Ngaruawahia High School Yearbooks 2010-2012 Ngaruawahia High School Yearbook 2011 | Page 4

Robyn Roa - Principal

? Nga Manu Korero – top 3 in the Tainui region for Senior
English speeches

Ko te mea tuatahi me mihi ki Te Atua, nana nei nga ? Bring it On Dance crew – first time in the event making it to
mea katoa; ki to tatou Kingi a Kingi Tuheitia me tona Whanau
the Grand Finals – the only non-Auckland school in the
kei raro tonu i te kapua pouri, haere ra e te Matua, huri noa
event
kia tatou kua tae mai ki te po tuku taonga o nga tauira o Te
Kura Tuarua o Ngaruawahia.
? Senior Boys Basketball A grade – winners of the national
Thank you Hono (Huirama) for opening our evening
league – our first time in this event since 1981
with God’s blessings It is always the right way to start. At this
time I would like to acknowledge the many who have passed
? A wonderful School Ball with students stepping up to the
on since this time last year. The father of our King,
mark – all students looking absolutely stunning
Whatumoana, the mother of our Board Chair, Whaea Iti
Rawiri, and Mr Brian Perry, founder of the Perry foundation, to
name just a few. To those families we would like to express ? Waka Ama – Round 2 – Gabigabi Queensland – a TransTasman Waka Ama Event – our teams returned with
our condolences.
Welcome to all our special guests this “2011 proved to 3 trophies, 3 Golds, 3 silvers and 3 bronze medals
evening, members of the school Board, whanau, be one of the
To all the staff and students involved in these
staff and students to this our Senior Prizegiving
most successful successes, nga mihi rawa atu, thank you for your
2011.
years we have
commitment and hard work, you made us all very
proud.
The beginning of 2011 was probably the experienced for
most challenging year I had ever encountered. The a long time”
School Direction
nationwide publicity of students embroiled in a
fight along Regent Street was the worst kind of
The most rewarding part of teaching has to
image a school could possibly endure. From this however we be the benefits that ensue from student success. It is not
learned and grew out of the experience. The fact that it was surprising then that education is so important – not just in
happening in a number of schools throughout the country was delivery of a curriculum but for providing an environment
little consolation but did at least point to a huge dilemma, we, conducive to success. The key ingredients are talented
as Principals and Boards face with the advent of Social students, staff who have a vision for creating success, and pure
networking sites.
hard work.
Our action was swift, but the damage was done. The
School direction, ladies and gentlemen, is simple
policy to ban and/or confiscate the use of electronic devices enough to ensure continued academic, sporting, cultural and
from the school has markedly improved the situation at school social success working with a quality team of staff to turn out
with most students co-operating with staff. I would like to quality students. As a pragmatist my attention and our
thank the community for its part in supporting the school in attention should focus on what we can do, not what we cannot
enforcing the new policy and recognising that such incidents do. So what can we do? We can provide an academic
often do not stem from school, but schools are forced to deal programme appropriate to all our students, we can encourage
with the issues. This was indeed difficult for the school to their sporting, cultural, social development and growth, we
emerge from.
can work hard, and we can do this. No! In fact we must do this
despite the many challenges we face. It’s not a question of
Successes
what if...we had lots of money....what if.....we had 100 more
Conversely, despite the tough start, 2011 proved to be students.... it’s a question of what we can do here and now for
one of the most successful years we have experienced for a your children that you entrust to us. ‘Me Muramura te Mana’
long time. Through the hard work of staff and students alike let’s grow the potential....
we were able to reach beyond the limits of expectation. So
tonight I would like to share with you the successes we have Tribute to sponsors, donors, and community supporters
enjoyed in this year.
I turn now to those organisations who continue to support the
school, through grants and scholarships, and by promoting
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