Kaikorai Valley College

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Kaikorai Valley College
Address
Kaikorai Valley College
500 Kaikorai Valley Rd,
Kaikorai Valley,
Dunedin
New Zealand
Coordinates 45°52′55″S170°28′01″E / 45.88206°S 170.466995°E / -45.88206; 170.466995
Information
TypeState, Co-educational, Secondary
Motto Latin: Quaerite Et Invenietis
(Seek and ye shall find)
Established1958
Ministry of Education Institution no. 381
PrincipalJatin Bali
School roll439 [1] (November 2024)
Socio-economic decile5M [2]
Website www.kvcollege.co.nz

Kaikorai Valley College is a medium-sized co-educational secondary school in Dunedin, New Zealand. Initially starting as Kaikorai Valley High School in 1958, the school combined with Kenmure Intermediate School in 1996 to become Kaikorai Valley College. [3] The school caters for students in years 7 to 13. It celebrated its 50th jubilee in 2008.

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The college has approximately 65 international students, and has sister school relationships with Sakuragaoka High School, Kun-ei Girls High School and Myojo Gakuen in Japan; Po Leung Kuk Ngan Po Ling College in Hong Kong; and Harbin Number 13 Middle School in China. [3]

Facilities include its own theatre and dance studio. The college had continual improvements to facilities with new computer suites, well equipped science laboratories, a new full sized gymnasium and open plan design and technology areas. Furthermore, the brand new administration block was opened by John Key in 2012. [4] The school also has a disabled and special needs unit.

The school has its own radio show on Otago Access Radio. [5]

Kaikorai Valley College students study the stream flow. Year 10 Kaikorai Valley College students measuring the cross sectional area of a transect across the stream to determine, with velocity data, the flow rate..JPG
Kaikorai Valley College students study the stream flow.
Measuring equipment used to study hydrology Set up of measuring equipment.jpg
Measuring equipment used to study hydrology

Pupils of Kaikorai Valley College use the adjacent Kaikorai Stream for outdoor education, studying water quality and flow, learning fly fishing and monitoring waste water. [6]

Enrolment

As of November 2024, Kaikorai Valley College has roll of 439 students, of which 68 (15.5%) identify as Māori. [1]

As of 2024, the school has an Equity Index of 496, [7] placing it amongst schools whose students have many socioeconomic barriers to achievement (roughly equivalent to deciles 2 and 3 under the former socio-economic decile system). [8]

Notable alumni

References

  1. 1 2 "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
  2. ↑ "Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools". Ministry of Education. Archived from the original on 24 January 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Kaikorai Valley College prospectus" (PDF). Retrieved 12 June 2013.
  4. ↑ Lewis, John (2 November 2012). "Administration block reopened". Otago Daily Times . Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  5. ↑ "Children and Youth". Association of Community Access Broadcasters. Archived from the original on 16 April 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  6. ↑ Craig Borley: 'Pupils join fight to help stream', Otago Daily Times newspaper, 5 December 2007 p5
  7. ↑ "New Zealand Equity Index". New Zealand Ministry of Education.
  8. ↑ "School Equity Index Bands and Groups". www.educationcounts.govt.nz. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
  9. ↑ "Professor Richard Blaikie, Department of Physics, University of Otago, New Zealand". Otago.ac.nz. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  10. ↑ Lewis, John (28 February 2013). "Former police boss keen to track down KVC alumni". Otago Daily Times .
  11. ↑ fraew (3 February 2011). "board games". thebigcity.
  12. ↑ Benson, Nigel (15 September 2008). "'Out of the Blue' scoops NZ awards". Otago Daily Times . Retrieved 15 September 2008.
  13. ↑ "Elliott murder trial: Weatherston found guilty". Stuff.co.nz . 22 July 2009. Retrieved 22 July 2009.
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