On Saturday, MHJC hosted over 30 teams from all over Auckland and Northland at the Regional Tournament of Minds Competition.

Tournament of Minds (TOM) is a problem-solving program for multi-aged teams of students who work together to solve a demanding, open-ended Long-Term Super Challenge. The program has Primary, Intermediate and Secondary divisions. Tournament of Minds aim is to enhance the potential of our youth by developing diverse skills, enterprise, time management, and the discipline to work collaboratively within a challenging and competitive environment. The teams had six weeks to formulate a solution to their one chosen challenge and ten minutes to present their solution in person. They also completed an unsighted Spontaneous Challenge.

Congratulations to team ‘Still Wondering’ who won in the Secondary Social Science Challenge. The team consisted of Saketha Jandhyala, Owen Chen, Savir Selagan, Riya Sutton, Yashvi Patel, and Alan Shipway.

Our Intermediate Language and Literature team placed 2nd in their category. The team ‘Literary Coven’ were made up of Dia Pokharkar, Tehzeeb Kaur, Max Jiang, Jay Govindji, Jasleen Brar, and Kirsten Pelayo.

This past Thursday, our Year 10 Drama students went to see the play ‘Dawn Raids’ at the ASB Waterfront Theatre. The show was an emotional tribute to a dark event in New Zealand’s history. Students loved being able to experience live theatre and get immersed in the story written by Oscar Kightley.

Our Premier Netball Team had an incredible win over Macleans College earlier this morning. Congratulations girls on finishing second in the league!

Congratulations to our students who recently received prizes at the NIWA South and East Auckland Science and Technology Fair. What an amazing job ‘growing your greatness’!

Today, our Year 7 Boys Netball Team competed at the AAIMS Boys Netball Auckland Championships at the Auckland Netball Centre. The boys had an incredible day finishing 4th overall in the whole of Auckland. Congratulations boys!

Our Year 7 & 8 Mathex Teams attended the Auckland Mathex Competition last night. Quite a few MHJC parents were there to cheer and support our students too. It was one of the most exciting Mathex events to date and our 4 teams put up a great effort with incredible achievements.

Our Year 7 teams scored 80 points out of 100 and our Year 8 teams scored 90 and 75 points.

Congratulations to the students who attended!

MHJC students have had another year of success at the Regional Science Fair. Three groups of Year 9 students received awards in recognition of their hard work. Congratulations to the following students.

𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 – Y9+10 Living World – Anu Gill, Aashi Golchaa, Kinjal Pandey (Forest Whānau)

𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 – Y9+10 Living World – Shubhreet Kaur, Manaspreet Kaur, Diseni Ratnayake (Mountains Whānau)

𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 – Y9+10 Physical + Material World – Dominic Iugan, Kayleen Soong, Aryan Reddy (Coast Whānau)

Kia Ora MHJC Community!

We are very pleased to announce that tickets to our 2022 School Production are on sale as of right now!

You can purchase these online via the website: eventbrite.co.nz

https://www.eventbrite.co.nz/e/high-school-musical-mission-heights-junior-college-tickets-406520081507

We hope you are really excited about coming to see your children, their friends and all their hard work!!

𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀:

Wednesday 21st September – 7pm

Thursday 22nd September – 7pm

Friday 23rd September – 7pm

Saturday 24th September – 5pm (please note the earlier showing time)

𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀:

Students – $15 (17 and under)

Adults – $20

Family pass – 2 Adults and 2 Children – $60

The running time is approximately 2.5 hours, this includes a 20 minute interval. There will be food and drink for sale before hand and during intermission (cash only).

We hope to see you there!

A reminder to our school community that this Friday 26th August is a Teacher Only Day. Normal classes will not run and students are asked to stay at home.

On Friday, the Revolution Tour came back to MHJC and ran sessions with all of our Year 9 and 10 students.

The Revolution Tour travels across New Zealand and delivers inspiring messages to school students through story telling and positive, uplifting messages. They work to build youth resilience through equipping students with the tools and attitudes to bounce back from difficult situations. They also empower change by building greater social awareness and helping youth understand personal impact. Our senior students were definitely inspired by their sessions and throughly enjoyed how these important messages were shared. Thanks Revolution Tour!