Rangitoto College
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| Rangitoto College | |
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| 564 East Coast Road, Windsor Park, Auckland |
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| Coordinates | 36°44′17″S 174°44′10″E / 36.738110°S 174.736133°ECoordinates: 36°44′17″S 174°44′10″E / 36.738110°S 174.736133°E |
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| Type | State co-ed Secondary (Year 9-13) |
| Motto | motto: Circumspice (Latin: "Look around") |
| Established | 1956 |
| Ministry of Education Institution no. | 28 |
| Principal | David Hodge |
| School roll | 3,022 (TKI data) |
| Socio-economic decile | 10 |
| Website | www.rangitoto.school.nz |
Rangitoto College (often abbreviated to Rangi) is the largest secondary school in New Zealand with over 3,000 students as of 2007. The Correspondence School has more enrolled secondary students, but fewer full-time equivalent secondary students.
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[edit] Location
Rangitoto College is located in Windsor Park, on the East Coast Bays on Auckland's North Shore. The easternmost field as well as many of the classrooms on the eastern side of the school have a view of the Rangitoto Channel as well as Rangitoto Island.
[edit] Recent principals
In mid-2005, Allan Peachey stood down as Principal of the college in order to stand as a National Party candidate for election to parliament. Alison Cleland took over as principal in the interim. As a result of Peachey's election as the Member of Parliament for the Tamaki electorate, David Hodge, a former student at Rangitoto College, was appointed as Principal in 2006.
[edit] Zoning and admission
Rangitoto operates an enrolment scheme. Being in the 'Rangi zone' is seen as a selling point for property, and real estate agencies have set up websites to exploit this.
Rangitoto's enrolment zone covers approximately 12 square kilometres (4.6 sq mi), largely and includes Campbells Bay, Mairangi Bay, Murrays Bay, Pinehill, Rothesay Bay, Sunset North, and Windsor Park, and parts of Meadowood and Rosedale east of the Auckland Northern Motorway. [1]
[edit] Academic performance
Rangitoto College is a decile 10 school, meaning that, as the ERO (Education Review Office) puts it, Rangitoto draws its students from an area of 'least socio-economic disadvantage'. The data show that it performs at, or above, the average level for decile 10 schools nationally. Like other decile 10 schools Rangitoto performs better than schools from areas of greater socio-economic disadvantage.
Compared to the national average, Rangitoto students achieved very good results in the 2008 New Zealand Scholarship exams. 2.
Prior to Bursary being replaced by the National Certificate of Educational Achievement Rangitoto had at least one student recognised as New Zealand's top scholar in a subject between 2001 to 2003; in 2003 Rangitoto had three four top-scholars including Top all-round Female Māori Scholar. 5. In 2006 a Rangitoto College student was named "Top Scholar in New Zealand" for the subject of history in 2006 based on the NCEA framework.[2]
[edit] Notable alumni
- Terenzo Bozzone - athlete
- Lisa Chappell - actress and musician
- Fabian Coulthard - V8 driver
- Oliver Driver - actor/TV personality
- Gary Freeman - former rugby league player and coach
- Mikey Havoc - media personality
- Lizzy Igasan - hockey player
- Sean Marks - basketball player for the NBA / Tall Blacks
- Rhys Millen - drifter/stunt driver
- Alexa Still - musician
- Corney Swanepoel - Olympic swimmer
- Midnight Youth - band.
[edit] References
- ^ "Enrolment Zone Map". Rangitoto College. http://www.rangitoto.school.nz/uploaded/file/downloads/Enrolment%20Information%20ZoneMap.pdf. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
- ^ "Rangitoto College". Rangitoto College. http://www.rangitoto.school.nz/academic/generic.aspx?pid=39. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
