Announcements & Important Information

Please note that the school office will be closed from December 12 and will reopen from Monday, January 20 at 9:00 AM. We wish you a safe and happy holiday season.
2025 New Entrant Students

​We are looking forward to welcoming the entire cohort to Wakatipu High School next year, with the first day of school for all Year 9’s on Tuesday 28 January.

Below are a number of areas that we think are important or useful to you at this time. ​
2024 WHS Magazine

​The 2024 edition of the WHS Magazine is available to view via the link below. Should you wish to purchase a hard copy, please complete this form by Tuesday 17 December. 
Key Dates
Term 1 2025
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Mon 27 Jan 
- Year 12 Academic Counselling & Course Confirmation ( 9:00 am)
- Year 13 Academic Counselling & Course Confirmation (10:30 am)
- Buses will run
Tues 28 Jan
- All Year 9's 1st day of school - 9:00 am
- International Orientation Day 
- New enrolment (non Yr 9s) orientation - 9:00-10:30 am
Weds 29 Jan 
- All students at school - 9:10 am
2025 Term Dates
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Term 1: Monday 27 January to Friday 11 April
Term 2: ​Monday 28 April to Friday 27 June
Term 3: Monday 14 July to Friday 19 September
Term 4: Monday 06 October to Wednesday 10 December
Education Review Office Report

The Educational Review Office (ERO) have published their 2024 report for WHS, full details can be found on the ERO website or view the report below. 
Newsletter
Click here to read our latest newsletter
Year 13 Prizegiving
​Strategic and Annual Plans

​Please click here to view our Strategic Plan. 

Please click here to view our Annual Plan with links to each priority.
School App
All parents, caregivers and students should download the SZapp to your device as this is how we will communicate urgent and important school alerts and our weekly newsletter. 

Apple Devices
  1. On your device, open the App Store.
  2. Search the App Store for SZapp.
  3. Download and install SZapp.

Android Devices
  1. On your device, open the Play Store.
  2. Search the Play Store for SZapp.
  3. Download and install SZapp.

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