Rotorua Boys' High School

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Rotorua Boys' High School
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Rotorua Boys' High School
Pukuatua Street

Rotorua

New Zealand
Coordinates 38°8′19.59″S176°14′17.25″E / 38.1387750°S 176.2381250°E / -38.1387750; 176.2381250
Information
TypeState single-sex secondary
Motto Latin: Ad Astra Per Aspera
Māori: Whaia Te Iti Kahurangi
("To the stars through hard work."
"Search for great things." [1] )
Established1927
Ministry of Education Institution no. 152
PrincipalRetiring principal, A.C. Grinter MNZM
Years offered9–13
Gender Male
School roll1209 [2] (August 2024)
HousesNgongotahā
Te Akitu a Raukura
Te Rotoruanui-a-Kahu
Utuhina
Colour(s)
  Red and Blue
SongRotorua Boys High School Song
Nickname Raukura
Socio-economic decile3G [3]
Website rbhs.school.nz
Chris Grinter MNZM investiture.jpg
From left: RBHS Principal Chris Grinter (retired 2024) after his investiture as MNZM by the Governor-General of New Zealand, Dame Cindy Kiro (right) at Government House, Wellington on 26 May 2023.

Rotorua Boys' High School (RBHS) is a state school educating boys from Year 9 to Year 13. It is situated just outside the Rotorua CBD at the intersection of Old Taupo Road and Pukuatua Street in Rotorua, New Zealand. The school is governed by an elected School Board, of which the Principal is ex officio a member under guidelines laid down by the New Zealand Ministry of Education. [4] With Māori enrolment exceeding 75% of the school’s intake, the largest per capita in New Zealand, [5] RBHS has been a longstanding recipient of funding from its Ngāti Whakaue endowment [6] that assisted the construction of the school’s 104-bed hostel, and the purchase of a computer laboratory. RBHS is noted for its performance in sport, with 4 Olympians among its notable alumni, [7] and for having won the Prime Minister of New Zealand Supreme Award for Excellence in Education and the Excellence in Leading Award, making it the top school in the country for 2019. [8] Its retiring principal, Chris Grinter, was the longest serving in the school's history, and in 2022, he received a New Zealand Order of Merit for services to education and Māori. [9]

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History

Rotorua Boys' High School had its beginnings as the Rotorua High and Grammar School, founded in 1927 [10] to replace the earlier Rotorua District High School (1914–1926). By 1956 it had a roll in excess of 1200 students. [11] Revenues for the school came from land gifted by the Ngāti Whakaue people for the Town of Rotorua in 1880 under the Fenton Agreement. [12] [13] [14] [15]

The Intermediate Department was closed when Rotorua Intermediate School was established in 1957. The Rotorua High School was further split to make room for a growing population of the district and its educational needs when, in 1959 Rotorua Girls' High School was opened. Rotorua High School was then established as Rotorua Boys' High School and commenced to function as a state secondary school for boys with a roll of 640 pupils in February 1959. [16]

Two memorial honours boards titled Pro Patria 1939–1945 Non Omnis Moriar either side of the stage in the school’s assembly hall commemorate 61 RBHS veterans who died in World War 2 military service. Also listed on the second board are two from the Vietnam War and one for World War 1. A photograph of each is placed next to their name. Another honours board lists War Orders, Decorations and Medals bestowed on 17 veterans from the school. [17]

In the 1980s, RBHS was an early adopter of computer technology both in its central administration and in delivery of classroom teaching via the government-backed Poly-1. Funds for the purchases came from the Ngāti Whakaue grant. [6] [18] In 2020, the school was accredited by Apple Computer with 'Apple Distinguished School' status, which is awarded to schools that demonstrate "leadership, educational excellence and a vision for learning with technology". [19] [20] [21]

In 2011, the Head of Biology at the school, Dr Angela Sharples, won the Prime Minister's Science Teacher's Prize "as recognition for her outstanding teaching". [22] Sharples rewrote senior biology courses at RBHS, and as winner of the PM's Science Prize, she received $50,000 reward, and a further $100,000 for her school. She also established, and was a director of Rotorua Boys’ High School’s Accelerate and Curriculum Enrichment (ACE) programme. Her initiatives reversed the decline in the number of students studying biology at the school, with Māori students’ results between 10 and 20 percent higher than the national average. [22] Since 2006, Sharples has been Chair of the New Zealand International Biology Olympiad. [23]

