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About 2 weeks ago we had a quiz night in the school hall. We had a lot of fun with quite a few funny questions and answers. The academic council put a lot of work into it and it ended up going really well,  they were fundraising for Autism New Zealand and have fundraised over $2300. More people than the academic council ever expected to turn up turned up and they ended up having to bring in extra desks. Many people managed to buy answers from the markers, donating to a good cause and resulting in winning the competition. A huge thanks to all of the members of the academic council, especially the leaders who made this event run so well. Also Mr Barrett - MC for the night, Ms Hobbs who wrote and marked the questions along with Ms Horn, Mrs Cutfield - Supervising teacher of Academic council. We had an amazing night with lots of laughs! Best dressed team of the night We can't forget the markers! Teachers joining in the fun The Hall filled with people

Here at the MAGS blog we intend to post a least one post a week and slowly expand it. Here you can see all the writers who will be working on their specific areas of expertise. http://mountalbertgrammar.blogspot.co.nz/search/label/me This blog is slowly going to expand and if you have anything you wish to add to the blog- stories and articles and just a few suggestions, feel to contact us. Cheers

Engineering Competition      On Saturday 2 August, I had fun at school. Yes, that's right, 'fun' and 'school' in the same sentence. I was at school for an engineering competition put on by the University of Auckland. The competition started at 9:00am when the question, "If Mount Taranaki erupted, how much would it cost the aviation industry?" was released. The latest your entry could be submitted was at 6:00pm.    My friends and I (everyone worked in groups of 3-4 people) worked hard for 9 hours writing a report that would answer the question. We had a great day as we were working in a fun environment and we could talk to each other and share ideas as we worked.    Why on earth would you choose to spend one Saturday cooped up at school working hard out? I forgot to mention that the team that came first would win $6,000. Also you get to hang out with your team for the whole day and do crazy things like order in pizza. It was kind of expensive, but ...

MAGS’ ‘ Old Girl’ on Stage at The Dolphin  While Elizabeth Arden is still queen of the cosmetic counters, Helena Rubinstein is not a name you hear these days. Back in your great (great) grandmother’s heyday however, it was both these women who invented the idea of making women more beautiful. They made makeup mainstream. Before Rubinstein and her nemesis Arden came along, makeup was strictly for the theatre or floozies. Madame Rubinstein made skin care and cosmetics classy. She also invented the waterproof ‘wand mascara’ – what a genius! The Dolphin Theatre began in 1966 and has gone from strength to strength since then. Their current production ‘That Woman’ focuses on Rubinstein and her long professional battle with Elizabeth Arden. ‘That Woman’ (directed by Cynthia Cahill) is on at The Dolphin until August 23 rd and features one of our talented ex-students, Joanna Pearl Olson. Jo finished MAGS in 2011 and took the following year off to pursue her acting passion. ...

Well we just had an awesome week here at MAGS and to be quite literal, it was sobering. The awesome peeps of the SADD (Students Against Driving Drunk) committee ran their annual "SADD week" last week. There were a ton of activities such as canvas painting and even a staged car crash in which the "victims" had to spend the rest of the day wearing black and not talking to anyone. This was all done in order to raise awareness for how bad drunk driving can actually be. Pics to follow later in the week. One of the many activities: you had to spin around until you were dizzy and attempt to race along a straight line, it was quite a challenge. Good old Guess-the-number-of-lollies-in-the-jar An unfortunate accident Some of the victims of said unfortunate accident

BYOD    Bring your own device (not alcohol) is going to become compulsory for juniors in 2015 and it is going to become a lot more popular for older students to bring their devices to school. TABLETS    Tablets are quickly becoming the most popular devices for working on, and for several very simple reasons: The have a simple, easy to use user interface, large screens and are generally easier to carry around because they are thin and light and don't have annoying keyboards. Tablets are usually put into three different categories due to their operating systems. IOS    iPads are really cool devices because they have big screens, are easy to use and have access to a large range of apps on the AppStore. While they are fun to use they are not very useful. You can get Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote and several other Microsoft apps for free on the AppStore but when an onscreen keyboard is used the screen space decreases majorly. MAGS is suppo...

Hey :) On the last day of term 2 M.A.G.S had a performance by Identity , our own Hip Hop Mega Crew. BUT I did have my camera on me as I was 'daily vlogging' to celebrate my one year on YouTube .  So I got some footage of the dancers that you can see here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYQBiJzuhm0&list=UUa_t0C5Kl3-kE5s_XYElxnQ (Identity) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuD8drGEzXw&list=UUa_t0C5Kl3-kE5s_XYElxnQ (M.A.G.S mega crew) Yeah that's pretty much but it was sooooo good and I was happy that I could see all the amazing talent that M.A.G.S has to offer. That's all from me byeeeeee, Hannah xox