Mountainview High School
| Mountainview High School | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Pages Road Timaru 7910 New Zealand | |
| Coordinates | 44°22′36″S 171°13′06″E / 44.3767°S 171.2184°ECoordinates: 44°22′36″S 171°13′06″E / 44.3767°S 171.2184°E |
| Information | |
| Type | State, Co-educational, Secondary |
| Established | 1901 |
| Ministry of Education Institution no. | 359 |
| Principal | Derek Friend |
| School roll | 551[1] (November 2013) |
| Socio-economic decile | 6[2] |
| Website | www.mountainview.school.nz |
Moutainview High School is a co-educational state high school in Timaru, New Zealand. The school runs from year nine to thirteen. The school has a roll of 551 students as of November 2013;[1] around 40 are International students.[3]
History
Mountainview High School was founded in 1901[3] and originally named Timaru Technical College, later Timaru College. In 1983 the school relocated to the current Pages Road site and was renamed Mountainview High School. The Timaru Technical College site became Aoraki Polytechnic.
An adjacent site was also purchased by the Ministry of Education for a new 'Timaru North Intermediate' to coincide with Watlington Intermediate in the south of Timaru. After school numbers began to decline the plan was abandoned, and Watlington Intermediate closed in late 2004.[4]
In 2005, Mountainview faced a merger alongside many other secondary schools within the proximity of the South Canterbury District due to educational changes as discussed with Education Minister of New Zealand, Trevor Mallard. Despite the unpopularity of this decision to close down schools to save taxpayer money, many had to comply with governing rule. This resulted in students from other secondary schools (namely Pleasant Point High School) to transfer to Mountainview and integrate with the students already in attendance at Mountainview High School.
Changes to applications for Head Students (equivalent: Head Prefects) occurred in 2005 for the election of Head Students for the succeeding year. Three different processes were used to determine who would succeed. Initially designed to scope the student's ability for the role, it was deemed an effective method to help with the decision making process. Firstly, an application including a curriculum vitae and cover letter outlining the student's interest in becoming a leader was submitted to the principal. Then students proceeded to write and present a speech to the school body. A student and staff vote, followed by an interview with the Head Academic staff determined the succeeding students. This process has been entrenched in the systematic scheme in production of determining the Head Students.
As mentioned, adaptations to this system will be allowed, however this is now the generic process and is an effective method in securing able students to participate.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Directory of Schools - as at 4 December 2013". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
- ↑ Decile change 2007 to 2008 for state & state integrated schools
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "General information". Mountainview High School. Retrieved 2007-12-03.
- ↑ "State and state-integrated schools that have closed or been disposed of as the result of a merger since 1/1/1999" (PDF).