In 2016, 13 students from RBHS, a record thitherto for the school, including 6 students in Physical Education, gained a New Zealand Scholarship, placing them in the top 3 per cent of the country. [24]

The boys’ and girls’ high schools have collaborated on debates, plays and musical productions, such as Midsummer Night’s Dream in 2019, [25] and In The Heights in 2022. [26] Every year, the two schools combine as 'Raukura', a Māori performing arts group competing on a regional and national level. In 2016, a touring group of 51 students and teachers (including 46 performers) from Rotorua Boys' and Girls' High Schools toured for 16 days, showcasing Māori culture in Portugal. [27]

In 2019, Rotorua Boys' High School won the Prime Minister of New Zealand Supreme Award for Excellence in Education, at the same time winning Excellence in Leading Award, making it the top school in the country for that year. [8] [28] [29] The school received a combined prize worth $59,000 along with professional development opportunities and representation at an international education event. [30] RBHS was also named Finalist, Excellence in Teaching & Learning Award. [31]

In the 2022 New Year Honours, the school's (now retired) principal Chris Grinter was appointed a member of the New Zealand Order of Merit "for services to education and Māori after spending the 'vast majority' of his career dedicated to schools with high Māori populations". [9] According to Grinter, Māori make up more than 75% of the school’s 1209 [2] students. 'That means Rotorua Boys’ High educates "more high school-aged Māori boys than any other school in New Zealand".' [5]

In December 2022, the CEO of the New Zealand Māori Tourism board pledged $10,000 to the Lion Foundation’s Raukura Rangatahi Fund as part of the Young Enterprise Scheme established to allow students to set up and run a real business. Two RBHS students had started 'Coffee Direct' in 2021 to serve teachers, support staff and students at the school, with customers ordering through a New Zealand-owned app called “On The Go”. [32] [33] The student business won the National Excellence Award for Rangatahi Entrepreneur and the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand Award for Best Annual Review at the Young Enterprise Scheme National Awards 2022 at Te Papa Museum in Wellington. [34]

Two books about Rotorua Boys' High School's history by archivist Kevin Lyall have been published, the first in 2003 [35] and the second to mark the school’s 2014 centenary. [36]

Principals

Rotorua District High School
Rotorua High and Grammar School
Rotorua Boys' High School

The future Principal of Rotorua Boys High' School will be John Kendal (starting in early 2025).

Houses

From 1927 till 2020, Rotorua Boys' High School's four houses were known as Drake, Frobisher, Nelson and Raleigh, after great British explorers and seafarers. At the end of 2020, in a climate influenced by the American Black Lives Matter movement, and supported by evidence that each of the four British namesakes had varying levels of involvement with slavery, the houses were given new names. [38] These new names, which were also felt to be more relevant to the pupils of today, came into effect at the beginning of 2021: [39]

  Ngongotaha – red, formerly known as Drake
  Te Akitu a Raukura – yellow, formerly known as Frobisher
  Te Rotoruanui-a-Kahu – blue, formerly known as Nelson
  Utuhina – green, formerly known as Raleigh

Curriculum

The school requires students in Years 9 and 10 to take seven core courses for the year, in addition to ten short courses. In Year 11, there are four compulsory subjects, with English being the only compulsory subject in Year 12. Year 13 subjects are all electable. [40] [41] [42] [43] [44] [45]

CORE COURSESYear 9Year 10Year 11Year 12Year 13
English [41] ••••None
Te Reo Māori [41] •••
Mathematics [46] •••
Science [47] •••
Social Studies••
Physical Education [24] ••
Health••

Year 9

In addition to Core Curriculum, students receive instruction in ten short courses: Art, [48] Chinese, [49] Dance, [50] Designing Digital Outcomes, [21] Digital Technology, [21] [20] Health, Leadership, Music, [51] Outdoor Education, [52] Raukura Performing Arts, [42] Technology, [53] and Tourism. [34] [33]

Year 10

In addition to Core Curriculum, students are allowed to choose either three courses, or two courses and one academy class from the following options:

Year 11

In addition to compulsory English, [41] students must also choose three additional subjects from the below table:

