Rotorua Lakes High School “Mauria te pono - Keep steadfastly to the truth”
NEWSLETTER ISSUE No. 16 – 26 JUNE 2020
CHALKBOARD From the Principal – P. 1 News – P. 2 - 4 Dept News – P. 4 Sports – P. 5 Careers/Gateway - P. 5 - 7 Notice Board – P.8 Contact Us – P. 8 Our Sponsors – P. 8
Kia ora Koutou, Dear Parents and Caregivers, This week, I want to start my newsletter talking toilets! We, as a school, endeavour to provide our students with all the facilities that they need to enjoy life in our school environment. The most basic of these are toilet facilities. Whilst I know that sending out a mass communication about this issue is perhaps unfair, I hope that our parents and caregivers will be able to take some time to talk to the students about respecting our school environment. Today, I was called down to A block toilets. In one toilet there was pen graffiti over every wall, in another toilet there were wet paper towels thrown all over the walls and ceiling, in another toilet the hand dryer had been ripped off the wall. There was further damage to the remaining two toilets. As you can imagine, this vandalism is massively disappointing and wastes significant financial resources putting it all right. As I said, this is a minority of our students performing these acts of stupidity, but it does affect us all as a community. I will be talking with the students next week to raise this point and while I don’t enjoy growling and being heavy handed, I feel that in some ways that is the only way some of our students seem to get the message. I feel for our caretaker, who on a weekly basis, spends a significant amount of time trying to maintain a high environmental standard in this area. On a more positive note we have taken feedback from our students and changed the unisex toilets in A block to two female toilets, two male toilets and one remaining unisex toilet. Please would you talk with your students and make them aware of my frustration. Many thanks. On Thursday evening I had the pleasure of watching our Boys Basketball Team performing against Ruamata Senior Boys and coming out with a strong win. It’s really positive to see all our sporting codes back up and running and successes being achieved along the way. I hope you have a good weekend. With only one week to go, I am looking forward to finishing the term on a high! Nga mihi,
Jon Ward Principal / Tumuaki
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