Gumboot Friday is here!
Staff and students are supporting this fun way of bringing attention to the mental health challenges some of our nation’s children are facing and to live our value of awhinatanga/compassion. Here we see the Executive Council and Mr Morrison sporting their gumboots.
Ways to donate are on the website below.
https://www.iamhope.org.nz/gumbootfriday
MHJC would like to wish our school community a very Happy Diwali! We hope everyone is having a wonderful time celebrating with family today.
Congratulations to Mr Helgard Groenewald and Mr Jason McKimmon who will take up their new roles at the start of 2022.
Mr Groenewald is known by many in the community as our Sports Coordinator, a role he occupied for many years, until he became Acting Assistant Principal and more recently Dean of Mountains Whānau. “Mr G”, as he is affectionately known, has a wealth of leadership experience in these and other roles within the school after over 10 years of loyal service. Before joining MHJC he had taught at Tangaroa College and in South Africa.
Mr McKimmon is currently Dean of Coast Whānau after joining our staff last year. Mr McKimmon is a highly regarded educator who gained valuable experience in Hong Kong where he was Head of the Physical Education and Health Department at an international school. It was there that he gained experience in the IB (International Baccalaureate) Middle Year Programme. Before he left for Hong Kong he completed his provisional registration at Howick College.
https://mhjc.nz.schooltv.me/wellbeing_news/special-report-managing-overwhelm
A reminder that Term 3 ends this Friday 1st October. Again, we thank our community for all their hard work and resilience this term with distance learning.
We wish to congratulate Kate Lambert (left) and Reshmika Lal (Right) who have been appointed to these new positions with school wide responsibilities. The successful candidates are current Senior Leaders and we look forward to both supporting the team to achieve our strategic goals and operational efficiency. Both leaders have, for over ten years added significant value to the MHJC culture and ethos in various positions and we look forward to seeing their influence strengthening our vision in the future.
Growing greatness – Kia mana ake!