Art (Visual) [48] Building Construction [54] [55] Business Studies [32]
Dance [50] Design & Visual Communication
Digital Technology [21] [20] Drama [56] Engineering Technology [53]
Food and HospitalityGeographyHealth Education
History [57] Māori Carving [42] Māori Performing Arts [42]
Materials Fabrication Technology [53] Music [51] Outdoor Education [52]
Pasifika Arts StudiesPhysical Education [24] Sports Academy [58]

Year 12

Students choose four additional subjects alongside their English course from the below table: [41]

Art (Visual) [48] Biology [22] Building Construction [54]
Building Trades Academy (Fulltime) [55] Business Studies [32] Chemistry [47]
Dance [50] Design & Visual Communication
Digital Technologies [21] Drama [56] Engineering Technology [53]
Food and HospitalityGeographyHistory [57]
Māori Carving [42] Māori Performing Arts [42] Materials Fabrication Technology [53]
Mathematics [46] Music [51] Outdoor Education [52]
Pasifika StudiesPhysical Education [24] Physics [47]
Science [47] Small Business Accounting [32] Sports Academy [58]
Te Reo Māori [41]

Year 13

Students select five options from the below table, with no compulsory subjects:

Art (Visual) [48] Biology [22] Building Construction [54]
Building Trades Academy (Full week) [55] Business Studies [32] Chemistry [47]
Dance [50] Design Visual Communication
Digital Technologies [21] Drama [56] English [41]
Engineering Academy (8 Hours)Food and HospitalityGeography
History [57] Māori Carving [42] Māori Performing Arts [42]
Mathematics [46] Mathematics with Calculus [46] Music [51]
Pasifika StudiesPhysical Education [24] Physics [47]
Police Studies [59] Outdoor Education [52] Small Business Accounting [32]
Sports Academy [58] Te Reo Māori [41] Te Reo Rangatira
Tourism [34] [33]

Sport

Rotorua Boys' High School is well-known for its sports programme, [24] particularly in rugby union, [60] and has its own Rugby Field, Soccer Field, Cricket Ground, Basketball and Tennis Courts, and a Gymnasium, which are sometimes also hired to approved sporting bodies. [61] Five 'sports academies' are offered to students: [58]

The school’s own geothermal swimming pool, built in 1954, closed in the early 1990s in compliance with government forced bore closures across Rotorua. [62] The new Science Block, built at a cost of $5.5 million now occupies the area where the pool once stood. [47] Following a stint at the Blue Baths, RBHS Swimming Sports moved to the Aquatic Centre in 1994. [63] In November 2022, the Aquatic Centre closed for renovations until early 2024. [64]

Four RBHS old boys competed in the Beijing Olympics: kayaker Mike Walker, shooter Robbie Eastham, footballer Sam Messam and cyclist Sam Bewley. Following the Olympics in 2009, the athletes were honoured with a whole-school haka. [7]

Hostel

In 2005, Rotorua Boys' High School officially opened the Tai Mitchell Hostel, an onsite boarding facility, at a cost of $3.5 million. Named after the former Chair of the Te Arawa District Maori Council and Chair of the Arawa Trust Board, Tai Mitchell, [65] the facility is designed to accommodate 104 students, roughly 10 percent of the school roll. [66] [28] [29]

Education Department review

In 2009, the New Zealand Ministry of Education appointed a limited statutory manager Dennis Finn to investigate allegations of mismanagement, inappropriate drug-testing and financial issues regarding the school's Hostel. [67] Despite vehement protests from parents, following his investigation, Finn found that the school had no case to answer, and the boys who had been suspended were subsequently reinstated, with "letters of explanation". [68]

In October 2022, the New Zealand Education Review Office published a Profile Report on Rotorua Boys' High School. [69] Among his findings, the review director Phil Cowie wrote that RBHS had in place “a well-established, collaborative and robust school-wide evaluation process, highly effective leadership across all areas of the school, well-established educationally powerful connections, communication and relationships, and with Māori whānau, hapū, iwi and parents, families and communities, to support student learning and outcomes,” and that the school had addressed equity concerns and academic outcomes to provide a strong and positive base for initiatives. The report made recommendations concerning NCEA implementation on “corequisites around literacy and numeracy, and building a strong base for common assessment activities; continuing a focus on the wellbeing of students and staff based on Te Tiriti o Waitangi and partnerships with whānau and parents and creating a pathway for Tikanga Māori to be added as a core subject for all Year 12 ākonga [70] in 2023.”

Notable alumni

The arts and journalism

Business

Politics and public service

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