Rotorua Girls' High School
Rotorua Girls' High School is a state school educating girls from Year 9 to Year 13, located in Rotorua, New Zealand.
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251 Old Taupo Road Hillcrest Rotorua 3015 New Zealand | |
Coordinates | 38.1479°S 176.2374°E |
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Type | State Single sex girls secondary (Year 9-13) |
Motto | Crafting future leaders |
Established | 1959 |
Ministry of Education Institution no. | 153 |
Principal | Sarah Davis |
School roll | 594[1] (March 2020) |
Socio-economic decile | 3G[2] |
Website | http://www.rghs.school.nz |
History
Rotorua Girls' High School was formed in 1959 after Rotorua High School, founded in 1927, was divided into Rotorua Boys' High School and Rotorua Girls'.[3] Rotorua Boys' kept the original site, and the Rotorua Girls' was given a new site further down Old Taupo Road.
Houses
The three houses of Rotorua Girls' High School are named after Maori women.[4]
- Taini - Purple
- Makereti - Pink
- Witarina - Orange
Principals
- Nina Hogan 1959-1967
- Sheila Peacocke 1967-1984
- Alison Thomson 1985-1997
- Annette Joyce 1997-2013
- Ally Gibbons 2013-2018[5]
- Sarah Davis 2019 – present
References
- "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- "Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools". Ministry of Education. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- "History". Rotorua Girls' High School. Archived from the original on 20 February 2009. Retrieved 15 February 2009.
- "Rotorua Girls High School Prospectus" (PDF). Rotorua Girls' High School. p. 19. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
- "Principal's Message". Rotorua Girls' High School. 22 February 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2010. Retrieved 10 May 2009.
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