New Plymouth Boys' High School
| New Plymouth Boys' High School Te Kura Tuarua mō ngā Tamatoa o Pukeāriki |
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View of New Plymouth Boys High School
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| Coronation Avenue New Plymouth New Zealand |
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| Coordinates | 39°03′41″S 174°05′12″E / 39.0613°S 174.0866°ECoordinates: 39°03′41″S 174°05′12″E / 39.0613°S 174.0866°E |
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| Type | State single sex boys' secondary (Year 9-13) with boarding facilities |
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Et comitate, Et virtute, Et Sapientia "Comradeship, Valour and Wisdom" |
| Established | 1882 |
| Ministry of Education Institution no. | 171 |
| Headmaster | Paul Verić |
| School roll | 1227(February 2017) |
| Socio-economic decile | 7O |
| Website | www.npbhs.school.nz |
New Plymouth Boys' High School is a single-sex boys' state secondary school in New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand.
The school currently caters for approximately 1300 students, including 210 boarders, on its 15 hectares (37 acres) site.
The school often collaborates with the very close-by New Plymouth Girls' High School. For example, the Hillary Challenge team for New Plymouth always draws students from both schools and the jazz band and concert band include musicians from both schools.
New Plymouth Boys' High School was founded in 1882 and celebrated its 125th Jubilee in 2007.Thomas Shailer Weston was for some time a governor of the school.
New Plymouth Boys' High School currently has four houses, with Hatherly being the boarder house.
The school recently acquired a new wing (now known as the French-Wright Block, named for the former headmaster Lyal French-Wright) with facilities for administration, science and mathematics. The wing incorporates modern architecture to add a new flavor to the traditional school. The wing was opened by the Prime Minister at the time, Helen Clark.
The school has a Boarding Hostel, providing accommodation for up to 200 boys.
New Plymouth Boys' High also had their own radio station named "Gully FM", as the school's gully is a major part of New Plymouth Boys' High. Gully FM broadcast locally to New Plymouth on 87.9 FM. Gully FM was founded in 2011 after a small group of students got together and put forward a proposal to the headmaster. Gully FM mainly broadcast pop, modern rock and dubstep aimed at the students of the school.
New Plymouth Boys' High School and New Plymouth Girls' High School are the only New Zealand schools to take part in the Foundation for International Space Education's United Space School which is held in Houston, Texas each year. One student from each school (and in 2009 a teacher), is selected to attend.
An exchange relationship has been established with a Chilean High School so that every year, students alternate exchanges. In 2006, NPBHS travelled to Chile and in 2007, students from Chile came to NPBHS. The school also associates with schools in New Plymouth's sister cities in China and Japan.
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