| Immanuel Christian School | |
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| Address | |
| 63 St Georges Road Avondale Auckland, 0600, New Zealand |
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| Information | |
| Funding type | Private |
| Motto | God With Us |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Christian |
| Opened | 1986 |
| Status | Open |
| School board | Christian Schools Association of Avondale |
| Ministry of Education Institution no. | 459 |
| Principal | Peter Slaney |
| Vice principal | Vicki Morris |
| Staff | 12 |
| Age | 4+ |
| Number of students | 97 |
| Sixth Form Students | none |
| Classes | 6 |
| Average class size | 15 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 8:1 |
| Medium of language | English |
| Hours in school day | 6.5 |
| Classrooms | 12 |
| Houses | Grant, Fraser, Jones, Rufer |
| School Colour(s) | Jade and Navy |
| Slogan | "Serving today’s Christians, educating tomorrow’s." |
| School roll | 97 |
| Socio-economic decile | 8 |
| School fees | NZ$4628-5312/year (first child, subsidies increase for every child) |
| Website | www.immanuel.school.nz |
Immanuel Christian School is a small private school in Auckland, New Zealand. Today, the school extends from New Entrant to Year Ten (Form 4). Immanuel has a diverse, multicultural roll. Its vision is to have "a Christ-saturated curriculum in all educational areas".
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In 1984, some members of the Reformed Church of Avondale met with the goal of providing an interdenominational Christian-based school for their children. Two ex-hospital buildings were put on the back of the church site and restored to a usable condition. On 26 May 1986, the school opened with 7 pupils, under the principal Sonia Wilson. During Mrs Wilson’s 10 year leadership the school grew to 100 pupils, and several new classrooms were built to accommodate the growth.
Graham Pederson, the next principal, started the High School. In 1998, a new and improved library was opened.
David Jensen became principal in 2001. During his tenure there were major renovations to the office block, as well as the original buildings. In 2005, the first Year 13 students graduated.
At the start of 2007, Dianne Walters became principal following Mr Jensen's move to Australia.
In February 2009, the school applied to the Ministry of Education to be an integrated school. The school would then become a part of the state funded education system while having a defined “Special Character” which distinguishes it from other schools in the state system. This is ironic, given that the school's vision also includes "to be a school that maintains its independence". The application was denied by the Minister of Education. Because the anticipated funding was much needed, the Christian Schools Association of Avondale held a general meeting to decide the fate of the school.
This resulted in two major decisions:
Due to these changes and the resignation of the principal and deputy principal Lorraine Price, there has been an internal restructuring- Peter Slaney has assumed the position of principal.
On 14 October 2009, the Year 11 science class was doing an experiment involving chlorides. A male student, aged 15, was hospitalised briefly after inhaling chlorine. According to the teacher present, the experiment did not "go wrong" as some of the media reports, such as that of Newstalk ZB, had suggested. Rather, instructions about safety had been ignored by several members of the class. The incident was dealt with quickly and the Fire Service inspected the laboratory and declared all safety measures in place.[1]