| Glendowie College | |
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| Location | |
| 21 Crossfield Road, Glendowie, Auckland |
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| Information | |
| Type | Co-Ed Secondary (Year 9-13) |
| Motto | E Paucis Excelsa |
| Established | 1961 |
| Ministry of Education Institution no. | 65 |
| Principal | Louise Moore |
| School roll | 1020 |
| Socio-economic decile | 9 |
| Website | glendowie-college.school.nz |
Glendowie College is a co-ed secondary school based along Crossfield Road, Mt Taylor Drive and Riddell Road in Auckland, New Zealand.
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The college was opened in 1961, with fewer than 200 pupils.
Glendowie College currently offers NCEA as its national qualification standard. An Advanced Learning Program is available in year 9 and 10 for highly intelligent students. Also, exceptionally gifted student are given the opportunity to accelerate into classes a year or two years ahead of their peers in order to progress their learning.
The main buildings on the school grounds were originally named using letters from the alphabet, but in 2006 they re-named the buildings after past principals. The buildings are:
The Adams Building was the only building established when the college opened in 1961. Before the library was relocated to the Sommerville building it was located in the Hammer building.
The houses of Glendowie College are named after continents. All students and staff members are placed into houses, which they represent by wearing house colours at sports events.
The houses are:
The houses are randomly assigned, however younger siblings are assigned to the same houses as their older sibling.
Glendowie is currently home to
The school offers a wide range of opportunities for students to be involved outside of school hours, including:
On April 1st , 2nd and 3rd of 2011, Glendowie College held many events to celebrate 50 years since the school's founding.
On July 29th and 30th of 2011, Glendowie College played host to the major movie production dubbed Mister Pip. The film is set to be released in 2012 and is based on the book by Lloyd Jones. Students were invited to participate as extras and work along side famous director ,Andrew Adamson. Adamson is notable for works such as Shrek and The Chronicles of Narnia films. The college portrayed a school in Mount Isa - A mining town in Australia.