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Art news from the Junior Campus

Harvey McClintock from Room 16 is standing alongside his awesome designs on the 24/7 Youthwork Gaga Ball Panels. Thank you to everyone else who has been involved in this project – many, many hours have gone into the layers of painting. A big paki paki to Room 12 who worked under pressure to ‘fill in […]

JHC Ball

Scholarship and Academic Excellence Awards 2021

On Wednesday we welcomed back our 2021 alumni who earned Excellence endorsements in Level Three and/or Scholarship Awards. We held a celebratory assembly with our Year 10 and Year 13 as the audience.   It was wonderful to welcome back these students and their whānau to celebrate their success and to hear what they are […]

Revolution Tour

At the end of last term, Year 9 and 10 students were fortunate enough to listen to the Revolution Tour.  This tour was created to bring a message of hope to young people across New Zealand and the world. Over the past 15 years, through entertaining, creative and informative programmes, the Revolution Tour has delivered […]

Mamma Mia Triumph

The major production for 2022 was an absolute delight.  Congratulations to the masterful Jonathon Tucker and wizardry Emma Jarman on pulling off a phenomenal show against a backdrop of such uncertainty and disruption!  The show was fun, upbeat, cohesive and slick.  The cast and crew were fantastic, full of energy and the joy of performing […]

Readers Cup

The Southland Readers Cup competition was held at the Ascot Hotel at the beginning of June. Year 9 teams from Wakatipu High School, Verdon College, Central

Pride Month

James Hargest College has been celebrating Pride Month in June. Our Rainbow Group has entered the Out on the Shelves competition by creating a rainbow banner of book covers in our library. We have also had guest speakers, shared kai and activities. Staff and students have been wearing ribbons to show support for our Rainbow […]

Chess Power Tournament

Twenty five students from the Senior and Junior Campus competed in the Chess Power tournament on the 18th May at Ascot School. Congratulations to all our competitors. Everyone showed great sportsmanship and perseverance on the day! Well done to you all. Senior placings 1 Hasnula Babaranda 3 Liam Alcock 4 Ron Geilik 6 Eulalia Terra […]

Leo Club

Our LEO Club seeks to support those in need in our community and beyond. The LEO Club has already raised several hundred dollars this year through bake sales and other fundraising initiatives. At the end of last term the LEO Leaders collected the mufti day coins and donated food items (pictured right: Halle Faherty donating […]

Anzac Service

“Lest we forget” Over the last week of term we held year level ANZAC ceremonies, reflecting on the sacrifices made by our service men and women, including Brigadier James Hargest in Gallipoli. We also spoke of the many who have fought for us in battles since. Our eternal gratitude to those who fought for our […]