Tawa College

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Tawa College
Motto	Do Justly
Type	Coeducational secondary (Year 9-13)
Year established	1961
Address	Duncan St, Tawa, Wellington, New Zealand
Coordinates
Principal	Murray Lucas
School roll	1322
Socio-economic decile (10 is highest)	9^[1]
Ministry of Education Institution no.	257
Website	www.tawacol.school.nz

Tawa College is a coeducational school (year 9 - year 13) situated in Tawa, New Zealand, and its principal is Murray Lucas. The Tawa College magazine is called Tawahi (pronounced tawa - he). There are currently around 80 teaching staff and 20 support staff. Tawa College was officially opened in July 1961 and has always maintained a close involvement with the life of the local community, particularly through music and sport.

1 Principals
2 Uniform
3 Tawa Recreation Centre
4 Extracurricular Activities
5 Success
6 Notable Alumni
7 Notes
8 External links

[edit] Principals

Tawa College has had five principals since its establishment in 1961:

1961-1966 Alan Mackie
1966-1981 Eric Flaws
1981-1989 Brian Walker
1989-2002 Bruce Murray
2002-present Murray Lucas

[edit] Uniform

The traditional colours of Tawa College are Blue, red and Yellow. As seen in the school uniform, sports strips and crest. The uniform skirt for the girls is actually a kilt made of Duncan tartan. The college has special permission from the Scottish clan, to whom the tartan belongs, to use the tartan in its uniform.

[edit] Tawa Recreation Centre

The Tawa Recreation Centre is a joint venture between Tawa College and the Wellington City Council. The facility contains two gymnasiums, two sets of male and female changing rooms, a large foyer area, P.E equipment sheds, a Wellington City Council Office and reception area, P.E department offices, and a classroom.

[edit] Extracurricular Activities

Tawa College provides a wide range of extracurricular actives, espcially musical ones. Notable groups include:

The Dawn chorus- A 200 strong all comers choir, nationally known for their high standard of performance.
Maiden Tawa- An auditioned girls chorus, with about 70 members. There are national barbershop champions for 6 consecutive years.
Amplify- Tawa colleges very own, student run, church, this attracts about 90 people every week.
Astronomy Club- Meets every Thursday and every second Wednesday. The school has its own telescope.

Tawa College also has many successful sporting groups, debating groups, and other extracurricular activities.

[edit] Success

The school is well known for its achievements in the arts, notably singing, including several national and international barbershop quartet and chorus champions, such as the Musical Island Boys (2004). They also have a a big reputation due to their very successful wrestling team, TCW. They are two times National champions.