Class Act with ACG Tauranga Principal Shawn Hutchinson

As a school that prides itself on care and compassion, we have a huge responsibility to the students who study with us each day.

Not only are we providing them with a safe, family-oriented learning environment but it is our duty to help nurture and develop students to develop good character, critical and creative thinking skills, compassionate behaviour – and to ensure their overall wellbeing and resilience in the outside world.

Creating healthy, happy, confident and self-assured students can only impact positively on the community at large as they leave school and go into the world to do great things.

At ACG Tauranga we achieve this through our core values, which influence our students' actions and attitudes, and become the framework in which they behave and interact with others. Our purpose, first and foremost, is to educate them in the importance of these values both inside and outside the classroom.

While excellent results are important, growing well-rounded individuals, who are equipped with the skills and attributes required in a 21^st Century environment, takes all forms at our school, from digital learning to physical education and exposure to arts and culture.

And the success of this stems from the top – our teaching staff. Our teachers are expert practitioners, who are both dedicated to their teaching and committed to the caring development of young people. We've just recently added to our faculty with four new educators this year, who all bring a wealth of life experience and knowledge to their roles.

It's with great pleasure I welcome our students, new and returning, back for the first term. We look forward to fostering a new generation of critical thinkers and compassionate human beings in the years ahead.