Early this morning a group of Year 10 students departed the Auckland International Airport headed for Singapore. Over the next week, these students will be taking part in the Hwa Chong Student Leaders’ Convention. This is the first time in a number of years that MHJC has been able to send students in-person to this international conference. We wish this group all the best for their week abroad.

MHJC recently hosted a Blackout Poetry competition. Well done to all students and staff who took part and a big congratulations to the winners below.

𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝟳/𝟴
First Place – Vibhi Rawat
Second Place – Marie Noun
Third Place – Jaanvi Gill

𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝟵/𝟭𝟬
First Place – Phoebe Guo
Second Place – Elainy Fung
Third Place – Sameer Mehta

Next week, the Enviro Council is hosting a Litter-less Lunch on Tuesday 30th May. This will co-inside with the annual ‘Waste Audit’ and will be a way to further reduce plastic waste at MHJC. Please see details in poster.

It’s that time of the year again – 𝟒𝟎 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞 sign-ups begin tomorrow 23 May 2023.

If you wish to sign-up, please see the following 𝟒𝟎 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞 representatives from each whānau during Morning Tea and Lunch in the Central Whānau (Tuesday and Wednesday):

1. Anita Zhong (Coast)
2. Akaylah Healey (Forest)
3. Anmoldeep Kaur (Water)
4. Chanel Lam (Mountains)

Pink Shirt Day was celebrated today as the finale of Kindness Week and to coincide with Aotearoa’s Pink Shirt Day. The day was capped off with a fun Colour Run!
Well done MHJC on a fabulous Kindness Week! We are already looking forward to next year.

Thursday, as part of Kindness Week, MHJC celebrated Cultural Dress Day. Both students and staff took part in this event that is always a favourite on our annual calendar. Well done to everyone who participated. Here are some highlights.

A reminder that Year 10 students are rostered home tomorrow – Wednesday 17th May as communicated by the NZ PPTA. An email was also sent home at the end of last week as a reminder.

MHJC is celebrating Kindness Week from 15 May – 19 May.
Lots of activities in celebration of this week are on! Key activities include . . .

𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐲 – 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟖 𝐌𝐚𝐲
Come to school dressed in your traditional attire, cultural passion, or as a group.

𝐏𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐭 𝐃𝐚𝐲 – 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟗 𝐌𝐚𝐲
Wear a Pink Shirt along with the rest of Aotearoa. Make sure to bring a gold coin donation.

A reminder that Year 9 students are rostered home tomorrow – Tuesday 16th May as communicated by the NZ PPTA. An email was also sent home at the end of last week as a reminder.

Kia ora 

I trust our community has not been too badly affected by the heavy rain today.

At this time (8pm) the site is safe for teaching and learning tomorrow (Wednesday 10 May).

Please check our social media posts and website for any notifications overnight should the weather worsen.

If you have any problem getting your child/ren to school owing to road closures please notify the Whānau Assistant.

Nga mihi