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Parent Portal
The Whakatane High School Parent Portal provides access to information about your student’s timetable, attendance, fees, results in real time, and accurate contact details. Portal url: http://www.whakatanehigh.school.nz/parent-portal. Sign in details have been sent home. Enter the username and caregiver password when prompted. We suggest that you keep these details secure for future use. You may contact the eHub via email at toni.martin@staff.whs.co.nz for assistance.

Student Portal
http://www.whakatanehigh.school.nz/student-portal. Student sign in details share the same username as the parent portal but require the student password (details have been sent home).

Whakatane High School Digital Newsletter
The newsletter is emailed fortnightly, on Thursdays. Please email anne.nillesen@staff.whs.co.nz if you have news about your student’s achievements. Subscribe to the newsletter and stay informed: http://goo.gl/AeV8q4

Report an Absence
Absentee Hotline: 308 8251 ext 702. Email: absent@whakatanehigh.school.nz.
Web: http://www.whakatanehigh.school.nz/report-an-absence, or use the WHS APP.

Whakatane High School Centennial Reunion - POSTPONED

For the most recent updates, visit: Whakatane High School Centennial

Whakatane High School is hosting the "Innovation Station" market day event on Saturday 19 September on the school grounds. This is a Commerce Department initiative designed to celebrate and promote the entrepreneurial flair of Whakatane High School students. 

For more information please visit this website:

https://whsinnovationstation.weebly.com/  

The WDC has also listed the event on their website.

https://www.whakatane.com/events/whakatane-high-school-innovation-station-market-day 

We are revisiting this for 2021 as a staff and will discuss the outcomes with the community. We are hosting student mentoring sessions on Wednesday 26th and Thursday 27th August. Your child's student mentor will make an appointment with you. The purpose of the student mentoring will be to review your child's achievement and progress this year across their subjects and discuss subject selection for 2021. In addition, and in response to parent feedback, parents will be able to make appointments for the Meet the Teacher evening on Tuesday 1st September. This will enable parents to meet the teachers of particular subjects to help address any areas of academic concern for their child and find ways to move forward and improve outcomes.

We are looking at developing our student leadership for 2021 and making sure that we have the best possible prefect group representing our school for next year. We have moved the prefect application process forward for this year, so that we can announce Prefects and Head Students at the Senior Prizegiving in Term 4. These applications are for Year 12 students who will take up a really important position of role models for our school. Details will be published to students in due course.

School fees, charges and donations

In 2020 Whakatāne High School has opted into the Ministry funded school donations scheme. Full details can be found by clicking here. In a nutshell the Ministry funded donations scheme means that the Ministry will pay the school $150 per student directly. This means that there are no school fees for trips, resources, tuition or activities (including sports) that are part of your child's core learning programme (curriculum). For more information: https://www.whakatanehigh.school.nz/school-fees