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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 ›Swimming Sports – Friday, 24 February, 9:00am-3:00pm, School Pool (Date Change)
All parents/caregivers are invited to the swimming sports at our school pool. The pool is accessed by a path behind the Home Economics Block (smaller brick building adjacent to school hall). There is no available parking within the school grounds however parking between 9:00am-3:00pm is available on Mangorei Road. In case of inclement weather, a postponement or cancellation will be communicated via 90FM, the school website, Facebook page (http://facebook.com/npghs) and Twitter account (http://twitter.com/npgirlshigh) by 7:30am.
Athletic Sports – Tuesday, 28 February 9:00am-2:00pm, TET Stadium (Jubilee Park) Inglewood
Girls will need to be at school by 8:40am on Tuesday 28 February to catch a bus to TET Stadium in Inglewood. To cover the bus costs, a payment of $4 is required to be handed in at Tutor time. The buses will return in time to catch normal school buses from Mangorei Road. All parents/caregivers are invited to support their daughters at these sports. In case of inclement weather, the sports will be postponed until Wednesday 29 February and communicated on 90FM, the school website, Facebook page (http://facebook.com/npghs) and Twitter account (http://twitter.com/npgirlshigh) by 7:30am.
Goal Setting Interviews Day – Friday, 9 March
All students will have a 15 minute goal setting interview with a teacher on Friday, 9 March. Parents/caregivers are especially invited to attend with their daughter. Normal school classes will be suspended for the day and girls are only expected at school for their interview. Bookings will be via ‘School Interviews’ on the school website. Further details will be communicated later.
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.
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
Lucky pair off to space centre
A passion for science and space is taking two New Plymouth students all the way to Houston, Texas.
One year 12 student from both New Plymouth Boys' and Girls' high schools have been selected to travel to America where they will join 30 like-minded teenagers from 18 different countries.
New Plymouth Girls' High School's Sally Bruce, 16, says the trip to the academic base of the Foundation for International Space Education in Houston is her first taste of another country.
"I'm excited about everything we're going to get to do and I know I want to work in either astrophysics or quantum mechanics," she said.
"The dream is to one day work at a space centre."
Sally said 12 students applied for the opportunity and last week her principal, Jenny Ellis, told her she had been selected to go. "The four other finalists were there as well and I was really excited when I found out but felt really bad for the other girls," she said.
Fifteen-year-old Adrian Robb, from New Plymouth Boys' High School, said he found out late last year that he had been selected.
"I was pretty happy but I'm not really the screaming sort."
National Certificate of Educational Achievement level 2 physics and maths is a subject requirement to take part in the programme and Adrian says he has always been passionate about science and technology.
The lucky pair will be approaching people to help sponsor the $5000 they each need to pay for the trip in July.
"There will probably be a few sausage sizzles as well," Sally said.
Families connected to the space education centre will host the students while they are visiting for two weeks. "It will be great to meet so many new people and make new friends," she said.
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 ›
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.
