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New Plymouth Girls' High School has shaped and influenced the lives
of young women since 1885.
Our vision, to develop educated, confident young women of outstanding character, is timeless.
Et Comitate - Et Virtute - Et Sapientia | Friendship - Courage - Wisdom | Whakahoanga - Maia - Mātauranga
Welcome
New Plymouth Girls' High School has a proud tradition of academic excellence & a proven record of outstanding achievement in sport, visual & performing arts. It is the individual and collective contribution of many that makes it possible for us to enjoy and be part of this very special school.
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Uniform Shop
The PTA Inc. Uniform Shop is your offical shop for all your students' uniform needs. For a full price list, opening times and uniform requirements, please click on the link below to find out more information.
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Student Leaders 2012
Courtney Muggeridge (pictured, centre) is the Head Girl for 2012. Katie Alexander (pictured, left) and Emily Devany (pictured, right) are Deputy Head Girls. Please find a full listing of leadership positions by following the "Read More" link below.
Read more ›Head Girl and Deputy Head Girls for 2012 Have Been Announced
The Head Girl and Deputy Head Girls for 2012 have been announced. Congratulations to Courtney Muggeridge (Head Girl), Katie Alexander (Deputy Head Girl) and Emily Devaney (Deputy Head Girl).
Dux Literati - Tamsin Robb
Congratulations to Tamsin Robb becoming the 2011 Dux Literati for New Plymouth Girls' High School. Tamsin also won the following awards: First in Music Prize, First in Science Extension for Physics, Chemistry & Biology, The Doris Veale Cup for General Excellence in Music, The Georgina McMullan Prize for Mathematics, The Taylor Cup for Deputy Head Girl of the School; Merit Award for Service to the School - Deputy Head Girl.
The full list of prize winners are listed here:
Senior Sports Year 11 Awards Year 12 Awards Year 13 Awards Junior Awards
Important Dates for 2012
- 30 January – Teacher Only Day
- 31 January – Year 9 and 13. Powhiri for new students.
- 1 February – Year 9, Year 13 leaders, Y12 timetable checks.
- 2 February – Y9, Y13 leaders training, Y11 timetable checks.
- 3 February – Full school, Y13 Peer Support, Y10 timetable checks.
Stationery Orders for 2012
You now have the ability to order your stationery online. Please visit the MySchool website located at http://www.myschool.co.nz for all your stationery needs.
Recognition for teachers' work
"The fellowship is a study trip and some holiday time combined over 10 weeks on full pay with the whole trip funded for myself and one other person to travel with for $40,000," Ms Ellis said.
Only two secondary principals in New Zealand received the award last year and in 50 years there have only been five recipients at New Plymouth Girls' High School. "It absolutely blew me away when I received the letter. I re-read it, re-read it and re-read it again.
"These fellowships are scarce as hen's teeth, so it really came out of the blue," Ms Ellis said. Read more ›
November Newsletter
The November newsletter has been released. Click here to view it as a PDF file. Alternatively, you can view it in your browser - just click here.
Ball Photos
For more photos from the NPGHS Ball, held on 2 July 2011, please click here.
We're Being Social! Join us on Facebook, Google+ and Twitter.
With our ongoing support and enthusiasm for social networking, we are expanding our Facebook page to include Daily Notices and other relevant school information.
We use Facebook and Google+ to show what's happening around the school and beyond the gate. It is a great way to keep up to date with daily events, news and photos. We also use Twitter to send out quick updates and news.
Click on this link to visit our Facebook page: http://facebook.com/npghs. Click on this link to visit our Google+ page: http://plus.google.com. You can also click this link to "Follow" us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/npgirlshigh.
Highlighting NPGHS Student Achievements - Past & Present
Magic on beam nets gold
Waitara gymnast Nikita Mischewski (Year 11) is beaming.
The 16-year-old has good reason to after winning gold on the beam at the New Zealand artistic gymnastic championships in Timaru.
Competing in Step 7 (they used to be levels, but have been renamed this year with Steps standing for striving towards excellent performance), Mischewski was the most successful of the Waitara gymnasts.
In the all-round competition on day one, Mischewski finished eighth on the vault, sixth on the bar, seventh on the beam and 11th on the floor to place seventh overall – enough to qualify for apparatus finals on vault, bar and beam. Read more ›
Emily Roughan makes no race of goal
Emily Roughan, 17, will be the first New Plymouth Girls' High School student to represent New Zealand at the Australian cross-country championships when she competes in Canberra this week.
Athlete Emily Roughan's goal this year was simple – to represent New Zealand at the Australian secondary schools' cross-country championships.
And she has achieved it.
The 17-year-old, who attends New Plymouth Girls' High School, is one of 16 New Zealand year 11 to 13 students who will travel to Canberra this week to compete in the championships.
She will compete in the under-18 division and is the first Girls' High student to qualify for the event. She is also the only Taranaki athlete attending this year. Read more ›
Budding Business
New Plymouth Girls' High School students, from left, Jessica Ellis, Bridgette Glenn and Paula Gomez, of Escarso Creations, with their customised hand-painted stencils at the Young Enterprise Scheme Trade Fair at Centre City on Saturday 13 August 2011. The girls' company was one of 15 selling their wares. The YES is a business programme for secondary school students that takes them through the process of setting up and running a real business.
National win for students
A successful game of "chess on water" has earnt a New Plymouth girls sailing team yet another title.
The team won the girls section of the 2011 Secondary Schools Team Sailing Nationals, held in April in Algies Bay, Warkworth.
Representing New Plymouth Girls’ High, they successfully outwitted their opponents in the open event. The team were the only girls in the top section of the annual event – all the other groups were made up of boys. Read more ›
Dancing Towards the Stars
Fifteen years devotion to dance has led to a dream come true for New Plymouth’s Amy Finnigan.
The multi-talented teen was recently awarded a major $20,000 scholarship to attend the prestigious New York Film Academy’s Film Conservatory Program.
It was only after Amy received a $10,000 two-year scholarship to the New York Conservatory of Dramatic Arts that she felt confident to audition for the New York Academy’s program - where 180 students are accepted worldwide each year. Read more ›
Awhitu nabs silver at youth champs
New Plymouth Girls' High School year 11 pupil Thea Awhitu claimed a silver medal at the world junior/youth boxing championships in Turkey. Awhitu, 15, was outpointed 21-6 in the the final of the junior 57kg division against a Turkish opponent and veteran of 50 fights.
Awhiti is a relative novice with just 14 fights under her belt. Her coach from the Box Office Club in Bell Block, Jacob Rapira, said Awhitu went into the final "pretty roughed up" from earlier fights at the tournament. Read more ›
Heady Stuff
While most teenagers don’t know what career path to take, Tayla Hedley, almost 15, knows exactly what she wants – to model. This New Plymouth Girls High student had thought about being an air hostess but after attending a Turning Point Modelling & Talent Agency course she realised modelling was her dream. Tayla was eleven then. She has since done other courses there. Vanessa Hedley, Tayla’s mum recalls. Read more ›
Learn more about our Vision & Mission Statements
Our vision: To develop educated, confident young women of outstanding character.
Our mission: New Plymouth Girls' High School will provide a range of dynamic academic, cultural, sporting and personal learning experiences through quality teaching in a challenging yet supportive environment. Each young women will have the opportunity to discover and develop the necessary knowledge, skills, values and character to enable her to fulfil her potential.
