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Epsom Girls' Grammar School

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Established
  
12 February 1917

Principal
  
Lorraine Pound

School roll
  
2196 (July 2016)

Founded
  
12 February 1917

Ministry of Education Institution no.
  
64

Colour(s)
  
Navy and gold

Phone
  
+64 9-630 5963

Ministry of education institution number
  
64

Type
  
State Single Sex Girls Secondary (Year 9–13) with Boarding Facilities

Address
  
Silver Rd, Epsom, Auckland 1023, New Zealand

Motto
  
Latin: Per Angusta, Ad Augusta; (Through difficulties to greatness.)

Similar
  
Auckland Grammar School, St Cuthbert's College, Diocesan School for Girls, Auckland Girls' Grammar, Mount Albert Grammar

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Epsom Girls Grammar School is a state secondary school for girls ranging from years 9 to 13 in Auckland, New Zealand. It had a roll of 2,200 as of 2012, including a number of boarders who live in nearby Epsom House, making it one of the largest schools in New Zealand.

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The principal is Lorraine Pound. She succeeds a long line of distinguished educators such as Margaret Bendall and Miss Adams.

Notable alumnae

  • Petra Bagust - television presenter
  • Helen Clark - 37th Prime Minister of New Zealand
  • Miriam Dell - President, National Council of Women
  • Rowena Jackson MBE - ballerina and later artistic director of the New Zealand Ballet Company
  • Dorothy Jelicich - Member of Parliament for Hamilton West (1972–1975)
  • Marya Martin - flautist
  • Joan Metge - anthropologist
  • Hannah O'Neill - principal ballerina at the Paris Opera Ballet
  • Wilma Smith - lead violinist in the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
  • Freda Stark - dancer
  • Olivia Tennet - actress, dancer
  • Karen Walker - fashion designer
  • Lois White - artist
  • References

    Epsom Girls' Grammar School Wikipedia