Ross Intermediate School

Ross Intermediate School
Te Kura Waenga o Ross
Address
25 Freyberg Street, 4414, Palmerston North, Manawatu, New Zealand
Information
Type State Co-Educated, Years 7 - 8
Established 1958
Ministry of Education Institution no. 2440
Administrator Toni Templeton
Principal Wayne Jenkins
Age 11 to 13
Houses Sheppard, Hillary, Cooper and Ngata
School roll 549[1] (August 2018)
Socio-economic decile 6
Website rossint.school.nz

Ross Intermediate is a State co-educational intermediate school for Year 7-8 students in the city of Palmerston North in the Manawatu-Whanganui region of New Zealand. It is the first school in New Zealand to have its own television station and laptop programme.

In 2015, the roll of Ross Intermediate was at 495[2] students. Students are placed into a composite class on the first day of Year 7. Students usually stay with the same Teacher for their two years attending the school. As of 2015, class sizes are no more than 24 students. The school tries to keep numbers at 23 students per class.

School houses

In 2006, under the guidance of principal Wayne Jenkins, the school houses were established as a way of creating competition among the school. These are useful for organising competitive teams in sports and cultural events. In 2014, a new house was added, named Cooper. The Cooper house contained the school's media classes. In 2015, Batten house was removed. Currently, the school houses are Cooper, Ngata, Hillary, and Sheppard, which apart from Cooper, are the same houses used for Awatapu College, also in Palmerston North. However at Awatapu College, Ngata becomes Green.

Houses
HillaryNamed after Sir Edmund Hillary.
NgataNamed after Sir Āpirana Ngata.
SheppardNamed after Kate Sheppard.
CooperNamed after Dame Whina Cooper.

History

Ross Intermediate School was officially opened on 14 February 1958 by the Hon. P. O. Skoglund.

References

  1. ↑ "Directory of Schools - as at 13 September 2018". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  2. ↑ http://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/find-school/school/population/year?school=2440&district=40&region=8

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