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Takapuna Grammar
Year 12 International Baccalaureate student Hailey Chen was recently shortlisted for the prestigious Global Essay Competition at the University of Oxford.
Hailey chose the question, Should ‘innocent until proven guilty’ apply not only to courts of law, but also to public censure?. We congratulate Hailey on her efforts and achievements and are excited to support and watch her succeed on her academic journey.
Hailey Chen.
Girls Premier Squash Team win Silver Medal at NZSS national team event
TGS Girl’s Premier Team competed in the New Zealand Secondary
Schools competition last month. The girls (all juniors) put in some fantastic performances gaining some great experience for a very young TGS team who finished second with a silver medal in their first ever NZSS tournament.
Well done to Justine Pausch, who stepped up to be our #1, who made the Junior Selection Team for 2021.
Congratulations Justine, Saara, Sarah, Heather, Nina and Coach Manu.
TGS Basketball on the up
TGS Basketball program went from just over 100 students (13 teams, 10 male and 3 female) to 160 plus students (20 teams, 13 male and 7 female) in one year. With this growth, the program has seen a lot of success this year. In the North Harbour Basketball competition, the program had six teams make the finals in their respective grades. Three of those teams were invited to the Greater Auckland Championships, and our Senior A Girls made it all the way to the finals where they will have a shot at promotion into the Senior A Grade next season.
Congratulations to Nonoka Ohta for being selected as a finalist in the West Auckland Performing Arts Competition!
