Hillcrest High School
Welcome to Term 3, it has been a busy start to the term. Check out all the awesome news stories so far.
From the Principal
Dear parents and caregivers, We have had a really positive start to Term 3, with a number of activities and events occurring in the ... Read more…Traffic Safety at Hillcrest High School
We are still really struggling with ensuring the front of our school is safe at pick up time. Read more…Hillcrest High School Health Clinic - Update
The health clinic has two school nurses who job share. They are here to see the students who are sick or injured at school. Students ... Read more…Key Staff Changes for Term 4
There are a few key staff changes that you may need to be aware of for Term 4. Read more…Whaanau Hui
Whaanau Hui - 15th August - 5.30pm - 7.00pm - Staff Room. Read more…Mr Chibnall awarded Life Membership
On Friday Mr Chibnall was presented with a Life Membership to the Waikato Bay of Plenty Football Federation for his service to ... Read more…Circumspeekayweekay
One of my favourite things about being a leader at Hillcrest is our ability to create and implement new events. This year the other ... Read more…Hillcrest Alumni - Looking back at Hillcrest High School, with gratitude
Way back in 1988, Dr. Elsie Walker had a shaky start at Hillcrest High School. At four-feet-five-inches tall, she literally didn’t ... Read more…Alumni visits Hillcrest
Rachel Weir, 1991 Dux, visited school on Monday 24 July. Read more…PAC Garage Sale
Come and support our staff and students to create memories in Rotorua for a class trip. Read more…Arts Fest
Wow! What an awesome time we all had at Arts Fest that was on during week two. Read more…Hillcrest Win at Theatresports
Congratulations to both our Junior and Senior Thetresports teams who won first place at the Waikato Theatresports Competitions held at ... Read more…Hillcrest Students Compete in Hamilton Competitions
We had 6 singers from Hillcrest perform in the Hamilton Vocal Competitions in the holidays with great success. It was a very big ... Read more…Waikato Society of Art - National Youth Art Awards 2023
Congratulations to our current students Eddie Purdon (13TK), Nikita Billington (13BY), Daniela Garcia Hoyos (11EL) and ex-student ... Read more…Drama Trip to Auckland
A group of Drama students had the best time at ‘Basmati B*tch’ last week at Q Theatre in Auckland! Read more…Hamilton Vocal Competitions - ILC/PAC
The ILC and PAC were entered in the Children and Young Adults with special needs section and placed as follows: Read more…Year 13 Drama Production - Blood Wedding
On in Te Kore Theatre, Week Five - 15th-18th August Read more…Yr 10 Student a published illustrator
How awesome is this, Yr 10 student Aysha Clark is now a published illustrator. Aysha designed and created the cover for her Mum's book! Read more…Junior Debating: Waikato Schools Tournament 2023
We had a vibrant and highly successful season! Five junior teams competed across five rounds. Well done to all students involved. It ... Read more…Matariki at Hillcrest High School
Led by Manukura, Christopher Harrison and Māori student council members, Matariki was a week of celebrating and reflection. ... Read more…Annual International Concert
Our Cultural captains and their team put on yet another wonderful concert for Hillcrest and our community this year. Read more…Yr 9 Innovation Academy
For 2 days 80 year 9 students worked through the design thinking process to solve real life problems during the Innovation Academy ... Read more…Hillcrest celebrates Cook Island Language Week
Our staff were put through their paces this morning as part of Cook Island Language Week. Read more…PAC and Enviro Council tree planting at Hillcrest Park
On Monday 24th July the PAC students and staff, along with Ms McKnight and members of the Enviro council, were involved in some native ... Read more…Sisters perform on World Stage
In early August this year, current year 12 student Claire Maree Norton and Hillcrest alumni Rosalie Norton will be performing on an ... Read more…Hillcrest Rowing Club Annual Information Evening
We have our information evening coming up at 6 pm on Thursday, 17 August, to be held in the staff room at school. We look forward to ... Read more…Victoria Guo heading to Junior Badminton Championships in the USA
Our very own Victoria Guo is off to the World Junior Badminton Championships in the USA and she requires some support to get there. Read more…Winter sport update
Winter sport is heading towards the end of its season with premier teams getting ready for tournament week in late august. Read more…NZSS swimming champs results
Year 10 student Ashley Calcott recently competed at the NZSS swimming champs an swum 6 PB's. Read more…Justin Smyth smashing it in France!
Yar 13 student Justin Smyth and his U19 quad crew are through to the semi finals at the world U19 rowing champs in Paris, France. Read more…North Island Secondary Road Champs
Josh Cavanagh (Year 12) gained two medals at the recent road champs event. Read more…Level 2 outdoor Education
Here are a few of photos from Year 12 Tramping, camping and survival skills, and Rock climbing assessment at Xtreme Edge. Read more…Summer Sports coming up...
Summer sports are beginning preseason trainings and trials in preparation for Term 4. Read more…Cycling success
Success for Hillcrest at the North Island Cyclocross Championships and Road races held in Whanganui last week. Read more…Nickolas Kimura - Judo Golds!
Nickolas Kimura, Year 9, has been very busy in the world of Judo this year having won 4 gold medals in the past few months. Read more…
