Southland Girls' High School

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Southland Girls' High School
Motto Non Scholae Sed Vitae Discimus
Not for school but for life we are learning
Type State, Girls, Secondary (Year 7-13) with boarding facilities at Enwood House
Year established 1879
Address Tweed Street,
Invercargill,
New Zealand
Coordinates
Principal Yvonne Browning
School roll 1,179
Socio-economic decile (10 is highest) 5[1]
Ministry of Education Institution no. 405
Website www.southlandgirls.school.nz

Southland Girls' High School is a girls' secondary school in Invercargill, New Zealand. The 2005 NZQA report commended the school and staff for the very good practices and consistently high standards.[2]

The school admits a small number of international students. A musical drama is produced in conjunction with Southland Boys' High School.

In 2006 a pupil of the school was poisoned after being duped into eating a fake lolly.[3]

A new school gymnasium was officially opened in 2007 by Sport and Recreation Minister Trevor Mallard.[4] The same year student teams won two national titles in synchronised swimming, with pupil Caitlin Anderson qualifying to represent New Zealand internationally.[5]

[edit] Alumni

  • Clare Mallory, pseudonym of Winifred Constance McQuilkan Hall, children's writer and dux of the school

[edit] References

  1. ^ Decile change 2007 to 2008 for state & state integrated schools
  2. ^ 2005 MNA School Assessment. New Zealand Qualifications Authority. Retrieved on 2007-12-12.
  3. ^ Schoolgirl poisoned by fake 'lollies'. New Zealand Herald (April 7, 2006). Retrieved on 2007-12-12.
  4. ^ Southland Girls High keeping active with new gym. New Zealand Government (2007-07-26). Retrieved on 2007-12-12.
  5. ^ Andrews, Jerrie (11 December 2007). 2007 The Year In Southern College Sport. The Southland Times. Retrieved on 2007-12-12.

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