BOARD UPDATE May 2018
At our May meeting we invited all the new staff to come and meet the Board of Trustees. We really enjoyed learning about the multitude of roles that our new support and teaching staff are involved in and to be thinking how best we can support them through our governance role. As usual Mr Congdon presented his Principal’s Report on how various aspects of the school are functioning. Each time he does this he provides a written summary of how the college is progressing against the annual goals which have been set by the Board and Management. It is good to have this update each time we meet, and the board is able to ask questions about the pace and extent of progress as we move through each year. Mrs Searle, in her capacity as manager of the administration staff also presented a verbal report on staffing and how the…
BOARD UPDATE April 2018
Our March and April meetings were held a short time apart, so this is a joint report from our last two trustee meetings. In 2018 as in 2017, we have invited different members of the school into the first part of our board meetings. This gives us a chance to learn what is working well and where we might make improvements through the school. Our March meeting visitors were the 2018 prefect team. It was great to meet these fantastic young men and women and to gain some insights into the prefects’ roles and responsibilities, and to learn about their future intentions. Most recently, we met with the Heads of Faculties and the Senior Leadership team to review student achievement in each of our seven faculties for 2017 at all levels across the school, and to look at the positive and the limiting factors in terms of lifting student achievement. …
BOARD UPDATE March 2018
Kia ora koutou katoa It’s the end of Term 1 already! If you are a student that is new to school I hope that this term has been a good in terms of settling into life and routines at Horowhenua College. Our aim through management is to grow successful young men and women through our four pillars –academic, sports, arts and culture and services, so there are plenty of opportunities for our young people to engage and to thrive! Our trustees Dylan Kiriona, Nikki Simpson-Tukapua, Garry Good (Deputy Chair), Brooke Antonsen (Student Trustee), David Tate (Staff Trustee), our Tumuaki (Grant Congdon) and myself (Juliana Mansvelt, Chair) have student achievement at the forefront of our minds at our board of trustees meetings. We are also concerned to ensure the wellbeing of our staff and students. As a board we are now 2/3 of the way through our current term and are…
BOARD UPDATE March 2018
Tēnā koutou katoa We are now well into Term 1 and as usual there is plenty happening at Horowhenua College. As a board we look forward to rising to the challenges and opportunities that come our way during the year! A special welcome to all those families and students who are new to the school in 2018. We trust your involvement in Horowhenua College will be both positive and productive. It is a pleasure to serve the school alongside a wonderful team of trustees who bring a depth of governance, educational and financial experience to the board table. Your Board of Trustees representatives are Dylan Kiriona, Nikki Simpson-Tukapua, Garry Good (Deputy Chair), Brooke Antonsen (Student Rep), David Tate (Staff Rep), our Tumuaki (Grant Congdon) and myself (Juliana Mansvelt, Chair). As a Board we are responsible for formulating the strategic direction and overall goals of the College and creating the policies…
BOARD UPDATE February 2018
Tēnā koutou katoa We are now well into Term 1 and as usual there is plenty happening at Horowhenua College. As a board we look forward to rising to the challenges and opportunities that come our way during the year! A special welcome to all those families and students who are new to the school in 2018. We trust your involvement in Horowhenua College will be both positive and productive. It is a pleasure to serve the school alongside a wonderful team of trustees who bring a depth of governance, educational and financial experience to the board table. Your Board of Trustees representatives are Dylan Kiriona, Nikki Simpson-Tukapua, Garry Good (Deputy Chair), Brooke Antonsen (Student rep), David Tate (Staff Rep), our Tumuaki (Grant Congdon) and myself (Juliana Mansvelt, Chair). As a Board we are responsible for formulating the strategic direction and overall goals of the College and creating the policies…
BOARD UPDATE December 2017
Kia ora koutou katoa Our final board report for the year for 2017! As you may be aware we had two board of trustees positions up for nomination and election. No new nominations were received by the closing date of 17th November, so we are delighted that our current trustees who were nominated for the positions (Mr Garry Good and Mrs Nikki Simpson-Tukapua) will be able to continue their service on the board. The next Board of Trustees election will be held mid 2019 and all five trustee positions will come up for election then as the Board returns to the standard three year election cycle. At our last meeting our Librarian, Carole Brunger and Careers Advisor, Whaea Pani Kerehoma came and presented reports on the library and Gateway programmes respectively. The Board has really enjoyed meeting many of the school staff this year. Having staff report on progress at…
BOARD UPDATE November 2017
Tēnā koutou katoa Term 4 is always such a busy term in the life of the school. It has been wonderful these last couple of weeks to attend the first of our celebrations of student achievement through the Sports and Cultural awards. We will soon be having our Gateway graduation, Service Academy Prize giving, and our junior and senior academic prize givings. I so enjoy being a part of these events- it is great to acknowledge all the successful young men and women who exemplify the NUA way across multiple facets of school life. At our last Board of Trustees meeting we farewelled our outgoing student representative Toni Baker. Toni has made a significant contribution during her time as a student trustee these last two years, and we will miss her! We so appreciate all that she has given, not only to the board, but to school life in general…
BOARD UPDATE August 2017
Kia ora tātou It seems like the months are flying by – we are now well into term 3, and already looking toward to 2018 with our focus on charter review and the recent Open evening and day for prospective year 9 students. In preparation for our last board meeting we received summaries of all the feedback from parents and caregivers obtained from the questionnaires administered by our trustees at parent interviews and Open night. We are interested in what is working well for you and your child, what might be improved and what parents would like to see as part of their young people’s education. It was suggested that we also place the survey we administered on-line, so expect to see this in the next couple of weeks. We want to hear from you and would really encourage you to write down your thoughts and ideas, whether you have…