4 September 2020 Year 10 Fashion and Design 1 Principal’s Comment pandemic is far from over. Our message participating in Football, Hockey, Rugby, is the same; regular washing and drying Netball, Basketball, Badminton and Road of hands, coughing and sneezing into our Cycling. We had many great results on the elbow and staying away if we have flu-like scoreboard but I was also especially proud symptoms. Visitors need to sign in at the of the way our teams competed and the office or scan the QR code. We will update attitudes they showed. A big thank you our community if there are any changes to must go to our staff and parent coaches requirements. and managers. While some events have had to be Senior Evidence Exams take place from the postponed we are lucky to have been 16 September. These exam results could able to hold our Year 9/10 and Year 7/8 be critical in November should Southland Productions over the past two weeks, suddenly be put into lockdown and exams albeit with a small crowd. It is always a are unable to be held. While we try not to pleasure to watch students perform on add any unnecessary stress or anxiety to Mike Newell stage and see the final product after the our students, this is the reality. Please let Principal hours of practice and rehearsals that are us know if you feel your child needs any needed for such quality performances. extra support around this time. Kia ora whanau Well done to all involved! The recent return of Covid 19 cases in This week we had teams involved in Noho ora mai Auckland and moving back to Alert Level sport all over Otago and Southland for Mike Newell 2 for the rest of us is a reminder that this national tournament week. We had teams Principal From the Boardroom Tena Koutou 1. Next week the elections for the student 3. In our next newsletter we anticipate representative on the BOT takes place. It is having some positive news to share with pleasing to see a large number of students you all in regards to our buildings on the willing to put themselves forward for this senior campus importation position. Chris O’Connor 2. The board members that were present at BOT Chairperson our recent open day were very impressed with all that was on display and wish to thank staff and students for making it such a success. It was evident by the sheer number of attendees and the subsequent enrolments that JHC is held in high regard by our community. Chris O’Connor BOT Chairperson LEO Club The last BBQ raising funds to buy another brick for our Charity Hospital Staff News Farewell It is with sadness we handling multiple distractions at one time. Helen has enjoyed farewell Tricia France and working at Hargest and looks forward to being a homemaker Helen Dempsey from and not being governed by the clock. the main office of the Senior Campus after a Tricia started part time in “The Unit” now known as the very impressive combined “Student Support Centre” in 1994. After 18 months Tricia service of 56 years. We moved to the reprographics room and took up the position can say with confidence as Administrator for the Hargest Community Childcare Centre that Tricia and Helen know Incorporated. This was part of the job she loved and Tricia was all the students and their very sad when the Centre closed in 2013. For the last 23 years parents. Some of their Tricia has been the Receptionist at the front counter. All the knowledge of student new enrolments have been her responsibility and when we whakapapa, spans three were James Hargest High School, Tricia organised interviews generations. Relationships for all Year 9 students. This was a lengthy, time consuming task and personal interactions and these interviews went on for weeks in the evenings. Tricia are very important to us has also organised homestays for all our Kumagaya groups. She and Tricia and Helen, in was very particular to make a “good match” and enjoyed the their roles at reception, interactions with the adults lead by example. As soon and students. In 2008 Tricia as you step inside the front door you receive a cheerful, warm, accompanied a group to genuine welcome. Both Tricia and Helen have huge knowledge Kumagaya and this trip was of how this school functions and who does what. This a special highlight of her extensive knowledge means they can answer most questions time at Hargest. Every year easily and guide visitors and staff. And for this wisdom, help Tricia has supported, in her and kindness both Tricia and Helen have received many, many own time, our well known accolades over the years from our school community and Major Productions, by visitors. We are highly indebted to them for their superlative organising the rights, selling service to James Hargest High School and