School
Hutt High has a widely varied curriculum, offering many languages, sciences and almost the entire spectrum of the National Curriculum. In addition to the school's subjects, there are a wide and intriguing number of extracurricular events and groups to join and participate in. The school offers organisation bodies such as the Councils (serving Years 9 - 13), the Cultural Committee and the Sports Committee, a large number of interest related groups such as the Environment Group, Christian Club and a Human Rights Group to name a few.
The school has a long and impressive history in the realm of the Arts. Public Speech Making Competitions and the regional Debating Society are just two of the events majorly associated with the school's tradition in Public Speaking. Drama productions and Musicals have been a long standing event since 1926, ranging from ‘Oklahoma’ and ‘Oh, It's a Lovely War’ "don the Roof" in 2007. Recently, the schools Stage Challenge Troupe won the Second Night of the Wellington Round of Stage Challenge, with their humorous look at what happens when you get locked in a shopping mall after closing time - Taking home not only 1st place, but 13 awards in doing so. The popular Multi-Cultural Evening, where food and entertainment from different cultures are sampled and celebrated, has become an annual event being run by the Cultural Committee.
A wide range of sporting pursuits are part of the school’s tradition and success continues in local and national competitions. Many old boys and girls have gone on to represent New Zealand in their chosen code. The local Tararua mountains have been explored by many groups from the school as part of the Tramping Club and the Duke of Edinburgh's Award. In the 1940s, a teacher died in a snowstorm, and several other students have since lost their lives in these mountains.
Hutt Valley High School has recently built two new facilities catering to Physical Education, Art and Drama. With the 2009 Government Grant to re-vamp school grounds, Hutt High took to earthquake strengthening the Language and Technology Block (otherwise known as D Block by Students). Currently the same renovations are taking place on the Mathematics and Science section of B Block, with the original 1920s section (which houses the Social Sciences, Computing and Graphics departments) is set to receive similar renovations later this year.
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