Howick College
| Howick College | |
|---|---|
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| Location | |
| Sandspit Road Cockle Bay Auckland 2014 New Zealand | |
| Coordinates | 36°54′26″S 174°56′20″E / 36.9071°S 174.9389°ECoordinates: 36°54′26″S 174°56′20″E / 36.9071°S 174.9389°E |
| Information | |
| Funding type | State |
| Motto | Equipping individuals for life long learning |
| Established | 1974 |
| Ministry of Education Institution no. | 87 |
| Principal | Iva Ropati |
| Years offered | 9–13 |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| School roll | 1821[1] (November 2013) |
| Socio-economic decile | 10[1] |
| Website | www.howickcollege.school.nz |
Howick College is a state co-educational secondary school located in the eastern Auckland, New Zealand suburb of Cockle Bay. Serving Years 9 to 13, the school has a roll of 1821 students as of November 2013.[1]
History
Howick College was established in 1974 to serve the Howick area of eastern Auckland.[2] Like many New Zealand state secondary schools of the 1970s, the school was built to the S68 design, characterised by single-storey classroom blocks with reinforced masonry walls, low-pitched roofs, internal open courtyards and protruding clerestory windows.
The school abolished corporal punishment of students before it even opened, becoming one of the first schools in New Zealand to do so. Corporal punishment was abolished nationwide sixteen years later, in July 1990.[3]
Enrolment
At the August 2012 Education Review Office (ERO) review of the school, Howick College had 1806 students enrolled, including 48 international students. The school roll's gender composition was evenly split: 50% male and 50% female; and its ethnic composition was 47% New Zealand European (Pākehā), 14% Other European, 12% Māori, 9% Asian, 7% Pacific Islanders, 5% Indian, and 6% Other.[4]
House system
Howick College has six school houses:[5]
| Bacot | Named after John Thomas Watson Bacot, a surgeon who came out to the Howick area with the Fencibles. | ||
| Bell | Named after the building Bell House situated at the Howick Colonial Village. | ||
| Ingham | Named after the first principal of Howick College, Mr Don Ingham. | ||
| Irvine | Named after one of the early English settlers, Captain John Irvine. | ||
| MacDonald | Named after Captain Alexander MacDonald, who was voted into the position of Warden of Howick. | ||
| Minerva | Named after the one of the first ship "Minerva" which transported the first settlers and Fencibles to Howick in 1847. | ||
Notable alumni
- Anthony Gelling, rugby league player.[citation needed]
- Tom McCartney, rugby union player.[citation needed]
Cultural references
In the bro'Town première episode "The Weakest Link" (2004), one of the schools competing in the high school quiz challenge is named "Howick Beijing College", a reference to the Howick area's large Chinese migrant population.[6] It should be noted that Howick College itself doesn't have a large Asian student roll: 14% (including Indian) compared to 33.7% for the Howick local board area.[4][7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Directory of Schools - as at 4 December 2013". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
- ↑ "Howick College Charter 2013–15". Howick College Board of Trustees. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
- ↑ "College votes to ban corporal punishment". Howick and Pakuranga Times. 19 October 1987. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Howick College Education Review". Education Review Office. 15 October 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
- ↑ "Houses". Howick College. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
- ↑ "bro'Town - The Weakest Link". NZ on Screen. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
- ↑ "Roll by Territorial Authority & Ethnic Group - 1 July 2013". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 21 November 2013.