Welcome to Upper Hutt College

Welcome to Upper Hutt College, a multicultural co-educational secondary school with a roll of just under 1200 students which includes a number of International students from Europe, South America and Asia.

We are a school with a tradition of excellence in academic achievement, sport, cultural activities and the performing arts. A wide variety of subjects at all levels caters for our diverse population of students and an extensive extra-curricular programme offers all students the opportunity to represent the school, follow a passion or simply enjoy an activity with friends, new and old.

Our students enjoy a safe, supportive and creative learning environment, where a sense of community is fostered within our House system and all students have the opportunity to develop their leadership skills.

The school has embarked on a building programme that will help us to realise our vision, that of a vibrant 21^st century learning environment that engages every learner so that each will realise their full potential.

This website offers you a glimpse of life at Upper Hutt College; please contact us for more information.

Judith Taylor

PRINCIPAL

OUR MISSION

Upper Hutt College is a community, passionate about learning

that encourages pride, participation and excellence

SENIOR PARENT INTERVIEWS

Bookings may now be made for senior parent interviews, starting at 5.30 p.m. on Thursday July 11. These will be held in the new A block teaching area, as well as nearby rooms including CA5 and CA6 in the Creative Arts blocks. Reports will be posted out prior to the interviews with full booking details. The website we use is www.schoolinterviews.co,nz and our event code is PCWNU

MAORI PARENT EVENING

.We held a successful whanau evening on June 18 to look at developments within the college relating to Maori students. There will be another hui on July 16 at 6.30 p.m. in the marae with the specific purpose of looking at the relocation and redesign of the marae into the heart of the school as part of the building redevelopment. Any interested whanau are welcome to attend.

FINE LEADERSHIP RECOGNISED

Upper Hutt College student leaders took out most of the first place awards in the recent City Council Inspire Youth Leadership award evening. Rachel Mercer. Rachel Field, Fa'a Tu'uina and Emily Paterson took first place in four of the five fields contested; overall Fa'a was runner up and Emily winner of the 2013 Youth Leaders Award. Several other fine young leaders were nominated from our college and all deserve recognition for their leadership contributions to the college and community. Well done!

2013 ACADEMIC PROGRESS (June 18)
Our first two students in year 12 have achieved their Level Two requirements, each with an Excellence endorsement. 84% of our year 11 roll now have literacy. Six year 11 students have over 60 credits. Four year 13 students have over 40 credits.

IMPROVED NCEA RESULTS 2012

Results for 2012 are now in - we are very pleased with the improvements at all levels. The level one pass rate is 75% with literacy 96% and numeracy 92%. The level two pass rate is 77% (up from 68%) and level three is 74%. See our news section for the names of those with overall Excellence endorsements.

ENROLMENTS

In zone enrolments for 2013 will be accepted as a matter of course, though a number of subjects are full.
2014 enrolments are now open at all levels and are coming in. EARLY OUT OF ZONE APPLICATIONS HAVE A GOOD CHANCE OF SUCCESS. The initial deadline at which point balloting for out of zone applications may be required is August 5.

Enrolment packs are available at the office or from this website.

TERM DATES 2013

                Term 1
Thursday 31 Jan to Friday 19 April
                Term 2
Monday 6 May to Friday 12 July
                Term 3
Monday 29 July to Friday 27 Sept
                Term 4
Monday 14 Oct to Friday 13 Dec

SCHOOL HOURS
Monday to Friday 8.40am - 3.15pm

Upper Hutt College
Moonshine Road
Trentham
Upper Hutt 5018
Ph: 04 527 8749
Fax: 04 528 2491
office@upperhutt.school.nz