The Board is the Crown entity responsible for the governance and the control of the management of the school. The Board is the employer of all staff in the school, is responsible for setting the school's strategic direction in consultation with parents, staff and students, and ensuring that its school provides a safe environment and quality education for all its students. The Board is also responsible for overseeing the management of personnel, curriculum, property, finance and administration.
The structure of the Glendowie College Board is as follows:
The Board normally meet eight times per year, and also operate a 'Finance and Property' sub-committee. Parents and other members of the community are welcome and encouraged to attend the Board meetings as observers.
Further information on the role of the Board can be found here: http://www.minedu.govt.nz/Boards.aspx
Glendowie College's Board Election Information leaflet may be downloaded here.
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February Meeting : Wednesday 21 February 2024
Dear Glendowie College community,
We are fortunate that 2024 has started so smoothly, no Covid nor natural disasters and as such the school year has taken off with a bang. Athletics Day was a huge success, congratulations Tāwhirimātea! The Year 9 Camps have occurred with enthusiasm and vigour and the Rowing squad is due to compete at the North Island Secondary Schools (NISS) Rowing Regatta at Karapiro 29 February – 3 March. Go GDC!
The Board met for the first time this year on Wednesday 21 February where we farewelled Matthew Veal and Warwick Beadle. Matthew was a member of the Board for seven and a half years, the last three years as Presiding Member and Warwick was with us for four and a half years. We wholeheartedly thank them for their years of service. We are pleased to announce that this year, we have three new Board members joining us, they are Jo-Anne Knight, Bain Hollister and Murray Stevenson. The next elections will be May 2025, so we welcome your nomination. At the first meeting, we appointed the new officers for Presiding Member and Deputy Chairperson, I am pleased to announce that I was appointed as Presiding Member and Elizabeth Studholme as Deputy Chairperson. We all look forward to guiding Glendowie College through the year.
Here's my second plea for you to pay the college donation. We offer significantly more than what the Government funds provide in terms of staffing ratios and extra-curricular activities, and we wish to continue this, so your donation is vital. Please access this payment via the portal and make payments as you can. You can chip away at this throughout the year or arrange a payment plan. Remember you can receive a tax rebate from the IRD. We are also introducing you to the option to ‘reinvest’ this rebate back to the college, via ‘SuperGenerous’ (www.supergenerous.co.nz) which is a digital service that helps people to claim a 33% tax rebate on their charitable donations. You can sign up directly with ‘SuperGenerous’. If ‘SuperGenerous’ secure the rebate, they take a small fee. You can choose to keep the remaining rebate or pass it on to the College. ‘SuperGenerous’ is an approved Inland Revenue Tax Agent. They work directly with individuals to claim donation tax rebates. The role of the College is just to provide the donation receipt.
The Parent’s Association is another form of income for the college. The next event is the Car Boot Sale on Sunday 10 March 2024, 9am-12pm. We look forward to seeing you there.
We would also like to welcome our international students. We have 58 with us ranging from short stay to being with us for a number of years. We hope you enjoy your time at GDC and in New Zealand.
Thank you for your support.
Ngā mihi nui,
Belinda SutherlandPresiding Member