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Dear Parents/Caregivers and Students Student Support Services-on line support The students will be able to contact the Nurse between 9am and 3pm from Monday to Friday (except on statutory holidays). Here are the contact details: MAGGIE LETHWAITE/School nurse 027 618 9225         ...

23rd March 2020 Tēnā koutou Re : COVID-19 Update - School Closure This afternoon Jacinda Ardern has announced that New Zealand's status has shifted to Level 3 and will shift to Level 4 in 48 hours. This means that our school will be closed to all students from 3.30pm today, except for students...

This week I was lucky enough to attend the Tuturu Summit in Wellington with Tony Sears. I was surprised it went ahead with the current world events, but happy that it did. I come home feeling quietly confident that we are on the right track at Waiheke High School. Tuturu is a tool that has been...

Being a parent of a Waiheke High School student. At Waiheke High School, parents are considered to have an important role in the education their children receive and are, therefore, a key part of the High School community. Research indicates that children whose parents are actively involved in...

In case you missed it, the Government has recently confirmed its final NCEA change package. Schools have been advised that the changes are intended to: strengthen our national qualification; address over-assessment and fragmented learning; promote culturally responsive teaching and learning; and...

Waiheke High looking forward Waiheke High School wants to be the best school it can for our island community. The 'Striving for Success' project provided an insight into how the community views the school, and our next step is to work with all stakeholders to establish just what the ‘best school’...

Waiheke High School wants to be the best school it can be.  Our 'Striving for Success' project has given us a good understanding of how our community sees the school. The next step of that project is to work with the community to establish what 'best school' means for Waiheke.   We'll need to work...

Congratulations to Gil Selem who came 5th overall in the North Island final for the New Zealand Brain Bee Challenge (NZBBC). The NZBBC is a competition for high school students in Year 11 to learn about the brain and its functions, the latest discoveries in neuroscience research and to find out...

Olive Andrews is a research scientist and is the Marine Programme Manager for Conservation International. When she is not “guiding marine research and tourism expeditions from the tropics to the poles”, Olive resides on Waiheke Island. Olive came into school to speak to the Year 11 and Year 12...

The Waiheke High School Board of Trustees is actively seeking Maori Representation on the Board. There are two processes and positions in place currently: 1. The Māori Community Representative will be selected by Piritahi Marae. This process will be completed by the end of August. 2. The School...

Re : Striving for Success project A community survey by the Waiheke High School board of trustees has highlighted the need for strong leadership, improved communication and a clear understanding of what the school stands for. Independent analysis of over 600 responses showed that people see the...

I am writing to let you know that the latest vote of the PPTA Union's membership has directed Strike Action and this time it will be a joint strike of both secondary and primary teachers, on Wednesday, 29th May 2019. The nature of the strike is a stopping of work under the Secondary Teachers...

Congratulations to all students and staff at Waiheke High School. Statistics released by the Ministry of Education show that Waiheke High School has out-performed and exceeded both National and Decile Band Achievement in NCEA at Levels 1 to 3 - FIVE years in a row. Scroll to bottom of page for the...

Once again the Waiheke Local Board have supported our students with $1000.00 towards the registration of 15 Year 10/11 students to complete their Bronze Hillary Award through the Duke of Edinburgh programme. More information about this programme can be found here: https://dofehillary.org.nz/...

On 19th March three Year 11 students had the opportunity to attend the World Vision Youth Conference along with students from other schools around Auckland.  The conference was focused mainly around humanity and leadership and featured a special guest, invited following the terrible events in...

Dear Parents/Caregivers and Students Student Support Services-on line support The students will be able to contact the Nurse between 9am and 3pm from Monday to Friday (except on statutory holidays). Here are the contact details: MAGGIE LETHWAITE/School nurse 027 618 9225         ...

23rd March 2020 Tēnā koutou Re : COVID-19 Update - School Closure This afternoon Jacinda Ardern has announced that New Zealand's status has shifted to Level 3 and will shift to Level 4 in 48 hours. This means that our school will be closed to all students from 3.30pm today, except for students...

This week I was lucky enough to attend the Tuturu Summit in Wellington with Tony Sears. I was surprised it went ahead with the current world events, but happy that it did. I come home feeling quietly confident that we are on the right track at Waiheke High School. Tuturu is a tool that has been...

Being a parent of a Waiheke High School student. At Waiheke High School, parents are considered to have an important role in the education their children receive and are, therefore, a key part of the High School community. Research indicates that children whose parents are actively involved in...

In case you missed it, the Government has recently confirmed its final NCEA change package. Schools have been advised that the changes are intended to: strengthen our national qualification; address over-assessment and fragmented learning; promote culturally responsive teaching and learning; and...

Waiheke High looking forward Waiheke High School wants to be the best school it can for our island community. The 'Striving for Success' project provided an insight into how the community views the school, and our next step is to work with all stakeholders to establish just what the ‘best school’...

Waiheke High School wants to be the best school it can be.  Our 'Striving for Success' project has given us a good understanding of how our community sees the school. The next step of that project is to work with the community to establish what 'best school' means for Waiheke.   We'll need to work...

Congratulations to Gil Selem who came 5th overall in the North Island final for the New Zealand Brain Bee Challenge (NZBBC). The NZBBC is a competition for high school students in Year 11 to learn about the brain and its functions, the latest discoveries in neuroscience research and to find out...

Olive Andrews is a research scientist and is the Marine Programme Manager for Conservation International. When she is not “guiding marine research and tourism expeditions from the tropics to the poles”, Olive resides on Waiheke Island. Olive came into school to speak to the Year 11 and Year 12...

The Waiheke High School Board of Trustees is actively seeking Maori Representation on the Board. There are two processes and positions in place currently: 1. The Māori Community Representative will be selected by Piritahi Marae. This process will be completed by the end of August. 2. The School...

Re : Striving for Success project A community survey by the Waiheke High School board of trustees has highlighted the need for strong leadership, improved communication and a clear understanding of what the school stands for. Independent analysis of over 600 responses showed that people see the...

I am writing to let you know that the latest vote of the PPTA Union's membership has directed Strike Action and this time it will be a joint strike of both secondary and primary teachers, on Wednesday, 29th May 2019. The nature of the strike is a stopping of work under the Secondary Teachers...

Congratulations to all students and staff at Waiheke High School. Statistics released by the Ministry of Education show that Waiheke High School has out-performed and exceeded both National and Decile Band Achievement in NCEA at Levels 1 to 3 - FIVE years in a row. Scroll to bottom of page for the...

Once again the Waiheke Local Board have supported our students with $1000.00 towards the registration of 15 Year 10/11 students to complete their Bronze Hillary Award through the Duke of Edinburgh programme. More information about this programme can be found here: https://dofehillary.org.nz/...

On 19th March three Year 11 students had the opportunity to attend the World Vision Youth Conference along with students from other schools around Auckland.  The conference was focused mainly around humanity and leadership and featured a special guest, invited following the terrible events in...