TE KARAKA NEWS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18279, 23 December 1933, Page 6

TE KARAKA NEWS

HIGH SCHOOL BREAK-UP

CERTIFICATES PRESENTED

The District High School closed for the summer holidays ou Wednesday, when the usual functions were held. Messrs. C. Mills, chairman, and T. Earnshaw were present to represent the. School Committee and present the various certificates and awards, which were as follows: —

Dux Medal, Primary Department.— Emily Tait. Calf Club' Awards.—Beryl SmiUiers, Shirley Doran, Emily Tait, and Arthur Smith. Highly Coinmended.—Arthur Wills. Proficiency.—Emily Tait, John McKenzie, Doris Smith, and Flora McDermott. Competency,—Marjorie Broughton. Athletic Trophies (Secondary).- Senior Girls: Barbara Buscke. Senior Boys: Alex. McAneny. Junior Girls: Marion Calcott. Junior Boys: Kenneth Emery. Higher Leaving Certoificates.—Barbara Buscke and Nancy Appleton. Intermediate Certificates. — William Nisbett, Alexa Allen, Enphemia Nicholson, Oscar Tullock, Robert Friar, Joseph O’Rourke, and Diana Parkinson. The chairman congratulated the ■winners (36) of good attendance certificates and pointed out that it was regular attendance that formed the groundwork of success at school. .Ho further congratulated the secondary hoys on retaining the Miller Rugby Cup as well as the other trophy holders, assuring them that their efforts in the realm of sport went far to improve the spirit of the whole school as well as their own characters. In conclusion, he wished the children and staff the compliments of the season.

In reply, the headmaster, Mr. F. Cook, thanked the chairman for his remarks and for his presence amongst them and wished all present a Happy Christmas and a Merry New Year. PARENTS’ DAY The Te Karaka District High School concluded the year by holding a parents’ day, at which members of tho Old Students’ Association were guests. The pupils presented an Old English scene depicting a May Day Fair in Elizabethan times and concluding with a cleverly portrayed scene from “Twelfth Night.” Much ingenuity and good taste were displayed in the costumes of the performers, which had all been made by the pupils with the assistance of the teachers.

The guests were welcomed by the headmaster, Mr. F. Cook, in a short speech in which lie assured them of the pleasure it gave the children and stall to see them, and he further stressed the fact that the committee was making every effort to develop the curriculum to suit the wants of the country pupils. It was hoped that in the coining year a further step would lie taken to develop the rural side of the school’s work. He wished it to be understood fully ny parents that if financial difficulties Jay In the way of sending children to the secondary ' school provision would be made for assistance, and lie trusted that parents would interview him personally as to their children's future, lie fresh men ts served by the children under the trees concluded a very pleasant afternoon. Later a general meeting of the Old Students’ Association was held, when their patron, Mr. It. <L Lockhart, was present.