Sacred Heart Girls' College, New Plymouth

Sacred Heart Girls' College
Address
9 Pukaka Street,
Fitzroy,
New Plymouth,
New Zealand
Coordinates 39°03′10″S 174°06′10″E / 39.0527°S 174.1027°ECoordinates: 39°03′10″S 174°06′10″E / 39.0527°S 174.1027°E
Information
Type Integrated secondary (year 7-13) single sex, girls
Established 1884
Ministry of Education Institution no. 174
Principal Paula Wells
School roll 674[1] (March 2015)
Socio-economic decile 8
Website catholicgirlsnp.school.nz

Sacred Heart Girls' College had its origins in a school and boarding facility called Sacred Heart College, founded by the Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions in 1884. The school was next to the present St Joseph’s Church in New Plymouth and catered for primary & secondary students. In 1960 the school moved to its present site and was renamed Sacred Heart Girls’ College. The boarding hostel for up to 78 boarders, now called "Elizabeth House", was added in 1970.

The college, which is under the control of the Mission College New Plymouth Trust Board, became an integrated secondary school, with an attached intermediate school in 1982. Buildings erected since then include the library, staff room and administrative facilities known as the Centennial Wing, a Mathematics block, Religious Studies block and Graphics workshops and a new 5-classroom block (including soft materials technology). The college is situated in spacious grounds which include tennis courts, netball courts and sports field.

The current principal is Mrs Paula Wells.[2]

Houses

Sources

  • Ernest Richard Simmons, Brief history of the Catholic Church in New Zealand, Catholic Publications Centre, Auckland, 1978.
  • For the glory of God in New Plymouth : centenary : Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions, New Plymouth-Taranaki-New Zealand, Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions and Centennial Committee, 1985, New Plymouth, 1985.
  • Michael King, God's farthest outpost : a history of Catholics in New Zealand, Viking, Auckland 1997.
  • Michael O'Meeghan S.M., Steadfast in hope : the story of the Catholic Archdiocese of Wellington 1850-2000, Dunmore press, Palmerston North, 2003.
  1. ↑ "Directory of Schools - as at 7 April 2015". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 2015-04-08.
  2. ↑ "Principal's Welcome". Retrieved 9 April 2014.