Te Puāwaitanga: February 2022

In this issue

Nau mai, pānui mai i tō tātou karere hou, ko Te Puāwaitanga. Ko te ohonga ake o ngā moemoeā, ko Te Puāwaitanga o te whakaaro!

Welcome to our new look community newsletter, Te Puāwaitanga. We are excited to adopt the Hail platform to better engage with our whānau and wider community.

This issue features our student leaders, outstanding academic results and the vast co-curricular opportunities that the school offers. No matter what 2022 throws at us, we are prepared to deliver an education that empowers young women!

Gabrielle Austin

National Champion Rowers 2022

A number of HGHS students travelled to Twizel for the Rowing New Zealand Club Championships - it was a great success!

Toti West

House Leaders 2022

Congratulations to all our 2022 House Leaders at Hamilton Girls' High School. We look forward to some exciting house spirit!

Kim Howard

HGHS Netball Trials

With 340 students taking part in netball trials at the weekend, the 2022 season is looking great.

Toti West

Service Awards Scheme 2022

Student leaders have always been integral to the opportunities our school offers, and now we have a scheme to show our appreciation for them.

Karlene Verryt

Hepburn: The Finish Line in Sight

The Hepburn Building has had extensive remediation works undertaken on it since the start of the Term 3 holidays, and we are working towards completing the final works in March and early April.

Toti West

Vaccination Register

Participation in our extensive extra-curricular programme requires the collation of vaccination information. Here we explain how it will be collected.

Toti West

Te Tiriti o Waitangi - Staff PLD

Alex Hotere-Barnes speaks to the Treaty at our first Teacher Only Day for 2022

Toti West

Te Puāwaitanga

Hamilton Girls' High Schools new-look community newsletter.

Rebecca Early

NCEA Pass Rates: Best Results Yet

Despite the pressures of Covid 19, Hamilton Girls' High School delivered our best academic results yet.

Hollie Graham

NZ U16 Girls Touch

Eleina Ieremia and Maia-Jane Karena have been selected for the New Zealand U16 Girls Touch Team

Grainne O'Mahony

Year 9 and 10 Athletics Day

House Spirit was in full display for our Year 9 and Year 10 Athletics events.

Nicola Le Miere

Success at the Interschools Dressage

Hamilton Girls' High had eight different combinations of horse and rider compete at the Interschools Dressage competition on the 19th and 20th of February.

Brittany Kenny

Social Studies Students Donate to Women's Refuge

On February 18th of this year Sophie Hoebergen, Sophie Clark, Sophie Baillie and Tamieka MacDonald went, on behalf of HGHS, with a donation for Women’s Refuge.

Karlene Verryt

Canteen and Boarding Kai

Compass Catering have brought their "Chartwells" brand to HGHS and we are enjoying the healthy and tasty range of food that we have available onsite.

Rebecca Yuan

Galentine's Day at HGHS 2022

We had a blast running fun activities all day long on Galentine's Day, where students were able to share their appreciation for their friends and teachers!

Toti West

Connect with us on Social Media

HGHS has rebranded our social media platforms. Follow us to stay up-to-date with the latest happenings and achievements at our kura!

Campbell Wood

Top Scholars

Congratulations to the following students who have attained their NCEA Level 1, 2, or 3 with an overall Excellence endorsement in 2021 or who have gained a New Zealand Scholarship award

Rebecca Yuan

Head Girl: Rebecca Yuan

The Prefects are central to the culture of the school, and carry many leadership responsibilities. Here is Rebecca Yuan's inspiring speech to her fellow Prefects from this year's Induction.

Kim Howard

Year 9 and 10 Sports Performance Program

We are excited to introduce to you our Year 9 and 10 Sports Performance Program - A holistic sports program based on the overall development of the student-athlete at Hamilton Girls High School.

Margot Rawlings

The show must go on…

Please know that HGHS will ensure that all students involved in our Arts and Cultural curriculum, clubs and activities will have real and meaningful opportunities to exhibit and perform for their peers and their whānau in 2022.

Brittany Kenny

Connections: Week 4!

Tuesday began the 5 week rotation for the Connections Programme with Year 9 and 13 House Groups getting amongst it!

Grainne O'Mahony

Covid-19 Processes and Procedures

There have been some recent changes to how we are managing Covid-19 processes at school. The most important points are shared below along with some helpful diagrams.

Rebecca Yuan

Prefect Induction Day 2022

Earlier this year at the Sonninghill Hostel, we held an Induction Day for our 2022 Prefects, where themes of values, core beliefs and empowerment were promoted.

Toti West

Official Welcome 2022

HGHS welcomes all new staff and students with an innovative whakatau on the first day of school

Marie Gordon

From the Principals Desk

Our Principal, Ms Marie Gordon, reflects on the beginnings of 2022.

Toti West

Prefects 2022

Congratulations to all our 2022 Prefects at Hamilton Girls' High School. See the photos and their captions to put a name to the face. We look forward to their inspirational leadership of the student body.

Toti West

Return of the Alumni

This month's edition introduces Michaela Foster, 2016 Sports Captain and Deputy Head Girl, who has returned as a Sports Co-ordinator and part-time teacher of Ko Wai Au.

Kim Howard

Strength and Conditioning Program

Our new S&C program led by our in house expert Robyn Ferrier has proven to be a big hit here at HGHS

Margot Rawlings

Sign me up! Co-curricular Expo

On Friday 18th of February, Year 9 students had an opportunity to visit the Large Gym and speak to senior students promoting over 30 co-curricular Sports and Arts Clubs and activities offered by HGHS.