Miss Judith Carter was our Principal from 1986 to 1995. She was also Deputy Principal from 1975 to 1978. She passed away on 1 May 2023. Her funeral was held on 5 May 2023.

In Pinnacle, 1986, Judith wrote, "When a student leaves Palmerston North Girls' High School it is my hope that she will have acquired a love of learning and have learnt how to learn, learnt how to relate to other people and have developed self-respect and self-reliance.  Learning is a life-long process".