About Us
What We’re All About
From playgroup to year 13, Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate (SEHC) ākonga join a seamless pathway of learning and achievement in a culture of aroha, manaakitanga, achievement and belonging.
By providing a rich, vibrant, socially-inclusive and engaging educational environment, we foster a passion for life-long learning for our students’ journey from young people to independent, confident and dignified adults.
Our rangatahi graduate as remarkable, inspiring and valued young people equipped with the courage, resilience, educational tools and real world smarts to find true purpose and their unique place in the world.
SEHC’s History
Established by its namesake in 2001 and opened in 2004, Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate (SEHC) helps shape minds and build futures by educating, nurturing and empowering young people to shine bright as they become global citizens.
The key goal of Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate (SEHC) is to foster a passion for life-long learning while helping shape the minds of the future. Within a rich and engaging educational environment, we educate, nurture and empower young people to become valued global citizens.
Belonging & Thriving
SEHC provides ākonga with the conditions to thrive within a sense of belonging as they journey from young people to independent, confident and dignified adults, equipped with the knowledge, skills and smarts necessary to find true purpose and their unique place in the world.
Creating the Right Conditions
By providing a rich, vibrant, socially inclusive and engaging educational environment, where students thrive within a sense of belonging, we foster a passion for life-long learning for our students’ journey from young people to independent, confident and dignified adults.
Inclusiveness & Empowerment
Whether a student’s pursuit is academic, creative or sporting, SEHC will support and empower them to be their best self as they develop character, a pride in their work, along with the necessary knowledge and skills as they pave their way to a prosperous future.
Value, Purpose & Identity
Our ākonga graduate as remarkable, inspiring and valued young people equipped with the courage, resilience, educational tools and real-world smarts so that they can find true purpose and their unique place in the world.
The core values of Excellence, Whanaungatanga and Respect are at the heart of everything we do to enable positive supportive relationships between staff, students and the wider school community.
At Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate we endeavour to challenge ourselves just as Sir Edmund Hillary did, which made him adapt to tough situations and become stronger.
Excellence
Having high expectations and persevering in the face of difficulty.
- Perseverance
- Reliability
- Courage
- Responsibility
- Patience
Whanaungatanga
Working together for the common good of cultures, languages, and the environment.
- Love
- Kindness
- Friendship
- Caring
- Generosity
- Unity
- Cooperation
Respect
Respecting learners, teachers, and ourselves.
- Encouragement
- Trustworthiness
- Helpfulness
- Confidence
- Humility
- Honesty
- Tolerance
Ako
- SEHC staff have the highest expectations of students in all aspects of their learning.
- Ākonga become lifelong learners empowered by inspiring teachers and leadership.
- We develop and implement culturally responsive educational practices to accelerate student achievement while supporting student well-being.
- SEHC operates within a nurturing environment to empower Māori students to achieve success as Māori.
- We grow Pacific Islands students so that they thrive as Pasifika.
Te Ara
- SEHC maximises seamless student and educational pathways for their ultimate success.
- We implement and grow transformative digital learning for our students.
- Our school develops and implements seamless maker-led learning environments.
Langi
- We nurture and support the future vision of our ākonga, whaea, whānau and wider community.
- SEHC prepares its students for further education and personal, social, cultural and economic success.
- Were always seeking effective solutions to our challenges.
Teu Le Va
- SEHC creates opportunities to include whānau / families in learning and school life.
- We work to support our students’ whānau / families to have the resources they need to be well and successful.
- Our school collaborates with external partners to support student and whānau well-being and success
Kainga
- We provide and maintain spaces and facilities that advance learning and support ākonga, staff and community well-being.
- SEHC staff are ambitious in order to secure new and inspiring facilities to expand educational opportunities.
- We teach and practice kaitiakitanga, reducing our carbon and environmental footprint wherever possible.
Rangatiratanga
- SEHC nurtures leadership from the senior school to the principal and Board.
- We deliver quality services and systems that support a thriving and robust educational kainga.
- Our school develops and sustains a high performance culture among teachers, and student and senior leaders.