Dear Parents and Caregivers, Winter sports are now over and we have just completed our mock examinations.

The Board is now about to review its strategic direction over the next few months, to develop an updated plan as part of our Charter. We are in the enviable position that we are achieving our previous goals and now need to stretch our vision further. 

K-Town Singers - The Voice Festival.  This year has been a big year for the Kaiapoi High School choir.

Rimu House has had another consistent term. In the House Competition we are working our way to the top! Currently we are in third position on 605 points behind Matai, which is on 645. 

As we end Term 3, Matai House can reflect on a huge improvement from 2015! After languishing at the bottom of the points table for all of 2015, we have won regular challenges and have had a big influence within the school. 

We are very sorry to be farewelling Assistant Principal, Andy Ashworth.  Andy tells us a bit about himself.

It has been a great year for this new course at Kaiapoi High School.

The Kapahaka rōpū once again represented Kaiapoi High School with mana,ihi, wehi and wana at the local Kā Matakura o Ruataniwha Kapahaka celebration.  

It has been a great term at Kaiapoi High School, albeit a busy one! There are credits coming thick and fast for seniors, and juniors are busy choosing classes for their future and getting stuck into their work. 

It has been an exciting time in Hospitality, with Year 9 school camps happening this term. 

With only around 4 weeks for seniors to go and the weather becoming warmer, the end of year is fast approaching. However, that doesn't mean we switch into holiday mode anytime soon. This is the busiest time of year and crunch time for many.

We have had another busy term in the International Department.

Basketball is alive and well at Kaiapoi High School, with a record 11 teams entered this year. 

Congratulations to all our students who took part in The University of Otago Junior Mathematics Competition and The Australian Mathematics Competition in 2016.

Kaiapoi High School is one of the founding schools for the Boyle River Outdoor Education Centre. 

Success! Success! Success! After 26 years of trying, the Kaiapoi High School Senior A Netball Team will compete in the “A” Grade Tournament next year!

We started the project with last year’s Building class in June 2015, and managed to get it all closed in, with the external cladding being completed during the Christmas school holidays.

For the second year in a row, the Year 13 Journalism class travelled over to Lake Haupiri on the West Coast and visited the Christian Community: Gloriavale. This tied in with the assessments questioning whether the Media represents aspects of New Zealand society in an accurate and fair way. 

Congratulations to all of the following Wednesday Sports teams:

If surviving a normal school day isn’t hard enough, Level 2 Outdoor Education students spend three days and two nights surviving in the rugged bush in the Craigieburn Range between Arthurs and Porters Pass.

On 17 August, Abi Berry, Gia Hurring, Katelyn Bayer, Maddie Gommans, and Mrs Robertson were part of 70 students and 15 teachers from local schools hosted by the University of Canterbury at their Women in Leadership breakfast.