI and staff played a tribute 20/20 match in honour of the late Martin Crowe. It was great to see a crowd come down to the field to watch the fun and support the teams. Well done to the 1st XI for taking the win!
For the 1st XI, it was a fitting finale for their great season; almost making the finals of the Gillette Cup, beating strong rivals along the way.
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Rising Rugby League Stars Having the Howick Hornets club across the road has certainly helped improve the profile of the game at school and last year the college entered into a formal memorandum of understanding as a commitment to developing school/club pathways into rugby league.
We are proud of current student Keanu Laumatia-Paki: in 2015, he was selected for the Junior Kiwi U16 team and also represented Counties Manukau in the U17. His greatest achievement to date is selection for the Warriors Rugby Development Programme and is contracted to them for three years.
This year, we welcomed another star in Nathan Newton. Nathan came from Whangarei Boys’ High
where he was chased by two NRL clubs, Penrith and our own Warriors. Thankfully Nathan chose to stay in NZ and complete his education at Howick College. Nathan has played for NZ U17’s and Upper Central Zone in the NZRL national competition. Like Keanu, this year he is part of the U20’s Warriors player programme and is living with 8 other future NRL stars in the recently established ‘Warriors House’ in Howick. Both boys have a bright future ahead and may very well be our first ever students to represent NZ at the highest level of rugby league!
Keanu Laumatia-Paki
Nathan Newton
Bronze medal at North Island championships
Thanks to the following Friends of Howick College for their generous support:
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Important Dates for Term 2
Mon 2 May - first day Term 2
Wed 4 May - school cross country
Week 2 - Cultural Week (Mon 9 May—Fri 13 May)
Fri 13 May - INGHAM International Food Festival
Wed 18 May - Yr9 Inter-house
Thurs 19 May - mufti day
Fri 20 May - MACDONALD Friendship day
Week 4 - Assessment Week (Mon 23 May—Fri 27 May)
Tues 24 May - BoT meeting
Sat 28 May - school ball
Wed 1 Jun - BACOT Cupcake day
Mon 6 Jun - Queen’s Birthday (public holiday)
Thurs 9 Jun - information evening
Fri 10 Jun - MINERVA DanceFest
Tues 14 Jun - teacher only day
Wed 15 Jun - Yr11 Inter-house
Thurs 16 Jun - BELL Cookie day
Wed 22 Jun - careers evening
Week 9 - Leadership Week (Mon 27 Jun—Fri 1 July)
Tues 28 Jun - BoT meeting
Week 10 - Assessment week (Mon 4 July—Fri 8 July)
Fri 8 Jul - last day of Term 2
Meadowlands
Board of Trustees
The start of the year has been a busy one throughout the school and I would like to say ‘well done’ to all the students and staff on their continued effort and achievements.
There has been a change on the board with Peter Jones stepping down from the position of Chairperson. On behalf of the Board of Trustees and school staff, I would like to thank Peter for his work and support of the school during his time as Chairperson. Peter remains a member of the board of trustees and faces new and exciting times ahead as Principal of Manurewa High School.
As trustees, our aim is to work alongside Mr Ropati and the staff of Howick College to enable everyone to achieve the high standards they have set and are pursuing.
This forward planning is evidenced in the last ERO report which demonstrated the achievements of students, staff and the senior leadership team. I quote:
“Howick College provides high quality education. Students engage positively with a curriculum that supports and strengthens their learning. A school- wide focus on student wellbeing underpins the school’s educational vision. School leaders and teachers are highly committed to fostering each individual’s present and future potential.”
It is our role as members of the board of trustees to support, govern and actively engage with the school and the community to maintain this standard. With a clear goal to follow the school vision: Inspiring a community of passionate learners
Vacancies will soon be available on the board of trustees and I would encourage like-minded parents and members of the community to consider joining us to achieve and maintain this goal.
The Board of Trustees wish all students success in their studies and future events of which there are many to look forward to.
Regards,
Alan Topham Chair, Board of Trustees
Board of Trustee Election Timeline:
Main Parent Representative Electoral Roll closes: noon, Wednesday 4 May Nomination forms mailed out by Friday 6 May
Supplementary Parent Roll closes: noon, Wednesday 18 May Nominations for Parent Representative close: noon, Friday 20 May
Voting Papers will be sent out by Wednesday 25 May Voting Closes: noon, Friday 3 June
Votes will be counted on Thursday 9 June.
