Safe Schools and Community Engagement is the Key
Interestingly the front page of the NZ Herald on Friday ran an article called The secret of our highest performing low decile schools and Principal Anne Miles of McAuley High School, was quoted as saying ‘the board focused on making the school a safe place to be. Key to this was community engagement – school leaders and student ambassadors’.
Fundamental to the success of any school is that everyone staff and students alike feel safe, supported and encouraged to be who they are. Our differences can be our greatest strengths or weaknesses, it all depends on what you are focusing on.
