Leadership Team
Principal
Mr R. Sutton
rsutton@hornby.school.nz
Extn: 821
“The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.” Plutarch
Deputy Principal
Mr S. Scott
sc@hornby.school.nz
Extn: 817
“Ehara taku toa I te toa takitahi,
engari he toa takitini”.
Success is not the work of one, but the work of many.
Office / Admin
Executive Officer
Mrs S. Martin
executiveofficer@hornby.school.nz
“Excellence is not a skill. It is an attitude”
Attendance Officer
Mrs C. Soper
attendance@hornby.school.nz
“Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, possibilities become limitless”
Bursar
Mrs L. Madsen
bursar@hornby.school.nz
“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have”
Principal’s PA
Mrs J. Bykerk
pa@hornby.school.nz
“Awesome school with staff who really care and go the extra mile”
Office Reception
Mrs A. Wall
office@hornby.school.nz
“Focusing on solutions is better than focusing on problems”
Learning Commons
Co-ordinator
Ms N. Sowman
library@hornby.school.nz
“Today a reader, tomorrow a leader” Margaret Fuller
Deans
Year 9 Dean
Mrs S. Handley
rc@hornby.school.nz
Extn: 826
“When given the choice between being right or being kind, choose kind.”
Dr Wayne W Dyer
Year 11 Dean
Mrs R. Clemence
ce@hornby.school.nz
“Logic will take you from A to B; Imagination will take you everywhere” Albert Einstein.
Year 12 Dean
Ms C. McLaren
ml@hornby.school.nz
Extn: 824
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” Nelson Mandela
Year 13 Dean
Mr A. Wilson
wn@hornby.school.nz
Extn: 854
“Our students are what drive me to be a better teacher. I strive to be the best I can be for them!”
Staff
Art (HOD)
Mrs R. Clemence
ce@hornby.school.nz
“Logic will take you from A to B; Imagination will take you everywhere” Albert Einstein.
Home Economics/Physical Education
Mrs H. Petrie (on leave)
pr@hornby.school.nz
“There are no problems, only solutions.”
Home Economics (HOD)
Miss A. Taylor
tr@hornby.school.nz
“I am proud to have been a part of Hornby High for the past 14 years, where the school community feels like family.” #manahoromaka #hornbypride
Social Sciences (HOD)
Mrs J. Handley
hy@hornby.school.nz
“Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.”
Social Sciences
Mrs J. Turner (on leave)
tn@hornby.school.nz
“Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm”. Winston Churchill
Social Sciences
Mr A. Wilson
wn@hornby.school.nz
“Our students are what drive me to be a better teacher. I strive to be the best I can be for them!”
Food Technology
Mrs R. Rhodes
rr@hornby.school.nz
“Education is not the learning of facts but the training of the mind to think.” Albert Einstein
Digital Technology (HOD)
Mrs R. Close
cs@hornby.school.nz
“Teaching in the internet age means we must teach tomorrows skills today”
Supported Learning (HOD)
Mr T. Palmer
pl@hornby.school.nz
“The education of a man or woman is never completed until he/she dies.” Robert E Lee
Teacher Support
Mrs R. Arthur
Teacher Support
Mr M. Sowerby
Teacher Support
Mrs M. Flores
Teacher Support
Mrs J. Husband
“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.” Benjamin Franklin
Teacher Support
Ms A. Dunbar
Teacher Support
Ms S. Northcott
Teacher Support
Miss J. Wellman
Teacher Support
Ms J. Jones
Teacher Support
Mrs J. McGirr
“You’re off to Great Places!
Today is your day!
Your mountain is waiting,
So… get on your way!”
― Dr. Seuss, Oh, The Places You’ll Go!
Teacher Support
Ms J. Ward
Teacher Support
Ms R. Davis
Japanese
Mr N. Williams
wl@hornby.school.nz
“You have power over your mind – not external events. Realise this and you will find strength.” Marcus Aurelius
Mathematics (HOD)
Mr W. Werder
wd@hornby.school.nz
“Opportunity. Opportunities to Learn, Opportunities to Lead, Opportunity to shine. Today is an opportunity to get better – don’t waste it.”
Mathematics
Mr P. Daines
da@hornby.school.nz
People do not decide to become extraordinary.
They decide to accomplish extraordinary things.
Sir Edmund Hillary
Mathematics
Mr B. Carter
ca@hornby.school.nz
“Hornby High School is amazing. We teach our kids HOW to think not what to think. Our students learn that every mistake they make is progress, that smart is something you become, and that there is a difference between not knowing, and not knowing YET. I wouldn’t want to teach anywhere else.”
Mathematics
Mrs J. Buenaventura
bu@hornby.school.nz
“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” Thomas Edison
Guidance Counsellor
Ms S. Kavanagh
kg@hornby.school.nz
“Almost every successful person begins with 2 beliefs: 1. The future can be better than the present. 2. And I have the power to make it so.” David Brooks
Referral Room Supervisor
Mr B. Milicich
refroom@hornby.school.nz
“The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing”
English (HOD)
Mr S. Aitken
ai@hornby.school.nz
“Hornby High School provides a 21st Century education and prepares students to be creative, collaborative, and to think critically and problem solve.”
English
Ms C. McLaren
ml@hornby.school.nz
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” Nelson Mandela
English
Mrs S. Handley (Richardson)
rc@hornby.school.nz
“When given the choice between being right or being kind, choose kind.”
Dr Wayne W Dyer
English as a Second Language (ESOL)
Ms L. Briggs
bg@hornby.school.nz
“Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today”. Malcolm X
Gateway
Mrs L. Barnett
gateway@hornby.school.nz
“Challenges are not defined as being problems or obstacles,
but rather opportunities”
Music (HOD)
Mrs K. Beer
br@hornby.school.nz
“He Āhuru Mōwai – School a place to come home to. Hornby to me is definitely this. We look after each other in our community and provide a warm and safe place to learn.”
Drama (HOD)
Mrs J. Clark
ck@hornby.school.nz
“I am always amazed by the range of performance talent our students show in talent quests, hui, Polyfest, kapahaka, Shakespeare Festival or Arts kete. Our students put so much energy and heart into their performances.”
Year 7 & 8
Miss C. Birtch
bh@hornby.school.nz
Walt Disney said, “If you can dream it you can do it.” Hornby High School is a centre of creative excellence and I look forward to seeing what our students will dream up and achieve this year!
Year 7 & 8
Mr S Tisch
ts@hornby.school.nz
“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.”
Physical Education (HOD)
Mr I. Hilliard
hl@hornby.school.nz
“No reward without work which means no spuds without digging.”
Science (HOD)
Mr M. Stock
sk@hornby.school.nz
And the Devil whispered to me, “You will not survive the storm.” I whispered back to him, “I am the storm.”
Science
Miss J. Abernethy
ay@hornby.school.nz
Science/Outdoor Education
Mr A. Kane
ka@hornby.school.nz
“Challenges are what make life interesting – overcoming them makes life meaningful.”
Science Technician
Mrs S. Gray
scitec@hornby.school.nz
“Every child deserves a champion; an adult who will never give up on them, who understands the power of connection and insists they become the best they can be.”
Caretaker and Groundsmen
Richie Mayo
Caretaker and Groundsmen
Warren Light
