Mount Aspiring College

Mount Aspiring College
Mount Aspiring College
Location
Plantation Road, Wanaka
Coordinates 44°41′14″S 169°08′09″E / 44.6871°S 169.1359°E / -44.6871; 169.1359Coordinates: 44°41′14″S 169°08′09″E / 44.6871°S 169.1359°E / -44.6871; 169.1359
Information
Type State co-ed secondary (Year 7-13) with senior boarding facilities
Motto Enjoy Success
Established 1989
Ministry of Education Institution no. 533
Principal Wayne Bosley
School roll 625[1]
Socio-economic decile 10[2]
Website

Mount Aspiring College is a secondary school in Wanaka, New Zealand. It was founded in 1989 after the division of Wanaka Area School. It is a state-run, co-educational school. The college, though normally a day school, operates a hostel beside the school grounds for 30 Year 13 students, who usually come to Mount Aspiring in order to attend its well-known Outdoor Pursuits programme.

The school has a reputation in New Zealand as a modern, dynamic institution. It is also noted for its rapid growth in its roll, usually attributed to the Outdoor Pursuits programme and the population explosion of Wanaka, and in its academic achievement.

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Principals

  • 1989-1998: Mr. Michael (Mike) Allison
  • 1998-2008:[3] Mr. Maurice (Maurie) Jackways
  • Wayne Bosley was Acting Principal 2007-2008
  • 2008-: Mr. Wayne Bosley

In June 2007 Maurie Jackways went on leave to work as an advisor to Otago University for five months,[4] later extended to a full year.[5] Wayne Bosley, the Deputy Principal, served as the Acting Principal until August 2008.[4] In the school newsletter of April 16, 2008, Maurie Jackways announced his resignation as Principal, effective July 18, 2008, and thus did not return to the job at the end of his leave period.[3] On August 11, 2008, Board of Trustees chairman Grant Ruddenklau announced the unanimous appointment of Wayne Bosley as the new Principal.[6] He took office on August 25.[6] The Board later appointed Greg Thornton to replace him as Deputy Principal; he took up this position at the start of the 2009 school year.[7]

School Houses

Mount Aspiring has four houses: Barker, Iron, Pisa and Roy. Each house represents a different mountain in the Wanaka area. The houses are each assigned a colour: Barker is green, Iron is red, Pisa is yellow and Roy is blue. The houses compete during the year to win the house shield. Examples of activities are Cross Country running, Skiing, Swimming, Choral competition, 40 Hour Famine, Athletics and Tug of War. Before 2002, when the roll grew too large, the school had three houses, Wilkin, Clutha and Hunter, named after local rivers. Prior to that, there were only two houses, East and West.

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