2018 HNHS School Magazine HNHS Magazine 2018 | Page 5

Head Boy & Head Girl
Jamie Cornes, Ella Hoogerbrug
This year has flown by extremely fast, however it has
undoubtedly been the most amazing and challenging.
diversity, creating safe spaces and reminding students that
mental health is equally important as academic results was a
much needed step in the right direction for Havelock North
High School.
Our final year of high school was kicked off with Year 13
Camp. This was a great way to kick off the year, providing
the year group with a chance to come together, make
new friends and form a tight knit group. With events like
swimming sports, house choir and athletics following
closely, it gave an opportunity for many students who had
been involved over the past 5 years to give these events
their final go while showing leadership towards the junior
students.
Looking into the summer, as head students we’ll be writing
a review surrounding the leadership roles within the senior
school. Havelock North High School is known for being
an open and accepting school where students are exposed
to hundreds of opportunities. For us, we see opportunities
for improvement and a stronger drive from student groups,
helping to make HNHS a more fun and exciting place.
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In our roles, we had the goal of increasing the amount of
student driven events around the school, utilising the various
leadership groups. After attending a leadership workshop
with other Central North Island school head students
during Term 2, we were motivated to get something really
happening. After six weeks of organisation, we managed to
organise the “HNHS Senior School Quiz Night”, which will
now occur as an annual event to help raise money for future
Year 13 projects.
Overall, we’d like to thank all the students and teachers who
have supported us on this journey through our final year of
high school. We are truly humbled by everyone’s support
and positive attitude throughout the whole year. As cliche as
it sounds, we wouldn’t be the people we are today without
the school and everyone within it.
This year has been an enjoyable learning curve for all
students. Looking particularly at our 2018 leavers, we
believe that they’re a strong, independent, empathic and
diverse bunch of people. Yet most importantly, they’re all
individuals with their own personalities. For us, Havelock
North High School has taught us to value our integrity “I
think I’m cool. That’s all that matters.” - Tyler, the Creator.
So, good luck with exam results, for your future and keep
being you.
The quiz night felt as though it reignited the energy for
the year group, and encouraged the forum group to really
commit to the year 13 gift of the new set of house flags,
which can now be seen at the front of the school. Although it
required a good push on the fundraising side, it was an idea
we all enjoyed working on and it’s satisfying to see such a
result for our hard work.
Looking at the wider area of the school, it was really
encouraging to see groups like ‘HNHS A Good Place 2B’ and
our ‘LGBTQ+ Group’ flourishing and making a prominent
name for themselves within the school. Encouraging
Kia Kaha. Whaia te iti Kahurangi.
Jamie Cornes and Ella Hoogerbrug
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