News & Events
From the classroom to the sports field and everywhere in between, find out how we make an impact locally and globally.
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Spotlight on Staff: Josh McKay
In his first year at ACG Strathallan, Music teacher Josh McKay has started a choir, rebooted the jazz band, built a recording studio and is rewriting the curriculum. -
Accolades for young film maker
Two films directed by ACG Strathallan student Luka Wolfgram have been shortlisted for the NZ-wide film challenge Outlook for Someday Competition. -
Lynch family profile: Would we make the same choice again? 100%
One daughter is sporty, one daughter more academic, both are thriving. Caroline Lynch puts it down to a school culture in which students are down to earth, accept each other and feel safe to be who they want to be. -
Participation key to an all-round education
Principal Danny O’Connor says ACG Strathallan aims to provide students with a challenging holistic education, underpinned by five key elements – academics, student well-being, sport, activities and the arts, experiential education outside of the classroom, and leadership and service. -
Prize for outstanding Maths teacher
Krista Rabulall, Faculty Coordinator Mathematics, has been granted the 2018 Margaret and John Kalman Charitable Trust Mathematics Teaching Prize, awarded through the University of Auckland. -
Culture of sport flourishing under new principal
Sport is integral to New Zealand’s culture and way of life and it is a crucial part of the co-curricular programme at ACG Strathallan. It improves wellbeing, it helps students’ bodies and minds to develop, it develops resiliency and it grows a sense of belonging and a positive school spirit.
Featured News
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Student results make ACG Strathallan top school in South Auckland
Excellent University Entrance pass rates have earned ACG Strathallan the title of South Auckland’s top-ranked school in Metro magazine’s Best Auckland Secondary Schools list.Read this article -
Siobhan Balle wins NZ Road Race Championship
ACG Strathallan student Siobhan Balle, Year 10, has won the U15 Girls New Zealand Road Race Championship. The win completes Siobhan’s remarkable streak of three road race wins in two weeks.Read this article -
Teachers recognised by Microsoft as technology experts
Year 4 teacher Cherie Boucher-Cunningham believes there are many benefits to incorporating technology into education – easy access to information, real time feedback, online collaboration, and access to content in highly engaging multimedia formats.Read this article -
World Challenge 2018: Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan
Great Wall of China, the Silk Route, Ala Archa National Park… As our students head off on New Zealand’s first-ever World Challenge expedition to Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, we find out more from teacher Katherine Greenley about what the trip holds.Read this article -
Spotlight on Staff: Penny Stafford-Bush
Our amazing teacher aide Penny Stafford-Bush is a dedicated thespian who directs our college musical and acts in local theatre productions. She’s also a Strathallan parent who’s had two children go through the school. Read this article -
ACG alumna making waves in fashion
Aged just 23, ACG Strathallan alumna Lucy Gill is already making waves in the world of art and fashion. Having graduated from Elam School of Fine Arts last year, she has exhibited her paintings in Matakana’s Vivian Art Gallery, Sanderson Gallery in Auckland, and worked at Paris Fashion Week alongside Kiwi fashion consultant Jo Knight.Read this article -
Spotlight on Staff: Cherie Boucher-Cunningham
A former ACG Strathallan student, Year 4 teacher Cherie Boucher-Cunningham played soccer in the boys’ first XI before ‘accidentally’ becoming a goalie for NZ. Now a teacher, her job, she says, is to make every student feel they belong.Read this article -
Equestrian team take out North Island Horse Trials
ACG Strathallan’s equestrian team has won the North Island Secondary Schools Horse Trials.Read this article -
Spotlight on Staff: Dr Katherine Greenley
Chemistry teacher Dr Katherine Greenley loves Sci-Fi movies, outdoor adventures and teaching students to think. In July she will accompany students on their World Challenge adventure to Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan.Read this article -
That’s the spirit!
ACG Strathallan student president Mckenzie Northcott spent her school holidays on a ten-day sailing voyage around the Hauraki Gulf as part of a once-in-a-lifetime trip on Spirit of New Zealand, a steel-hulled, three-masted barquentine, purpose built by charity organisation Spirit of Adventure.Read this article
Student Blog
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