Mrs Mortimer's reflections at Grey High/Māwhera

Year 13 Prize Giving speech, by Principal Samantha Mortimer MRS SAMANTHA MORTIMER — NOV 17, 2021 Tēnā koutou katoa Ngā mihi nui ki a koutou Well 2021 - that was a whirlwind! I have loved my first year as Principal here at Grey High and cannot thank the whole community enough for making me feel so welcome on the coast. I am sad that our whānau can’t be with us in person today but hopefully technology will enable you to feel a little bit like you are! Rangatahi/students Firstly, I need to talk about you, our amazing rangatahi. You have blown me away with your kindness, respect and the ability to get on with things. Demonstrating our ARCH values of Akoranga Respect Community and Hauora And this is something that we should all strive to do. Do we all get everything right? No, but I am very proud of how you have all developed and grown this year even when things were tough. I’ve not only loved seeing you around school but also in the sporting arena, on the stage and at various school event

newsletter MRS SAMANTHA MORTIMER — NOV 11, 2021 T4 Week 4 Tēnā koutou katoa Ngā mihi nui ki a koutou Awards Giving out awards during the year is an absolute pleasure for me. Receiving a Principal’s Award is a big deal and I have really enjoyed going into everyone's classes to hand them out. Their classmates have been really supportive too; always clapping and cheering as I shake hands with them! Senior end of year events - our current plan remains the same as last week! As I write this we are keeping the same plans as we had last week - let’s keep our fingers crossed! COVID VACCINATION REGISTRATIONS FOR STUDENTS AND VOLUNTEERS Students We will be sending out an email asking you to complete a Google Form to ask if your child/children has had their first or second vaccine dose, or is exempted from being vaccinated. This includes providing proof of vaccination or exemption so we can add it to our register. IT IS NOT MANDATED THAT A STUDENT HAS TO BE VACCINATED TO ATTEND SCHOOL A remi

newsletter T4 Week 3 Tēnā koutou katoa Ngā mihi nui ki a koutou Young Enterprise West Coast Regional Awards I had a fantastic time at the awards! A huge Congratulations goes to all of our rangatahi who completed their final parts of their assessments by presenting their final pitches for their enterprise projects. They all did amazingly and totally characterised our ARCH values. I was so proud of all of them. The overall West Coast Regional Winner was: Papatuanuku Sports Kits - sports Kits promoting Baseball5™. The CEO was Joel McKay and the CFO, Dom Cate. Well deserved!! Look out for the articles in the rest of our newsletter. Thank you to Development West Coast, Tai Poutini Polytech, the West Coast Trades Academy, and Papa Taiao Earthcare. I am already looking forward to attending next year! Senior end of year events - our current plan In order to meet the Ministry of Education guidelines around gatherings and general public health advice we have decided to hold year level prize givi