Jenny Wang – 93 votes Anne Singh – 64 votes Paul Graham Liu Hale – 63 votes Tracey Frost – 60 votes Rhys Attwood – 59 votes Arifa – 28 votes
There being 6 candidates and 5 vacancies, I hereby declare the following duly elected: Jenny Wang, Anne Singh, Paul Graham Liu Hale, Tracey Frost, Rhys Attwood.
Staff Representative
Douglas Choong
There being only one candidate and one vacancy, I hereby declare the following duly elected; Douglas Choong.
A number of our MHJC student athletes excelled at AIMS.
Corey Reed won gold in the Men’s Artistic Gymnastics Junior Advanced Division. Corey was also awarded MVP of the Mission Heights Hockey Team. Well done on your AIMS successes Corey!
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Māori Language Petition, MHJC had a school wide te reo Māori moment earlier in the week by performing the school haka.
A reminder that tomorrow is Student Led Conference Day. Students will only be on-site if they have pre-booked an in-person SLC with their Learning Advisor.
Our top Year 7 and 8 Cross Country runners went to Muriwai Beach on Tuesday to compete in the Auckland Championships. Well done to Oscar, Cooper, Ryker, Lafaele, and Daniel who all had incredible runs.
A special congratulations to Daniel who placed 16th at these championships!
This week we celebrate Te Wiki O te Reo Māori and this year, we are excited to collaborate with our neighbouring kura, Mission Heights Primary School.
Today marks 50 years of Te Petihana movement.
“The Māori Language Petition (Te Petihana) presentation to Parliament on 14 September 1972, with over 30,000 signatures, kickstarted major shifts in the revival of Te Reo Māori as a living language in Aotearoa New Zealand. Since this moment 50 years ago, Te Petihana has, and continues, to inspire the Māori language movement.”
MHJC and MHP look forward to continuing this celebration for the rest of the week.
Last week, a group of Year 7 and 8 students headed down to Tauranga for the AIMS Games (Association of Intermediate and Middle Schools). Teams and individual athletes competed across a number of sports and had a successful week with other athletes from across the country.
The following message is edited from the Ministry of Education communication received today.
Changes have been announced by the government based on public health advice and reflect high levels of immunity and declining case numbers across Aotearoa/New Zealand.
This new approach will result in minor changes to the way we operate:
Household contacts of a person who has tested positive with COVID-19 do not need to self-isolate, but instead are asked to complete a RAT test each day, for five days. Therefore ākonga and kaiako who test negative may continue to attend school.
Anyone with symptoms should stay home, get tested and advise the school for attendance purposes.
Mask wearing becomes a matter of personal choice and is no longer required after midnight 12 September 2022.
Indoor spaces will continue to be well ventilated and
Good hand hygiene and sneeze etiquette is encouraged.
Your cooperation during the very complex and sensitive period has been most appreciated and we hope the relaxation of the guidelines we have followed will not be needed in the future.
The school acknowledges the passing of our head of state. The flag has been flying at half mast and a minute silence on Friday at 12 gave us time to reflect on a life of devoted, loyal service.
On Saturday, MHJC hosted over 30 teams from all over Auckland and Northland at the Regional Tournament of Minds Competition.
Tournament of Minds (TOM) is a problem-solving program for multi-aged teams of students who work together to solve a demanding, open-ended Long-Term Super Challenge. The program has Primary, Intermediate and Secondary divisions. Tournament of Minds aim is to enhance the potential of our youth by developing diverse skills, enterprise, time management, and the discipline to work collaboratively within a challenging and competitive environment. The teams had six weeks to formulate a solution to their one chosen challenge and ten minutes to present their solution in person. They also completed an unsighted Spontaneous Challenge.
Congratulations to team ‘Still Wondering’ who won in the Secondary Social Science Challenge. The team consisted of Saketha Jandhyala, Owen Chen, Savir Selagan, Riya Sutton, Yashvi Patel, and Alan Shipway.
Our Intermediate Language and Literature team placed 2nd in their category. The team ‘Literary Coven’ were made up of Dia Pokharkar, Tehzeeb Kaur, Max Jiang, Jay Govindji, Jasleen Brar, and Kirsten Pelayo.
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