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35 Year 13 Chemistry students carried out an NCEA assessment focusing on Quantitative Analysis of a commercial product. 

They used a method called titration which is a widely used technique to measure how much of one substance is in another by using a chemical reaction.

Our Student WAKA Team organised a range of activities and events to raise awareness and highlight the important message behind Pink Shirt Day.

Students are encouraged to speak to a safe adult if they are being bullied or witness bullying.

Congratulations to Mrs Jackie Robertson who was presented her King's Service Medal for services to science education by the Governor General at Government House in Wellington last week.

Mrs Robertson has provided leadership as Head of Science at Kerikeri High School since 2008.

Kerikeri High School has entered 22 teams of 208 players from Year 7 to Year 13 in this year's season. Seven student coaches and 22 student umpires are supporting the teams with several new student umpires coming through. 

Thank you to Mrs Melissa Jurisich for her organisation of the teams.

Receiving Academic Honours is one of the highest academic achievements at Kerikeri High School. Each recipient of this award earned at least 60 Excellence credits at Level 1 or 72 Excellence credits at Level 2 or 90% of the 80 credits required recognising the academic step up.

Having studied the Bay of Islands marine environment in class, this trip allowed Year 12 Geography students to experience a pristine Marine Reserve.

Learning in class includes understanding the threat to the marine environment by the discovery of Caulerpa. During this Education Outside the Classroom trip, students were able to snorkel and swim in a healthy marine environment.

Our Kerikeri High School Anzac Day Commemoration was held at interval on Tuesday 28 April.

The Anzac Day Dawn Service and the Civic Service were once again led by students from Kerikeri High School and Springbank School, with their leadership being warmly acknowledged by Kerikeri RSA Past President Mr Bill Godfrey.

Our Prefect Team attended the Dawn Service, and Mr Clent and our Head Students laid a wreath on behalf of Kerikeri High School at both services.

Many of the Kerikeri High School students who belong to the SAVE Groups attended the special ceremony marking the launch of the Interact SAVE Club of Kerikeri High School.

At Te Tai Tokerau Festival, Te Pou o Manakō performed a superb bracket led by kaitātaki tāne Phoenix Matthews (Year 13) and kaitātaki wahine Salena Paul (Year 13) and Hawaiki Taituha (Year 12). The roopū represented our school and their whānau with pride and their performance was outstanding.

Led by Mr Jimmy Thomas, and Year 9 Dean Mrs Roz Clent, the Year 9 camps were held at Marsden Point Christian Camp, with students participating in a range of fun and challenging activities.

The camp aims are to:

A team of six Kerikeri High School students; Bronte Clarke (Year 10), Emily Godwin (Year 11), Nicholas Louw (Year 12), Bayley Wood (Year 10), Chloe Wright (Year 10) and Taylor Wright (Year 12) recently competed at the NZ Stand Up Paddleboarding Nationals in Auckland, delivering an outstanding weekend of paddling and bringing home some incredible results.