Columba College

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Columba College
Motto	Gratia et Disciplina Bona (Grace and Good Discipline)
Type	Integrated single sex girls secondary(Year 7-13) co-education primary(Year 1-6)
Year established	1915
Address	Highgate, Dunedin
Principal	Elizabeth Wilson
School roll	600
Socio-economic decile (10 is high)	10
Ministry of Education Institution no.
Website	www.columbacollege.school.nz

Columba College is an integrated presbyterian school in Roslyn, Dunedin, New Zealand. The role is made up of pupils of all ages. The majority of pupils are in the girls secondary, day and boarding school.

The school uniform is formal and complusory for all pupils; a green blazer,navy blue jersey, with Black Watch tartan necktie and kilt.

Columba has four school houses, Braemar, Girton, Iona and Solway named for the founding schools and Saint Columba.

[edit] History

Columba College was established in 1915 by the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand as a private day and boarding school for girls with co-educational primary classes and a Kindergarten. The Rev'd Alexander Whyte, a key figure in the foundation of Columba College, through his vision for a presbyterian girls school.

Columba College was created from two earlier Dunedin girls schools, Girton College and Braemar House School. The headmistress of Girton College, Frances Ross, purchased Braemar House and became the first Head Mistress of Columba College. The schools moved to the current Columba College site, at Bishop's Court, a property purchased from the first Anglican bishop for Otago and Southland, Bishop Neville.

Columba College became integrated as a composite school under the terms of the Private Schools' Integration Act in 1994.