“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken” 

Starting high school seems like the scariest thing ever, I can tell you first hand, it is not as big and frightening as it seems. “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” is a quote that has gotten me through my five years here. I believe it is so important that once you find yourself, your people, and your ‘thing’ at high school, stick by it, put your all into what you love doing and don’t take anything for granted.

You can be whatever you want to be but choose to be the person that faces this new big chapter with a smile and a positive attitude, choose to always be yourself, and remember to take advantage of everything that this school has to offer.

Matilda Bublitz, Manu Tāiko / Head Girl 2026