Hutt International Boys' School
| Hutt International Boys' School | |
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| Location | |
| Granville Street, Trentham, Upper Hutt, New Zealand |
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| Coordinates | 41°08′26″S 175°02′14″E / 41.1406°S 175.0372°ECoordinates: 41°08′26″S 175°02′14″E / 41.1406°S 175.0372°E |
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| Type | Single sex boys Integrated Secondary (Year 7-13) |
| Motto | Motto: "Excellence and Encouragement" |
| Established | 1991 |
| Ministry of Education Institution no. | 4158 |
| Principal | Grahame Duffy[1] |
| School roll | 667 (As of 2011) |
| Socio-economic decile | 10 |
| Website | hibs.school.nz |
Hutt International Boys' School (usually known by its acronym, HIBS) is a state integrated boys' secondary school in Upper Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand.
As of 2011[update] the Principal is Grahame Duffy, who was appointed to the role in 2001.
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[edit] Foundation
HIBS was founded in 1991 as a private school, and was then known as Hutt Independent Boys' School. The school was briefly sited in Silverstream, Upper Hutt. However, in 1994 the school moved to Trentham, Upper Hutt on land previously used by the Wellington Racing Club and opted for state integration, keeping its 'special character' as an Anglican-faith based school. A major construction program was started in 2004, and just recently the final stage of it has been finished, which was the auditorium.
[edit] Sister and brother schools
The school has a brother - sister school relationship with Lower Hutt's Chilton St James private girls' school. HIBS also has a brother school relationship with Japan's Reitaku Mizunami High School and Meitoku-Gijuku High School and China's Xi'an High School.
[edit] House system
The school has operated a house system since 1996, similar to that used in English public schools. Each house is named after an iconic New Zealander: Freyberg (named after Bernard Freyberg), Halberg (named after Murray Halberg), Rutherford (named after Ernest Rutherford), and Hillary (named after Edmund Hillary). These houses compete against each other, in friendly competition for the house cup in a number of events throughout the year. These events include: Octathalon, Relay For Life, Swimming, Touch, Basketball, Football, Volleyball, Singing, Hill Run, and Academic Progress.
[edit] Information technology
The new group SITU (Student Information Technology Unit) allows students to help work with teachers in the IT area. They will help basic issues teachers may face and aid teachers in certain IT tasks. As an incentive, the students learn more in their area of expertise from the HIBS IT technicians, as well as sometimes going to externally run courses in their particular area, paid for by the school.
[edit] Sports
Sports played at HIBS include weightlifting and power lifting, cricket and 20/20 cricket, football, rugby, hockey, basketball, mountain biking, water polo, underwater hockey and badminton.
[edit] Cricket
HIBS has one of the strongest 1st 11 teams in Wellington. Club management is shared by the board with Paul Brennan the club captain.
[edit] Notable alumni
- Dan Keat - footballer
- Drew Neemia - television personality, singer
- Michael Wilson (soccer) - footballer
[edit] References
- ^ "Hutt International Boys' School - Contact - Senior Management Team". hibs.school.nz. http://www.hibs.school.nz/contact/smt.aspx. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
