Sacred Heart Girls' College, Hamilton

Infobox NZ school
name = Sacred Heart Girls' College
motto = Age Quod Agis
badge =
type = State single-sex girls, Secondary (Year 9-15) with Boarding Facilities
established = 1884
address =PO Box 4064 ,
Actual address:
52 Clyde St,
Hamilton East,
Hamilton
principal = Ally Gibbons
head_label =Headmaster
roll = 833
decile = 7
MOE = 139
homepage = [http://www.shgcham.school.nz/ www.shgcham.school.nz]

Sacred Heart Girls College is a state integrated Catholic Girls' secondary school in Hamilton, New Zealand. The school was established by the Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions in 1884. The school crest features the name of the school SH and the symbol † representing a cross which is a very important symbol in the Catholic Church, with the motto "Age Quod Agis" strewn across the bottom, translating loosely into "What ever you do, do to the best of your ability".

Sacred Heart Girls' College has a strong relationship with its brother Catholic school, St John's College, with whom it holds a yearly ball and social/discos, a St Johns College and Sacred Heart Girls College Combined Concert Band, and bi-annual musical play/production, along with numerous other activities.

History

In 1884, Sacred Heart Girls College was opened as a Catholic Secondary School by the Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions. To povide a education for the catholic woman in the waikato.It was a very small school but has now extended and has 4 netball courts across the road from the school and they also brought some more land and built a auditorium.It is now a very successful school with 833 students.

2008 Uniform

The school colours are cherry red and black. Third formers/year nines through to six formers/year 12 wear white blazers with the words SHGC sticthed on the top left collar (from frount veiw), with a black and red patch work type skirt, with a sweat shrit with thw logo imprinted on the top right, also with a red blazer the same logo ect as the sweat shirt but a lighter red with black stockings and black leather shoes. seventh formers/year 13 wearig the same without the weatshirt, They wear red and black tie with a long black skirt along with black stockings with black shoes.

Sports

Sacred Heart Girls College has facilities for physical education and allied sports with its gymnasium, tennis and netball courts and use of Steele Park.Yearly sports days are held for swimming and athletics. All practices of the major sports are held outside class times, with games being played after school and in the weekends. Students have been selected as Waikato representatives in most sports, and many have gone on to win national and international honours.

Netball is particularly strong in the school, with 30 teams fielded every Saturday morning, giving opportunities at all levels, from top grade to social. Senior students are trained as umpires and scorers, as well as junior team coaches.

The current sports at Sacred Heart are : athletics, badminton, basketball, cricket, hockey, netball, soccer, softball, squash, swimming, tennis, touch rugby, volleyball, water polo.

Enrolment

Enrolment was traditionally by academic examination followed by an interview. Alternatively a student might be enrolled if she had a family connection to the school, or she is a Baptised and a confirmed Catholic, and or she used to go to a catholic primay school in waikato, or she goes to chuch and gets a letter of recommendation from a catholic priest. If she is catholic he has a very high chance of getting in!

Notes

See also

* List of schools in New Zealand

External links

* [http://http://www.shgcham.school.nz/ Sacred Heart Girls College Website]