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The Kerikeri High School Athletics Day gave our students an opportunity to showcase their running, throwing, and jumping skills across a variety of events. Teachers from the Physical Education Department helped the day run smoothly and supported participating students.

Congratulations to Justin Peterson who broke the Year 11 Boys Shot Put record.

Congratulations to the students in the seven teams who competed in the recent Northland Debating Selection Tournament in Whangārei.

At the Celebration Assembly to introduce the Prefects to the School, our Deputy and Head Students were also announced. 

Congratulations to our 2025 Head Students - Head Girl, Te Kauri Armstrong Kingi; Head Boy, Solomon Dickey; Deputy Head Girl, Lilli-Rose Voakes; Deputy Head Boy, Kosta Silich

Congratulations to the 40 Year 13 students who were selected as the Kerikeri High School Prefects for 2025. A full list of the new Prefect Team will be published in the next School Newsletter. We would like to acknowledge all the Year 13 students who applied for this important leadership role; the calibre of applicants was again very high this year. 

Our new students across all Year Levels, and their whānau, were welcomed on Monday 3 February with Pōwhiri. This was a significant and special occasion for all involved, with over 1000 people present as either Tangata whenua - our full staff and all our Year 13 students, or as Manuhiri.

In the last week of January, 124 Year 13 students committed two days of their school holidays to attend our Year 13 Leadership Camp, led by Mr Craig Jordan, training to become Peer Support Leaders for our new Year 7 students.

Congratulations to our 2024 Head Girl Lucy Clent, who was awarded our most elite prize, Dux of Kerikeri High School, and to our 2024 Deputy Head Girl, Ciara Andrews, who was awarded the prestigious Proxime Accessit prize at the 2024 Senior Elite Prizegiving.

Congratulations to all other senior students who received awards or prizes and were acknowledged at the Prizegiving.