Principal’s Welcome
PRINCIPAL’S WELCOME
Choosing a secondary school is a serious and important task. Schools are each unique. Matching a school’s values, culture, goals and approach to your individual needs, is not straightforward. It requires considered thought. I am sure that you realize that the values, beliefs and motivation of the principal directly influence each unique school culture. It is therefore important for you to have an understanding of who I am, and in what I believe.

Our Vision
With our communities, we nurture well-rounded and accomplished young people, prepared and ready for life.
Our Mission
Inspiring academic excellence, leadership and a love of learning.
I was raised in Christchurch in a family which values humour, individuality, generosity, creativity and achievement. Our parents encouraged their children to be ‘free souls’. They tried not to manipulate, but to keep a watchful eye on our development. They wanted us to be ‘good people’ and to grow up without bias towards others; without bias of race or creed, of abilities or disabilities, of wealth or poverty. As a family we remain very close.
At Hillmorton High School we are working hard to create a real sense of community where diversity is valued. This teaches our young people to be tolerant of, to enjoy and even celebrate, our differences. It is these differences that make Hillmorton High School such a vibrant and exciting school, and a wonderful place at which to work and study. As Principal, I value the following: optimism, honesty, integrity and loyalty, tolerance for, and the celebration of difference, the pursuit of excellence and the firm belief that schools and, indeed, life should be full of fun, vitality and challenge. I also believe in setting high standards for myself, our students, and for those with whom I work.