Mt Aspiring College

Lowkey ass. The teachers are honestly fucked in the head. They spend most there time yelling at students over small things and NEVER do anything about bulling.they make there students write down what happened and then they throw the paper away and say they will take actions but they don’t do shit. They send emails and phone calls home and lie to your parents and don’t tell them the truth then they get mad at there students for lying. Teachers take photos of students without there consents when there not looking and then the students get in trouble for wanting to delete it. they say all this bullshit so you seem like the bad person and they only target the kids who have a bad reputation even if they don’t do anything. Like for example I’ve been at mac sense yr7 to yr9 now and they have never taken action or accountability for bulling, racisms, homophobia, ablisim, and pretty much every bad thing under the sun. They are constantly doing fundraisers to make kids pay for the schools upgrades like they don’t get paid enough by our parents. The teachers never listen to the students and always takes the teachers side no wonder this school is 2.2 stars.
THIS SCHOOL IS SO SHIT TRUST ME DO NOT GO ITS A WASTE OF MONEY.

This school is HORRIBlLE! There is this one disgusting, and I mean disgusting alright student named Lucas Bees, also known as 'Bees The Banisher' by many pupils around the college. Once sometime around last year he was caught peeping inside the girls bathroom/changing rooms trying to snap pictures of young girls and tried to start a secretive business where he sold photos of the targeted individuals to other students of the school. He never got in any trouble for this and only had to have a chat to a dean about this horrific situation. SICKENING!!!!

School is shit! students smoke bongs at school, vape in the bathrooms and certain students caused my daughter to leave and harm herself so disgraceful you should be ashamed you are even running this establishment.

I went to this school from Year 7 to Year 13 and saw many changes including online school through lockdown, a new principal and new classrooms. MAC prides itself off of looking like an amazing school with its Pride Pledge, outdoor pursuits and “excellent” education but in reality the school is all talk and no action.

This school is a hive for homophobia, racism, ableism, sexism and pretty much every terrible thing under the sun. Not a day went by at MAC where I didn’t hear a student shout the n-word or scream a slur, even the teachers would say them too. I’ve sat in front of students talking about having a “bring a gun to school day” to use on all of the “gays” but when I spoke to the new principal about it they were only given a warning. The Year 9 boy that graffitied MAC with disgusting homophobic phrases wasn’t even expelled for his actions. Students aren’t disciplined here at all.

Younger students are influenced by their older peers which has impacted the school significantly. Kids as young as 12 years old can be found at break times vaping in the bathrooms. I’ve missed out on valuable learning time on multiple occasions because someone has set of the fire alarm while vaping in a bathroom stall. Many of the bathrooms are also locked during class time because of this which means that you have to walk around busting for 15 minutes trying to find an unlocked bathroom. Reporting the vaping doesn’t work either, teachers don’t care and simply shrug it off saying: “It’ll be interesting to see how they react when I teach them about the effects of vaping in Health class.” Instead of “upgrading” the high school they should’ve put the money towards an intermediate school in Wānaka so that younger students aren’t influenced by their older peers.

I was bullied at MAC during my last year of school and didn’t come to class for an entire term. The school did nothing but say that I had no other option than to go back otherwise I wouldn’t pass the year. I’ve spoken to many students throughout my time at MAC and they all agree that if there was another high school in Wānaka they would go there instead. All MAC has done is provided me with a deep desire to leave the school and this awful community.

i have been at this school since year 7, and am in my last year this year. i have watched everyone in my year group become addicted to drugs, nicotine and more. kids smoke in the bathrooms, vape on the field, bring vodka in drink bottles. the school cares more about earrings, your socks or the make up you’re wearing more than their students general well being and mental health. people get unconsentually searched just because they might not be doing well in school or because they hang out with certain people. the new principal makes us feel like we’re not in school but rather a prison type environment. not even the year 13s who are 17 and 18 may i remind you, aren’t even allowed to touch their phones on school property. she has enforced a new policy that we are strictly not allowed to use the bathroom during school hours, which i’m 99% sure is in fact breaking the law. we have rights to use the fucking bathroom it’s such a joke. they prioritise sporty people, disregard mental health and focus on the small things rather than attacking the big things that need the most attention. maybe my school shoes aren’t regulation because my family can’t afford it, maybe i’m wearing a non regulation hoodie for the same reason. it’s a fucking joke and everyone agrees.

Biased and teach students with potential, no one else. Sports orientated. Teachers are either new, straight out of school, taught our parents parents or come from other schools and expect their authority to transition, this means they get angry at students for not respecting them when they try their best. It doesn't work, respect goes both ways.