Student Council named; Excellence Honoured

As chairperson of the student council, I am thrilled with the high level of calibre among the students who showed interest in being on the student council. I am looking forward to an exciting year, carrying on some initiatives that began last year within our school, such as the garden run by the student council, as well as starting our own projects. Congratulations to this year’s student council, I am confident that we will have a successful year. The badges were presented in assembly this week.

The student councillors are:

Amess House: Callum Bendall, Jonathan Linders, Chelsee Renata, Tessa Smith, Dylan Trott, William Wakefield.

McAllister House: Bailey Gavin, Monica Jones, Christine McIvor, McKenzie Roodbeen-Old, Emily Short, Jessica Taunt

Trimble House: Jerrikco Dean, Hamish MacDonald, Caitlin Reardon, Rhiannon Rhodes, Caitlan Smart, Beccyann Walker

Tyrer House: Emily Bates, Jamie Chapman, Layne Cox, Ashley Kowalewski, Kylie Petch, Renee Vincent

Sarah Kowalewski, Student Council Chairperson

NCEA ENDORSEMENTS 2014

Students are awarded merit or excellence endorsements on their NCEA qualifications if they achieve 50 or more credits at merit or excellence level. Gaining an endorsement is a significant achievement and we have recognised these learners at our assemblies, where they received an academic scholars badge and/or appropriate bar.

Following the 2014 examinations these students have an excellence endorsement. At NCEA Level 3 2014 Dux Rachel Martin received a gold bar. At NCEA Level 2 these students were presented with a gold (excellence) bar: Kimberley Barker, Nicholas Hornby, Monica Jones, Sarah Kowalewski, Sarah Malone, Jayde Nahi and Kody Simpson. At NCEA Level 1: Matthew Anderson, Kimberley Barker, Bailey Gavin, Ashley Kowalewski, Jonathan Linders, Caitlin Reardon, Tessa Smith and Dylan Trott were presented with a badge and gold (excellence) bar.

2014 NCEA Medal winners

A further 23 students gained merit endorsements at Level 1, with 16 students at Level 2 and seven students at Level 3. These students are: Level 1 (silver badge with bar); Liam Anderson, Mitchell Best, Kate Booker, William Burnell, Jared Dodunski, Bailey Fleming, Abigail Ford, Coen Frost, Jordan Heal, Jeana Howells, Hamish MacDonald, Christine McIvor, Morgan McSweeney, Nicholas Merson, Harmoney Moffitt, Connor Muir, Michael Muir, Shayzaria Pirini, McKenzie Roodbeen-Old, Shaun Rowe, Jade Stewart, Renee Vincent and Krissie Ward. A Level 2 (silver bar) was awarded to Quintin Bailey, Emily Bates, William Burnell, Jacinta Frost, Georgia Gavin, Thor Howatson, Grace Pope, Emily Short, Caitlin Smart, Jessica Taunt, Katie Taylor, Steven Ung, Alicia Venter, William Wakefield, Laura Ward and Beth West. The Level 3 (silver bar) has been awarded to: Kimberley Barker, Nikita Dorne, Jason Hamlin, Robbie Howatson, Joshua Hunger, Noeleen Venter and Marline Vogt.

Leaders 2015

The student leaders have been announced for 2015. The year 13 students will be led by Head Boy, Kody Simpson and Head Girl Georgia Gavin.
Sports Capatins are Katie Taylor and Quintin Bailey.
Arts Captains are Emily Bates and Jason Manuel-Isaacs.
Student Council Chairperson is Sarah Kowalewski and Makaiyah Hughes is continuing as the BoT Student Representative.

2015 student leaders with Principal Mr P Keenan.

Scholarships awarded at SHS Senior Prizegiving.

The 2014 senior prizegiving was held on Thursday 6 November. Our guest speaker was Mr Jeremiah Trueman who as an ex pupil of the school spoke about the day in the life of a Perth Wildcats player. It was an inspiring speech and enjoyed by all. Also at this special event as a number of scholarships were awarded to our year 13 students who are heading off to various universities.

