St Andrew's College, Christchurch

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St Andrew's College
Strowan House and Field.jpg
Strowan House and its adjacent field
Address
St Andrew's College, Christchurch
347 Papanui Road
Strowan
Christchurch 8052
New Zealand
Coordinates 43°30′29″S172°36′50″E / 43.5081°S 172.6138°E / -43.5081; 172.6138
Information
TypePrivate, fully reg. (Years 1–13)
MottoFides et Patria
"Faith and Country"
Established1917
Ministry of Education Institution no. 318
ChairpersonFelicity Odlin
RectorMark Wilson [1]
ChaplainPaul Morrow
School roll1,612 [2] (November 2024)
Socio-economic decile10
Website stac.school.nz

St Andrew's College, also known as StAC, in Christchurch, New Zealand, is a private, co-educational school that enrols from pre-school to secondary Year 13. It was founded in 1917 and it is the only independent, co-educational primary and secondary school in New Zealand's South Island. Although now a fully co-educational school, it was formerly an all-boys school. It became fully co-educational in 2001. [3] The current rector of St Andrew's College is Mark Wilson.

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History

St Andrew's College was founded by Rev. Alexander Thomas Thompson in 1917 in the Scottish Presbyterian tradition of the Christian faith.

St Andrew's College gate column St Andrew's College gate column.jpg
St Andrew's College gate column

The school began in a humble fashion with 19 boys and four teachers, driven by the determination of the Reverend Thompson, whose driving ambition was to 'educate the sons of the Presbyterian and Scottish community of Canterbury.'

StAC had three boarding houses for the 165 boarders of years 9 to 13: MacGibbon (years 9 to 11) and Rutherford (years 11 to 13) for boys, and Thompson (years 9 to 13) for girls. Boarding facilities were damaged in the 2011 Christchurch earthquake; as a result, the boarders lived in local motels until the new boarding houses were opened at the start of 2013. Thompson and Rutherford houses have been demolished and replaced with new facilities while McGibbon House has been refurbished and strengthened. Boarding used to be available for year 7 and 8 students, but is no longer provided. St Andrew's College has four houses: Rutherford, MacGibbon, Thompson and Erwin.

On 31 October 2008, the students and teachers of St Andrew's College set a world record for the largest school mass dance with a recital of the YMCA.

In 2020, students of the school reported that a teacher tore down posters and verbally abused them for promoting the Black Lives Matter movement. [4] The school conducted an investigation but did not publish the outcome. [5]

Plans

The 22 February 2011 Christchurch earthquake severely damaged the school chapel and forced the closure of the school arts block and Strowan house, which both sustained some structural damage, however, most of the schools buildings were relatively undamaged, and the arts block has since been repaired and strengthened. Strowan house has now re-opened, and a new chapel has been built which incorporates design features from the original chapel. In late 2014, the Erwin house was demolished to make room for a second gymnasium.

Recently[ when? ] the school has opened three new buildings including a fitness centre and a new library. The school expects to open a new theatre complex by November 2023. [6]

Rectors

The following is a complete list of the rectors of St Andrew's College:

NameTerm
1Sydney Rushbrook Dickinson1917–1919 [7]
2Alexander Knox Anderson1920–1934 [8]
3John Bibby Mawson1934–1947 [9]
4Leslie Walter Stewart1948–1962 [10]
5Ian Galloway1962–1982 [11]
6John Rentoul1982–1994 [11] [12]
7 Barry Maister 1994–2001 [13] [14]
8Nigel Fairbairn2002–2004 [14] [15]
9Harvey Rees-Thomas2005–2007 [16]
10Christine Leighton2007–2024 [17] [18]
11Mark Wilson2025–present [1]

Notable alumni

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References

  1. 1 2 "Homecoming of sorts for new St Andrew's College rector". The Press. 30 May 2024. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  2. ↑ "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
  3. ↑ "St Andrew's to go fully co-ed". The Press . 2 November 1996. Retrieved 23 December 2010.[ dead link ]
  4. ↑ "Christchurch school investigating after Black Lives Matter posters torn down". RNZ . 8 June 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  5. ↑ "School handles Black Lives Matter poster removal internally". RNZ . 9 June 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  6. ↑ "Ngā Toi – Performing Arts Centre » St Andrew's College Christchurch". www.stac.school.nz. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
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  11. 1 2 "St Andrew's rector to retire soon". The Press . 29 April 1982. p. 13. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
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  13. ↑ "Barry Maister". The Press . 26 February 2001. p. 19.
  14. 1 2 "College names new rector". The Press . 3 July 2001. p. 8.
  15. ↑ "St Andrew's head quits". The Press . 18 August 2004. p. 1.
  16. ↑ "College keeps head". The Press . 9 November 2005. p. 9.
  17. ↑ "School appoints woman". The Press . 5 May 2007. p. 8.
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