Blog

Two exciting lunchtimes took place to round out Maths week for 2021. In this event house spirit and Maths prowess combined. A junior competition and a senior competition were held where each house was able to contribute three teams of four members each. T

A huge congratulations to our twelve Year 9-13 students who took part in the national Southern Jam Youth Jazz Festival in Blenheim last week as part of the Southland Youth Jazz Band. The students gained a Silver award from the judges for their contest per

Two Hargest teams travelled up to Oamaru to compete in the South Island Secondary Schools tournament, from the 13th through to the 15th of August. Coached by Michael Clark, the teams fought it out in semi finals and achieved third in the senior girls (sec

On Friday afternoon the Junior Campus began their Olympic event with a fabulous opening ceremony. At the conclusion of this, the first events were held - lots of awesome country colours and fierce competition was had. The event will conclude this Friday w

Congratulations to our Gold A Netball Team on being crowned 2021 Southland Senior Secondary School Champions. They had a great win over Gore High in a tightly fought final. Coach Rochelle Van Beek said “I couldn’t have asked for anything more, all of

On Wednesday the 9th of June, theYear 8 students in the JHJC Student Council participated in a leadership conference to learn about all kinds of leadership along with several other schools in the region. We had to be at school at 7:50am on the Wednesday m

On Saturday the 10th of July Te Hautoka 2021 (Southland/Otago Secondary Schools Regional Kapa Haka Competition) was held in the Dunedin Town Hall. It was the culmination of 6 months of intense training and commitment by our Kapa Haka on display in the hea

Congratulations to the James Hargest Senior ShowQuest team who have received TWO National ShowQuest awards ! Co-directed by Year 13 students, Brianna Peterson and Anna Morris, and in close collaboration with Mr Oudhoff, their cast and crew received the Ne

Southland Secondary School Table Tennis Championships held recently with our Girls and Boys collecting medals. Girls Gold -  Caitlin Hartley and Holly Cinliffe Bronze Teegan Strudwicke and Rhianna Short Boys Gold -  Ingamar, Ken and James Bronze - Quinn

Congratulations to our National Schools Track Cycling Champions!