• Rachel Martin received a Victoria University Excellence Scholarship and TET Scholarship. She will be doing a co-joint Bachelor in Law and Commerce. She was awarded 1st Accounting, Raewyn  Lightoller Accounting Award: Commitment, Contribution & Competency in Year 13 Accounting, 1st Economics, 1st English, A.H.R.Amess Cup 1st Year 13 English, 1st History, 1st Statistics and Modelling and the Stratford High School Dux Medal 2014 presented by the SHS PTA.
• Robbie Howatson, 2014 Proxime Accessit received a TET Scholarship and Priscilla Sandys Wunsch Scholarship for his study in surveying at Otago University. He also was awarded the H.C. Johnson Memorial Challenge Trophy for Senior Mathematics & Science), jointly awarded the Kimber Trophy Year 13 Geography and Sextus Family Trophy for Proxime Accessit.
• The Tag Oil scholarship was awarded to Matthew Kowalewski who will be studying at Waikato University. This award was presented by Rodney Hosking from Tag Oil.
• Jessica Graham (studying psychology) and Aria Nicholls (social work) received a Priscilla Sandys Wunsch Trust scholarship for 2015 for their studies at Otago University next year.
• A number of our senior students have also been awarded scholarships from the Taranaki Electricity Trust for their studies in 20154. Recipients to date are: Nikita Dorne, Caleb Egan, Jessica Graham, Joshua Hunger, Matthew Kowalewski, Mary-Louise Madden, Aria Nicholls, William Rohe, Danielle Vickers, Lara Williams
• Hannah Slater is the recipient of a $5000 Scholarship from the Alexander & Gladys Shepherd Scholarship Trust presented by Bryce Kaiser from Federated Farmers and Jade Terrill from Perpetual Guardian. Hannah will be attending Lincoln University to study agriculture.
• Lara Williams received a $5000 Massey University Academy of Sport scholarship. She will be studying a Bachelor of Sport and Exercise in 2015.
•  The Roodbeen trophy is given to the best all round senior student who shows dedication and commitment to the general life of the school. The recipient for 2014 was Noeleen Venter.
• Harmoney Moffitt gained Diligence in Geography and Science, Distinction English A, 2nd= History and 2nd Textiles Technology at Level 1. Harmoney received the ‘Te Kai Poutama Whetu’- top academic Maori Student in the senior school. This was the first time that this trophy has been awarded. 
• Bailey Gavin gained Distinction Mathematics, 3rd Science, 2nd= Geography, 2nd English A and 1st Drama and Physical Education. Bailey received The Hermann Family Trophy for Best Year 11 Academic Student.
• Kody Simpson gained Distinction in Mathematics, 2nd= Chemistry, 2nd Physics, 1st= Accounting, 1st Biology and 1st in English A. Kody received The Cusack Cup Academic Excellence: Year 12.

Merry Christmas

A happy new year to all from the Stratford High School family.

We would like to thank you for your support of the school in 2012. The support from parents, students and the community is invaluable to our school and enables our students to take part in many of the extra curricular activities and events.

We would like to acknowledge the support of the SHS Old Pupils Association, Tag Oil, Massey University, Maata Woman's Institute and the Mako family in supporting our students at the prizegivings. It was also pleasing to note the increased number of junior students who attended with families.

The Parent Teacher Association supports the school with assistance at functions and also with funds raised from locker hire and uniform sales to purchase extra items for the benefit of our students.

Another way of supporting the school is with your purchase of school stationery. By using either Stratford Paper Plus or Warehouse stationery you enable the school to purchase stationery items.

Many thanks to the many sponsors of our school. We have a number of firms who support the school by sponsoring the school magazine, adverts in the Stratford Press, sports and cultural teams, cultural activities and colour printing. Without them many school events would not be publicised or provided.

Once again, keep safe during the Christmas break and we look forward to seeing you back in 2013.
Important dates to be aware of:
Monday 21 Jan 2013: School office opens for new school year.
Wednesday 23 Jan: PTA uniform sale 12 noon to 2 pm. Assembly Hall.
Thursday 24 Jan: Course Confirmation Day for all year 12 students 10am to 2pm.
                             Year 13 students 9 to 10am and 2 to 3pm
                             Y13 Peer Support training – library 10.00 am start. Mufti
Monday 28 Jan: Year 9 and Year 13 students (8.45am to 3.15 pm.)
                            All other new students attend from 8.45 to 11am.
Tuesday 29 Jan: Year 9, 12 and 13 students only.
Wednesday 30 Jan: Year 9, 11, 12 and 13 students only
Thursday 31 Jan: All year levels

New enrolments:
Parents of new students who have not yet enrolled should phone the school office on 765 6039 from Monday 21 January 2013 to make an appointment to see the Principal Mr P Keenan.

