Western Heights High School
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Western Heights High School | |
Motto | Wisdom and honour |
Type | State co-ed secondary (Years 9-15) |
Year established | |
Address | Old Quarry Road, Rotorua |
Principal | Violet Pelham |
School roll | 1211 |
Socio-economic decile (10 is high) | 3 |
Ministry of Education Institution no. | 151 |
Website | School webpage |
Western Heights High School (usually referred to as just "Heights") is a high school situated in Rotorua, New Zealand.
Heights is the largest co-ed school in Rotorua. Also, Cambridge International Examinations are offered as an alternative to NCEA.
It has a very successful academic backround being the 7th school in NCEA for 2005 for all of New Zealand. This is high considering the schools decile of 3. This is mainly due to the teachers high standard of knowledge and the considerable amounts of their time given to the students including afterschool and sunday morning tutorials.
[edit] Notable graduates
- Buck Shelford - International rugby player for the infamous All Blacks
- Temuera Morrison - Actor