On Wednesday, MHJC held the annual 𝐓𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐚𝐧𝐚-𝐍𝐮𝐢-𝐚-𝐊𝐢𝐰𝐚 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥. This festival is a showcase of our Māori and Pasifika cultures and enables students to show who they are to our school and whānau community. The students involved put on incredible performances and we are excited to continue this festival in 2025.

Next week (Week 3 – May 13th-17th), MHJC will be holding our annual 𝐄𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤.
The week promotes our MHJC philosophy of Kaitiakitanga (Guardianship) of our place, our home, our school, and our land.
Throughout the week, there will be four key activities that support environment initiatives . .

1. Wheels and Walk to School

2. Best /Cleanest Whānau Tautaiao Enviro Cup

3. Tread Lightly Educational lessons for all Year 7 classes

4. Pest Free Howick presentations to all students

An email outlining the above activities has been sent to all students and whānau. Please see this email for more details on how students can participate. We look forward to an exciting week.

Earlier this week, MHJC had teams compete in the South & East Auckland Cluster Chess Tournament.
Our intermediate chess team did extremely well at this tournament and have now qualified for the Auckland Regionals that will be held on August 1st. Other results from the tournament include:

INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
4th place overall (Champions Trophy qualifier) – Japneet Singh (8F1)
3rd place overall (Champions Trophy qualifier) – Vihaan Morem (8M1)
1st place overall (Champions Trophy qualifier) – Ayaan Bhatia (8M1)

TEAM AWARDS
1st place overall 22 points (Auckland Regionals qualifier)

Please see below for some important reminders.

Year 10 NCEA information Evening 6-7pm Tuesday 14th May 2024 – held in the Theatre

Teacher’s Paid Union Meeting – Thursday 16th May 2024
Members of the PPTA (Secondary Teachers Union) will be attending a meeting on Thursday 16th May, 2024. As a result normal classes will stop at 12.00 noon. Please collect your child(ren) @ 12.00 noon from the Valderama Drive entrance only.
The school will remain open with teachers who are not PPTA members supervising students who need to remain at school in their Whānau.
Please email the Whānau Assistant, as below, if you wish your child to be supervised at school from 12pm on Thursday 16th May. For organisational purposes your email should reach us by Thursday 9th May, 2024.
It must be noted that if this request is not received, it is understood that the parent/caregiver will take responsibility for the supervision of their child/ren.

coast-studentservices@mhjc.school.nz
forest-studentservices@mhjc.school.nz
water-studentservices@mhjc.school.nz
mountains-studentservices@mhjc.school.nz

MHJC students have featured in a recent Times article about Anzac Day. Norah Mukalef delivered her stirring Anzac speech in Howick, while Mohammad Dhalli, Abel Wee, and Faazil Muhammed shared their poems at the Auckland War Memorial Museum. It is great seeing these students recognised in our wider community – we hope you enjoy the article too.

𝐀𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐖𝐚𝐫 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐮𝐦 – 𝐀𝐧𝐳𝐚𝐜 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒
To commemorate Anzac Day, MHJC had three students travel to the Auckland War Memorial Museum – Mohammad Dhalli, Abel Wee, and Faazil Muhammed.
These boys presented their winning poems at the event. They were part of the 9 finalists who spoke, out of 189 entries. Congratulations to these three boys on doing a fabulous job representing our community and MHJC.

Yesterday, all Year 7 students walked down to the 𝐅𝐨 𝐆𝐮𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐁𝐮𝐝𝐝𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐓𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞. This annual visit for all MHJC Year 7 students is part of the 3G/4G Festival of Cultural Sharing. It enabled students and staff to continue to forge connections with our greater Flat Bush community. An excellent morning was had by all and we look forward to next year.

Congratulations to 𝐓𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫 for competing at the South Island Table Tennis Championships in Dunedin over the school holidays. Tushan and his doubles partner took the silver medal overall in the Under 15 Boys Division. Well done Tushan! 🏓

MHJC would like to welcome 𝐌𝐫𝐬 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐓𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐨𝐚 𝐓𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐚 (left) who begins this term as the Assistant Principal of Maunga/Mountains Whānau. Mrs Tuiletoa Tagaloa has come to us from St Paul’s College in Auckland, and will be teaching Physical Education and Global Studies.

𝐌𝐬 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐇𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 (right) has been appointed as our new Deputy Principal with schoolwide responsibilities. Ms Hunter has been an outstanding member of the MHJC staff since 2012, in both teaching and senior leadership roles and we look forward to her continuing to grow her greatness with us.

And finally, we wish to farewell and acknowledge the fantastic contribution 𝐌𝐬 𝐊𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭 has made to MHJC since 2011. Ms Lambert begins her new position as Deputy Principal at Ormiston Senior College this term.

𝐀𝐧𝐳𝐚𝐜 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒
Norah Mukalef presented her speech at the civic service at Stockade Hill this morning. She won the Anzac speech competition and her essay was selected in the secondary division.
MHJC also had three students who presented their winning poems at the Auckland War Memorial Museum to commemorate Anzac Day. Mohammad Dhalli, Abel Wee, and Faazil Muhammed all spoke incredibly well. Photo of the boys to come.