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Academic Year Dates
Please ensure you are familiar with when the school year begins for your daughter. All important dates are listed below:
Jan 25 – 26: Course Confirmation
Jan 30: Teacher Only Day
Jan 31: 9am Year 13 only
10am Year 12
11am Year 11
1pm Year 10
Feb 1: 9am Year 9 and students new to Queen’s
Feb 2: 9am Year 9
Feb 3: 8.45 Formtime for all students. Full teaching day.
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Stationery Lists 2012
Stationery Lists for the 2012 academic year are available for download below.
Dec 11
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Young Enterprise Success
The combined Queen’s and King’s Young Enterprise Group has had more successes recently. Last week they received two National Awards–the Te Puni Kokiri Award for Excellence in Māori Business, and the Play it Strange Excellence Award for Enterprising Music. The two representatives from the team, Ranui Ellison and Matt Tane, were presented with these awards in Wellington at a formal awards dinner. Ranui further impressed the audience when asked to make an impromptu speech about her experiences this year.
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Congratulations to Maxine Shanks who has won one of eight Arrow Foundation Leadership Scholarships, and is the only recipient in the Lower South Island.
This Scholarship recognises students who have demonstrated leadership qualities and initiatives within their school and community and provides financial assistance for Year 13 students heading into further education at Teritary level. This year over 270 applications were recived nationwide and according to Arrow, the “calibre of the applications was just phenomenal!” Well done Maxine, we look forward to hearing of your successes at University in the coming years.
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Head and Deputy Head Girl announced
Nikita Palmer, Head Girl 2012
Friday November 11th was the annual Senior Prizegiving at Queen’s High School. At this event we celebrated the academic, sporting and cultural achievements of our senior students.
Also announced at Prizegiving were the positions of responsibility our 2012 Year 13 students will have. Of
Sarah White, Deputy Head Girl, 2012
these announcements, the most eagerly awaited were those of Head Girl and Deputy Head Girl for 2012.
Nikita Palmer and Sarah White will take on the roles of Head Girl and Deputy Head Girl, respectively, of Queen’s High School. Well done girls, we know that you will do the school proud in these roles
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YES Regional Awards Success
Congratulations to Moemoeā Records, the combined Queen’s and King’s Young Enterprise Scheme who were awarded a number of prizes last night at the Regional Awards Evening. These included the Fisher and Paykel Sustainability Prize, Best Overall Design Award – for Business Plan, Annual Report, and product, and Supreme Overall Winner for Business Excellence. This means we get to represent Otago in the National Competition in Wellington on December 1.
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