Pupils

We have 230 pupils from a wide range of families and backgrounds.

Staff

Senior Leadership Team
Tim Kuipers: Principal (principal@acs.school.nz)
Margaret Butler: Deputy Principal, Head of Primary (m.butler@acs.school.nz)
Edria Murray: Deputy Principal, Head of Secondary (e.murray@acs.school.nz)

Office Staff
Nikki Brandsma ​(office@acs.school.nz)
Linda Holland (office@acs.school.nz)
Heather Salton (bursar@acs.school.nz)
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Primary Teachers

• Room 6 / New Entrants - Jamie-Lee Lowe (j.lowe@acs.school.nz)
• Room 7 / Year 1 - Michelle Steenkamp (m.steenkamp@acs.school.nz) 
• Room 3 / Year 2-3 - Debbie Kitshoff (d.kitshoff@acs.school.nz)
• Room 4 / Year 2-3 - Yolanda Smith (y.smith@acs.school.nz) 
• Room 5 / Year 4 - Ariel Ampado (a.ampado@acs.school.nz)
• Room 15 / Year 5-6 - Florence Gillespie (f.gillespie@acs.school.nz)
• Room 14 / Year 5-6 - Lyndon Clark (l.clark@acs.school.nz)
• Release - Ruth Hill (r.hill@acs.school.nz)
• Specialist Teacher - Sharon Bailey (s.bailey@acs.school.nz)

Secondary Teachers

• Year 7-8 Home Room - Anne Gilbert (a.gilbert@acs.school.nz)
• Year 7-8 Home Room - Ryan Nelson (r.nelson@acs.school.nz)
• Year 9 Home Room - Jolene Senekal (j.senekal@acs.school.nz)
• Year 10 Home Room - Maryke Blignault (m.blignault@acs.school.nz)
• Year 11-12 Home Room -  Tim Dunn (t.dunn@acs.school.nz)
• Year 13 Home Room - Hilary Arnold (h.arnold@acs.school.nz)
• Darren Butler (d.butler@acs.school.nz)
• Karen Strijbis (k.strijbis@acs.school.nz)
• Fiona Ward (f.ward@acs.school.nz)
• Delia Fox (d.fox@acs.school.nz)
• Rebekah Proffit (r.proffit@acs.school.nz)
• Hannah McPheat (hannah@acs.school.nz) - Guidance Counsellor

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Support Staff

• Elizabeth Stack
• Rachel Fox-Reynolds
• Larissa Reid
• Kristin Dunne

Board of Trustees

​Joyce Stowell (chairperson, parent elected representative)
Harry Stanway (deputy chairperson, parent elected representative)
Julie Wightman (parent elected representative
Keith Spragg (proprietor representative)
David Bayne (proprietor representative)
Ryan Nelson (staff representative)
Tim Kuipers (principal)
Angus Tsui (student representative)