Howick College
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| Howick College | |
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| Location | |
| Sandspit Road, Howick, Auckland 2014 |
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| Coordinates | 36°54′26″S 174°56′20″E / 36.9071°S 174.9389°ECoordinates: 36°54′26″S 174°56′20″E / 36.9071°S 174.9389°E |
| Information | |
| Type | State co-ed secondary (year 9-13) |
| Motto | Equipping individuals for life long learning |
| Established | 1973 |
| Ministry of Education Institution no. | 87 |
| Principal | Mr I L Ropati |
| School roll | 1940 |
| Socio-economic decile | 10 |
| Website | howickcollege.school.nz |
Howick College is a co-educational secondary school in New Zealand situated in the Auckland suburb of Howick. 36°54′26″S 174°56′21″E / 36.90722°S 174.93917°E
[edit] House system
There are six houses in Howick College, each house is then subdivided into 11 tutor groups.
- Bacot House - named after John Thomas Watson Bacot, a surgeon who came out to the Howick area with the Fencibles. The house colour is green.
- Bell House - named after the building Bell House situated at the Howick Colonial Village. The house colour is blue and silver.
- Ingham House - named after the first principal of Howick College, Mr Don Ingham. The house colour is orange and the mascot is Garfield.
- Irvine House - named after one of the early English settlers, Captain John Irvine. The house colours are yellow and purple.
- MacDonald House - named after Captain Alexander MacDonald, who was voted into the position of Warden of Howick. The house colours are red and white the mascot is the Gorilla.
- Minerva House - named after the one of the first ship "Minerva" which transported the first settlers and Fencibles to Howick in 1847. The house colours are pink and black.