Course confirmation Thursday 24th January 2013:
All year 12 and 13 students must confirm their course. Stationery lists are available to seniors at course confirmation or from the ultranet website. http://stratfordhigh.ultranet.school.nz/WebSpace/654/

Uniform lists are also available on the new ultranet website. SHS Uniform
P H Keenan
Principal

Newsletter

The latest newsletter is posted on the SHS Ultranet Website. http://stratfordhigh.ultranet.school.nz/WebSpace/358/ Open the resources tab on the right side of the page and open the latest file.

Congratulations

National Referees Badge Awarded
Christian Devine attended the NZ Maori Nationals Touch Tournament last weekend in Ngaruawhahia. 81 games on Saturday and 78 games on Sunday were played in grades Under 16 boys, girls and mixed, Under 21 boys, girls and mixed, 30s boys girls and mixed. He was recognized as the top referee of the year. Christian received his Level 2 badge for touch refereeing and a trophy for NZ Maori Nationals Referee for 2012.

The stationery collected for Vanuatu.

Stationery for Vanuatu


3 senior students from SHS will be travelling to Vanuatu over the Christmas break with the Stratford Baptist Church as part of a mission adventure. They will be working with youth and building a water tank while there. Our junior students have collected stationery items to them to take as part of their community service in the school.

Cans 4 Christmas

The junior students paid for mufti on Wednesday 5 December with a can 4 Christmas. Mrs Thomas of the Stratford Foodbank was delighted to come and collect the items from the school.

Tyrer house collected the highest per student number of items and Mrs Visser’s form class are the lucky winners of the morning tea from Mrs Walker. Congratulations to all students who donated items for this worthy cause.

P H Keenan

Principal

High School Corner

Congratulations

·     Blake Cheer was awarded the Healey Family Trophy for Taranaki Country Basketball U17 BOYS – Most Valued Player at the Taranaki Country Basketball prizegiving on Saturday 27^th October.

·     Ryan Cooper & Matthew Anderson both represented Taranaki at the NZ Short Course Swimming Championship in Wellington recently. Ryan won bronze in the 200 backstroke.
Ryan has also been awarded a Central North Island Scholarship at the recent CNI Champs held in Rotorua over Labour Weekend.

BoT Scholarship Winners

At the recent Board of Trustees meeting the winners of the BoT Scholarship examinations and RR Tyrer Scholarships were announced. Due to the low numbers sitting the exams only three BoT scholarships were awarded to: Riley Taylor (Eltham), Caleb Gibbons (Stratford) and Dale Stanners (Ngaere).

More funds were available for the RR Tyrer Scholarship from the trustees and the three scholarships were awarded to Josh Devlin (Matapu), Emma Nolly-Walsh (Ngaere) and Olivia Slater (Toko). We look forward to seeing all these students at the school in 2013.

A reminder that the year 8 students will be visiting the school later this month so the Deans and Guidance Counsellor will be on hand to answer any questions. All 2013 enrolment forms should be handed in.

Puanga Festival

On Friday 26 October the Stratford High School Kapa Haka group ventured up to join in the Puanga Festival, held in Waitara. Although the group was entered into the non-competition category, it was enjoyed by those who attended and participated. We came away with four of our speakers gaining placings. Samme-Sara Harrop Marriner and Greg Matthews gained 2^nd equal while Ally Howarth and Makaiyah were placed 3^rd equal in the Opaki Speech competition. Ally Howarth also was awarded a 2^nd placing in the poster competition. The day was exciting and was a great experience for all who attended.

Alexis Marriner.

P H Keenan

Principal

Congratulations

Erin Rowe, Lara Williams and Katie Taylor have been selected for the Taranaki Under 18 Girls Hockey team. The girls have already played in a tournament in Napier and last weekend in Wanganui. In the July holiday break they will travel to Dunedin for the Premier tournament against all other provincial teams. We wish them all the best.

The Boys Netball team were placed second at the TSSSA tournament on May 13th played at New Plymouth Courts. The team won 2 games, default wins to Inglewood and Waitara and lost to Francis Douglas. The team of Shaun Lawrence, Jordan Haakma, Zac Langton, Kyle Cook, Cameron Johnston, Cole Baker, Ben Phillips, Matt Simpson and Andrew Hunger were coached by Wayne Smith who presented certificates at assembly last week. The boys all played well and enjoyed the tournament. Thanks to Miss Sullivan's team for the warm up games.

Last updates for 2011

Congratulations
Congratulations to Shane Jordan who was selected as the 2011 winner of the Heartland Scholarship. Shane will use this to continue his woodchopping. Shane spoke earlier in the year to the school as one of our 2011 Poutama speakers.

