Student Representative Election - WGC Board

Nominations are now closed for the 2024/25 Student Elections.

Electronic Voting forms will be sent by email on Monday 9 September and all voting will need to be completed at 4pm on Thursday 19 September.

Congratulations to our Nominees:

Please read through the candidate statements before you vote.

Only one vote per person.

HANNAH BROCKETT

Kia ora everyone, I’m Hannah Brockett and I’m running to be our board representative. I‘m a year 12, who is a diligent, open-minded student, and am keen to work with you to incorporate your ideas to make a change.

I enjoy taking part in our teal community and meeting and working alongside new people. In our years here at WGC our schooling has been affected in so many ways, and now we encounter yet another problem with our buildings. Our education is our number one priority! At the moment people believe that it doesn’t hold enough worth. We deserve to know our rights and to fight for them.

This role holds so much power within the school for our student voice, and I believe in uplifting the student vote and advocating for our rights! Our learning spaces need to improve. As the board rep, I would listen to your concerns and present them to the board, to let them know what their student body is thinking.

I’m keen to help our school grow and make space for improvement. As the board representative, I would advocate for the empowerment of my peers, especially in a predominantly female school. Our voice will be heard.

ORLA SWEENEY

Kia ora, my name is Orla Sweeney and I am running to be your Board representative for 2024/25! In my time at Wellington Girls’, I have been able to be part of a wide range of groups, including both our school choirs, a reporter section leader and several social sports teams. I have also been my class’s student representative for three years, where I have helped create Te Pūriki and the now sadly defunct bathroom lift passes. This year, I am in the property sub-committee, where we obviously have a lot to discuss!

Like many of you, I definitely have problems with some aspects of the school and the way they have been handled. I would love to be able to address these issues, whether it be the lack of performance spaces or the way the ministry has dealt with the building project, both the original plans and newer issues.

I think I would be a good board rep because I am confident and enthusiastic about trying to make our school a better place, where students feel safe attending. I feel I am the right person to represent the student voice as I am empathetic and excited to hear all perspectives of our school, both the good and the bad.

Due to my experience as a student rep, I think many of those skills such as punctuality, commitment, and an excitement to create a safe and welcoming space will translate well into qualities that a board representative should have.

I would love to be your 2024/25 board representative, and I hope you will consider me as one of your options. Thank you.  

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Breakthrough Junior Challenge - Tali Whiteridge FINALIST

Tali has been selected as a semifinalist in the global Breakthrough Junior Challenge. This is a competition inspiring creative thinking about science, and the prizes are:

$50,000 US Dollars for her favourite science teacher
$100,000 US Dollars for a science lab for her school
$250,000 US Dollars for a post-secondary scholarship anywhere in the world

The next phase is the Popular Vote, and she’d be really grateful if you could vote for her video by liking it on both YouTube and Facebook here: https://linktr.ee/taliwhiteridge

Her video is only 2 minutes long and the Popular Vote closes on 20th of September. The winner of the Popular Vote automatically goes through to the final round of judging.

It would be awesome if you could share these links with your networks and encourage them to vote for her too."

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WGC Cultural Awards 2024: Self-Nomination Form Now Open!

Students may Self-Nominate for the Cultural Person of the Year award and the Cultural Contribution to the School award using this form. 

The Cultural Person of the Year award recognises achievement at the highest level.

All information on the Cultural Page

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