| Westlake Boys High School | |
| Native Name: | Maori: Te Kura Tuarua o Ngā Taitamatāne o Ururoto |
| Motto: | Virtute Experiamur Let Courage Be Thy Test |
| Location: | Forrest Hill, Auckland, New Zealand |
| Coordinates: | -36.7767°N 174.7494°W |
| Type: | State single-sex boys secondary (Year 9–13) |
| Roll: | |
| Moe: | 37 |
| Headmaster: | David Ferguson |
| Decile: | 9Q[1] |
| Houses: | Hood Murchison Pupuke Smale Stanley Ururoto |
| School Colours: | Green Red |
Westlake Boys High School (Maori: Te Kura Tuarua o Ngā Taitamatāne o Ururoto) is a state secondary school for boys in Forrest Hill, Auckland, New Zealand. The school opened in 1962, when Westlake High School (opened 1958) split into Westlake Girls High School on the existing site and Westlake Boys High School on a new site.[2] Serving Years 9 to 13, the college has students as of .
Westlake Boys Deputy headmaster David Ferguson took on the role of Headmaster of Westlake Boys High School, taking over from Craig Monaghan, a former Commonwealth Games Judo representative and referee.[3]
Physically a few hundred metres apart, Westlake Girls and Westlake Boys engage in a joint annual theatrical production, participate in several joint musical ensembles (including a joint choir, two orchestras, a concert band and a jazz band), and some social dances, among other things. The two schools share a motto – Virtute Experiamur – "Let Courage Be Thy Test" in Latin.
Westlake Boys High School uses the National Certificate of Educational Achievement to assess students. Until 2019, it also offered Cambridge Assessment International Education as an option, but this was phased out from 2016.[4] [5]
The school's teams compete in all Auckland and North Harbour inter-secondary school competitions leading to regional, national and international championships.[6] In 2008/09, Westlake came second in both the Gillette and Maadi Cups in 2009, in both cases, losing to Hamilton Boys'.
The educational music programme covers performance, composition, analysis, history and aural skills. Along with the option of taking music as a subject, there is also a compulsory Year 9 course, focusing on the appreciation of music and drama in everyday life through theoretical and practical exercises, which runs for multiple weeks throughout the year.[7]
The school has a number of performing groups: a choir ('Voicemale'), a Barbershop Chorus ('Virtutti'), a Concert Band, Stage Band, and Junior Symphonic band. Orchestral groups include the Westlake Symphony, Chamber Orchestra the junior Taharoto Orchestra and the boys' string groups Conchordia and Camerata. The performing groups have won awards at the annual KBB Music Festival (formerly the Auckland Secondary Schools Band and Orchestra Festival or 'ASSBOF'). Some groups, such as the Choralation Choir, which won the platinum award at the Big Sing Finale in 2009, 2010, and 2011 are combined with Westlake Girls High School.[8]