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On Thursday 27 October, Verdon College hosted the Southland section of annual Otago/Southland Classics Quiz Competition. Eight teams competed at the Marist Pavilion and the James Hargest College team consisting of (from left) Polly Hanson-Friend, Madeline

Students from Rooms 4 and 5 hold up their boxes filled with gifts for refugee children to open on Christmas day. The boxes contain toys, t-shirts, felt pens, paper, tooth brushes, soap, balls, skipping ropes and jewellery. Each box costs $9 to post and st

On Friday 14 October the school launched this year’s edition of its annual literary magazine Interrobang, which is written, edited and published by students. Pictured at the launch is Rebecca Webber, reading her piece to the crowd.

At the ILT Secondary Schools’ Jazz Fest on 14 October Jazz Burgers Strike Back (Finn Bodkin, Liam Fairbairn, Dryw McArthur, Haein Shin and Joseph Pritchard) were place 3rd in the Group Awards behind Wakatipu High School (1st) and Dunstan High School (2n

The Year 7 and 8 teams did incredibly well in the annual SMAC maths competition. 

Congratulations to James Hargest College team who were winners of the Overall Top School Trophy

At the recent R2K rowing regatta in fantastic rowing conditions at Twizel, Hargest rowers did very well for their first competition of the season, with Caleb Turnbull (3rd), Jake Haywood (8th), Cody Natta (6th) and Kayla Horler (4th) making it into A fina

Here is a list of our Swimming Champions.

The Level Two Geography class took a field trip to Aoraki Mt Cook in the last week of the term. The class had a great time exploring parts of the National Park and the surrounding Mackenzie Basin.