Rongotai College

Rongotai College

Lumen Accipe et Imperti
(Receive the Light and Pass it on)
Address
170 Coutts Street
Rongotai
Wellington 6022
New Zealand
Coordinates 41°19′S 174°48′E / 41.317°S 174.800°E / -41.317; 174.800Coordinates: 41°19′S 174°48′E / 41.317°S 174.800°E / -41.317; 174.800
Information
Established 1928
Ministry of Education Institution no. 277
Principal Kevin Carter
Years offered 9–13
Gender Boys
School roll 660[1] (March 2016)
Socio-economic decile 6N[2]
Website www.rongotai.school.nz

Rongotai College is a state single-sex boys' secondary school in the southeastern suburb of Rongotai, Wellington, New Zealand. Serving Years 9 to 13 (ages 12 to 18), the school has 622 students as of July 2015.[3]

About 40 per cent of the students are of European heritage, 20 per cent identify as Pasifika, and 15 per cent Maori, and there are various Middle Eastern, Asian and African students.

A highlight for the school is the annual McEvedy Shield athletics event.

Location

The school stands on the isthmus separating Lyall Bay and Cook Strait to the south from Evans Bay on Wellington Harbour to the north. It thus has the sea on two sides, and this gives it a particularly bracing microclimate, with gusty winds from the north and, in winter, icy blasts from the south. It is bounded to the east by Wellington Airport. Wellington's city centre is a few kilometres to the north-west.

History

Rongotai College was opened in 1928 with Mr Fritz Martyn Renner as its first headmaster and a teaching staff of seven. It was started as an "overspill" for Wellington College, which was overstretched, and Rongotai became the new school for Wellington boys in the eastern suburbs.[4]

Rongotai College originally accepted enrolments from students of Intermediate School age. However, when Evans Bay Intermediate School opened its doors in 1964, the school became purely a secondary school, catering for young men in what are now called years 9 to 13.

The Assembly Hall, known as the Renner Hall, was opened in 1968 and is named after the founding headmaster.

Achievement

The 2013 ERO report was favourable whilst pointing out areas for improvement, for example in monitoring achievement and attendance levels.[5]

School leadership

Principals

Period Principal
1928 - 1945 Mr Fritz Martyn Renner
1946 - 1954 Mr H.A. Heron
1954 - 1964 Mr A.E. Lock
1964 - 1982 Mr Noel Mackay
1982 - 1992 Mr A.D. Powell
1992 - 2009 Mr Graeme Jarratt
2009–present Mr Kevin Carter

Houses

The four houses at Rongotai College are named after the school's first four headmasters:

Notable alumni

Dates denote period enrolled as student

The Arts

Science

Business

Politics and public service

Sport

Basketball

Cricket

Football

Hockey

Rugby League

Rugby Union

Running

Underwater Hockey

Wrestling

Yachting

Notes

  1. "Directory of Schools - as at 18 April 2016". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 2015-04-19.
  2. "Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools". Ministry of Education. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  3. "New Zealand Schools - Education Counts". Ministry of Education. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
  4. "Rongotai College History". Rongotai College Website. Retrieved 2009-02-07.
  5. http://www.ero.govt.nz/Early-Childhood-School-Reports/School-Reports/Rongotai-College-30-05-2013

External links

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