Hillcrest High School
Enjoy the last newsletter of Term 3. Check out all the exciting events that have been happening throughout school this term.
Hillcrest High School Ball
On the 26th of September, 450 senior students attended the Casino Royale school ball! We hosted the event at the beautiful Gallagher ... Read more…From the Principal
Currently our senior students are sitting their school exams in preparation for their NCEA exams next term. They should also be making ... Read more…INTERNATIONAL STUDENT HOST FAMILIES WANTED
Do you have room for another young person in your family? Read more…Important Dates approaching
Important dates can be found on the school website. However see below for some important dates approaching. Read more…Absence Notification and Leave Pass Requests
Advising the School of an Absence and Requesting Leave Passes after Midday Read more…Yr 13 Final Assembly & Senior Prize Giving
Friday 27th October. Details below: Read more…Director of Pastoral Care
Hillcrest has recently established the new position of Director of Pastoral Care who will be overseeing and supporting the work of our ... Read more…Kai Kitchen Breakfasts
It was the collision of two goals that led to the creation of Kai Kitchen this year. The first being the wish to do something with an ... Read more…Coal boiler Decommissioning at Hillcrest High School
After faithfully serving Hillcrest High School for decades, the trusty boilers that have kept the school warm and cozy are set to ... Read more…Maaori Language Month
For the month of Mahuru (September), kaiako across the kura have set themselves a wero (challenge) to use more te reo Māori. For some ... Read more…Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori
Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori has been a very successful event. To celebrate one of our national languages, as a council, we have been ... Read more…Support Staff undertake PLD
Some of our kaimahi received some PLD on Thursday around te reo Māori pronunciation and te ao Māori values. Read more…English Faculty embracing both Te reo and NZ Sign Language
The English Department begins their professional development sessions with some te reo Māori upskilling. This session they also worked ... Read more…Shave for a Cure & Beautiful Lengths
In total we had 15 people donating or shaving their hair, and have raised over $1300 so far for Leukemia & Blood Cancer NZ! Read more…PAC Garage Sale
Garage Sale Success Read more…Library Fun
Week 4 was National School Library Week and we joined the rest of Aotearoa with some fun activities to highlight our library and try ... Read more…Year 10 Economics and Enterprise Market Day
We will be selling a variety of baked foods with the aim of our students learning to plan, make and sell products. A % of the profits ... Read more…Student artwork
Jennifer Guo has created a large scale painting for the meeting room. The work is a personal interpretation of Taha Wairua and Taha ... Read more…Hillcrest Students take out top places in Waikato Schools Theatresport Competition
Huge congratulations to both our Junior and Senior teams who competed in the Waikato Secondary Schools Theatresports final in Week 6. ... Read more…ITM Festival
In week 6 our talented music students performed at the ITM Festival at the Gallagher Performance Centre at Waikato University. Read more…Year 13 Drama Production - Blood Wedding
In week 5 our Yr 13 drama students presented their production 'Blood Wedding' to appreciative audiences. Read more…Music Department Concert
Our Music Department Concert that took place in Week 7 was a massive success! It was so wonderful to see the auditorium filled with ... Read more…Yr 13 Showcase
2023 saw the return of leavers' tradition, as the Year 13 Showcase made a comeback. Read more…Year 11 Drama Children's Theatre Performance
A massive well done to our Yr 11 Drama classes who successfully presented their Children’s Theatre Performance to a very entertained ... Read more…Winter Tournament Week 2023
Hillcrest had six teams head away for their respective tournaments this year, 3 football teams, 2 basketball teams and a netball team. Read more…Lacrosse Season Review
We had two girls teams this year: the Premier and B team. Both teams played extremely well throughout the season. Our prem team came ... Read more…Josh Cavanagh Cycling
Josh has again had some great success in his cycling endeavours. Read more…Jnr Girls Prem Football have a great season
Our Junior Girls Premier team were very unlucky not to win any trophies this season after they made it to half-time in the WSSFA ... Read more…U15 Rugby season
As our season comes to a close, we are pleased to share with you the remarkable journey of our Hillcrest High Under 15s Rugby Team, ... Read more…Mixed Water Polo success
Hillcrest entered a Mixed Team into the Senior Water Polo Competition in Term 1 and 2. Read more…NZ Certificate in Apiculture (L3) with PCTI
2023-24 Honey season - TE WHAREKURA O MAUAO - Tauranga Read more…Aotearoa New Zealand Spelling Bee - Central North Island Semi Finals
Kayla Bryant, Dawson Hillary, Isabelle Huang and Emilia Shyra represented Hillcrest High School exceptionally well at the semi finals ... Read more…The Y10 Spanish class changed into an art class
At the end of “En Casa” - At home - Unit of work our students learnt about the mosaics of Antonio Gaudí. He was a famous architect who ... Read more…Waikato University Leadership Academy
Over the last six months we were given the opportunity to take part in the Waikato University Leadership Academy. Here we worked ... Read more…French Day
The International Languages Week is just about to be over and the French Day was first up last Monday. Read more…
