Mount Albert Grammar School
| Mount Albert Grammar School | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Address | |
|
36 Alberton Avenue Auckland, 1025 New Zealand |
|
| Coordinates | 36°53′4.52″S 174°43′31.2″E / 36.8845889°S 174.725333°ECoordinates: 36°53′4.52″S 174°43′31.2″E / 36.8845889°S 174.725333°E |
| Information | |
| Type | State secondary, day and boarding |
| Motto |
Per Angusta Ad Augusta "Through Hardship to Glory" |
| Established | 1922 |
| Ministry of Education Institution no. | 69 |
| Headmaster | Patrick Drumm |
| Grades | 9–13 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| School roll | 2865(February 2017) |
| Socio-economic decile | 7O |
| Website | mags.school.nz |
Mount Albert Grammar School (MAGS) is a semi co-educational state secondary school in Mount Albert in central Auckland, New Zealand. It teaches from year 9 to year 13. Mount Albert Grammar is one of the largest secondary schools in the country. As of August 2016[update], Mount Albert Grammar is the sixth largest school in New Zealand.
Mount Albert Grammar was founded in 1922 as a subsidiary of Auckland Grammar School, but now the two schools are governed separately. Mount Albert Grammar School was originally boys only, but in 2000 opened its doors to girls as well. Junior classes (years 9 and 10) are mostly single-sex while senior classes (years 11 to 13) are all co-educational.
There have been a number of headmasters since the opening of the school, Frederick Gamble (1922–1946), William Caradus (1946–1954), Murray Nairn (1954–1969), Maurice Hall (1970–1988) Gregory Taylor (1988–2006, the first Albertian to become Headmaster) Dale Burden (2006–2015) and the current prinicpal, Patrick Drumm (2016–).
The school has a boys' boarding hostel called School House on site. It has full-time accommodation for up to 107 students during school terms. The school house was opened in 1927 and has been running as a full-time hostel since then.
The School's Latin motto is Per Angusta Ad Augusta, which means "Through Hardship to Glory". The school hymn, sung at all formal assemblies, was written by a student, J. A. W. Bennett, in 1928.
In October 2015, an email containing a pornographic image was sent to all the school's 2,700 students after the school's email database was hacked by one of the school's students. The email database was immediately shut down and an investigation was started. The school laid a complaint with police and sought the assistance of the Department of Internal Affairs.
Mt Albert Grammar School pupils participate in various forms of academia, from year 9 to year 13. There is a wide range of individual subjects available, all of which fit into their respective departments: Agricultural Science, Horticulture, Art, Commerce, Dance and Drama, English, ESOL, Languages, Mathematics, Media Studies, Music, Physical Education, Science, Social Science and Technology.
...
Wikipedia