We congratulate and welcome these Principals, who now sit permanently in the swivel chair .......

Tracey Burgess - Ohuruia Model School

Chris Panther - Waimairi School 

Jackie Andrews - St Teresas School 

Adele Greig - Our Lady Star of the Sea

Amy 'O'Kane - Ōhoka School 

Amanda Ferguson - Hinds School 

Rebecca Pugh - Greta Valley School 

Kate Hassall - North Loburn School 

Pax O'Dowd - View Hill School 

Dy Stokes - Paparoa Street School 

You have chosen a fast paced, challenging job that will likely bring you many laughs, few 'quiet' moments and a great deal of satisfaction.  Enjoy the ride!

Welcome also to the many people in leadership who are in an 'Acting Principalship' role.  You are completing a pivotal role for your community.  

The executive had a busy couple of days at the beginning of March, whereby we reviewed our Strategic plan and planned the year ahead.  I am proud of the programme ahead, which is based on providing opportunities that you, our members, asked for via our survey results from last year.

A special thank you to Shane Buckner and the team at Digital Journey for their work on our newly revamped CPPA website.  While it has taken time to chase some of you, we are nearing our target of 100% of members engaging with the site.  

I hope to see many of you at the AGM and Celebration of Principalship event on Thursday, (apologies about the ticketing system's glitch, which said Friday).  

Nga mihi nui

Lisa Dillon-Roberts