Southland Boys' High School

Southland Boys' High School
Address
Herbert Street,
Invercargill,
New Zealand
Coordinates 46°23′45″S 168°21′31″E / 46.3959°S 168.3586°E / -46.3959; 168.3586Coordinates: 46°23′45″S 168°21′31″E / 46.3959°S 168.3586°E / -46.3959; 168.3586
Information
Type State Single Sex Boys Secondary (Year 7-13) with Boarding Facilities
Motto Non Scholae Sed Vitae Discimus
Not for school but for life we are learning
Established 1881
Ministry of Education Institution no. 404
Rector Ian Baldwin
School roll 922[1] (November 2015)
Socio-economic decile 6N[2]
Website sbhs.school.nz

Southland Boys' High School (SBHS) is an all-boys school in Invercargill, New Zealand, and has been the only one in the city since Marist Brothers was merged with St Catherines to form Verdon College in 1982.

History

SBHS was founded in 1881 and, in 1926, the original brick building was opened on the present Herbert St site. This building is called the Pearce Block in memory of Mr T. Pearce who was rector from around 1904 to 1929. Subsequent buildings were named after George Uttley, Malcolm Leadbetter, Don Grant and Laurie Cornwell. The gymnasium was named after Jim Page.

Southland Boys High School

The west end of the Pearce Block suffered a fire during Easter 1980 which was well recorded in the 1980 year book "The Southlandian". The fire extensively damaged three class rooms on the upper floor whilst the Rector's, DP's and Senior Master's offices on the ground floor were water damaged (in the right hand side of the photo).

The school co-hosted the 2006 State Twenty20 Cricket Knock-Out Tournament in Invercargill.

Notable alumni

Well-known former students include Jeremy Waldron, who attended the school until 1970 and is now a prominent legal and political philosopher in the United States, and Andrew White, who played rugby for the All Blacks in the 1920s. Back in the early 1980s there were several rows of framed photos in the downstairs corridor of the Grant Block of Old Boys who had gone on to represent New Zealand at rugby or cricket. The Leadbetter Wing also had framed photos of the First 15 rugby team dating back to around 1913. Other notable All Blacks are 100 test veteran Malili (Mils) Muliaina, former captain Paul Henderson, props Jamie Mackintosh, and Clarke Dermody. The school also has a proud tradition in providing New Zealand schoolboys Rugby representatives. Recent names include Robbie Robinson, John Hardie, Alex Taylor, Scott Eade, Tuki Raimona, and Shaun Stodard as recently as 2014, with Liam Howley a NZ Barbarians Schoolboy rep in both 2013 and 2014. Outside of the sports scene, George Mason has made a name for himself in the television industry with re-occurring roles in hit TV programs such as Shortland Street, Go Girls, and most recently Home and Away (Australian soap).

Houses

Houses at Southland Boys High School are named after past Rectors of the school, minus Coldstream House.The Houses compete in Sports Days, Cultural Competitions, Swimming Competitions, Drama Productions, Fundraising Events among other activities.

Former rectors

Former rectors of the school include:

Notes

  1. "Directory of Schools - as at 01 December 2015". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
  2. "Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools". Ministry of Education. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
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