Glen Eden Intermediate School
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Glen Eden Intermediate School is a large school located just north of Titirangi
in the small suburb of Kaurilands in Auckland, New Zealand
. The school roll fluctuates around 1050 students. Evidently the school is an attractive choice for year 7-8 students as the school has implemented a zoning system. In-zone suburbs include Titirangi
, Laingholm
, most of Glen Eden
and nearby Konini
and Kaurilands.
The school was divided into 8 syndicates, all named after New Zealand trees, each with four classrooms (except the "Manuka" syndicate which held five). In 2010, G.E.I.S. replaced the syndicates with four "mini-schools": Te Henga, Karekare, Muriwai and Piha. All are named after the West Coast beaches and have 8 classes (except Muriwai and Te Henga, which have nine). All four mini-schools have one enhanced learning class; two year seven classes and two year eight classes. The school now separates year 7s and 8s, although in 2009 they had composite classes.
In the mid 1990s, the school built a technology block which now teaches one mini-school everyday and has eight classes: Food technology, Design technology, Sound arts, Dramatic arts, Visual art, Hard materials, Textiles technology, and Video production.
The video production room is also the headquarters of "Cactus", the school's daily TV messages system.
The school also has a Radio Station; T.N.T (Totally Not Television).
In late 2004-2005, the school added an auditorium which was later merged with the administration block, this is now an outstanding figure at the front of the school and covers almost as much area as their gym which they have become well known for.
The uniform consists of culottes for girls and shorts for boys. Boys and girls must wear white polo shirts. It is optional to wear a red polar fleece and/or bottle green jacket. All students must wear a green p.e shirt and black p.e. shorts for fitness, which happens daily, with the exception of Mondays and bad weather.
All classes have a class councilor and vice class councilor, whom are required to attend the weekly school council meetings.
Each year the school holds a cross country day, athletics day, and a swimming sports day.
The school has 34 classrooms 1-8 in Karekare, 9-16 in Piha, 17-25 in Te Henga and 26-34 in Muriwai
The school fitness program consists of Road run which is a run around the school, aerobics which is dancing, The Turf which is working out and doing laps of the Turf and Back courts which is like relays.
Titirangi
Titirangi is a suburb in the Waitakere Ward of the city of Auckland in northern New Zealand. It is an affluent, residential suburb located 13 kilometres to the southwest of the Auckland city centre, at the southern end of the Waitakere Ranges...
in the small suburb of Kaurilands in Auckland, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
. The school roll fluctuates around 1050 students. Evidently the school is an attractive choice for year 7-8 students as the school has implemented a zoning system. In-zone suburbs include Titirangi
Titirangi
Titirangi is a suburb in the Waitakere Ward of the city of Auckland in northern New Zealand. It is an affluent, residential suburb located 13 kilometres to the southwest of the Auckland city centre, at the southern end of the Waitakere Ranges...
, Laingholm
Laingholm
Laingholm is a small community situated in the Waitakere Ranges west of Auckland, in one of the fastest growing regions in New Zealand. It is part of Waitakere City, New Zealand's first "eco-city"....
, most of Glen Eden
Glen Eden
Glen Eden is the name of:*Glen Eden in Milton, Ontario, Canada*Glen Eden, New Zealand is a suburb of Waitakere city, Auckland...
and nearby Konini
Konini
Konini is a suburb in the west of Auckland, New Zealand, under the local governance of the Waitakere City Council. According to the 2001 census, Konini has a population of 3522....
and Kaurilands.
The school was divided into 8 syndicates, all named after New Zealand trees, each with four classrooms (except the "Manuka" syndicate which held five). In 2010, G.E.I.S. replaced the syndicates with four "mini-schools": Te Henga, Karekare, Muriwai and Piha. All are named after the West Coast beaches and have 8 classes (except Muriwai and Te Henga, which have nine). All four mini-schools have one enhanced learning class; two year seven classes and two year eight classes. The school now separates year 7s and 8s, although in 2009 they had composite classes.
In the mid 1990s, the school built a technology block which now teaches one mini-school everyday and has eight classes: Food technology, Design technology, Sound arts, Dramatic arts, Visual art, Hard materials, Textiles technology, and Video production.
The video production room is also the headquarters of "Cactus", the school's daily TV messages system.
The school also has a Radio Station; T.N.T (Totally Not Television).
In late 2004-2005, the school added an auditorium which was later merged with the administration block, this is now an outstanding figure at the front of the school and covers almost as much area as their gym which they have become well known for.
The uniform consists of culottes for girls and shorts for boys. Boys and girls must wear white polo shirts. It is optional to wear a red polar fleece and/or bottle green jacket. All students must wear a green p.e shirt and black p.e. shorts for fitness, which happens daily, with the exception of Mondays and bad weather.
All classes have a class councilor and vice class councilor, whom are required to attend the weekly school council meetings.
Each year the school holds a cross country day, athletics day, and a swimming sports day.
The school has 34 classrooms 1-8 in Karekare, 9-16 in Piha, 17-25 in Te Henga and 26-34 in Muriwai
The school fitness program consists of Road run which is a run around the school, aerobics which is dancing, The Turf which is working out and doing laps of the Turf and Back courts which is like relays.