Whakatane High School

Whakatane High School
Location
Goulstone Road
Whakatane 3120
New Zealand
Coordinates 37°57′44″S 176°59′07″E / 37.9621°S 176.9854°E / -37.9621; 176.9854Coordinates: 37°57′44″S 176°59′07″E / 37.9621°S 176.9854°E / -37.9621; 176.9854
Information
Funding type State
Motto Kia Whakatane Ahau
Opened 1920 (As Whakatane District High School)
Ministry of Education Institution no. 144
Principal Chris Nielsen
Years offered 9–13
Gender Coeducational
Number of students 809
Hours in school day 6.5 hours (including form time)
Houses Kauri, Rimu, Totara, Matai
Colour(s)          Black, Gold
Slogan Challenging Students to Achieve
School roll 849[1] (August 2018)
Socio-economic decile 4K[2]
Website whakatanehigh.school.nz

Whakatane High School is a secondary school located in the town of Whakatane, New Zealand. As of 2017, the school has a roll of 809 students.

Facilities and buildings

The school consists of a field, gymnasium (a separate gymnastics building operated by the local Gymnastics Club lies next to it), school & student office, Careers Centre, the Barclay Hall, a library (named in November 2011 after New Zealand author Margaret Mahy, who went to Whakatane High School for a period of time), and numerous buildings split into blocks including: N block (Mainly used for Math, and ICT), T Block (Mainly used for Technology), B Block (Mainly for English, Social Studies and related subjects), A block (Multiple subjects including Languages and Health), and C Block (Mainly for art and related subjects).

Students

As of 2014, the school has 816 students. Of this, 52% are female, and 48% male. Also, 53% are Maori, 35% are New Zealand European and 12% are of another ethnicity. The school had 27 international students staying at the school.[3]

Houses

There are four houses in which the students are split into:

  • Matai     
  • Kauri     
  • Totara     
  • Rimu     

Each house is named after a tree that is native to New Zealand.

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ "Directory of Schools - as at 13 September 2018". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  2. ↑ "Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools". Ministry of Education. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  3. ↑ "Whakatane High School ERO Report (05/06/2014)". www.ero.govt.nz/. Education Review Office. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  4. ↑ Gustafson, Barry (1986). The First 50 Years : A History of the New Zealand National Party. Auckland: Reed Methuen. p. 341. ISBN 0-474-00177-6.
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