King's High School, Dunedin
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| Location | |
| 270 Bayview Road, Dunedin |
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| Coordinates | 45°54′12″S 170°29′39″E / 45.903217°S 170.494294°ECoordinates: 45°54′12″S 170°29′39″E / 45.903217°S 170.494294°E |
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| Type | Boys' Secondary |
| Motto | Doctrina Vim Promovet Insitam - Learning Promotes Inner Strength |
| Established | 1936 |
| Ministry of Education Institution no. | 383 |
| Rector | Dan Reddiex[1] |
| School roll | 732 |
| Socio-economic decile | 6[2] |
| Website | kingshigh.school.nz |
King's High School is a state single-sex boys' secondary school in Dunedin, New Zealand. It is located at the southern end of the city close to the boundary between the suburbs of South Dunedin, St. Clair and Forbury, next to the parallel single-sex girls' school, Queen's High School. Both schools share several facilities, including the multi-million dollar Performing Arts Centre which opened in 2006.
The school dates back to 1936, and held its 75th anniversary in late 2010.
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[edit] Kings: Presently
Facilities
King's High School was re-built in the mid 1990's, after a fire which destroyed most of the campus. The School is split into three blocks A, B & C, along with the separate sports facilities, purpose build catering suite and performing arts center.
The school also has its own 'classroom by the sea'. - A camp and class room build off site in Warrington, north of Dunedin - known as 'The Hatherly'. Students in year nine visit 'The Hatherly' for their school camp.
In 2006, King's High School (along with Queen's) added a multi million dollar Performing Arts Center, which holds a capacity of almost 500. The facility is used by both schools, and the surrounding community.
In 2010, renovations were made to the schools gymnasium.
The school has plans in the future to build a grand stand - on the schools number one sports ground. There has also been talk of building a boarding facility in the future.
House system
New students to King's are placed into one of four houses - Tudor, Windsor, Stuart or Hanover. Throughout the year, juniors and seniors compete in many sports, cultural and performance based activities. In term four, the house with the most points wins the 'House shield'. Some events include: Rugby Sevens, football, basketball, athletics, cross country, softball, singing, haka competition, debating and chess. Tudor has won the shield for the past two years (2009–2010). Hanover won for 2011.
Co-Curricular
Sport is a proud part of King's life. The school has many inter-school affairs with Southland Boy's High School, Otago Boys' High School, Waitaki Boys' High School and Shirley Boys' High School. The King's XV Rugby side, currently compete in the Top Division Highlanders rugby competition. They finished 4th in the competition in 2010, and have once again made the semi-finals for 2011.
The Schools XI Football team are coached by principle Dan Reddiex. They currently play in the Dunedin wide-league.
King's are also represented in the cities hockey competition by the XI side. The side is coached by teacher Dave Ross, current coach of the Southern Men's hockey team - in the Ford National league.
King's High School is also well respected in Otago for its cultural activities. The school has picked up many awards in haka competitions. King's along with Queen's High School were chosen to perform at the opening of Dunedin's new Forsyth Barr Stadium, in August 2011.
With the opening of the Performing Arts Center in 2006, King's and Queen's have staged several successful musicals. In 2008, the schools combined to produce Les Misérables.
[edit] Notable alumni
[edit] The Arts
- James K. Baxter - poet and social critic
- Grahame Sydney - painter
[edit] Broadcasting and Media
- Murray Deaker - radio and television sports show host
- Peter Montgomery - yachting commentator
- Ian Templeton - political journalist
[edit] Public service
- David Benson-Pope - former MP
[edit] Sport
[edit] Basketball
- Glen Denham - former Tall Blacks captain
[edit] Cricket
- Warren Lees - former Black Cap, former Otago and Black Cap coach
- Brendon McCullum - current Black Cap
- Nathan McCullum - current Black Cap
- Ken Rutherford - former New Zealand Cricket captain
- Brad Scott - current Northern Districts cricketer
[edit] Rugby Union
- Tony Brown - former All Black
- Carl Hayman - former All Black
- Chris Laidlaw - former Rhodes Scholar, former All Black, diplomat, MP, talk radio host, author
- Laurie Mains - former All Black coach
- Joe McDonnell - former All Black
- Paul Miller - former All Black
- Ben Smith - current All Black[3]
- Kupu Vanisi - former All Black
- Tom Willis - former All Black
[edit] Principals
- Dudley Chisholm (1936–1947)
- Bill Lang (1948–1961)
- Harry Craig (1962–1966)
- Jack Bremner (1966–1981)
- Ian Simpson (1982–1997)
- Lindsay Hocking (1997–2001)
- Colin Donald (2001–2008)
- Dan Reddiex (2008–present)
[edit] Notes
- ^ "About our school - Board of Trustees". King's High School. http://www.kingshigh.school.nz/index.php?id=24,113,0,0,1,0. Retrieved 2009-01-20.
- ^ Decile change 2007 to 2008 for state & state integrated schools
- ^ "Player profile - Ben Smith". allblacks.com. http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/Profile.asp?ABID=1100. Retrieved 5 January 2010.
