Shirley Boys' High School

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Shirley Boys' High School

Motto	Interest Omnium Recte Facere "In everyone's interest to act rightly"
Type	State Single sex boys secondary (Year 9-13)
Year established	1957
Address	North Parade, Shirley, Christchurch, New Zealand
Coordinates	43°30′44.11″S 172°39′37.25″E / -43.5122528, 172.6603472
Principal	John B. Laurenson
School roll	1417
Socio-economic decile (10 is highest)	6
Ministry of Education Institution no.	321
Website	www.shirley.school.nz

Shirley Boys' High School (known as SBHS) is a single sex state (public) secondary school in Christchurch, New Zealand. It is situated on a 6 hectare site in the suburb of Shirley, 3.8 kilometres (13 minutes) from the city centre. The school colours are sky blue and gold.

1 Brief history
2 Houses
3 Notable Alumni
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Brief history

Parents in the eastern and northern suburbs of Christchurch had wanted single-sex education for their sons. In 1957, this finally became available when the school opened under its first Headmaster, Charles Gallagher.

Established on a swampy paddock formerly used for grazing horses to the west of North Parade, the School grew rapidly. Within a few years it became a self-confessed and proud rival to Christchurch Boys' High School as well as to St. Andrew's and St. Bede's College.^[1]

On the Easter weekend (April) of 2007, Shirley Boys' High School celebrated it's 50th Jubilee. Commemorative events included an Old Boys' XV playing the current 2nd XV and the 1st XV playing in historic uniform against St. Andrew's College; as well as a golf tournament, formal black-tie dinner, staff luncheon and 'meet-and-greet evening'.

[edit] Houses

Shirley Boys' House Names & their Colours
Rutherford	Named after Sir Ernest Rutherford, world-famous physicist, to represent the academic endeavours of the school
Aoraki	Named after Aoraki/Mount Cook, the largest peak in New Zealand, to represent the Cultural endeavours of the School
Mullins	Named after Mr. John Mullins, Former Deputy Headmaster, to represent the leadership endeavours of the school
Snell	Named after Peter Snell, New Zealand's best athlete, to represent the sporting endeavours of the school
Blake	Named after Peter Blake, New Zealand sailor and conservationist, to represent the environmental endeavours of the school. This house was only just created in 2008