Rosehill College

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Rosehill College
Address
Rosehill College
5 Edinburgh Avenue
Papakura
New Zealand
Coordinates 37°04′35″S174°56′05″E / 37.0764°S 174.9346°E / -37.0764; 174.9346
Information
TypeState co-ed secondary (years 9–13)
Established3 February 1970
Ministry of Education Institution no. 102
PrincipalDavida Suasua
School roll1531 [1] (April 2023)
Socio-economic decile5M [2]
Website rosehillcollege.school.nz

Rosehill College is a New Zealand co-educational state secondary school located in the Rosehill area of Papakura in the Auckland region. The college opened on 3 February 1970, and is now the largest secondary school in the area.

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Located approximately 31 km south of Auckland CBD by road, on the southern edge of the Auckland metropolitan area, the college admits students residing on the western side of the Southern Auckland Railway Line in Papakura and caters the Rosehill, Pahurehure, and Opaheke area as well as students from surrounding rural areas including Te Hihi, Karaka, Drury, Ponga, Runciman, Ramarama, Ararimu, Kingseat, Waiau Pa, and Clark's Beach. The campus is also situated next to Rosehill Intermediate.

History

When the school opened on Tuesday, 3 February 1970 the population consisted of only 180 students, and 9 teachers. As the Papakura area was overtaken by Auckland's urban sprawl the school's roll increased exponentially.

The school was officially opened by Mr. A Campbell, who was the mayor of Papakura at this time, and previously worked as Principal of nearby Papakura High School.

Grounds

The school has a number of classroom blocks, typically consisting of a series of connected buildings. A Block is surrounded by the hall, offices and staffroom, while X Block backs on to the field, split into soccer and rugby sections. Rosehill also has a library, astroturf and a heated swimming pool. [3]

Rosehill College, like most New Zealand state secondary schools built between 1960 and 1970, was built to the Nelson Two-Storey standard plan. The Nelson Two-Storey is distinguished by its two-storey H-shaped classroom blocks, with stairwells at each end of the block and a large ground floor toilet and cloak area on one side. [4] Rosehill has two of these blocks: C block and S block. B block was also originally built to the Nelson Two-Storey plan, however, the top level was badly damaged by fire arson circa 1995.[ citation needed ] The block underwent substantial repair and was transformed into a more modern single level technology and science block.

Staff

Since its foundation in 1970, Rosehill College has had six principals. The following is a complete list:

NameTerm
1Eric Jerkovich1970–1984
2Tom Robson1985–1995
3 Bali Haque 1995–2003
4Graeme Macann2003–2014
5Sue Blakely2014–2022
6Davida Suasua2022–present

Eric Jerkovich was the foundation principal of Rosehill College until retiring after 14 years in 1984. In the 1985 Queen's Birthday Honours, Jerkovich was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire for services to education. [5] He died on 5 November 2017, aged 91. [6]

Following Jerkovich's retirement, the then deputy principal, Tom Robson, became principal. He stepped down from the position in 1995 and was replaced by Bali Haque. Haque was principal for seven years, during which time the school roll grew to nearly 2000. At different times both Robson and Haque were presidents of the Secondary Principals' Association of New Zealand.

In October 2003, Graeme Macann was appointed the head of Rosehill College. He had been president of the New Zealand Post Primary Teachers' Association in 1999–2000, and has chaired the New Zealand Secondary Principals' Council. He was an inaugural member of the New Zealand Teachers' Council in 2002.

Houses

Rosehill College is split up into six houses. [7]

Notable alumni

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  2. ↑ "Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools". Ministry of Education. 29 November 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  3. ↑ "Rosehill College .::. Student Information". Archived from the original on 4 May 2013. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
  4. ↑ "Catalogue of Standard School Building Types" (PDF). Christchurch: Ministry of Education. August 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
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