Howick Intermediate

Howick Intermediate School

A caring, challenging and responsive learning environment
Address
Botany Road,
Howick,
Auckland 2010,
New Zealand
Coordinates 36°54′00″S 174°55′04″E / 36.8999°S 174.9177°E / -36.8999; 174.9177Coordinates: 36°54′00″S 174°55′04″E / 36.8999°S 174.9177°E / -36.8999; 174.9177
Information
Type Co-educational Intermediate
Established 1937
Ministry of Education Institution no. 1318
Principal Yolande Franke
School roll 415[1] (November 2015)
Socio-economic decile 5[2]
Website howickint.school.nz

Howick Intermediate is a co-educational intermediate school located on the corner of Botany Road and Pakuranga Highway, in Auckland, New Zealand. Pupils attend for years seven and eight (form one and two).

The school was originally built in 1937 and opened as Howick District High School. It was primarily built as a closer school for the Royal New Zealand Fencible Corps, many of whose families had settled in the surrounding suburbs of south and south-east Auckland.[3] In 1966 the school was re-established as Howick Intermediate School.

School facilities include a technology block, a swimming pool, a large field equipped with a fitness circuit, a library and information centre, and a school hall.[4] The school hall facilities are utilized by numerous groups in the weekends.

In February 2000 two 11-year-old boys from Howick Intermediate drowned at a swimming hole in the Kauaeranga River while on a school camp.[5]

In 2007, the school won a Mainstream Merit Award,[6] an award offered by the New Zealand Government for recognition of successful placement and integration for employees with disabilities.

References

  1. ↑ "Directory of Schools - as at 01 December 2015". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
  2. ↑ Decile change 2007 to 2008 for state & state integrated schools
  3. ↑ NZ Fencible Society Inc.
  4. ↑ Howick Intermediate School - Information Booklet
  5. ↑ "Howick Intermediate principal gives evidence on camp drownings". The New Zealand Herald. 14 September 2000.
  6. ↑ Mainstream Programme Awards 2007

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