Pegasus Post: October 25, 2016
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Tuesday <strong>October</strong> <strong>25</strong> <strong>2016</strong><br />
PEGASUS POST<br />
Mairehau<br />
high School<br />
Encouraging ExcEllEncE in our community<br />
From the Principal’s Desk<br />
Towards the future- Planning for<br />
Roll growth<br />
Mairehau high School is transforming and rebuilding<br />
to accommodate roll growth. We are currently working<br />
with architects to design and plan a school to meet<br />
the educational aspirations and vision of our school<br />
community. a multimillion dollar building project is in<br />
the planning stage to transform Mairehau high School and ensure secondary<br />
school co-educational provision in east christchurch.<br />
We are in a strong position to offer students opportunities which will enable<br />
them to become decent, worthwhile citizens of the world, people who will<br />
contribute to their communities. Students who pass through our school gates,<br />
learn in our classrooms, and access technology through our wireless internet<br />
provision will be well set in the future to enter tertiary courses or employment<br />
opportunities.<br />
Christchurch East Secondary Schools<br />
There are seven secondary schools located in east christchurch: aranui hS,<br />
avonside girls’ high School, Shirley Boys’ high School, linwood college, Marian<br />
college, catholic cathedral, and Mairehau high School. We are all excellent<br />
schools and provide quality education for students in our community. each<br />
school is passionate about improving achievement and learning outcomes for<br />
all. This cluster of schools in recent years proposed to the Minister a secondary<br />
vision for the east side of christchurch. This vision is based on the premise of<br />
sharing, collaboration and working together to enable every student in the east<br />
with opportunities to access the curriculum.<br />
There is a lot of work to be done and many decisions to be made about the<br />
future of Secondary School education in east christchurch. i am confident<br />
in ensuring a quality education system for all students who live in the east.<br />
Students will have a choice, opportunity and access in our communities. i am<br />
confident in working with other east christchurch Secondary schools on the<br />
future and quality of Teaching and learning for our communities.<br />
Mairehau high School has implemented ‘Modern learning Practices” through<br />
the schools’ Year 9 flexible learning environment initiative this year. The school is<br />
implementing innovative and creative strategies to support and enhance school<br />
improvement and student achievement in our school.<br />
Our Crest<br />
Harry romana, Principal<br />
our school has a very proud history and is a school with a focus on achievement,<br />
success, excellence and quality. We would like to share with you how our crest and<br />
motto tie in to who we are today.<br />
A visit from Sophie Pascoe<br />
on Wednesday 12 october,<br />
our school hosted an event<br />
featuring New Zealand’s most<br />
successful Para-olympian,<br />
canterbury swimmer Sophie<br />
Pascoe.<br />
Ms. Swanson, assistant<br />
Principal, organized the<br />
event in conjunction with<br />
Westpac New Zealand, for<br />
whom Sophie is a sporting<br />
ambassador. Six other<br />
local secondary schools<br />
were also invited to send a<br />
contingent of students to the<br />
presentation.<br />
local print media and cTV<br />
were also in attendance, to<br />
capture this significant event.<br />
Sophie was introduced to<br />
the mainly senior female<br />
student audience by Westpac<br />
staff member and Mairehau high BoT chairperson, Mr. roger Welsh and she spoke<br />
eloquently for 30 minutes about her personal story, her swimming successes, and her<br />
olympic experiences at Beijing, london and rio de Janeiro. She brought her ‘clutch’<br />
of gold and silver medals from the recent rio games with her, and students mingled<br />
at the end of the event, speaking to Sophie and taking photographs with the medals<br />
around their necks.<br />
Sophie also spoke about the importance of goal setting, disciplined training regimes,<br />
good nutrition, saving money for things like a house, and having strong family and<br />
friendship networks. These things resonated with her young audience, who asked<br />
many interesting questions at the end of her speech.<br />
Mairehau high senior student leader, emma cormack, thanked Sophie at the end, on<br />
behalf of all of the schools present, and presented her with a beautiful bouquet of fresh<br />
flowers.<br />
Mairehau high School wishes to acknowledge Westpac for their role in making<br />
an event such as this possible for our young people. Sophie is certainly a fabulous<br />
ambassador for Westpac, and an inspirational figure for all New Zealanders.<br />
Kavita Pillay, Chris Nicholson, Sophie Pascoe, Emma Cormack, Jordan McGrath-Osborne<br />
Mairehau High School, Hills Road, Christchurch P. 385 3145 F. 385 3143 admin@mairehau.school.nz www.mairehau.school.nz
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