15 February 1999
Dear Parents/Guardians,
Welcome back to those of you who have had students with us before and a
special welcome to those of you who have children with us for the first time.
Newsletters such as this are prepared regularly and distributed through
classes. If two or three weeks have gone by and you have not seen one, your son
or daughter will have one in their bag! Last year we sent out approximately
20.
New Staff
We welcome the following teachers to our staffroom:
Leslie Aabryn |
HOD LRC Unit, Petone |
Monte Asare |
Epuni |
Paula Bevin |
Physical Education |
Michael Chamberlain |
Science |
David Choong |
Mandarin |
Lisa Dews |
Technology, Petone |
Philippa Doig |
HOD Languages |
Linden Eagles |
Physical Education |
Michael Ellett |
Social Sciences |
Stephen Foster |
Science |
Leif Hansen |
Social Science/Maori |
Nik Henriksen |
Physical Education/Maori |
David Kennedy |
Epuni |
Ruth Lewellen |
Mathematics |
Brenda MacKechnie |
Science |
Luise Martindale |
English |
Michelle McIver |
Japanese |
Peter Morrison |
Music, Mathematics, Science |
Morag Newberry |
Science |
Jakki Newton |
English |
Siew-Hean Read |
ESOL |
Steven Rhodes |
Science |
Robin Schofield |
LRC Unit, Petone |
Helena Sophocleous |
English |
Colin Thomson |
Technology, Petone |
Jeanette Williams |
LRC Unit, Petone |
We welcome Krysia Jovanovic back to the Art Department and Hamish Stevenson
to the Music Department.
Mary Beth Taylor is assisting in Spanish and Steven Taylor is joining the
Music Itinerant Teachers. We are also joined by a number of other assistants,
Judith Gardiner, Sandra Darlington, Pip Paaka, Jason Hardie, Belinda
Steed-Conway and Justin Thirkell.
1999 Term Dates
Tuesday 2 February - Thursday 1 April Monday 19 April - Friday 25
June Monday 12 July - Friday 17 September Monday 4 October - Friday 9
December
Good Friday |
Friday 2 April (occurs in school holidays) |
Anzac Day |
Sunday 25 April |
Queens Birthday |
Monday 7 June |
Labour Day |
Monday 25 October |
Parent Teachers Association Meeting
The Annual General Meeting for the Parent Teachers Association will commence
at 7.30 p.m. on the 15th March in the school staffroom. All are welcome. The
normal meeting will follow at 8.00 p.m.
School Fees
The Board recommends an annual donation of $165 per year for each student,
with a maximum of $330 per family. Payment may be made in a lump sum, by termly
amounts or by direct credit. In the latter case, please contact the school
office for details. We remind you that these donations are fully tax
deductible. We enjoyed excellent support last year. If you can manage to
make your donation before 31 March the school benefits through the early use of
your donation, and you gain the earliest possible tax refund. Please contact
the Principal, in confidence, if you have any concerns about this matter.
Coming Events
February
Tues. 16 |
Athletic Finals - Hutt Rec |
Thur. 18 |
Athletic Finals - postponement date |
Mon. 22 |
7th Form Study Skills Week; 3/7th Forms
Social |
Thur. 25 |
Civil Defence Training Day |
Fri. 26 |
Class Photos |
March
Mon. 1-5 |
Form 6 Geography Trip all week |
Fri. 5 |
Class Photos |
Mon. 15 |
5th Form Study Skills week |
Tues. 16 |
Civil Defence Training Day |
Thur. 18 |
Waterpolo North Island Boys team |
Thur. 25 |
Waterpolo North Island Girls team |
Tues. 30 |
Polyclub exchange with Naenae; Jazz Spectacular
Concert |
Wed. 31 |
Victoria University Liaison
Visit |
April
Thur. 1 |
End of Term |
Friday |
Good Friday |
AD ALTA Uniform Shop
Normal shop hours are as follows:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 8.15 - 9.30
a.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday 2.30 - 4.30 p.m. Thursday evening 6.30 -
8.30 p.m.
The telephone number during shop hours -
570-3551. |
Homework Diary
All students have been issued with a free homework diary. We will be trying
to make full use of this - especially at Forms 3 and 4. All students receive
homework and it should be recorded in this diary. If you have concerns about
homework please contact your child's form teacher.
Students Travelling By Bus
Students will be required to produce I.D. if travelling in mufti on school
buses.
Students With Motor Vehicles
If a student wishes to drive a motor vehicle to school a form requesting
permission must be obtained from the office and returned completed and signed by
a parent.
If a student wishes to be a passenger in a motor vehicle driven to school
by a fellow student the intending passenger must also obtain the
appropriate form and return it to the office completed and signed by their
parent.
Applications for both the above must be renewed every year.
The above requirement is not intended to interfere with a person's perceived
rights but to deter undesirable and dangerous incidents, e.g. the driving of a
vehicle in the vicinity of the school by an unlicensed person.
Road Courtesy
Students using the crossing outside the school on Woburn Road, and elsewhere
should be considerate of other road users. Do not straggle across in one's and
two's.
The Art Department
Would be grateful to have any old towels for cleaning up. Also any old
vases/containers or ice-cream containers. Please ask your student to take them
to the Art room or to the office.
Canteen
The canteen staff would like to welcome all new students and staff to the
school. The canteen is open every morning break and lunchtime and has a very
large selection of food and drinks available. We make all our own sandwiches,
most of our rolls, muffins and cakes on the premises and are happy to cater for
special diets on request. All profit is returned to the school via the Parents
Association. We are very lucky to have wonderful parents and 7th formers
rostered on to help us and we couldn't do without them.
Parents are welcome to phone us on 570-3553 if they have any queries.
Multicultural Dinner And Entertainment
Please keep Friday 21st May free for our annual Multicultural Dinner with
entertainment. It is an excellent evening enjoyed by all who attend.
General
Parents, guardians or others may only contact students during the day at
school in the case of a serious emergency. No messages will be delivered to
children unless senior staff approve. No member of the public may be in the
school without the prior approval of the Principal.
I would remind all parents/guardians that the custom and practice of Hutt
Valley High School, well supported in law, is that students will be
clean-shaven. We have no wish to become involved in unpleasant and
time-consuming confrontation on this matter. Please ensure that your son
conforms to this requirement.
Community Education
A brochure detailing courses available for Term 1 accompanies this
newsletter. Although most classes began this week it would still be possible
to enrol in some of these classes. There are also shorter courses/workshops
available throughout the term. A programme of courses for terms 2, 3 and 4 will
be available later this term. Please call Teresa McCombie on 568-7521 for
further details.
Congratulations to:
Sarah Sinclair, 6DG, has been selected as a member of the New Zealand Olympic
Qualifying Squad for Synchronised Swimming.
Nick Willis, 6HR, won the Under 16 Junior Boys 1600m Secondary Schools
Championship.
Lisa Boaden won a gold in the New Zealand Summer National Table Tennis
Championships Under 17 girls' singles and doubles and under 20 women's doubles.
She also won a silver in the under 20 women's singles and the under 17 mixed
doubles.
Graeme Marshall Principal
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