College. Tricia and tickets and supervising the Helen have trained four Principals, five Principal’s secretaries front of house volunteers. and Executive Officers over their time with us! No doubt Tricia will maintain her keen interest Helen started part time in 1990 as the Student Debtors in all the comings and manager. At this time all accounts were manual and she had goings at Hargest through to enclose all accounts in envelopes and lick the stamps. Helen her husband Evan. only dealt with cash and cheques and there was no computer system. For many years Helen undertook the organisation Tricia and Helen have had of stationery bags for all the Year 9 students and these were a tremendous impact on us all in our frequent interactions distributed on the first day of school. Helen has been in charge with them. We are truly grateful for their dedicated and loyal of any debt and NCEA fees collection systems and has done so service over so many years. Tricia and Helen are real identities, in a friendly but most effective way. Helen has been endlessly a central part of our school and they will be tremendously patient and kind in her dealings with the staff, with students missed. We wish them all the very best for a well deserved and and their families and admired for her skill when calmly very happy retirement. Rockquest Polarised A MASSIVE congratulations to Polarised who have made the NZ Top 20 bands for Rockquest. Caleb Brown - Year 13 Nathan Russell - Year 13 Madeline Doherty - Year 13 Finn Cruickshank - Year 12 Ingamar Siegruhn - Year 10 This is an amazing achievement considering all the obstacles faced this year with Covid-19. There were over 600 entries into Rockquest this year from all over NZ so to reach the top 20 is outstanding. 3 Southland Interschool Japanese Speech Competition Students of Japanese participated in the Southland Interschool Japanese Speech Competition on August 11th. The Year 9 students performed a role play in pairs in Japanese. The Year 10-13 students presented between a 1 and 3 minute speech and then answered 2 questions in Japanese about it. Congratulations to the following Hargest students who were placed: Year 9 Section 2nd Lara Leitch & Sam Schol Year 10 Section 3rd ‘Onevai Pita Year 11 Section 1st Yebin Kim 2nd Brianna Loan Year 12 Section 1st Regan Cross Year 13 Section 1st Madeleine Doherty 2nd Wilson Ludlow The Mayor’s Award for Expression and Passion: Senior Section Wilson Ludlow Readers Cup 2020 Senior Evidence Exams Wednesday 16 - Wednesday 23 September Four James Hargest teams competed in the Readers Cup competition at the • Please ensure your son/daughter has minimal disruption prior to and during this Ascot Hotel on the 24th of August. In week. Readers Cup, teams of students read five • All students must sit all exams for the subjects that have external exams. books and answer questions about them. • All morning exams start at 9.00am with the exception of Level 1 Maths CAT Once again, our teams competed well which starts at 9.30am. All afternoon exams start at 1.15pm. L1MCAT refers to and took out 2nd, 3rd and 5th positions. the Mathematics Algebra Common Assessment Task. Students in L1MXT and Congratulations to all of our teams. L1MXG must attend this external exam. • All students must stay for the duration of the exam. Some exams finish after Duke Of Edinburgh 3.20pm (as do the NZQA exams in November). Students are asked to make alternative arrangements to travel home. Programme • Preparation for the Evidence Exams is particularly important. Should a student need a derived grade because of some unforeseen circumstances in November Congratulations to the following students where they cannot sit their exams or their performance is impaired, the derived who have completed Awards this year. grade will most likely be based on their Evidence Exam. Should NCEA exams not Bronze: be possible in November, it is also likely the Evidence Exam grade will be used as Rebecca Kingma Robert Copeland grades for most subjects. Hannah Gilroy Christina Allan • Students should be at school well before the exam starts. Charly Faherty Callum Stratford • They can take a plain water bottle and any pens/pencils, calculator, etc into the Emma Faherty exam in a clear plastic bag. • Cellphones, watches, etc should be turned off and be placed in a plastic bag on Silver: the floor. Georgia Donaldson • School uniform must be worn for all exams. • Check dates and times of exams carefully. All Bronze and Silver students who have • The school library will have areas open for study. not yet completed their Adventurous • Ms Haywood will make arrangements for exam clashes and students will be Journey training should follow the link notified in advance.