It is with regret that I have decided to postpone the Saturday morning community event scheduled for 6 April. This decision was made after consultation with organisers and Board of Trustees. Several factors have caused this action, the most important being the timing of an event we wish to enjoy but which would have proceeded against a backdrop of national turmoil and grief following the tragic loss of life in Christchurch last Friday.
I realise that there has been a lot of work done by staff and students to prepare for the morning but this will not be lost as we will set a date later in the year when things are back to normal and we can focus on the celebrations free of other considerations.
My sincere apologies to anyone inconvenienced by this decision.
Race Relations Day is observed around the world, annually on March 21 in conjunction with the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. The day was initially recognised to commemorate the 69 people – including 10 children – who were killed while peacefully protesting Apartheid laws in Sharpeville in 1960.
This year’s theme for Race Relations Day is: Our people, our cultures, our languages – O tātou iwi, ō tātou ahurea, ō tātou reo. We are celebrating Race Relations Day at MHJC by taking the opportunity to acknowledge and experience many of New Zealand’s more than 200 ethnic communities in our classrooms if possible. Have a good day, everyone!
Introducing the new Mission Heights Junior College teachers for 2019.
From left to right;
Douglas Choong- Coast Whanau, Maths and Science Logan Dobson- Coast Whanau, Global Studies and English Jan Newbold- Mountains Whanau, Visual Arts Specialist Erin Steel- Water Whanau, Global Studies and Drama Iris Brandauer- Forest Whanau, Science Term 1 for Gillian Bartlett Sahara Singh- Forest Whanau, English and Global Studies
Mission Heights Junior College students Andrew Ma, Farhan Mohammed and Raiyan Khan have had their film selected as one of the finalists in the Outlook For Someday film competition. To vote for our students, please visit this link;
Wow! What more can we say? MHJC owns the front page! Congratulations to all the Education Perfect participants who have worked hard to be no:1 in the world. 🏆
Mission Heights Junior College students volunteered at an exhilarating NZ Breaker’s v Adelaide 36ers basketball match on Sunday 28th October. Following strong 3rd and final quarters, the Breakers ultimately claimed a 114 to 94 victory…and gained some new MHJC fans! 🏀
A very special moment took place on the eve of Maori Language week – the first public performance to an audience of parents and friends – the Mission Heights Junior College very own Haka: Kia mana ake.
Created by Jason Tuhaka Senior, as a gift to the school, Jason has collaborated with Māori and Pasifika Coordinator Matua Brent Dunn, to bring this performance to life.
Performed by all our learners and teachers the video shows Kia mana ake was fully embraced and passionately performed by all 4 of the Whanau groups at the school – Water, Coast, Mountains and Forest. Amazing footage and inspired performance!
NIWA Regional Science Fair Accolades:
MHJC had another outstanding year taking out top awards at the NIWA South and East Auckland Regional Science and Technology Fair! We had a range of projects entered from Years 7-10.
Congratulations to all our place winners, highly commended and special prizes – the following prizes were earned: YEAR 7 : Saniya Lal — Highly Commended (Years 7 and 8 Consumer Science) YEAR 8: Keiran Hicks and Jack Grant — Highly Commended (Years 7-10 Technology and Innovation); Katrina Pham and Risha Prasad — Third Place (Years 7-10 Technology and Innovation); Jessica Kang — First Place (Years 7-10 Technology and Innovation), Best Use of Electronics (Special Prize) and IET Engineering Junior Award (Special Prize) YEAR 9: Faatima Nisa, Harshitha Surendran and Jahnavi Shah — Highly Commended (Years 9 and 10 Environmental Science) Cong Yao Ma, Saniya Sajwan and Bhavjeet Kaur — Highly Commended (Years 9-13 Consumer Science) Ricky Bassano — First Place (Years 9&10 Physical and Material World) and Overall Top Year 9 Project in the Fair (Special Prize) YEAR10: Paul Chan, Ethan Kidd and Harjot Singh Dharni — Third Place (Years 9 and 10 Living World) Pahul Kumar, Kashvi Vij and Tania Kumar — First Place (Years 9 and 10 Living World) Annie Man, Helen Man and Kathleen Tieu — Auckland Transport Award (Special Prize)
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