Thames High School

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Thames High School
Location
300 Sealey Street, Thames, New Zealand
Coordinates	37°8′23″S 175°32′43″E / 37.13972°S 175.54528°E / -37.13972; 175.54528Coordinates: 37°8′23″S 175°32′43″E / 37.13972°S 175.54528°E / -37.13972; 175.54528
Information
Type	State, Co-educational, Secondary
Motto	Ut prosim patriae "That I may be worthy of my country"
Established	1880
Ministry of Education Institution no.	111
Principal	Dave Sim
School roll	594^[1]
Socio-economic decile	6^[2]
Website	www.thames-high.school.nz

Thames High School is a public high school in Thames, Waikato, New Zealand. Established in 1880, it is the second oldest secondary school in the historic Auckland Province (which covered the northern half of the North Island).

Curriculum

Drama
English
ESOL
Health/Physical Education
- Food Technology
Humanities
Languages
- At all grade levels, Māori language courses are offered, with emphasis on developing confidence in speaking Māori and on an appreciation of Māori culture and values.^[3] Students can learn only French.
- Annually, two students participate in a Foreign Exchange Student program for eight weeks.
Mathematics
Music
Science
Special Programs
- works with The Guidance Network
- GAT Programme
- practical skills for living and working. (Employment Skills, Core Skills, Future Directions and Social Development).
- The Learning Centre for special needs in literacy and numeracy, has a very low Student/Teacher ratio.
- TVAEC (Thames Valley Alternative Education Centre) is an off–site provider of education based in Paeroa for students with special needs from 3 local high schools: Thames High School, Hauraki Plains College and Paeroa College (Managing School).
- GATEWAY work-based learning programme
- Distance Learning for tourism, early childhood education, art history, classical studies, French, Pharmacy, Journalism, Philosophy, Māori^[4] and agriculture.
  - the Correspondence School
  - the Open Polytechnic
  - Otago Polytechnic
  - Travel Careers and Training Ltd.
Technology^[5]
- Graphics
- Workshop Metal
- Wood Shop
- Electronics
- Automotive
- Furniture Making
- Fabric

References

↑ "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
↑ Te Ao Hou, September 1968
↑ Coromandel Education - Thames High School
↑ Coronet

v t e Schools in the Waikato Region, New Zealand

State secondary & composite	Cambridge High School Coromandel Area School Fairfield College Forest View High School Fraser High School Hamilton Boys' High School Hamilton Girls' High School Hauraki Plains College Hillcrest High School Huntly College Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Whakarewa I Te Reo Ki Tuwharetoa Te Kura o Hirangi Mangakino Area School Matamata College Melville High School Mercury Bay Area School Morrinsville College Ngaruawahia High School Onewhero Area School Otorohanga College Paeroa College Piopio College Putaruru College Raglan Area School Reporoa College Tai Wananga Nga Taiatea Wharekura Tauhara College Taupo-nui-a-Tia College Te Aroha College Te Awamutu College Te Kauwhata College Te Kuiti High School Thames High School Tokoroa High School Tongariro School Tuakau College Waihi College Whangamata Area School Te Wharekura o Rakaumangamanga Te Wharekura o Te Kaokaoroa o Patetere Te Wharekura o Te Rau Aroha

State-integrated	Lake Taupo Christian School Sacred Heart Girls' College St John's College Waikato Diocesan School For Girls

Private	Hamilton Christian School St Paul's Collegiate School St. Peter's School

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