Queen's High School, Dunedin
| Queen's High School | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
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195 Surrey Street Saint Clair Dunedin 9012 New Zealand | |
| Coordinates | 45°54′13″S 170°29′31″E / 45.903551°S 170.492071°E |
| Information | |
| Type | Girls' Secondary |
| Motto | Latin: Amore Discimus Discendi Vivere (Through Love of Learning, We Learn to Live.) |
| Established | 1955 |
| Ministry of Education Institution no. | 384 |
| Principal | Barbara Agnew[1] |
| School roll | 546[2] (August 2024) |
| Socio-economic decile | 5M[3] |
| Website | queens.school.nz |
Queen's High School is a state single-sex girls' secondary school in Dunedin.
It is located at the southern end of the city close to the boundary between the suburbs of St Clair and Forbury, next to the parallel single-sex boys' school, King's, with which it shares some facilities.
Pat Harrison (later Dame Pat) was principal of the school from 1975 to 1994.[4]
Notable people associated with Queen's include drama teacher Terry McTavish and alumna chemical engineer Gretchen Kivell.[5][6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Principal's Welcome - Queen's High School". Queens.school.nz. 20 June 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
- ^ "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
- ^ "Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools". Ministry of Education. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ^ Houlahan, Mike (2 April 2018). "'Shining light' remembered". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
- ^ "New Year Honours 2019 - Citations for Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC)". www.dpmc.govt.nz. 31 December 2018. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
- ^ "Meet Gretchen Kivell" (PDF). U3A Forum, newsletter 57. November 2017.
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