Latest Information for Parents

There have been a number of changes to the weekly events due to the weather this week.
1. Swimming Sports:
These have been postponed and will be held on Friday 2nd March.
2. SHS Athletics Sports:
These will take place on Tuesday 28 February. For a $2 donation, students may wear house coloured mufti to school on this day.

3. Open Night: Wednesday 29 February:
An open night to welcome new students and parents will take place on Wednesday 29 February from 7pm to 8pm. Parents and students will be asked to meet in the hall by 7pm for a welcome by Mr Keenan and staff. After a short presentation, parents will have the opportunity to meet the teachers of their student. Light refreshments will be served.

4. Next newsletter:
The newsletter link will be emailed to parents on Thursday next week once the newsletter is ready for printing. Students whose parents have indicated that they wish a hard copy of the newsletter will recieve one in class on Thursday.

P H Keenan
Principal.

DairyNZ Scholarship for 2011 Head Girl

Taylor Bailey, 2011 Head Girl and
DiaryNZ Scholarship recipient

DairyNZ, on behalf of the NZ Diary Industry, is proud to announce that 61 scholarships for recipients to study at Lincoln or Massey Universities in 2012 have been awarded to students undertaking degrees in agriculture or related subjects and who have a particular interest in a career in the dairy industry.

Taylor is one of 23 scholarship recipients who will be studying at Massey University. She will have her tuition fees paid by DairyNZ this year. The scholarship will assist Taylor to meet the costs of university study at Massey and continues until course completion as long as grades continue to be acceptable.

Mr Keenan, Principal commented that the success of Taylor in being selected is a great achievement and a wonderful testament to the quality of education at Stratford High School. Taylor is the first student from Stratford High School to be awarded this scholarship since Anna Adlam received it ten years ago.

This significant support to outstanding young scholars is part of the Dairy Industry’s determination to encourage the best people into the industry as the future research scientists, farm advisers, farm managers, farm owners and rural professionals. Scholarship winners are mentored and supported through their university years and can expect to gain employment in a variety of positions, either on farm or in the support areas, of this massive industry.

The closing date for 2013 scholarships is 7 December 2012 and information can be found on the universities or DairyNZ websites or from Mrs Milner, Careers Adviser at school.

2012 Student Leaders announced.

The 2012 Student leaders were announced at assembly on Thursday 9th February. Congratulations to the following students.
Head Boy: Cameron Johnson
Head Girl: Nicole Booker
Sports Captains: Matt Simpson and Alana Mako
Arts Captain: Aimee Hinton
Student Council Chairperson: Melissa Coull-Herewini
BOT Representative: Andrew Hunger

We look forward to seeing them in action this year.
House meetings were held on Friday for students to elect House Captains who will be announced next week in time for the annual athletics and swimming events. Following on from this house will elect their student council representatives.

NCEA Endorsements 2012Mr Keenan (Principal) noted that it was pleasing to see that the 2011 student leaders and top students were among the Level 3 recipients and he challenged the school to improve on these results in 2012.
Students who sit the NCEA examinations are able to get their certificate endorsed with a Merit or Excellence if they receive at least 50 credits that are Merit or Excellence level. Last year, 47 students achieved this endorsement. Students were presented with badges and bars at the full school assembly on Thursday 9th February.


Students who received a Level 1 Merit (Silver) Endorsement are:
Malissa Alexander, Blake Cheer, Ryan Cooper, Cameron Cox, Deanna Crawford, Ila Earney, Cassey Edgcombe, Ryk Ferguson, Jarvis Gotty, Jason Hamlin, Jarrod Harris, Shayna Heal, Daisy Higgs, Emily Howatson, Grace Hunger, Sophie Jeffares, Lewis Marchant, Erin Rowe, Jessica Short, Katie Stanners, Alex Taikato, Amy Taunt, Quintin Trask, Phillip Vecchia, Laura Vernon, Sophie Wilson, Samuel Wyss

Students who received a Level 1 Excellence (Gold) Endorsement are:
Anjela Frost, Alexandra Merson, Kathleen Robertson

Students who received a Level 2 Merit (Silver) Endorsement are:
Renee Cave, Nikayla Johnson, Heather O'Neill, Rebecca Poole. Bars only were presented to: Shaymas Carroll, Hannah Martin, Sarah Rohe


Students who received a Level 2 Excellence (Gold) Endorsement bar are:
Cameron Johnson, Andrew Hunger, Matt Simpson, Matthew Sullivan-Brown

Students who received a Level 3 Merit (Silver) Endorsement bar are:
Taylor Bailey, Katelyn Craig, Jack Espin, Adrian Pitman, Natasha Sinclair-Taikato, Timothy Stanners, Hamish Walker