Back to school: Most Northland schools can expect a roll increase
31 Jan, 2021 05:00 PM
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Natasha Hemara, principal of Kamo High School, said it was excellent more people were choosing the Whangārei secondary school. Photo / Michael Cunningham
Mikaela Collins is a reporter for the Northern Advocatemikaela.collins@nzme.co.nznorthernadvocat
Thousands of Northland students will start heading back to school from Tuesday as holidays come to end. The Northern Advocate is running three stories on the return as part of our back to school package. Here is our second story
More than half of the schools in Northland are expected to see their rolls grow this year, with one Whangārei school estimated to get an additional 129 students.
Three scholarships for Tikipunga High School dux despite tough childhood
20 Dec, 2020 04:00 PM
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Skyla Anderson-Wynn was Tikipunga High School s 2020 dux and has been awarded three scholarships. Photo / Tania Whyte When I m out of here, I m never going to let anyone hold me down again.
Those were the words Skyla Anderson-Wynn would say to herself as an 8-year-old girl, locked in her room, staring at the wall.
Nearly 10 years later, she s kept that promise.
Now, aged 17, Skyla has just finished her final year at Tikipunga High School where she was deputy head girl. She earned the dux award and has three scholarships to support her while studying a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Arts and Commerce at The University of Otago next year.