Athletics Day 2023

The AGGS Athletics Day was a huge success for our students this year. With Mt Smart out of action, we opted to head out to Massey Park in Papakura and it was well-attended by our students and was a perfect fit for our school.

Each tutor class was assigned a maunga and a colour, with regular chants practice leading up to the event. Every student who participated in an event received points for their maunga and by the end of the day, the winner with the most points was Maungawhau!

Congratulations to all involved and we look forward to AGGS representing at the upcoming central-east-west athletics zones later in March.

Welcome to 2023 at AGGS

New Students
We will welcome all new students and their whānau into our school at our Pōwhiri on Thursday February 2 beginning at 9am. Please assemble on the front lawn which can be accessed through Gate 1 on Howe Street. After the Pōwhiri new students in Years 10-13 will have their subject selections confirmed before being released. Year 9 will be introduced to the school and their tutor teacher as part of our orientation programme. Students should be in the correct school uniform and should bring a pen; no other stationery will be required. For Thursday and Friday school will finish at 2pm. School lunches will be readily available. 

Returning Students
School starts for all returning students on Tuesday 7 February at 9am. The day will start with tutor time. Students will be able to check their tutor class from lists in the Study Hall and i-Centre or from the KAMAR app.

Senior Prizegiving 2021

Like many things in 2021, our senior prizegiving looked very different this year. Even though we were in a level 3 lockdown, we were still able to find a way to acknowledge our Year 13 prizewinners and scholarship recipients for all their hard work. Flying in the face of Met Service predictions of rain, we forged ahead with our ceremony on November 17th - out on the lawn, socially distanced and all masked up with plenty of hand sanitiser.Whānau and friends watched over proceedings on a live stream from home, and we watched them, from our seats, on a big screen.
Congratulations to all our Year 13 students on all they have achieved, over $500,000 worth of scholarships and awards were made to our students at Prizegiving.
A list of our Year 13 scholarship can be accessed through this link:
We wish all of our students and their families a happy and relaxing holiday.  We look forward to welcoming them and our new Year 9 cohort to school in February 2022. 

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University Success - Congratulations Mackenzie

The University of Auckland Young Scholars Programme extends academically able students in Year 13 to study a Stage 1 paper in a variety of subjects. In the 1st semester this year Mackenzie Adams 13 KCL studied Philosophy 105 Critical Thinking.She achieved an A+ which will be on her University transcript as she intends studying at the University of Auckland in 2022.
Her comments are: "The University of Auckland Young Scholars programme was a valuable opportunity for me because I was able to experience what university is like by completing a first year philosophy course. Completing a course in the Young Scholars Program gave me the opportunity to connect with other high school students who were participating in the programme. I was also able to see the level of work required for the first year of university and was able to learn more about an area I am interested in. I would recommend this programme for anyone who wants to extend themselves and is prepared to work hard."