LEADERSHIP Executive Principal’s Prize-giving Address
for navigating the third year that has been impacted by Covid-19 and all the associated demands and dilemmas that has encompassed. We must never understate the quality of staff we have at this school. I know how fortunate I am to lead a group of people who put the boy at the centre of their thinking and work. A willingness to do all that is required to bring each boy to his best is no small task and I am proud of what is done day-to-day, but also of the way the school continually evolves through the actions of engaged and forward-thinking staff. The College Diploma is perhaps the most obvious example in this year, with this being its first year of implementation. My thanks to the Executive team for their support of me and their leadership of colleagues, especially
Awards Coordinator, Arthur Wood, who has this year wrangled the award claims of boys for their incredible efforts that bring us to today. To our parents and caregivers, thank you for your ongoing trust and support. Another year that has been differently demanding on and within families has reinforced the need for relationships of honesty and respect as we align our intent to help each boy grow in as affirming a way as possible. In this I acknowledge each family and the work of our Parents’ Association under the leadership of Megan Lamberg and other support groups who are doing so much to forge community across all aspects of our school. To our Old Boys who have never been so integrated within their school than in 2022. From gentlemen’s reunions to sharing careers advice and experience through Career Convos, long lunches, gifts of art and inspiration through posters and visits, we celebrate this and thank them and their Association President Angus Dysart-Paul for all that they do for their alma mater. It has never been my practice to try to list individual or collective success at this time. That is simply impossible. There is much to celebrate across the year for College that has been, and is, captured in various publications and events. Suffice to say, 2022 has been another year punctuated by a huge array of individual and collective success. That success has been led by our Year 13 boys, to whom I turn now
Ka tangi te titi, ka tangi te kaka, ka tangi hoki ahau. Tihei mauri ora! Te¯na¯ koutou, te¯na¯ koutou, nga¯ mihi mahana ki a koutou katoa. Nau mai, haere mai ki te Kura o ¯ te Karaiti. Chair of the College Board, Hugh Lindo, staff, students, and members of our wider community who join us today. It is a joy to be able to speak to you all in person and to once again be able to see the multiple facial expressions that come with events such as this. Direct feedback is a helpful tool for speechmakers regarding pace and timing. I begin with a series of thanks … To Hugh for his words and for his ongoing leadership. As he has outlined, it is a time of challenge and opportunity for College and we could not be more effectively governed at this time by such an experienced and purposeful Board. To all College staff, my words will never be adequate in thanking you
in a year that again needed continuous “reorganising”.
With the College Diploma, the new approach in our formative Years 10–11, reflects a clear focus on our Strategic Theme of motivation for boys and the ongoing disillusionment of staff and students with the over-assessment-oriented NCEA Level 1 qualification. Our unique and already often lauded alternative motivates toward the development of balanced character and academic excellence on the path of choice and challenge. At this time, I would particularly wish to acknowledge the work of our Assistant Principal – Curriculum, Nicole Billante, who has led this programme from development to implementation over the past three to four years, and our Diploma
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