Activities Week
Junior students enjoyed the activities week with staff. The weather was fine enough that those choosing outdoor activities were able to continue. School based activities like electronics, film challenge and Masterchef had enough excitement to last the week while farm students at Taratahi tried lots of farm based jobs.

School magazine
The school magazine is available to be picked up. The school office will close on Thursday 16th December and reopen on Monday 23rd January, although staff may still be at school behind closed doors. Year 12 and 13 students are reminded that they need to come to course confirmation on Thursday 26 January with their record of learning to confirm their 2012 course. Peer support training will be held on this day from 10 am to 2 pm.

Second hand uniform sale

The New Caledonia French tour group are organising the second hand uniform sale. Items can be dropped off at school by Wednesday 25 January or contact Mrs S Terry at school or via email ts@stratfordhigh.school.nz to arrange drop offs. The sale will start at 12 noon on Thursday 26 January at the school.
P H Keenan
Principal

High School Corner

Senior Prizegiving
All parents and caregivers are invited to the senior prizegiving on Tuesday 8th November commencing at 1.00pm. We ask that parents are seated by 12.50 pm to ensure a prompt start. The prizegiving will be followed by afternoon tea for parents and prizewinners.

Board of Trustees Academic Scholarships Awarded
At the recent meeting the Board of Trustees awarded five scholarships to students who sat the scholarship examinations in August. The awardees are: Jordan Wood (St Josephs), Tessa Smith (Kaponga), Caitlin Reardon (Ngaere), Dylan Trott (Toko) and Thor Howatson (Toko). The continuation of the scholarship is dependent on academic success at each year level.

Thank you to all parents and schools who allowed students time to sit the examinations at the school.

Next Newsletter
A newsletter will be posted given to all students this week. Activity week booklets will be handed out to junior students on Friday.

P H Keenan
Principal

Interview evening

Interview evening and reports.
Parents and caregivers of senior students are invited to attend an interview evening on Thursday 6th October from 5 pm to 7.00 pm in the assembly hall. Interview sheets will be posted on Thursday along with the school newsletter.
The school will be posting out Graduation Report 4 to all junior students on Thursday along with the school newsletter. Parents of Junior students will have an interview evening on Thursday 27th October.

Congratulations
• Laureen Cox (Y12) competed in the TSSSA cycling champs on Sunday September 4 in Lepperton. She rode in a mixed team with NPBHS and NPGHS around a 16km course and placed 3rd in the senior girl’s individual time trial event around a 16km course.
• To Crystal Melville-Grace (Y13) who came third in the Taranaki Foodstuffs Checker of the Year competition recently.
• Taranaki Zone Chess Championships held recently with the following results for our students. James Burt 1st place Gold; Tayla Corbett 2nd place Silver, Top Girl Gold; Cameron Luckhurst 3rd place Bronze. With fourth member Rowan Meads the team won the Top team Gold medal as well. They are currently waiting on confirmation for their place in the Chess Power Interschool National Championship to be held in Auckland on October 4th.

Poutama
We were recently privileged to have Shane Jordan as a guest speaker at our Poutama assembly. A Stratford High School old boy, Shane Jordan has been chopping since he was 15 years old. He told us that he developed an interest when Bruce Reichardt from Douglas was training some young guys at school.

When he left school, Shane trained as a helicopter engineer and went to work in Taupo. He was fortunate to have a great coach and mentor who spent his days sourcing wood for Shane to chop. Shane stressed the importance of surrounding yourself with people who believe in the dreams you have for yourself. Shane cuts hundreds of training logs, spends many early mornings at the gym and late nights adjusting and perfecting his equipment. This training ensures he is physically and mentally prepared. He has kept very many people in firewood along the way.

He has competed and represented NZ in the USA, Spain, Austria and Australia. He has held numerous titles throughout the North Island and was also a member of the NZ team which set a new World record in Austria. He showed us a video of how he achieved his goal of competing in the American Stihl series. Shane told us he was planning an attempt at a New Zealand record in Inglewood in a few weeks’ time. We have since learned that he achieved his goal. In the standing block he carved close to two seconds off the previous record, set in 2005, of 18.63s. Shane's mark is 16.64s.

