This year we continue to proudly work in partnership with Escape Adventurous Journeys to promote The Duke of Edinburgh's International Award. Escape Adventurous Journey is initiating this scholarship program to help support anyone on our Duke of Edinburgh's International Award. To register your daughter please log on to: https://dofehillary.org.nz/ , once registered please email Ms Pike to add you to the school group.

This programme will seek to enable young people, with training, an experience which will support them to manage their circumstances. Contractors from ‘Escape Adventurous Journeys’ will deliver the award to: 

Partner schools introducing the programme to young people between the age of 14 – 18 years who are dis advantaged as a result of: 

• Personal Adversity 

• Family Circumstances 

• Lack of role models or mentors 

• Extreme Financial hardship 

• Limited social engagement 

• Failing at school because some or all of these. 

The Duke of Ed. programme will provide the participants with regular contact and guidance, safe places to work on their Award and respond to what they are planning and learning. This will give our girls practical hands on development and skills relating to the journey and exploration, provision of the resources/equipment to empower participants to achieve success. This year we welcomed our new year 9 scholarship group into the program. They recently completed their first qualifying overnight trip in the National Park. An unforgettable experience for some of the girls as they experienced hands on, for the first time, what it means to survive in the great outdoors. 

Anyone who might still be interested in this please contact TIC Ms Pike email: tpike@rghs.school.nz or ph. 07 3480156 (Senior Dean’s office).