Glendowie College

Glendowie College is a public secondary school in Auckland, New Zealand.

Glendowie College
Address
21 Crossfield Road
Glendowie
Auckland 1071
New Zealand
Coordinates36.8621°S 174.8679°E / -36.8621; 174.8679
Information
TypeCo-Ed Secondary (Year 9-13)
MottoE Paucis Excelsa
(Literal: From few, height
Non-literal: From few, greatness)
Established1961
Ministry of Education Institution no.65
PrincipalGordon Robertson
School roll1261[1] (March 2020)
Socio-economic decile10Z[2]
Websitehttp://www.gdc.school.nz/

History

The college was opened in 1961, with fewer than 200 pupils. The technology block, now Addams Building, was the only building established at the time of the school's opening.

Like most New Zealand state secondary schools built in the 1960s, Glendowie College was built to the Nelson Two-Storey standard plan, with its two-storey H-shaped general classroom blocks.

Education

Glendowie College offers the National Certificate of Educational Achievement as its national qualification standard. An Advanced Learning Program is available in years 9 and 10 for highly intelligent students. Also, exceptionally gifted students are given the opportunity to accelerate into classes a year or two years ahead of their peers in order to progress their learning.

For students Year 9-10 English, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, P.E and Health are compulsory with students being able to choose from 4 options outside of these subjects. Those options are Art, Drama, Dance, Music, Chinese, German, Maori and Spanish. English is compulsory up until Year 12 and Math is only compulsory till year 11, besides these subjects students from year 11 onwards are allowed to choose six subjects (including English) in year 12 and five subjects in year 13.

The Education Review Office has said that students are progressing and achieving very well.[3]

Sport

Glendowie College offers a range of sporting opportunities.[4] Glendowie College also participates in the top level of School Rowing in New Zealand. It takes part in the annual Rowing Secondary School Championship, The Maadi Cup. Placing 1st in the Boys U18 lightweight coxed 4+ and the Girls U16 Coxed 8+, 2nd in the Boys U15 coxed 8+ and 3rd in the Boys U15 8+x in the 2015 Maadi Cup.[5] During the 2017 season, the Boys U15 8+x received another bronze medal.[6]

Notable alumni

Houses

Glendowie has four pastoral houses to encourage student participation in the arts, sports, culture and leadership. Between 1961 and 2017 the four houses consisted of Asia, Europe, America and Pacific, named after four continents. At the conclusion of 2017, four new houses were created, taking their names from famous Māori myths and legends. The four houses became Rūaumoko (God of Volcanoes), Tāne Mahuta (Lord of the Forest), Tangaroa (God of the Sea) and Tāwhirimātea (God of Weather), with the house colours of Red, Green, Blue and Purple respectively. Upon joining Glendowie College future students are assigned one of the four houses randomly. If the student has a sibling at the college, past or present, they will likely be assigned that house for ease of communication between pastoral staff and parents.

50th Jubilee

On 1, 2 and 3 April 2011, Glendowie College held many events to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the school's founding.

References
  1. "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  2. "Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools". Ministry of Education. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  3. "Glendowie College 10/06/2015". New Zealand Education Review Office. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  4. Glendowie College (Auckland, N. Z. ) (1 January 1972). "Glendowie College". Glendowie College. | Items | National Library of New Zealand | National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  5. "Glendowie College's results at Maadi". rowIT. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  6. "Event 50 (B U15 8X+) Maadi results". rowIT. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
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