Avonside Girls' High School

Star Courses

STAR (Secondary Tertiary Alignment Resource) provides students with the opportunity to investigate possible career paths and obtain a 'hands-on" practical experience. This experience helps with ideas and decision making about career paths in the future.

STAR courses are offerred by various organisations eg CPIT, Vision College, Academy New Zealand (Christchurch), National Trade Academy (NTA), MAINZ, Natcoll, Aoraki Polytechnic, and Avonmore Tertiary Academy.

Most courses are 4-5 days long and occur during the school term. However, some beauty, media and music courses are scheduled for school holidays. Students are expected to attend every day of the course.

There are a number of different STAR courses available to students. Examples include:

Police Careers
Photoshop/Dreamweaver/Freehand
Beauty Basics
Hairdressing
Floristry
Automotive "Hands On"
Audio Engineering
Live Sound
Beyond the Camera (Film/Television)
Media Bites (Journalism, Radio, TV)
Flight Attending
Travel & Tourism
Patternmaking
Barista
Animal Welfare
Big Band
Adventure Based Learning
Pharmacy Assistant

Up coming STAR courses are advertised in the daily class notices. Information distribution and enrolment is organised by Ms Hancock in M119.

Enrolment and acceptance on a STAR course is determined by your school attendance record, teacher consent and parental consent.

Acceptance is also subject to the folowing conditions:

The student will not be marked absent but has to let her teachers know.
The student is responsible for catching up on any class work that she misses due to being on a STAR course.
The student must return to school to sit any NCEA assessments that may be on during the course. Being on a STAR course is not grounds for compassionate consideration.