Wakatipu High School

In an seldom seen fusion of tradesmen and musical theatre, the Queenstown construction community is getting behind Wakatipu High School's production of Grease.

Wakatipu High School held its Pounamu Academic Awards ceremony yesterday celebrating pupils' performance in national certificate of educational achievement (NCEA) qualifications.

On the back of three gold medals at the weekend's South Island secondary schools rowing champs in Twizel, Wakatipu High School coaches are confident heading into the Maadi Cup national regatta.

Some sausages, bread, tomato sauce and a red and black themed day at Wakatipu High School on Friday raised about $2500 for the Red Cross Christchurch earthquake appeal.

First tenders for the $3 million staged development and upgrade over the next two years of Queenstown's only secondary school are expected to go out next month.

Wakatipu High School pupils have written, filmed and produced an advertisement on youth binge drinking to be shown before movies at Reading Cinemas Queenstown, for three months from the start of next year.

Wakatipu's High School's senior prize list is. -

Queenstown's sole secondary school will spend close to $3 million on new classrooms and other learning areas because it cannot wait for the Ministry of Education to find a new relocation site.

Four Wakatipu High School acts practised their original songs on Friday night, in preparation for the Smokefreerockquest 2010 Central Otago regional final, on Saturday.

Wakatipu High School principal Lyn Cooper says the new school board of trustees needs to update its strategic plan, although the need for discipline "has definitely reduced" as a result of mixed age classrooms.

Jeremy Bell, the student representative on the Wakatipu High School board of trustees, believes pupils need to achieve greater academic excellence than before if they want a place at university. James Beech talks to the Year 13 pupil.

Despite tasting the wild side of Queenstown, sub-zero temperatures and little sleep, six dedicated Wakatipu High School pupils say they would camp out again in a cage without food on Queenstown Mall for 40 hours for charity.