Term 4 Starts

Andrew Hunger
2011-2012 Student Trustee

New student trustee
Congratulations to Andrew Hunger who has been elected as the 2011 – 2012 Student Trustee for the SHS Board of Trustees. There were ten students who put themselves forward for this position so it made for an exciting election period. Andrew attended his first board meeting in October. Many thanks to Astyn Buckland who has been the current Representative.

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.

Final Payments
All parents and caregivers are encouraged to pay all outstanding accounts for students. The money has been outlayed on behalf of your student for their course this year. Any money outstanding for curriculum or sports means that next year there will not be as much funding in departments as these debts will have to be covered by the MOE funding.

Board Of Trustees Strategic Plan - Community Consultation

The Board of Trustees are reviewing and finalising the strategic plan for 2012—2014. The first draft of this plan is on the school website and has been posted to parents. If you would like to comment on this please email the Board of Trustees bot@stratfordhigh.school.nz or send a letter to the board via the main office of the school.
Also on the school website are two surveys which you can complete. The first concerns the strategic plan and the second concerns the school uniform review.
Uniform Survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/7CXM6VQ

Junior Parent Interviews
Junior parents will be able to meet with teachers on Thursday 27th October from 7 pm to 9pm in the school assembly hall. Booking sheets were included with the graduation reports.

Mr P Keenan, Principal

Parent - Teacher Partnership guides

The second of the six Parent - Teacher partnership guides.
Rule 2: share the responsibility for your child’s education
Show children that education is valued and important
• Create a learning environment for your child.
• Share the responsibility for your child’s education with the school.
• Show an interest in your child’s learning.
• Become engaged with your child’s teacher and the school.
• Encouragement can be simple and quick.

Christchurch Donation
The school had several fundraising events during term one for the Christchurch Red Cross appeal. The disco in the last week of term raised $901 while the total amount sent in the holidays was $2571. This is an amazing effort at fundraising by our students as they also raised nearly $8000 for the Relay 4 Life.
Congratulations to members of the student council, year 13 and staff who have been involved in this fundraising. Currently students are collecting items of stationery for Avonside High School as the student council initiative this term.

Variety Concert
The annual SHS Variety concert “SHS 4 CHCH” will be held on Tuesday 17th May from 7.00 pm in the school hall. Entry fee will be $5 adults with $2 for students. All profits from the evening will go to the Christchurch Relief appeal. Come along and support our very talented students. Refreshments will be available for purchase.

Winter Uniform reminders
Parents, caregivers and students are reminded that winter uniform is required for term 2 and 3.
Polishable black shoes as indicated in the prospectus are to be worn with white ankle socks or black tights for girls and regulation socks for boys. A brochure from Number One Shoe Warehouse was sent with reports with a 50% discount offer off selected styles (expires May 8th).

ANZAC Day
Thanks to the Year 13 students along with Mrs Baldwin and Mrs N Brown who contributed time to making the wreaths for ANZAC Day. The school wreaths were laid by the leaders at the Cemetery and Cenotaph on ANZAC Day while the house wreaths were hung in the Hall of Remembrance. Congratulations to Taylor and Tim who spoke at the Stratford Service. They repeated these speeches in front of the school at assembly on Tuesday 3rd May.
P H Keenan
Principal

High School Corner – Wednesday June 30th 2010

Good luck
The school wishes Josh Robins good luck on his trip to America to attend the World Cup Quarter Horse Championships. Josh has been training in Auckland under cover in preparation for this trip.

The school wishes the Australian Rugby Touring team all the best for the Gold Coast Canterbury tournament next week. I am sure that all students and supporters will enjoy their trip.

Senior Dramatists on stage
Year 12 and 13 drama students will be presenting Mmmbeth, a comedy version of “The Scottish Play” tonight and on Friday 2nd July. The performances will commence at 7.30 pm in the school hall, with admission $3 for students and $5 for adults. Come along and support the drama students in the NCEA assessment.

Pig Tits and Parsley Sauce with Lyn Webster
This was a successful evening with over 80 members of the public attending to hear Lyn speak about her journey into budgeting and a environmentally responsible way of cleaning. The school currently has a raffle of her products available at the main office. Tickets $1 each.

Farewell to visitors
The school farewelled exchange students Gabrielle and Carmen at assembly on Tuesday. Carmen spent a year at SHS and was involved in many activities at a senior level. Gabrielle was here for six months and will be going home to continuing study at university level.

Taita Exchange
The annual Taita exchange occurred on Sunday and Monday of this week. Taita College won the volleyball on Sunday while SHS won the basketball. Monday events were evenly spread with hockey and soccer won by SHS with the netball, rugby and debate being won by Taita College. This means that they will keep the Johnson Trophy for this year.

Greg Murphy
Greg Murphy spoke to the students on Monday afternoon. He came to SHS as part of the SADD initiative and MTA advanced driving information for students. Many students had the opportunity to speak to Greg after assembly. (There will be some photos on the school website over the holidays).
P H Keenan, Principal

High School Corner

Senior Dramatists on stage

Year 12 and 13 drama students will be presenting MMMbeth, a comedy version of “The Scottish Play” on Thursday 1st and Friday 2nd July (the last week of term 2). The performances will commence at 7.30 pm in the school hall, with admission $3 for students and $5 for adults. Come along and support the drama students in the NCEA assessment.

Cultural events
We have some exciting performances and visits coming to the school over the next few months including Aorere College – visit, tauranga Boys College visit and once again this year we will be having a visit from Excel. We also have the opportunity to take 90 of our students to the Sky Academy at G Taranaki. Keep an eye on the daily notices for more information.

Next Newsletter
A newsletter will be sent home with the Junior students second graduation report next week. Senior students will be receiving their mid-year reports the following week with an interview evening for parents on Wed 30th June from 4 - 7 pm in the school assembly hall.