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Last newsletter of the year. Wishing you all a happy summer

MRGS encourages success and a love of learning – at the same time we acknowledge that our community and a sense of belonging are also an important part of school life.

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Friday 1 December

Reminder this is a teacher only day.
No students on site.

Thursday 30 November today is last day of NZQA exams. Thanks to Mr Skiff, Mrs Whittaker-Hall & Mr Hays.
Well done to our seniors. Whatever your results, 2024 is waiting for you to keep being amazing whatever you do 🙂

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College Sport Student Coach of the Year

Aktive Student Coach of the Year Winner – Tom Watkinson
A huge congratulations to Tom Watkinson who won the Aktive Student Coach of the Year award at Thursday nights College Sport Auckland Young Sportsperson of the Year Awards for 2023.
Tom was nominated for his contributions to coaching football at Mount Roskill Grammar School this year, working with our 14A Boys Football team.
The award is thoroughly deserved and a recognition of Tom’s commitment to his players, his coaching expertise and willingness to develop, and service he has provided as a student coach to our school.
Congratulations Tom.

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Talented Alumna

A survey of the work of the great artist Gretchen Albrecht

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Wednesday 22 November

9am start for year 9 & 10.
Last day of exams. Please be on time.

Go well ✍️

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Congratulations

To alumna Khylee Quince. Dean of the School of Law at AUT and now a Professor!

You can read her AUT bio below:

Tena koutou katoa – ko Khylee Quince toku ingoa, no Ngapuhi, Te Roroa, Ngati Porou, me Ngati Kahungungu.

Professor Khylee Quince is the Dean of the School of Law, where she has been on staff since 2017. Prior to that she was the Associate Dean Māori at the University of Auckland Faculty of Law, where she was on staff since 1998.

Khylee is an expert in criminal law and justice, youth justice and Maori legal issues. She has taught and researched in these fields, and in 2014 was awarded a National Tertiary Teaching Excellence Award for Sustained Excellence, following Faculty of Law and University of Auckland Teaching Awards in 2013.

Khylee has extensive experience in governance, as chair of the New Zealand Drug Foundation, the Sursum Foundation charitable trust and as a trustee on school boards. She is regularly engaged as an expert consultant by government and non-government organisations, including the Ministry of Justice, Department of Corrections, New Zealand Police and TVNZ. She is currently a member of the New Zealand Parole Board.

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Congratulations

To alumna (student and teacher) Katalina Ma [Roskill South proud]. Recipient of one of 12 Sunpix awards celebrating community leaders “navigating different corners of the world to uplift all thing Pacific.”

Katalina was awarded the Pacific Education Award by the Ministry of Education alongside Josephina Tamatoa for running the South Auckland Maths Challenge – a University initiative aiming to help prepare Māori and Pacific students excelling in mathematics to tackle regional competitions.

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New principal

Congratulations to Mr Tom Webb, who has been appointed as Tumuaki|Principal from 2024, following on from Mr Watson’s 17 years of excellent service.

Mr Webb is an experienced Tumuaki having successfully led Māngere College since 2016. Prior to that he was HOD Mathematics, Deputy Principal and Associate Principal at Onehunga High School so he brings a wealth of experience. Tom has a Masters in Educational Leadership and spent a year at the University of Auckland Centre for Educational Leadership.

His proven educational leadership experience, interpersonal skills, community and cultural engagement were some of the personal and professional attributes which the Board were seeking.

His particular sets of skills, his motivations, and his strong passion in areas of making a difference for the diversity of tauira at MRGS, including Māori, Pasifika and priority learners are key to improving the outcomes for all tauira.

Some of Tom’s past and current leadership experiences include: lead principal for the Mangere Kahui Ako, Chair of the AimHi group of schools, and he is on the executive board of the Auckland Secondary School Principals Association.

Tom is looking forward to meeting the community and getting to know you. Tom and his family live locally and his wife Elaine (Webb, nee Cheshire) worked at MRGS in the early 2000s. Their three children attend or have attended local kura.

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Externals: Tuesday 14th

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Externals: a diagram for the hall layout. Helpful if you’re late and not sure where to go!

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