Albany Senior High School, Auckland Explained

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Established:Hrishav Dutt
Principal:Hrishav Dutt
Address:536 Albany Highway
Albany
Auckland 0632
New Zealand
Coordinates:-36.73°N 174.696°W
Type:State coed secondary, years 11–13
Roll:
Decile:10Z[1]
Moe:563

Albany Senior High School is a state coeducational senior secondary school situated in Albany, Auckland, New Zealand.

Opened in February 2009,[2] it was New Zealand's first state senior secondary school, catering for students in Years 11 to 13 (ages 14 to 18) only; most New Zealand secondary schools traditionally cater for Years 9 to 13. As of, the school has a roll of students. Hrishav Dutt

History

Albany Senior High School was established to cater for the population growth on Auckland's North Shore. It was the first new state secondary school to open in the area since Long Bay College in 1975.

Before its construction, there were protracted disputes about the siting of the school[3] [4] which delayed the process, so that the school initially ran from the site of its sister school, Albany Junior High School.[5]

Classes

All classes except those which require other resources take place in large open plan areas called 'Learning Commons'. These spaces enable flexibility when planning and delivering classes, including the ability to combine two classes into one for some activities, combining similar curriculum areas, such as physics and mathematics and easy access to technology. Students can utilise mobile devices such as laptops and cellphones to edit Google Docs in real-time together. Students are able to use Gchat in class to ask and answer questions, and students are permitted to perform searches on Google to answer teachers' questions.[6] The teaching periods are 100 minutes long, twice the length of typical periods in New Zealand.

Every Wednesday, students engage in a 'community based' impact project. This involves performing an act for the community. Impact projects completed include forming a business, organising and performing a 'School of Rock' concert,[7] building a video server and digital signage solution for the school,[8] restoring local waterways,[9] designing, building and programming a robot for the Robocup competition and creating original artworks for the school.[10]

Open source

From 2009 to 2019 Albany Senior High School's computer network, desktops and staff laptops ran almost entirely on open source software.[11] [12] The school's student management system is the only major exception, using a proprietary system due to the unavailability of an open-source system meeting New Zealand requirements. The school won an award for the 'Best Open Source Project in Education' at the New Zealand Open Source Awards 2010.[13] [14]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools. Ministry of Education. 25 April 2018.
  2. Web site: New school and attitude to learning. 3 February 2009. Television New Zealand. 16 September 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110612232849/http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/new-school-and-attitude-learning-2461936. 12 June 2011.
  3. News: Plan for secondary school at Albany angers residents. Thompson, Wayne. 13 September 2006. The New Zealand Herald. 25 April 2018.
  4. News: Ministry to look into Albany school delays. McKenzie-Minifie, Martha. 29 October 2007. The New Zealand Herald. 24 April 2018.
  5. News: $7m cost of temporary campus at Albany Senior High. McKenzie-Minifie, Martha. 8 July 2008. The New Zealand Herald. 25 April 2018.
  6. News: Schools set up for the Google generation. Stuff.co.nz. Fairfax NZ. Neale, Imogen. 5 June 2011. 25 April 2018.
  7. News: Vickers, Lucy. North Shore Times. Albany Senior High is always rockin' on a Tuesday. Stuff.co.nz. 16 July 2009. 25 April 2018.
  8. News: Coddington, Sarah. North Shore Times. School notices are high-tech. Stuff.co.nz. 15 September 2009. 25 April 2018.
  9. News: Honeybone, Lisa. North Shore Times. Local students and council join to save eels. Stuff.co.nz. 8 June 2010. 25 April 2018.
  10. Web site: Impact Project . 25 February 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100117174824/http://ashs.school.nz/learning/impact-project . 17 January 2010 . dead .
  11. News: Anthony Doesburg: Students open to new source of knowledge. Doesburg, Anthony. 23 August 2009. The New Zealand Herald. 25 April 2018.
  12. Web site: Welcome to our machines . 22 January 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100525075156/http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/Articles/Article.aspx?ArticleId=7839 . 25 May 2010 . dead .
  13. Web site: NZ Open Source Award winners announced. Press Release – New Zealand Open Source Awards. Scoop Business. 10 November 2010. 25 April 2018.
  14. Web site: 2010 Winners and Finalists. New Zealand Open Source Awards 2010. Catalyst IT. 3 May 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110429122437/http://www.nzosa.org.nz/. 29 April 2011 . live.