Principal's Welcome
Welcome to Waitakere College, a successful, large co-educational New Zealand Secondary School located in Henderson in the heart of West Auckland.
Our motto -"Achievement for All" - hinges on the three elements of the Waitakere Way: Learning, caring and respect. These tenets guide our decisions and planning to ensure that each student is able to learn and achieve to 'be the best they can be'.
Courses on offer cater for the variety of student needs, from international students to learn English, to local students' learning an international language for their overseas travel.
We have strong relationships with each university in Auckland and nationally, enabling students to follow a successful pathway into tertiary study.
Initiatives for Year 9/10 Students
- Weekly report cards to update academic progress
- Gifted and Talented programme 'Shine" for very able students
- Targeted literacy classes to assist students
- Accelerated programmes to do NCEA
- Opportunity to compete in many sporting and cultural activities
Initiatives for Year 11/12/13 students
- Achievers' Assemblies acknowledging seniors who achieve in their year group
- After school homework centre with tutors
- Monitoring of NCEA progress throughout each year to ensure success
- Gateway programme to apprenticeships and tertiary institutions
- Leadership opportunities via sports, mentoring and cultural activities
MARK SHANAHAN
Principal
Notice Board
1. HOD ISC (Inclusion Support Centre). To start Term 2
2. School Nurse; To start as soon as possible
3. HOD English.
Congratulations to Ms Malvindar Singh-Bains, neuro-scientist who has been given a prestigious grant to further research into cell types.
Thank you to all the students who auditioned for key roles in the 2010 Musical, 'Guys and Dolls' - Opening Night is Saturday 1 May, 2010. Congratulations to the successful students - a lot of hard work is ahead! Go to Menu Bar /What's On/Public Noticeboard to see the cast list.
Information about the various school bus services can be found by clicking onto the word 'Information' on the menu bar above.
Upcoming Events
- Teacher Only Day; school not open for instruction(1 day)
- Dragon Boating Competition(3 days)
- Fia Fia Night(4 days)
- Polyfest(6 days)
- Water Polo Championships(7 days)
- Petanque(8 days)
