Tauranga Girls' College
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Coordinates | 37°42′47″S 176°08′41″E / 37.7131°S 176.1448°ECoordinates: 37°42′47″S 176°08′41″E / 37.7131°S 176.1448°E |
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Type | State, Girls, Secondary (Year 9-13) |
Motto | Pergo et Perago (Strive to Achieve) |
Established | 1958 |
Ministry of Education Institution no. | 122 |
Principal | Tara Kanji |
School roll | 1298[1] (August 2018) |
Socio-economic decile | 6N[2] |
Website | tgc.school.nz |
Tauranga Girls' College is a state single-sex girls secondary school in Tauranga, New Zealand. It offers the NCEA system of qualifications. The school has a roll of 1298 students from years 9 to 13 (approx. ages 12 to 18) as of August 2018.[1] The current principal is Ms Tara Kanji.
Tauranga Girls' has many extracurricular activities, the largest of which is the drama production, which is produced with Tauranga Boys' College.
It was created due to the population increase and small area of Tauranga College, which became the site for Tauranga Boys College.
Houses
Tauranga Girls' College has four houses.[3] In alphabetical order, they are:
- Batten (green), named after aviator Jean Batten
- Freyberg (red), named after soldier Bernard Freyberg
- Mansfield (yellow), named after author Katherine Mansfield
- Rutherford (blue), named after scientist Ernest Rutherford
References
- 1 2 "Directory of Schools - as at 13 September 2018". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
- ↑ "Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools". Ministry of Education. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ↑ Houses Archived 2013-12-21 at Archive.is
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