student achievements - Massey High School
MASSEY HIGH SCHOOL TE KURA TUARUA O TIRIWA
MONDAY NEWSLETTER 274 Don Buck Road Massey, Auckland 0614 PRINCIPAL: Glen Denham
30 March 2015
Phone : 831-0500 Fax : 833-9200
“WE ARE AN EXEMPLARY SCHOOL” www.masseyhigh.school.nz
Dear Parents/Guardians Greetings Kia Ora Talofa Guten Tag Bonjour Malo e le lei Dobar Dan Kia Orana こんにちは Fakalofa lahi atu Shalom Goeie Dag Sawadee Croeso Bula Fáilte Ciao Mabuhay Namaskaar Assalamu alaikum This is the last Newsletter this term. We would like to thank the parents for their support through the term and wish you well for the holidays. Term 2 commences on Monday 20 April 2015.
PARENT-SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP FOR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT In 2007 we piloted a new programme to raise academic achievement called Academic Counselling. This programme had a significant effect on the progress of our students and their overall achievement. Thus we have continued with this programme since then. The programme involves every student developing a long term (5 year) Personal Education Plan and a medium term (1 year) Personal Educational Plan (PEP). This plan will contain goals, course plans and academic targets. Each student will be interviewed during the year by their academic counsellor, usually their Dean, to help develop and monitor the PEP. Part of this programme involves strengthening the partnership and improving communication between home and school. An important aspect of this is the parentteacher-student interview. Over the last five years we have been delighted that an average of 75% of our parents came to interviews. The feedback from all has been enthusiastically positive. Many parents have continued contact during the year with their child’s form teacher. We are especially keen to meet the parents of Year 9 students but encourage all parents to attend and are looking forward to meeting you again. This year we will be holding the interviews in Week 1, Term 2 on 23 and 24 April. We request that all parents, and their son or daughter, take part in this important meeting about their child’s academic plans and progress. A letter was posted home in the week of 16 March which will explain the process in more detail. Please read it carefully. Your child’s form teacher will also be contacting you about confirming your interview time. We look forward to meeting with you and your child.
CORRECTION TO NEWSLETTER Our apologies to Alex Kwak (13PGL) whose name was
incorrectly spelt in a previous newsletter.
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS HORSE RIDING Tyler Christensen (11MMI) competed at the Horse of the Year Show in Hastings during the weekend of 21 and 22 March where she was crowned NZ Champion in the Under 17 category in both the pair and team events for Mounted Games. Tyler will be competing in the finals for the Individual Championship during the weekend of 28 and 29 March. Congratulations Tyler and her lovely pony, Nimble and we wish you well.
STUDENT OPPORTUNITY Massey High School are delighted to announce that we are launching our next, exciting leadership program which offers students the opportunity to plan, fund and ultimately lead their own three week long expedition to Ecuador & Galapagos in December 2016. This program will be managed by World Challenge, a pioneering educational organisation with 28 years of experience in delivering personal development expeditions for students. The expedition to Ecuador & Galapagos is preceded by a training and preparation program, during which students play a major role in planning their itinerary, which will include project work in a local community and a challenging trek. Students are also supported in setting and achieving individual and team fundraising goals to help cover the cost of the expedition program. We would like to invite you and your son or daughter to a presentation delivered by a member of the World Challenge team who will discuss the benefits of the program, the fundraising support and safety back-up they provide, and how they deliver a fun, rewarding, and safe experience. Please RSVP to Miss Swan via e-mail: [email protected] Date: Wednesday 22nd April Time: 6.30 pm – 7.15pm Venue: Massey High School
Massey High School students participated in Polyfest 2015 at the Manukau Sports Bowl March 18 – 21. This is an annual event that gives Auckland school communities the opportunity to celebrate our diverse mix of cultures. We were proud to, once again, be able to send our Cultural Groups to participate in this fourday event. All groups performed wonderfully and represented Massey High School with pride, showing their pride in both their school and culture. This year marked the first year where Diversity section had their very own stage. The Tuvaluan group always represent Massey with pride and performed beautifully on their exclusive stage. The school would like to congratulate all the students who participated and thank the families, friends, teachers and tutors involved. Watch out for Cultural achievements throughout the year. Results are as follows: Cook Island Group—3rd in the non competition division Kapa Haka—5th in Division One Niuean Group: 3rd Ta Me (action song) 2nd Takalo /Modern Dance 3rd Meke (drum dance) 2nd Exit Song Samoan Group-unfortunately no placing this year Tongan Group—unfortunately no placing this year
KEY DATES April 2 20 23-24 27 May 28 29 June 1 29 July 3 20 27
Term 1 ends Term 2 begins Parent/Teacher Interviews Anzac Day Board of Trustees Meeting 7pm Professional Development Day - no school Queen’s Birthday Arts Week Term 2 ends Term 3 begins Open Night : 3.30pm to 5.30pm and 6.30pm to 8.30pm
MONDAY NEWSLETTER 274 Don Buck Road Massey, Auckland 0614 PRINCIPAL: Glen Denham
30 March 2015
Phone : 831-0500 Fax : 833-9200
“WE ARE AN EXEMPLARY SCHOOL” www.masseyhigh.school.nz
Dear Parents/Guardians Greetings Kia Ora Talofa Guten Tag Bonjour Malo e le lei Dobar Dan Kia Orana こんにちは Fakalofa lahi atu Shalom Goeie Dag Sawadee Croeso Bula Fáilte Ciao Mabuhay Namaskaar Assalamu alaikum This is the last Newsletter this term. We would like to thank the parents for their support through the term and wish you well for the holidays. Term 2 commences on Monday 20 April 2015.
