5… 4… 3… 2… 1… Houston, we have lift off.

Today we bade farewell to our visitors from Yasuda Girls’ High School in Hiroshima, Japan.

Things are heating up in the hall as the junior school prepares for Junior Production, 2019.

Over the next two weeks all students will attend special subject selection assemblies and receive information to support them to make appropriate decisions about subjects to study in 2020.

We would like to take this opportunity to invite you to our upcoming “ACTIVATE” Otago Girls’ High School Senior Art Exhibition on Monday 12 August at 6pm at the Dunedin Community Gallery, 20 Princes Street.

These take place on Thursday 22 August and students in Years 10 to 13 should have their appointment times for this.

Recently we focused on Scholarship in a staff meeting and 48 students are registered to sit Scholarship subjects this year.

In the July school holidays I travelled to Wollongong, Australia to represent New Zealand in Table Tennis.

Congratulations Wenke Hofmeister in Year 11!

Last week Ella Sell and Claudia Scott from Year 13 Foods attended a Cake Decorating Masterclass with Claire Pennell from Cakes of Wanaka at the Otago Polytechnic Kitchen.

Private board wanted for a senior student for the remaining 2020 academic year.

The Caregiver Portal enables online availability of student data and online bill payment functionality.

An interesting video parents may like to watch is attached.

The United Nations’ Youth Pacific Project Conference was such an incredibly eye opening experience where I was allowed the space to learn and grow in such a unique environment.

My name is Claire Taylor and in the holidays I had the privilege of attending a 10-day voyage on Spirit of New Zealand up in Auckland.

Regular exercise when we are young contributes to healthy development of our musculoskeletal system, cardiovascular system and neuromuscular awareness.