TAURANGA GIRLS’ COLLEGE
May 2017
Tauranga Girls’ College Pauline Cowens Principal
Message from the Principal Welcome back to Term Two, which follows on from a holiday break that for many of our students still involved schools based activities (including music and sports competitions, ANZAC services, PTA Fashion parade rehearsals and field trips overseas) with resulting success and learning outcomes. This term promises to continue in the same vein throughout the next ten weeks, both academically and in extra-curricular involvement. It is a feature of the culture of Tauranga Girls’ College that students are busy, across sports, arts and culture and thank you to all parents and caregivers whose role is critical in supporting this participation and thank you also to all those staff and other mentors who give so much time to ensuring that our students have these opportunities to succeed. Our PTA Fashion Parade is coming up on 17 and 18 May and rehearsals are well underway for
that event with tickets available through Ticketek. This is a fundraising event that is also an entertaining and fun evening out, involving students from both TGC and TBC, and a few staff performers! Our school hall is rarely empty with so many students (and the one staff group) refining their performances. Term Two contains several other key events coming up where you as a member of our school community can see for yourself some of the amazing talents of your daughter and her peers. The Artsfest brochure advertising venues and booking arrangements for events will be out very soon and available at various venues around Tauranga as well as from reception at the college. This college is a leader in sport, in the arts and culturally, often the best in New Zealand, with National achievements that come from hard work, dedication and passion, as
your daughters identify their ambitions, explore their talents and take up the challenge to explore all the opportunities offered here at “TGC”. That we also enjoy the academic success showcased in the recently published league tables proves that the ’TGC’ Difference” is in all ways a positive one!
Pauline Cowens Principal
Head Girls Left to Right, Pita Phillips: Art Director Madison Randall: Head Girl Mikeely Ivil: Deputy Head Girl Caitlin McGeorge: Sports Captain