PARENT-SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP FOR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT In 2007 we piloted a new programme to raise academic achievement called Academic Counselling. This programme had a significant effect on the progress of our students and their overall achievement. Thus we have continued with this programme since then. The programme involves every student developing a long term (5 year) Personal Education Plan and a medium term (1 year) Personal Educational Plan (PEP). This plan will contain goals, course plans and academic targets. Each student will be interviewed during the year by their academic counsellor, usually their Dean, to help develop and monitor the PEP. Part of this programme involves strengthening the partnership and improving communication between home and school. An important aspect of this is the parentteacher-student interview. Over the last five years we have been delighted that an average of 75% of our parents came to interviews. The feedback from all has been enthusiastically positive. Many parents have continued contact during the year with their child’s form teacher. We are especially keen to meet the parents of Year 9 students but encourage all parents to attend and are looking forward to meeting you again. This year we will be holding the interviews in Week 1, Term 2 on 23 and 24 April. We request that all parents, and their son or daughter, take part in this important meeting about their child’s academic plans and progress. A letter was posted home in the week of 16 March which will explain the process in more detail. Please read it carefully. Your child’s form teacher will also be contacting you about confirming your interview time. We look forward to meeting with you and your child.
CORRECTION TO NEWSLETTER Our apologies to Alex Kwak (13PGL) whose name was
incorrectly spelt in a previous newsletter.
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS HORSE RIDING Tyler Christensen (11MMI) competed at the Horse of the Year Show in Hastings during the weekend of 21 and 22 March where she was crowned NZ Champion in the Under 17 category in both the pair and team events for Mounted Games. Tyler will be competing in the finals for the Individual Championship during the weekend of 28 and 29 March. Congratulations Tyler and her lovely pony, Nimble and we wish you well.
STUDENT OPPORTUNITY Massey High School are delighted to announce that we are launching our next, exciting leadership program which offers students the opportunity to plan, fund and ultimately lead their own three week long expedition to Ecuador & Galapagos in December 2016. This program will be managed by World Challenge, a pioneering educational organisation with 28 years of experience in delivering personal development expeditions for students. The expedition to Ecuador & Galapagos is preceded by a training and preparation program, during which students play a major role in planning their itinerary, which will include project work in a local community and a challenging trek. Students are also supported in setting and achieving individual and team fundraising goals to help cover the cost of the expedition program. We would like to invite you and your son or daughter to a presentation delivered by a member of the World Challenge team who will discuss the benefits of the program, the fundraising support and safety back-up they provide, and how they deliver a fun, rewarding, and safe experience. Please RSVP to Miss Swan via e-mail: [email protected] Date: Wednesday 22nd April Time: 6.30 pm – 7.15pm Venue: Massey High School
Massey High School students participated in Polyfest 2015 at the Manukau Sports Bowl March 18 – 21. This is an annual event that gives Auckland school communities the opportunity to celebrate our diverse mix of cultures. We were proud to, once again, be able to send our Cultural Groups to participate in this fourday event. All groups performed wonderfully and represented Massey High School with pride, showing their pride in both their school and culture. This year marked the first year where Diversity section had their very own stage. The Tuvaluan group always represent Massey with pride and performed beautifully on their exclusive stage. The school would like to congratulate all the students who participated and thank the families, friends, teachers and tutors involved. Watch out for Cultural achievements throughout the year. Results are as follows: Cook Island Group—3rd in the non competition division Kapa Haka—5th in Division One Niuean Group: 3rd Ta Me (action song) 2nd Takalo /Modern Dance 3rd Meke (drum dance) 2nd Exit Song Samoan Group-unfortunately no placing this year Tongan Group—unfortunately no placing this year
KEY DATES April 2 20 23-24 27 May 28 29 June 1 29 July 3 20 27
Term 1 ends Term 2 begins Parent/Teacher Interviews Anzac Day Board of Trustees Meeting 7pm Professional Development Day - no school Queen’s Birthday Arts Week Term 2 ends Term 3 begins Open Night : 3.30pm to 5.30pm and 6.30pm to 8.30pm