Shane’s advice for our students was that they can do anything they want to if they believe in themselves and set their mind to it.
P H Keenan
Principal

High School Corner

Junior House Badges

Junior house badges were given out at assembly on Tuesday 9th August to celebrate our student’s involvement in academic, sporting, cultural and overall participation in school events.
Amess House: Academic: Cole Baker and Mitchell Best, Sports: Jack Jordan and Jacinta Frost, Cultural: Memphis Karaitiana and Chloe Lewis, Participation: Samuel Reardon and Laura Ward.
McAllister House: Academic: Monica Jones and Tayla Corbett, Sports: Katie Taylor and Liam Burnell, Cultural; Kyle Stewart and Angelica Schumacher, Participation: Joshua Hunger and Robbie Howatson.
Trimble House: Academic: Xavier Hey and Sarah Malone, Sports: Quinlin Bosson-Thompson and Misty Hagley, Cultural; Jayde Nahi and Tylah Ooink-Graham, Participation: Rachel Martin and Noeleen Venter.
Tyrer House: Academic: Sarah Kowalewski and Jack Bennett, Sports: Matthew Kowalewski and Lara Williams, Cultural; Terry Jane and Taylah Acero, Participation: Dayle Bailey and Asia Loveridge-Acero

Asiawise competition
12 students are currently working with Mr Smith to complete the Asiawise competition by Friday 19th August. Students have to research a number of topics relating to Asia and complete a question sheet.

Congratulations
To Beth West, Quinlin Bosson-Thompson, Quintin Bailey and Nick Merson who competed over the weekend as part of the TCB basketball teams.

To Jack Jordan who has been selected as part of the NZ Under 21 Woodchopping team. He will be going with the team to the Royal Melbourne Show in September.

To Tayla Corbett and Joshua Hunger (year 10) and Sarah Kowalewski (year 9) who all gained 100% in the Junior Graduation Report 3. It is great to see that over 70% of junior students are on target to graduate with either Merit or Excellence.

Latest news

Daffodil Day Volunteers
Once again, students volunteered their services to assist the Stratford Cancer Society with the luncheon and selling of flowers for 2011 Daffodil Day. Thanks to Alison Matthews, Andrew Hunger, Amy Luckhurst, Elizabeth Corbett, Shannon Morrow-Washer, Melissa Coull-Herewini, Jessica Nicholas, Christine Podjursky and Michaela Dormer for providing this valuable community service on behalf of our school.


Lara Williams:
Taranaki Female Hockey Player
of the Year 2011


 Taranaki Female Hockey Player of the Year

On 27 August Taranaki Hockey held their annual club awards evening. The criteria for the player of the year awards were that you needed to represent Taranaki in some way, show great skill, talent and be a team player. It is a difficult award to receive as there are 8 clubs with a total of 112 players vying for the honour. It was with great excitement and shock that Lara Williams received this award for 2011.

As part of her commitment to hockey, Lara played for SHS Girls 1st XI, captained the Taranaki Under 15 team and was tournament player of the week as well as Most Valuable Player for the second year.

Congratulations

To Laureen Cox who was 3rd in the TSSSA Senior Girls Road Cycle champs and also won one of the spot prizes on the day.

To Sarah Cooper, Melissa Coull-Herewini, Rebecca Poole, Daniel Stieller, Kate Thomas who were presented with Peak 2011 bars as acknowledgement of their involvement in the production of the school magazine this year.

To Josh Hunger and Quinlin Bosson-Thompson who were selected for the Taranaki Under 14 rugby team. They play against a visiting Australian school next Thursday in Tikorangi. Scott Caskey and Jarvis Gotty are in the Under 16 team and Adrian Pitman was selected for the Taranaki Under 18 team.

Congratulations - Term 1 success

Congratulations to Josh.
Josh Robins shows his talent on being named the International Rookie of the Year 2010 for the American Quarter Horse Association. This is a remarkable achievement for Josh who is in his first year of international competition and was only 14 years old at the time.

TSSSA Sevens

Central Rugby almost pulled of a very exciting final in the TSSSA Rugby Sevens competition at Yarrow Stadium in April. They went down 24-12 to NPBHS, but had easily won their Division earlier in the day. The future looks bright indeed as this team has many new caps from previous junior teams making the step up.

TSSSA SPORT AND SHS REPS SUMMARY

Term one for Stratford High sport has been hectic and the students are participating and achieving at very exciting levels. It is great to see many of our juniors stepping up and having a go at new events. We have had great participation in lots of events and not all are listed here but some of successes follow.

Two of our junior students represented Taranaki at the NISS Athletic Champs in Hamilton. Sarah Kowalewski was a creditable 6th in the girls Triple Jump and Quinlan Bosson Thompson was a very close second in the 300m sprint final, 2 seconds faster than his best time.

