Funding type State Ministry of Education Institution no. 277 Years offered 9–13 Founded 1928 | Established 1928 Principal Kevin Carter Phone +64 4-939 3050 Ministry of education institution number 277 | |
Motto Lumen Accipe et Imperti
(Receive the Light and Pass it on) Address 170 Coutts St, Rongotai, Wellington 6022, New Zealand Similar Wellington College, Scots College, Wellington East Girls' College, Wellington Girls College, St Patricks College Profiles | ||
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.
Contents
- Location
- History
- Achievement
- Houses
- Notable alumni
- The Arts
- Science
- Business
- Politics and public service
- Basketball
- Cricket
- Football
- Hockey
- Rugby League
- Rugby Union
- Running
- Wrestling
- Yachting
- References
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.
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.
Houses
The four houses at Rongotai College are named after the school's first four headmasters:
Notable alumni
Dates denote period enrolled as student