Palmerston North Boys' High School

Palmerston North Boys' High School

Nihil Boni Sine Labore
commonly translated as 'Nothing Achieved Without Hard Work'
Address
263 Featherston St, Palmerston North, New Zealand
Coordinates 40°20′55″S 175°36′26″E / 40.3485°S 175.6073°E / -40.3485; 175.6073Coordinates: 40°20′55″S 175°36′26″E / 40.3485°S 175.6073°E / -40.3485; 175.6073
Information
Type State single-sex boys, Secondary (Year 9-13) with Boarding Facilities
Established 1902
Ministry of Education Institution no. 202
Rector David M. Bovey[1]
School roll 1801[2] (March 2016)
Socio-economic decile 8P[3]
Website pnbhs.school.nz

Palmerston North Boys' High School is a state secondary school for boys located in Palmerston North, New Zealand.

Location

Palmerston North Boys' High School has a campus located on Featherston Street between Rangitikei and North Streets in the central city. There are secondary entrances to the school on Wellesbourne Street, Ivanhoe Terrace, Edgeware Road and North Street. The rear boundary is shared with Queen Elizabeth College.

Students and school culture

Most of the school's approximately 1,700 students are "day boys" from Palmerston North and surrounding townships such as Ashhurst, Levin, and Feilding. Around 170 boys are housed in an onsite boarding hostel - College House (Also known as 'Murray House,' after former Rector John Murray; his former home is part of the hostel).

The school's mission statement is to "develop educated men of outstanding character".

History and controversy

In 1902, Palmerston North High School was established as a co-educational secondary school with an initial roll of 84 students (40 boys and 44 girls, the first person being on the roll was a girl). The first classes were held at St Andrew's Presbyterian Church Sunday School hall. In 1920, Palmerston North High School was split into two single-sex schools: Palmerston North Girls' High School and Palmerston North Boys' High School.

In a 1990 case, M & R v Syms and the Board of Trustees of Palmerston North Boys High School [2003] NZAR 705,[4] the plaintiffs challenged the steps taken by the Rector in suspending both students for consumption of alcohol, and later by the Board expelling M. McGechan J gave judgment for the plaintiffs holding that the Rector's discretion as to whether to suspend the pupils "is not to be ignored, as if non-existent. Nor is it to be fettered by a Principal through self imposed rules permitting no exceptions". The Judge further found that the Board did not exercise its mind on the ultimate discretion whether or not to uplift suspension or procure removal.[5]

In September 2006 the school had an outbreak of tuberculosis in which a substantial number of students contracted a latent form of tuberculosis, as well as a small amount of students who had active tuberculosis.[6] However this outbreak was resolved and the school has since been running normally.

The then Rector, Tim O'Connor, was awarded a Woolf Fisher Fellowship and the Sir Peter Blake Leadership Award in 2007.[7]

Rectors

The school has had nine rectors:

Period Rector
1902 William Gray
1902–1918 John E. Vernon
1919–1946 John Murray
1947–1954 O. J. Begg
1954–1963 Edward S. Craven
1963–1970 Percy A. Muirhead
1971–1987 Eric D. P. White
1987–2002 D. A. Syms
2002 – 2012 T. M. O'Connor
2012 - Present D. M. Bovey[8]

Facilities

The school has the following facilities:

These include:

Cultural

  • Recording facilities
  • Rehearsal rooms
  • David A. Syms Auditorium - 400 seat theatre

Sporting

Clubs

Palmerston North Boys' High School is divided into six 'clubs'. On enrolment students are placed in a club at random, or into a house with a family tie (the same as his brothers, father, grandfather or uncles). Staff are also placed in clubs, with the exception of the Rector.

The clubs names and colours are as follows:

Colours Name Reason for name
Albion Named for the founding club secretary
Gordon Named for the founding club secretary
Kia Ora The reason for this name unknown. See: Kia Ora.
Murray Named for former Rector Mr John Murray
Phoenix Named for the Phoenix on the school crest
Vernon Named for the school's second Rector, Mr J. Vernon

Murray Club, also known as College House, is composed of the school's boarding students.

The Clubs compete in sports and codes, including team sports, individual sports, and whole club activities, such as Road-Race and Marching competitions. For each code the clubs are ranked first to last, with the winning club gaining one point, and the loser gaining six. The club with the least points at the end of the school year wins the Shand Shield.

Sports

The school has experienced success nationally in sports such as soccer, badminton, squash, basketball, hockey and rugby.[9][10]

The rugby union 1st XV plays in an all-white strip. Other rugby teams from Boys' High are likely to play in blue and white hooped jerseys, similar to Auckland or St Kentigern College.

Notable alumni

Sport

Cricket

Cycling

Football

Hockey

Kayaking

Motor Racing

Rugby

Rugby League

Golf

Politics and public service

Television

Other

See also

References

  1. ↑ "New rector takes charge next term". Manawatu Standard. 18 September 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
  2. ↑ "Directory of Schools - as at 18 April 2016". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 2015-04-19.
  3. ↑ "Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools". Ministry of Education. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  4. ↑ http://www.minedu.govt.nz/NZEducation/EducationPolicies/Schools/StanddownsSuspensionsExclusionsExpulsions/PartOne/PrincipalsRole/PrincipalsDecision.aspx,
  5. ↑ http://www.jamiesonpartners.co.nz/exclusion-and-expulsion-from-school-justified-or-unjustified/
  6. ↑ Tuberculosis (TB) at Palmerston North Boys' High School
  7. ↑ "The Sir Peter Blake Leadership Awards". Sunday Star Times. 29 July 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-21.
  8. ↑ "New Boy's High Rector Announced". Manawatu Standard. 17 September 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  9. ↑ "Cricket". PNBHS Website.
  10. ↑ "Rugby". PNBHS Website.
  11. ↑ Gustafson, Barry (1986). The First 50 Years : A History of the New Zealand National Party. Auckland: Reed Methuen. p. 303. ISBN 0-474-00177-6.
  12. ↑ Hancock, Mervyn (December 2005). "Trevor Albert De Cleene : Member of Parliament for Palmerston North 1981–1990" (PDF). Palmerston North Library. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
  13. ↑ "Judge who toppled a government dies, aged 95". 3 News. NZPA. 29 March 2010. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
  14. ↑ Poananga, Henare Matauru (Pon). "Poananga, Brian Matauru - Biography". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
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