The TSSSA Rogaine Champs in the Middle of March have gained in popularity and this year SHS sent 105 students to compete at night event at Lake Mangamahoe.
Junior Boys: Robbie Howatson, Reece Saywell, Will Rohe, Herbert Van Veen and Josh Hunger were placed 3rd in their Division.
Junior Girls; Emily Short, Beth West, Courtenay McIntosh and Rylie Saywell were placed 3rd also in their class. A big thank you to Mr & Mrs Walker who every year manage this event for SHS.
Indoor Bowling
Taranaki Bowling Clubs this year have introduced a secondary school competition “Squad of 6’, to endeavour to have students from different colleges competing and practising their skills over a six week period. SHS team competed at Hawera Bowling Club, and then all went on to compete at the TSSSA champs at the Avon Club in Stratford. Our Team of Kyle Cook (Captain), William Arnold, Matt Holden, Abby Gawler, Alana Mako and Heather O’Neill represented us with credit.
Abby Gawler went on to be runner –up in the Girls Singles and also received the Player of the Day Trophy. She was chosen to represent Taranaki at the regional champs in Wanganui.
To end a very busy Term the TSSSA Dressage Champs were held at Waitara this year, in lovely sunny conditions. Congratulations to our young team of Lara Williams, Shannon Coull, Anna Crawford and Laura Vernon who came second overall for the day.
Our team captain Lara Williams showed the way for the other girls with a good win in the DC competition on her pony Little Miss Me. And the others all scored consistently in their respective groups. Thanks so much to Mechelle Coull who almost went hoarse calling so many junior tests and Erin McDonald who helped on the day also.

TSSSA Athletics Success

This year 41 athletes represented SHS at the 2011 TSS Athletics Championships. This is the largest team we have sent in many years and the athletes are to be commended, not only for their performance on the track and field but also for their team spirit and for representing the school with pride and respect. Also many thanks to Mr Walker for his managerial expertise and to Sports Captains Sarah Cooper and Hamish Walker and also Hayden Hendry for their support.
We gained a total of 15 places over the day ; a very fine effort indeed.

Luke Fisher managed a 2nd place in the Intermediate Boys 200m and the Intermediate Boys 4 x 100 relay team of Luke, Blake Cheer, Matthew Kowalewski and Quinlin Bosson-Thompson were 3rd.

Jack Espin ran 2nd in the Senior Boys 3000m steeplechase while Paul Haenga was 2nd in the 300m hurdles. The Senior Boys 4 x 100 relay team of Paul, Jack, Adrian Pitman and Jason Simpson were also 3rd.

Junior Girl Sarah Kowalewski was an impressive winner of the 1500m and was also 3rd in the Triple Jump. The Junior Girls 4 x 100 relay team of Sarah, Tyler Page, Megan Old and Storm Murray gained 3rd place.

The Intermediate Girls relay team of Theresa O’Neil, Deanna Crawford, Deja Whatu and Shayna Heal also placed 3rd.

Taylor Bailey was paced 3rd in the Senior Girls High Jump and the 200m while Chelsea Saywell was 1st in the Senior Girls Discus.

Athlete of the day, however, was Quinlin Bosson-Thompson who was a very impressive winner of the Junior Boys 100m, 200m and 300m events.

Congratulations to Taylor Bailey, Quinlin Bosson-Thompson and Sarah Kowalewski who have been selected to represent Taranaki Secondary Schools at the North Island Championships.

Poutama Day, Student Council announced.

 A newsletter was sent home with students on Wednesday 9th March.

Poutama Day

Thursday 17th March is Poutama Day where all parents and students meet with teachers or Deans to set goals for the 2011 academic year. Your son / daughter should have arranged your interview time which will be confirmed in a letter to you this week. Mr Keenan is encouraging all students to set three goals; academic, personal and community. We look forward to meeting you on Poutama Day, 17th March 2011.

  

Student Council Announced
The 2011 student council was elected last week and elected members received their badge at Monday’s assembly. The reps are:
Amess House: Daniel Stieller, Laura Lambkin, Alex Taikato, Mhirron French.
McAllister House: Shade MacKay, Hayden Hendry, Josh Hunger, Kyle Stewart
Trimble House: Matt Simpson, Cameron Johnson, Faith Fleetwood, Jayde Nahi

Tyrer House: Logan Marks, Harmony Blake, Lewis Marchant, Shayna Heal

 

 

Congratulations

 Congratulations and thanks to all the students who participated in the recent school swimming sports. Amess House were the winners on the day while the Year 13 vs staff relay was hotly contested and narrowly won by the staff with a minimum of adherence to the rules. Trophies will be presented at an assembly later this term.

