Making a Difference through Leadership, Service, and Success.
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AVONSIDE GIRLS' AND SHIRLEY BOYS' PRESENT: MAMMA MIA!
AVONSIDE GIRLS
Te Kura Kōhine o Ōtākaro
A warm welcome from our Principal
Kia Ora, I am Dr Catherine Law, and I am proud to be the Principal of Avonside Girls’ High School, Te Kura Kōhine o Ōtākaro. Having attended an independent Girls’ school myself and worked in top girls’ schools in London and Hawkes’ Bay, I am passionate about the power of single-sex education to empower young women. More than ever, our young women today need an educational space that allows them to flourish as critical, courageous, and compassionate thinkers with a strong sense of leadership, identity and purpose going out into the world. At the heart of this we want our young people and their families to belong, and our strong values continue to be key.
A COMMUNITY WHERE ĀKONGA ARE EMPOWERED
AND NURTURED TO THRIVE
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About Avonside Girls’ High
Co-located site, sharing the Orua Paeroa campus with partner school, Shirley Boys’ High School. Following the devastation of the 2011 Christchurch earthquakes, Avonside Girls’ High School has been rebuilt on a new co-located site, sharing the Orua Paeroa campus with partner school, Shirley Boys’ High School, with each school retaining its unique culture, identity and teaching spaces but sharing some key facilities.
While a few years into operation now, the schools’ facilities are still the envy of many, and staff and students alike enjoy the opportunities the new campus offers.
Avonside Girls’ High School motto – ‘summa sequere’ Aim High – seek to attain the best
AVONSIDE VALUES
A strong sense of identity, courage, compassion, determination and leadership are encompassed in our poutama of values – Te whare mauri ora, our way of being at Avonside for staff and students.
OUR MISSION – KAUPAPA
To educate and empower young women to succeed now and into the future.
OUR VISION – TIROHANGA WHANUI
Young women at Avonside Girls’ High School are challenged to achieve personal excellence in a progressive and supportive learning environment.
A COMMUNITY WHERE ĀKONGA ARE EMPOWERED AND NURTURED TO THRIVE
Service to the world
Standing tall in your identity
Showing determination and perseverance
Showing care and connection to others
Stepping outside your comfort zone
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions.
Searching for something? Here are some helpful pages on our schools’ website.
For steps to enrol, please view our enrolment page.
You can view our junior and senior curricula on our curriculum page.
Our kura uses Kindo as a one-stop-shop for all payments. You can view and pay for school items, register for sports, purchase event tickets and complete registration and permission forms.
This is our preferred method of payment, and we encourage you to set-up your myKindo account today.
Please don't hesitate to contact us!
Contact Details
Main Office Phone: +64 3 389 7199
Office Email: office@avonside.school.nz
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