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Tauranga Girls' College

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Established
  
1958

Principal
  
Pauline Cowens

Socio-economic decile
  
6N

Founded
  
1958

Ministry of Education Institution no.
  
122

School roll
  
1386 (July 2016)

Phone
  
+64 7-578 8114

Ministry of education institution number
  
122

Type
  
State, Girls, Secondary (Year 9-13)

Address
  
Tauranga South, Tauranga 3112, New Zealand

Motto
  
Pergo et Perago (Strive to Achieve)

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Tauranga Girls' College is a state single-sex girls secondary school in Tauranga, New Zealand. It offers the NCEA system of qualifications. The school has a roll of 1386 students from years 9 to 13 (approx. ages 12 to 18) as of July 2016. The current principal is Ms Pauline Cowens.

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Tauranga Girls' has many extracurricular activities, the largest of which is the drama production, which is produced with Tauranga Boys' College.

It was created due to the population increase and small area of Tauranga College, which became the site for Tauranga Boys College.

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Houses

Tauranga Girls' College has four houses. In alphabetical order, they are:

  • Batten (green), named after aviator Jean Batten
  • Freyberg (red), named after soldier Bernard Freyberg
  • Mansfield (yellow), named after author Katherine Mansfield
  • Rutherford (blue), named after scientist Ernest Rutherford

    • References

    Tauranga Girls' College Wikipedia
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