 Joshua Robins won the High Point Senior Youth Trophy at the American Quarter Horse Nationals. He also won the Senior Youth Reining competition and had numerous other placings during the event.

 Ryan Cooper: won the 200m backstroke with a record time at the NZ National Age Group Swimming Champs last week. As well, Ryan was a member of the winning Taranaki team in the 5 x 50m that set a new Taranaki relay record.

Congratulations to all students who took part in the TSSSA Beach Volleyball at Ngamotu on Sunday. The senior boys played well and were runners-up in the senior boys’ fours.

Congratulations to Simon Terry who was nominated as the Volunteer of the Month for the Lake Rotokare Restoration Trust.

 

Mrs Rachel Neild, who was a member of the Canterbury Masters Hockey team, that won gold at the recent NZ Masters Tournament in North Shore. Mrs Neild has also been selected as a reserve for the NZ Masters team.

Mr P Keenan, Principal


 

High School Corner

Junior Workday
Many thanks to members of the community who offered support to the junior students for workday. Final totals are not yet in but we are hoping that both major projects for the Student Council will happen.

NZ Secondary Schools Indoor bowls
Anjela Frost, Taranaki under 15 Indoor Bowls Champion was placed 3rd in the NZ Junior Indoor Bowls Championships on Saturday 28th August in Wellington. She was knocked out by 2009 NZ champion Teri Anderson in the semi final. One champion from each region competes in this tournament.

In the NZ Secondary Schools Champs on Sunday 29th August, Anjela Frost was 9th in the championship singles, while Rebekah Frost (5th) and Kylie Rowlands (9th) played in the consolation round. In the NZSS Pairs competition on Monday 30th August Anjela and Rebekah won all qualifying games and finished 9th in NZ. Jacinta Frost and Kylie Rowlands also won all qualifying games and finished 5th in NZ at their level.

Congratulations:
Jessica Short, Nathan Heine and Alexandra Merson were presented with a Level 1 Basketball Umpires certificate at assembly last week. We hope to see them umpiring at Stratford games in the near future.

Maria Gaudin won first place with her dog Dream at the Taranaki Toy Dog Show on 29th August.

Ex pupil Bryce Looms (2002) has recently finished a Diploma of Digital Media at the Media and Design College in Auckland. Bryce is now working the website design field, updating and design websites. This college offers other diplomas in the graphic media fields of game development, VFX and 3D Graphics.

Philip H Keenan
Principal

High School Corner

SHS Hockey
Well what a great season we have had for hockey. We started with the usual Senior A Boys & Girls teams. Fortunately we had an overflow with the boys so we were looking at combining with Waitara High for a second boys team but this did not work out. We entered a B Boys team in the B division Grade and we had sufficient boys put their names forward which was great to see. What a season they had. They came together with strength each week and it paid off for them as they finished 5th equal with Hawera High B. all teams have had successful seasons, with the Boys A team finishing 2nd in their league. The Girls A team after a roller coaster season, with injuries throughout the team and a tense finish to pool play kept themselves in the top 4. They lost the semi final but in the bronze playoff finished with a draw and a 3rd equal placing with Spotswood College. To all three teams well done I think this would be our best year for some time.
Desiree Alexander, Hockey Manager

New Caledonia Grocery Raffle
The grocery raffle was drawn on Monday and the winner is Mr P Keenan. The New Caledonia tour party would like to thank all people who have supported them with the raffle and the Stratford Rotary Club for allowing them to help sell sausages.

Junior Workday
There will be a junior workday during week 8 this term. If you need a student for the day please contact Mr Richard Armond at the school. More information will follow.

Methanex Maths winner
The winner of the Poetry and Creative Writing prize was Danielle Vickers, which was mentioned incorrectly in the last school newsletter. Members of PPTA who visited the school were impressed with our display last week.


Philip H Keenan
Principal

Hockey Finals this week

SHS Hockey

Tuesday night 17th August, the Boys B Hockey Team are playing for 5th & 6th position in the B grade competition at Stratford at the T.E.T at 6.05pm against Hawera High. These boys have achieved a lot this year and have done extremely well.

