Ross Intermediate School

Ross Intermediate School Te Kura Waenga o Ross
Address
25 Freyberg Street, 4414, Palmerston North, Manawatu, New Zealand
Information
Type	State Co-Educated, Years 7 - 8
Established	1958
Ministry of Education Institution no.	2440
Administrator	Toni Templeton
Principal	Wayne Jenkins
Age	11 to 13
School roll	504 (February 2024)
Houses	Sheppard, Hillary, Cooper and Ngata
Socio-economic decile	6
Website	rossint.school.nz

Ross Intermediate is a State co-educational intermediate school for Year 7-8 students in the city of Palmerston North in the Manawatu-Whanganui region of New Zealand. It is the first school in New Zealand to have its own television station and laptop programme.

In 2015, the roll of Ross Intermediate was at 495 students. Students are placed into a composite class on the first day of Year 7. Students usually stay with the same Teacher for their two years attending the school. As of 2015, class sizes are no more than 24 students. The school tries to keep numbers at 23 students per class.

School houses

In 2006, under the guidance of principal Wayne Jenkins, the school houses were established as a way of creating competition among the school. These are useful for organising competitive teams in sports and cultural events. In 2014, a new house was added, named Cooper. The Cooper house contained the school's media classes. In 2015, Batten house was removed. Currently, the school houses are Cooper, Ngata, Hillary, and Sheppard, which apart from Cooper, are the same houses used for Awatapu College, also in Palmerston North. However at Awatapu College, Ngata becomes Green.

Houses

	Hillary	Named after Sir Edmund Hillary.
	Ngata	Named after Sir Āpirana Ngata.
	Sheppard	Named after Kate Sheppard.
	Cooper	Named after Dame Whina Cooper.

History

Ross Intermediate School was officially opened on 14 February 1958 by the Hon. P. O. Skoglund.

External links

• Official website