Art teacher celebrates 15 years at school
Art teacher Debbie McLachlan has just celebrated her 15-year work anniversary at ACG Senior College. This year, Ms McLachlan’s student Yihan Wang was awarded Top in Country in Cambridge IGCSE Art & Design.
This is the 14th time one of her students has achieved the highest mark in New Zealand.
What’s been the highlight of your time at the school?
The Art exhibitions. Giving students the opportunity to put up their art work in a gallery. Being a part of the excitement as they see their work displayed in a professional exhibition space.
What’s your favourite thing about ACG Senior College?
I enjoy the students. They’re lively, creative, passionate and enthusiastic about the arts. There is never a dull moment in the art department.
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Brave themes prominent at Visual Art exhibition
Hard-hitting themes like social and cultural isolation, environmental pollution, the ‘bruising’ of Maori culture, beauty, plastic surgery and the status of women through history featured in this year’s ACG Senior College International Baccalaureate Visual Arts public exhibition, held in the library at the end of term one. -
International Baccalaureate meets Māori culture
It may be the first time Māori culture meets the International Baccalaureate (IB), but for S’bree Barnes in Year 13 at ACG Senior College it was a natural choice to incorporate her culture into the curriculum. -
New ACG Parnell College, Senior Campus
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