SHS Boys A Hockey Team have made the finals. This game will be played on Thursday 19th August at the TET ground in Stratford, starting at 8.15pm against Francis Douglas Memorial College. All support is welcome.

The Girls A are playing in the Semi finals on Monday 23rd August in New Plymouth at the Devon Hotel Park at 7.00pm. This game will be against New Plymouth Girls High. If the girls win they will play on Thursday night at Stratford at the T.E.T. ground for the. All support for our semi welcome.
Desiree Alexander, Hockey Manager

Junior House Badges
Junior students were awarded house badges for their involvement in the school in four areas this week at assembly. A maximum of 8 badges per house are awarded; two in each category of academic, sport, culture and participation.
Winners for July 2010 are:
Amess House: Hamish Booker (Academic), Kathleen Robertson (Academic), Curtis Boyde (Sport), Erin Rowe (Sport), Angela Frost (Culture), Daisy Higgs (Participation), Cameron Luckhurst (Participation)

McAllister House: Josh Hunger (academic), Jessica Short (Academic), Simon Terry (Sport), Rua Walker (sport), Robbie Howatson (culture), Malissa Alexander (culture), Grace Hunger (participation), Emily Howatson (participation).

Trimble House: Misty Hagley (academic), Sam Wyss (academic), Tatiana Rhodes (sport) Joshua Robins (sport), Rachel Martin (participation) Jarvis Gotty (participation)

Tyrer House: Jack Bennett (academic), Ila Earney (academic), Emma Campbell (sport), Ryan Cooper (sport) Alexandra Merson (culture), cameron Cox (participation), Shayna Heal (participation).

Taranaki Hockey Representatives 2010


Congratulations to the following students of Stratford High School who were selected to represent Taranaki in hockey for 2010 in their respective age groups:

• U15 girls: Malissa Alexander, Lara Williams and Erin Rowe (unable to attend national tournament due to injury) the girls finished a very credible 11th place at their national tournament in Napier.
• Under15 boys: Scott Williams, Kieran Harrison, Curtis Boyde, Ben Smith and Cory Kieft finished 17th place down in Carterton. U18 boys were Daniel Heine and Kalib Harris who traveled to Dunedin for nationals. They placed 16th. U18 girls: Kelsi Bayly, whose team were placed 15th in Tauranga.
• All players represented both the school and our region well over the season starting from the trials in April, throughout the Quadrangular tournaments during the season and at their week long national age group tournaments around the country in the holidays.
• Congratulations also go to Daniel Heine, Malissa Alexander and Kelsi Bayly who were also selected as Captains for their respective Taranaki teams. It is both a credit to yourselves and Stratford High School.



Malissa Alexander, Daniel Heine and Kelsi Bayly - 2010 Taranaki Hockey Captains for the representative teams.

Congratulations to our students

It has been an exciting start to Term three with a number of our students being honoured in various forms.
• Tracy Kivell has been honoured by the Stratford Lions Club for their 2010 Youth Award.
• Josh Robins for his silver placing in the International Western Riding Championships during the holidays.
• Ashlee O'Hanlon for her 2009 design which has been used as the Methanex Maths Spectacular poster.
• Alex Patterson and Kieran Watt at the recent TSSSA Badminton competition. Alex won the senior boys title. As a pair they won the senior boys doubles title.
• Dylan Honeyfield who gained the highest score at the TSSSA Small-Bore Rifle Shooting competition.
• The Girls 10 pin bowling team who came second in the TSSSA 10 Pin Bowling competition.
• Get 2 Go team who were placed 5th after a fun filled day of competition which is the best score for our school.
• To the 3A and 4A Netball teams who participated in the Western Junior Development tournament at the weekend.
There will be more congratulations in the next newsletter as junior students were honoured with house badges at a recent assembly, the Fonterra Science Fair and Methanex Maths Spectacular have both occurred.

MoE Recognises Language Student
Melissa Watts has gained a Ministry of Education Language Immersion Award. Melissa was one of 15 students from all over NZ over all languages to be honoured. The award has a value of $11250 which will pay for her costs for spending six months overseas in a French speaking country (her chosen language). Melissa has chosen France, Belgium or Canada as her preferred destination for the six months of the award. The application process was online with Melissa having to supply 4 references, NCEA results and her personal writing. She was then selected for an interview in New Plymouth by representatives from the MoE. After a month she received a letter to say that she was one of the 15 recipients for 2011.

Junior graduation reports
These reports will be posted this week with an interview evening to be held on Thursday 19th August from 7.00 to 9.00 pm.