Established 1880 School roll 466 July 2016) Website timarugirls.school.nz Principal Sarah Davis Ministry of education institution number 361 | Ministry of Education Institution no. 361 Socio-economic decile 6N Phone +64 3-688 1122 Founded 1880 | |
Type State, Girls, Secondary (Year 9-15), with boarding facilities Motto Scientia Potestas Est; "Knowledge is Power" (Latin) Profiles | ||
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Timaru Girls' High School is a secondary school in Timaru, New Zealand, founded in 1880. Timaru Girls' High provides education for girls aged between 13 – 18 years of age (class levels - years 9 to 13). It also has a boarding facility within the school grounds for pupils not living in Timaru itself and also caters for international students. The school motto is Scientia Potestas Est – Knowledge is Power. The school is a stone's throw away from the Catholic Roncalli College.
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Houses
The school has 4 colour houses named after New Zealand native flowers and each student is put into one of them to encourage team spirit.
The colours are:
There are several House events per year, Swimming Sports, Athletics, Cross Country, Aitkens and Waters Cup Day and House Choirs
Notable alumnae
Controversy
In September 2011, a school girl wanted to support the country's Blue Friday, a nationwide campaign to raise awareness of prostate cancer. She was banned from supporting it because students were only allowed to support female causes, even though the girl's own grandfather had died from this cancer. This raised issues in the newspapers