Mountainview High School, New Zealand

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Mountainview High School
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Mountainview High School, New Zealand
Pages Road
Timaru 7910
New Zealand
Coordinates 44°22′36″S171°13′06″E / 44.3767°S 171.2184°E / -44.3767; 171.2184
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TypeState, Co-educational, Secondary, (High school)
MottoDrive to be Driven
Established1901
Ministry of Education Institution no. 359
PrincipalKenny Diamond
School roll518 [1] (February 2024)
Socio-economic decile6N [2]
Website www.mountainview.school.nz

Mountainview 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 518students as of February 2024; [1] more than 20 are International students. [3]

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The school operates a house system, known as Whānau . The three Whānau – "Hiwi", "Moana", and "Whenua" – compete throughout the year for the Preen Shield. [4]

Mountainview has a 2 hectare farmlet attached, as well as a small orchard and beehives. Students rear bobby calves and poultry, as well as carry out basic plant propagation.[ citation needed ]

History

Mountainview High School was founded in 1901, and was originally named Timaru Technical College, and 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. [5]

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. [6]

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.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. 1 2 "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  2. ↑ "Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools". Ministry of Education. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  3. ↑ "International News". Mountainview High School. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  4. ↑ "Whānau". Mountainview High School. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  5. ↑ "History of Mountainview High School". Mountainview High School. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  6. ↑ "State and state-integrated schools that have closed or been disposed of as the result of a merger since 1/1/1999" (PDF).
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