Parent Community

Our Parent Community

intermediate2007 At Rangi Ruru we work closely with families to ensure that girls make the most of their talents and enjoy the opportunities that Rangi offers. Parents, staff and students work together to create a challenging and safe environment for girls’ academic, emotional, social, spiritual and physical development. Leadership and teamwork are hallmarks of the Rangi experience. Our girls know and support each other across the year groups and our staff know the girls.

Parents receive regular communication through newsletters, written reports and face-to-face meetings. Parents are encouraged to contact individual members of staff to discuss any aspect of their daughter's schooling or personal issues which may affect this.

Our students flourish with the help of our staff, students, parents and guardians, former students, wider school community and the relationship we have with each other.

inchurch We ask that you, as partners in this journey, are actively involved in your daughter’s education, ensuring that when she comes to school she is prepared mentally, physically and emotionally to participate to learn and to take full advantage of the opportunity you have offered her.

We encourage parents to become involved in the school, to support school activities, events and other endeavours. There are many ways you can do this – at a minimum we ask that you support school policies and expectations, attend parent evenings and year group Church services, support school fundraising efforts and attend school events and activities whenever you are able. Some parents choose more active participation through joining a school committee (for example the PTA, School Board or other committees requiring volunteers).

Rangi Ruru is a non-profit organisation. In order to offer the best education possible, the school is reliant on the support of others. The Government is slowly reducing its funding of independent schools (down to less than 30% of what it funds students in the state sector). This means we are reliant on school fees and the generous support of our community for maintaining our position as one of the highest achieving schools in New Zealand.

Athletics2009 Managing a school of nearly 700 young women can have its challenges, but the rewards are enormous. We are fortunate to have the opportunity to get to know so many wonderful young women as individuals and to share with you the development of your daughter and to catch a glimpse of the woman she will become.

Our objective is that each student on leaving Rangi Ruru will have the tools for her future, be an independent, confident, well-rounded and enthusiastic member of her community.

Our Working Partnerships

Our Home / School Partnership Agreement
By sending your daughter to Rangi Ruru we have become partners in your daughter’s education.

onlawn The school undertakes to nurture the mental, physical, spiritual, emotional, cultural and creative health and development of all our students to the best of our ability. In a community of nearly 700 individuals this requires clear expectations, systems, rules and policies. These form the basis of the school’s terms and conditions of enrolment.

The guidelines and policies pertaining to our community are outlined in the enrolment contract and in the Family Handbook and are updated from time to time through school communications. In brief these are:

Rangi Ruru undertakes:

To support your daughter to reach her highest potential, intellectually, spiritually, physically, and culturally
To provide a safe and nurturing environment
To welcome, value, and encourage your involvement as a parent
To communicate fully on all matters of mutual concern, and to give early warning of any significant problems, whether of a work, discipline, or relationship nature
To formally communicate your daughter's progress to you through parent teacher meetings, progress reports, school communications and formally arranged meetings with teachers
To provide opportunities that will assist your daughter to develop lifelong skills, for example: time management, goal setting, leadership, team play, and confidence
To model behaviour that sets a good example for students and protect the reputation of the school
To follow up and respond promptly to any concerns you may have about your daughter's progress
To make a set of all relevant school policy documents available on the school extranet and/or in the school office

As a parent, our expectation is for you:

To be active in your daughter's education and to support the school in as many ways as you are able
To encourage your daughter in a positive attitude to both learning and the school
To communicate fully with the school on all matters of mutual concern, and to inform the school promptly of any matters that may affect your daughter's wellbeing and progress at school
To respond promptly to any concerns raised by the school
To ensure regular and punctual attendance during the prescribed school term, and to plan absences such as appointments and vacations outside school term times
To support the Rangi Ruru values and abide by the policies of the school
To support the school in ensuring your daughter's compliance with the school rules and policies on discipline, behaviour, and uniform, and to accept and abide by all disciplinary decisions made by the school pursuant to the rules and policies in respect of your daughter
To model behaviour that sets a good example for students and protects the reputation of the school
To pay school fees and disbursements by the due date