Otago Girls' High School Explained

Otago Girls' High School
Motto:Latin: Recti Cultus Pectora Roborant
Motto Translation:The Right Education Makes The Heart As Strong As Oak
Grades Label:Years
Established:
years ago
Address:41 Tennyson Street
Zipcode:9016
Country:New Zealand
Coordinates:-45.875°N 170.4999°W
Principal:Linda Miller
Song:The Chambered Nautilus
Newspaper:Nautilus
Houses: Allan
Benjamin
Cruikshank
Williams
Roll:
Decile:8P[1]
Moe:378
Homepage:otagogirls.school.nz

Otago Girls' High School (OGHS) is a secondary school in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. It was opened 6 February 1871, after a long campaign by Learmonth Whyte Dalrymple. It is one of the oldest girls state-run secondary school in the Southern Hemisphere and the sixth oldest of its type in the world.[2] [3]

The school has its own radio show on Otago Access Radio.[4]

History

At its foundation the school occupied a neo-classical building on its present site which it shared with Otago Boys' High School. A new building on another site was built for the boys which they marched away to occupy in 1885. In 1910 the present main block was opened, designed by Edmund Anscombe (1874–1948) and the old building on Tennyson Street was demolished. Anscombe's conception of a rouge-brick Elizabethan mansion, dreaming in the sun, was slowly extended. Temporary structures were replaced in the 1970s by Ministry of Education blocks, contextualised by the use of brick to the Anscombe building. In the 1980s the main block was scheduled for demolition. After protest it was restored and extended by a sympathetic addition designed by Ted McCoy, and in 1987 was listed as a Category I Historic Place. The school has since acquired part of the old King Edward Technical School site. It has erected structures there accessible by way of a pedestrian underpass beneath Smith Street.

The school gained international attention in February 2022 after a Muslim student was beaten for wearing a hijab by her peers, and resulted in the student being hospitalised with a concussion.[5] The incident led to an international and domestic outcry, with support for the student coming from Bella Hadid, Sonny Bill Williams, among others.[6] [7] Two of the students responsible for the attack were subsequently expelled while a third was referred to counselling. Principal Bridget Davidson confirmed that the school was working with the victims, Muslim community and Police to address the bullying and assault.[8] Otago Muslim Association chairman Mohammad Rizwan welcomed the outcome.[9]

Notable alumnae

Notable faculty

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools . 29 November 2013 . Ministry of Education . 12 February 2015 . 24 January 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150124000031/http://www.minedu.govt.nz/~/media/MinEdu/Files/EducationSectors/PrimarySecondary/SchoolOpsResourcing/OperationalFundingDeciles/DecileChanges_20142015.xls . dead .
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20081014105022/http://www.otagomuseum.govt.nz/dyn_documents/otago_girls___and_otago_boys___high_schools_branded_small.pdf Otago Museum article
  3. Web site: History - About Otago Girls' High School - Dunedin, New Zealand. www.otagogirls.school.nz. 2016-03-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20180127220401/https://www.otagogirls.school.nz/about/our-history. 27 January 2018. dead.
  4. Web site: Children and Youth . Association of Community Access Broadcasters . 11 April 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150416111500/http://accessradio.org/public/programmes.php?cat=cat.youth . 16 April 2015 .
  5. News: 16 February 2022. Otago Girls' High School pupil attacked, hijab ripped off by fellow students. 18 February 2022. Radio New Zealand. en-nz . https://web.archive.org/web/20220220233757/https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/461623/otago-girls-high-school-pupil-attacked-hijab-ripped-off-by-fellow-students . 20 February 2022. live.
  6. News: US supermodel shares support of Otago school girl who had hijab ripped off. 18 February 2022. The New Zealand Herald. en-NZ. https://web.archive.org/web/20220220114342/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/us-supermodel-bella-hadid-shares-support-of-otago-high-school-girl-after-attack/JAIWXGREUBOCWR5SDLL3FMH4BA/ . 20 February 2022. live.
  7. News: Sonny Bill Williams voices support for Dunedin school-attack victims. 18 February 2022. The New Zealand Herald. en-NZ . https://web.archive.org/web/20220220132039/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/sport-sonny-bill-williams-voices-support-for-dunedin-school-attack-victims/5PFV3PVSJB5362SZJH6HVTSGBU/ . 20 February 2022. live.
  8. Web site: McNeilly. Hamish. 21 February 2022. Two teens expelled after assault on Muslim student had offended violently before. 21 February 2022. Stuff. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20220221035050/https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/127834979/two-teens-expelled-after-assault-on-muslim-student-had-offended-violently-before. 21 February 2022. live.
  9. News: Francis . Oscar . Principal says 'appropriate' measures taken over racist attack . 21 February 2022 . . 22 February 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220221160242/https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/principal-says-‘appropriate’-measures-taken-over-racist-attack . 21 February 2022. live.
  10. Web site: Brown. Carol. Benjamin, Ethel Rebecca 1875 – 1943. 2007-06-22. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. 2024-03-17.
  11. Hearnshaw . Vickie . A Study in Black and White: The Life and Work of Photographer Jessie Buckland . Women's Studies Journal . 1997 . 13 . 1 . 46 . 13 December 2021 . . en.
  12. Book: Mallory . Clare . Vine . Bettina . Merry Again . 2005 . Girls Gone By . 1-904417-54-X . Biography.

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