Student leadership

ACG Parnell is focused on developing leadership skills in all our students.

There are many opportunities for students to experience leadership roles whilst at ACG Parnell College. Class representatives from each Middle School (Years 7 to 10) class comprise the highly successful Student Council. They meet with the Principal on a regular basis and actively contribute in many aspects of school life, including but not restricted to:

• Organising school socials and lunchtime activities
• Publicising and running charity fundraisers (mufti days)
• Community service, including child sponsorship of Yurika
• Ball monitors for the gymnasium during breaks
• Open Day ambassadors

A team of School Prefects are selected from students in Years 12 and 13. The Head Prefects in 2012 are Kate Farmer and Perry Wilton. The Deputy Head Prefects are Sivani Surendran and Hayden Razzell. The Prefects co-ordinate a number of committees and play a pivotal role in organising activities such as:

• World Vision 40 Hour Famine
• Peer tutoring system
• Open Day ambassadors
• School Ball
• Supporting major College occasions
• InVision

Lead by Head Prefects Kate and Perry, InVision Inc. aims to create a long-standing partnership with the Royal New Zealand Foundation for the Blind. Parents are invited to join InVision Inc. (at a cost of $10).

The five aims for InVision are:

1. To provide students with a body/society to which they can belong and thus experience a sense of belonging.
2. To give students an opportunity to experience the service aspect of giving back to others.
3. InVision Inc. will develop a relationship with Parnell and the Community.
4. InVision Inc. can provide real world experiences for some of the older students, such as a joint project with Auckland City Council to look at vision-impaired pathways in the new Tank Farm development on the waterfront.
5. To provide students with an opportunity to learn more about themselves and about how to organise themselves.

Since 2010, members of InVision Inc. have co-ordinated a group of students, parents and teachers from ACG Parnell College for the annual 'Round the Bays' fun run.

For more information about InVision Inc. please contact Kate or Perry at invision_inc@hotmail.com.