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From the Principal
http://shsprincipal.blogspot.com
My life and times as principal at Stratford High School, New Zealand.
- Added on: Apr 16th, 2009
- Country: New Zealand
- Language: English
- Author: Warren Purdy
- Listed in: Secondary Education Personal
Recent Posts
The global market and me
I have announced to the school that I will be taking up a position overseas in the next few weeks. I have therefore resigned from my position of Principal at Stratford High School.My wife and I will be travelling to Doha in Qatar where I will be help...
Celebrating the short life of Kenneth Marcos.
Sadly the school has been coming to terms with the recent death of one of our Year 12 students - Kenneth Marcos. This loss is something that has affected us all in a variety of ways. Kenneth's teachers and his friends are having to deal with the fact...
The farewell season
It is now getting to be deep in October and the end of the year, for seniors at least, is nearly upon us. For staff and students this means final preparations for examinations, a leaving dinner, testimonials, final senior reports for the year, senior...
Reflections of...
This weblog is subtitled 'the life and times' and mainly deals with my thoughts on education - the times - and less on my life. This post, in contrast, is mostly about my life at the moment. The last four weeks of my life have been hectic, eventful, ...
The Perfect Principal
One of my senior managers gave me this when he was clearing out some files. Thought the blogosphere might like it too:The Perfect PrincipalA Principal must be a democrat, an autocrat, a diplomat, a doormat and a coolcat.They must be able to entertain...
Motorvatin' over the hill
I recently read some interesting comments on student motivation to succeed at their NCEA studies. It came from the New Zealand Ministry of Education (I hope you were sitting down) in a summary report titled, snazzily, "Motivation and Achievement at S...
