Tararua College

Tararua College
Address
Churchill Street, Pahiatua,
New Zealand
Coordinates 40°27′22″S 175°50′02″E / 40.4560°S 175.8338°ECoordinates: 40°27′22″S 175°50′02″E / 40.4560°S 175.8338°E
Information
Type State, Co-educational,
Secondary (Year 9-15)
Motto Māori: Tama Tu Tama Ora
"those who strive live fully"
Established 1960
Ministry of Education Institution no. 235
Principal Glynis De Castro
School roll 329[1] (March 2015)
Socio-economic decile 3I[2]
Website www.tararuacollege.school.nz

Tararua College is a secondary school in Pahiatua, New Zealand, with a role of approximately 407 students. The college mission statement is Tararua College promotes excellence and personal development inside and outside the classroom. The college celebrated its 50th Jubilee over Easter 2010.

History

Tararua College opened in 1960. Like most New Zealand state secondary school opened in the 1960s, the school was built to the Nelson common design plan, characterised by two-storey H-shaped classroom blocks, of which the school has two. The regional station Tararua TV was started in 2004, in an egg-carton lined room at the school.[3] In 2006, pupil brawls and abuse of teachers at the school was effectively stopped with the introduction of a ban on student cellphones.[4] Later that year a student teacher was forced to resign after admitting an affair with a pupil of the school.[5]

Visual art

Each year around 160 students from Year 9 to 13 learn visual arts. In senior classes, students specialise in painting, photography or design. The Visual Art Department had a new studio in 2010 with facilities including a darkroom and computer graphics suite.

Music

Over 120 students learn a musical instrument through the in-school tuition programme. The tutors offer tuition in 13 instruments, from drums to piccolo. The College has both concert and stage bands who play at school and community occasions. There are a number of rock bands, some of who enter into national competitions. The school also has vocal tuition and the opportunity to join one of the choirs.

Notable former pupils

References

  1. ↑ "Directory of Schools - as at 7 April 2015". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 2015-04-08.
  2. ↑ "Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools". Ministry of Education. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  3. ↑ "Tararua TV station widens its coverage". The Dominion Post. 1 June 2008. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
  4. ↑ O'Rourke, Simon (11 March 2006). "Teenage bullies hound 12-year-old to death". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
  5. ↑ Woulfe, Catherine (14 December 2006). "Teacher admits affair with 16-year-old". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
  6. ↑ Smith, Jacqueline (14 April 2009). "High flyer steps up to Diocesan top job". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 17 February 2010.

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