James Hargest High School
| James Hargest College | |
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| Address | |
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6 Layard Street, Invercargill (Junior Campus) 288 Layard Street, Invercargill (Senior Campus) |
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| Coordinates |
46°23′25″S 168°23′01″E / 46.3904°S 168.3835°ECoordinates: 46°23′25″S 168°23′01″E / 46.3904°S 168.3835°E (Senior) 46°23′27″S 168°21′44″E / 46.3907°S 168.3622°E (Junior) |
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| Type | State Co-Educational Secondary (Year 7–13) with divided campuses |
| Motto | Keep Faith |
| Established | 1958 |
| Ministry of Education Institution no. | 552 |
| Principal | Andy Wood |
| Houses |
Watson, Hamilton, Menzies, Thompson, |
| School roll | 1884(July 2017) |
| Socio-economic decile | 8P |
| Website | www |
6 Layard Street, Invercargill (Junior Campus)
Watson, Hamilton, Menzies,
James Hargest College is a large school of about 1,950–2,000 students, in Invercargill, New Zealand. The majority of students are New Zealand European, but there are some Māori and Asians. The school caters for students from year 7–13.
The school is divided into two campuses, known as James Hargest Junior Campus (Year 7–8) and James Hargest Senior Campus (Year 9–13). The campuses are at opposite ends of Layard Street and are separated by about a 20-minute walk (1.5 km).
James Hargest College is named after Brigadier-General James Hargest .
James Hargest Junior Campus was formerly known as Rosedale Intermediate School until it became part of the former James Hargest High School to make James Hargest College as part of the Ministry of Education review of schools in 2004. Other intermediate schools in the city merged with the newly formed James Hargest Junior Campus, increasing the school's roll and stretching resources. Because of this, a new technology block has been built, and several new classrooms have been built since the merge. There are over 25 homeroom classrooms. The subjects in the New Technology Block (known as the Atrium) include Science, Art, Woodwork, Foods & Textiles technology, and an ICT & Media Suite.
The senior campus is much larger and has more students, with Years 9-13 . The school has a New Zealand $2.2 million library, which officially opened in 2004 that also includes the Guidance and Careers Centre, as well as a Library Reading Room and Library Classroom. The library's classroom has desks, computers and an Interactive Whiteboard, as well as the reading room where students can browse the library's collection of magazines, newspapers and many books. There are also DVD movies available for hire to students.
The Hargest Centre is a large building at the senior campus. The large gymnasium viewing gallery is popular with students who often go there to watch interclass sports at lunch break. There is a cafeteria at the centre, where students can purchase their lunch, and there are tables for the older students to eat indoors.
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