Queen's High School, Dunedin Explained

Queen's High School
Motto:la|Amore Discimus Discendi Vivere
Type:Girls' Secondary
Established:1955
Motto Translation:Through Love of Learning, We Learn to Live.
Address:195 Surrey Street
Saint Clair
Dunedin 9012
New Zealand
Coordinates:-45.9036°N 170.4921°W
Principal:Barbara Agnew[1]
Roll:
Decile:5M[2]
Moe:384
Homepage:queens.school.nz

Queen's High School is a state single-sex girls' secondary school in Dunedin.

It is located at the southern end of the city close to the boundary between the suburbs of St Clair and Forbury, next to the parallel single-sex boys' school, King's, with which it shares some facilities.

Pat Harrison (later Dame Pat) was principal of the school from 1975 to 1994.[3]

Notable people associated with Queen's include drama teacher Terry McTavish and alumna chemical engineer Gretchen Kivell.[4] [5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Principal's Welcome - Queen's High School . Queens.school.nz . 2014-06-20 . 2017-02-15.
  2. Web site: Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools . Ministry of Education . 12 February 2015.
  3. News: Houlahan . Mike . ‘Shining light’ remembered . 4 June 2020 . . 2 April 2018.
  4. Web site: 2018-12-31 . New Year Honours 2019 - Citations for Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC) . 2024-11-12 . www.dpmc.govt.nz . en.
  5. News: November 2017 . Meet Gretchen Kivell . U3A Forum, newsletter 57.