Albany Senior High School, Auckland
| Albany Senior High School | |
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| Location | |
| 536 Albany Highway, Albany, Auckland |
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| Coordinates | 36°44′55″S 174°41′30″E / 36.7487°S 174.6917°ECoordinates: 36°44′55″S 174°41′30″E / 36.7487°S 174.6917°E |
| Information | |
| Type | State coed secondary, years 11-13 |
| Motto | None |
| Established | 2009 |
| Ministry of Education Institution no. | 563 |
| Principal | Ms Barbara Cavanagh |
| School roll | 750 |
| Socio-economic decile | 10 |
| Website | ashs.school.nz |
Albany Senior High School (known as ASHS) is situated in North Harbour, Auckland, New Zealand.
Opened in February 2009,[1] it is New Zealand's first state senior high school.
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[edit] Location
The school is located at 536, Albany Highway, North Shore City, New Zealand. Before its construction, there were protracted disputes about the siting of the school[2][3] which delayed the process, so that the school initially ran from the site of Albany Junior High School,[4] Appleby Road, Albany, North Shore City, New Zealand.
[edit] Uniform
Albany Senior High has variety in its uniform, allowing a level of student choice. Students can choose from: a green polo; white t-shirt; red t-shirt and a white shirt. They also have the option of pants or a skirt for girls and shorts and pants for the boys.[5]
[edit] Classes
All classes except those which require other resources take place in large open plan areas called 'Learning Commons'. These spaces enable flexibility when planning and delivering classes, including the ability to combine two classes into one for some activities, combining similar curriculum areas, such as physics and mathematics and easy access to technology. Technology is thoroughly embraced by this school. Examples include: Students can utilize any mobile device like laptops and cellphones to edit Google Docs in real-time together. Students can utilize Gchat in class to ask and answer questions, and students and can perform a search on Google to answer teachers' questions - Ref. The teaching periods are 100 minutes long, twice the length of typical periods in New Zealand.
Every Wednesday, students engage in a 'community based' Impact project. This involves performing an act for the community. Impact projects completed include forming a business, organising and performing a 'School of Rock' concert,[6] building a video server and digital signage solution for the school,[7] restoring local waterways,[8] designing, building and programming a robot for the Robocup competition and creating original artworks for the school.[9]
[edit] Open source
The school uses open source software.[10][11] and won an award for the 'Best Open Source Project in Education' at the New Zealand Open Source Awards 2010.[12][13]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "New school and attitude to learning". Television New Zealand. 3 February 2009. http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/new-school-and-attitude-learning-2461936. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
- ^ Thompson, Wayne (13 September 2006). "Plan for secondary school at Albany angers residents". The New Zealand Herald. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/secondary-education/news/article.cfm?c_id=315&objectid=10400972&pnum=1. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
- ^ McKenzie-Minifie, Martha (29 October 2007). "Ministry to look into Albany school delays". The New Zealand Herald. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/massey-university/news/article.cfm?o_id=329&objectid=10472645&pnum=1. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
- ^ McKenzie-Minifie, Martha (8 July 2008). "$7m cost of temporary campus at Albany Senior High". The New Zealand Herald. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10520430. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
- ^ "Albany Senior High School » Uniform". Ashs.school.nz. 2010-10-01. http://ashs.school.nz/community-information/uniform/. Retrieved 2010-11-12.
- ^ BY LUCY VICKERS - North Shore Times. "Albany Senior High is always rockin' on a Tuesday". Stuff.co.nz. http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/north-shore-times/2579914/albany-senior-high-is-always-rockin-on-a-tuesday. Retrieved 2010-11-12.
- ^ BY SARAH CODDINGTON - North Shore Times (2009-09-15). "School notices are high-tech". Stuff.co.nz. http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/north-shore-times/2862401/School-notices-are-high-tech. Retrieved 2010-11-12.
- ^ LISA HONEYBONE - North Shore Times. "Local students and council join to save eels". Stuff.co.nz. http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/north-shore-times/3776827/Local-students-and-council-join-to-save-eels. Retrieved 2010-11-12.
- ^ Impact Project
- ^ Doesburg, Anthony (23 August 2009). "Anthony Doesburg: Students open to new source of knowledge". The New Zealand Herald. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/anthony-doesburg/news/article.cfm?a_id=280&objectid=10592238. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
- ^ Welcome to our machines
- ^ "NZ Open Source Award winners announced". Press Release – New Zealand Open Source Awards. Scoop Business. 10 November 2010. http://business.scoop.co.nz/2010/11/10/nz-open-source-award-winners-announced/. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
- ^ "2010 Winners and Finalists". New Zealand Open Source Awards 2010. Catalyst IT. http://www.nzosa.org.nz/. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
