The term is leaping ahead and in only four more weeks it will be Easter, a little break for students before the last two weeks of term.

Congratulations to Yr 13 Rayhan Maitai (Snell House) for being our first Student of the Week

This year we have a number of new faces within our Kura. Throughout this term we will introduce you to some of them. Check out some of our new teachers below:

Are you able to sponsor a gazebo for one of our Houses?

Hillcrest High School will be closed for the day. Thank you for your support as our staff undertake professional development.

Sheppard take an early lead after House Sports Day.

We are delighted to introduce our Head Students for 2024

THURSDAY 14TH MARCH! SAVE THE DATE

A calendar highlight! Our Year 12 & 13 Ball will be on Saturday 8th June 2024

On Tuesday 5th March (Week 6 of Term 1) members of the police and local support agencies will deliver the Loves Me Not programme to our Year 12 students as part of a one-off, workshop day.

Our year 9 students had the opportunity to visit Te Iti o Haua Marae in Tauwhare for the day to connect to the mana-whenua of our kura.

Earlier this term our brand new Independent Living Centre (ILC) building was opened. What an amazing space it is for our rangatahi.

The beginning of any year is not known for being easy, laid back and simple, and this year was no exception. Valentine's Day descended on Hillcrest with warmth, heart, joy and piles of roses, delivered around to students who had a rose bought for them.

Every state and state-integrated school or kura in New Zealand has a board that governs it.

Our rowers have been extremely busy in the lead up to the Maadi Regatta in Twizel in March. They have had more success at last weeks AON Junior Regatta with 3 crews winning A finals!

Congratulations to the following Hillcrest rowers who took part in the recent NZ Club Champs at Karapiro, particularly the womens intermediate coxed eight that won a GOLD medal!

Winter sport is getting under way with musters and trainings over the coming weeks.

How amazing is our own Alison Oliver!? She is running both the Boston and London Marathons within 6 days to raise money for our Physical Assistance Centre (PAC).

Students in our Level 1 Natural Science course (1SCN) had a rather damp field trip on Monday February 26.

Hillcrest High students Elise Van-Espen, Diana Han, Juliette Neil and Miriam Adams are performing in the Hamilton Arts Festival as part of Christopher Tin’s To Shiver the Sky, which will be performed on Thursday 29th February on the Rhododendron Lawn.

On Tuesday 20th February, Level One Art students visited the Waikato Museum to learn about artists’ ideas, techniques and meanings in artworks.

Supporting rangatahi Māori into health related tertiary pathways.

We are so grateful to our community for opening up their homes to our international students.

We are on the lookout for anyone who wishes to donate working Chromebook for students to use.

How long until we have a fatality at the front of our Kura? Do these photos look safe to you?