Somerville Intermediate School

Somerville Intermediate School is a decile 10 intermediate school mainly serving Howick, which is a suburb of Manukau City, New Zealand.

Somerville Intermediate School
Address
39 Somerville Rd, Somerville, South Auckland, New Zealand
Information
TypeState, co-educational, contributing
MottoThe best you can be
Ministry of Education Institution no.6760
PrincipalYolande Franke
School roll971[1] (March 2020)
Socio-economic decile10
Websitewww.somervilleintermediate.school.nz

History

With the large number of houses being built in the Somerville area, a new intermediate school was needed and so the building of Somerville Intermediate started in 1996. The school opened to students on 28 January 1997. The school opened with four houses Wiltshire, Sligo, Nicholas and Paparoa which are connected to the history of the Somerville area.

The school's first gymnasium opened on 6 August 2010 after 8 years of planning and $1.5 million in fundraising.

The school was one of the first in the Auckland area to debut Bring Your Own Device. The school uses Google Apps to manage student work and to use a digital portfolio.

References
  1. "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 26 April 2020.

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