Palmerston North Boys' High School

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Palmerston North Boys' High School
Image:pnbhs.jpg
Motto Nihil Boni Sine Labore

commonly translated as 'Nothing achieved without hard work'
Type State single-sex boys, Secondary (Year 9-13) with Boarding Facilities
Year established 1902
Address P O Box 4049, Palmerston North
Principal Tim O'Connor (Rector)
School roll 1700 (approx)
Socio-economic decile (10 is high) 9
Ministry of Education Institution no.
Website www.pnbhs.school.nz

Palmerston North Boys' High School is a state secondary school for boys located in Palmerston North Hospital Area, Palmerston North, New Zealand.

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[edit] History

In 1902, Palmerston North High School was a co-ed secondary school created with an initial roll of 84 students. (40 boys and 44 girls). The first classes were held at St Andrews Presbytarian Church Sunday School hall. In 1912, Palmerston North High School was split into two single-sex schools: Palmerston North Girls' High School and Palmerston North Boys High School.

[edit] Students

Most of the school's approximately 1700 students are day boys from Palmerston North and surrounding townships such as Ashhurst, Levin, and Feilding. Around 170 boys are housed in an onsite boarding hostel - Murray House, which forms one of the six 'Clubs' into which the school is divided, competing annually for the Shand Shield. Recently the school has had an outbreak of tuberculosis in which a substanial amount of students have contracted a latent form of tuberculosis, as well as a small amount of students having active tuberculosis. The school has featured extensively on New Zealand television because of the outbreak of TB.

[edit] Location

Palmerston North Boys' High School is located on Featherston Street, between the intersections of Rangitikei Street and North Street. North of the school is Queen Elizabeth College and the Northern Bowling Club. West of the school is Westpac Bank and Rangitikei St. College House is located in the South East, on the corner of Featherston and North Streets.

[edit] Facilities

  • Spiers Centre
  • Ian Colquhoun Memorial Hall
  • Little Theatre

[edit] Clubs

Palmerston North Boys' High School currently has 6 clubs

  • Phoenix - Red singlet with White shorts.
  • Gordon - Light Blue singlet with White shorts.
  • Albion - Dark Blue singlet with White shorts.
  • Murray - Black singlet and Yellow shorts.
  • Kia Ora - Yellow singlet with White shorts.
  • Vernon - Green singlet with White shorts.

[edit] Sporting reputation

Within New Zealand, the school is prominent for its success in cricket, and it has won the Gillette Cup more times than any other school. It is known producing future Black Caps, under the cricket development program employed by the school, which allows talent to be identified and nutured successfully. It has also experienced success nationally in other sports such as soccer, badminton, squash and rugby.

The 1st XV play in an all white strip. Other rugby teams from Boys' High are likely to play in blue and white hooped jerseys, similar to Auckland or St Kentigern College

[edit] Recent Sporting Achievements

Old Boy Andre Taylor became a Manawatu Turbo in 2006.

Old Boy Nick Roydhouse has been named in the New Zealand A soccer team in 2006, to play against Bahrain, Qatar and Vietnam.

[edit] Notable alumni

[edit] Sport

[edit] Politics

[edit] Other

Super 8 schools

Gisborne Boys' High School | Hamilton Boys' High School | Hastings Boys' High School | Napier Boys' High School | New Plymouth Boys' High School | Palmerston North Boys' High School | Rotorua Boys' High School | Tauranga Boys' College |
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