Hutt International Boys' School

Infobox NZ school
name = Hutt International Boys' School
badge =
motto = Motto: "Encourage and Expect Excellence"
type = Single sex boys State Integrated Secondary (Year 7-13)
established = 1991
address = Granville Street,
Trentham,
Upper Hutt,
New Zealand
principal = Graham Duffy
roll = 656 (As of 2007)
decile = 10
MOE = 4158
homepage = [http://www.hibs.school.nz www.hibs.school.nz]

Hutt International Boys' School (usually known by its acronym, HIBS) is a state integrated boys' secondary school in Upper Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand.

As of 2008 the Principal is Grahame Duffy, who was appointed to the role in 2001.

Foundation

HIBS was founded in 1991 as a private school, and was then known as Hutt Independent Boys' School. The school was briefly sited in Silverstream, Upper Hutt. However, in 1994 the school moved to Trentham, Upper Hutt on land previously used by the Wellington Racing Club and opted for state integration, keeping its 'special character' as an Anglican-faith based school. A major construction programme was started in 2004, and just recently the final stage of it has been finished, which was the auditorium.

ister schools

The school has a brother / sister school relationship with Lower Hutt's Chilton St James private girls' school. HIBS also has a brother school relationship with Japan's Reitaku Mizunami High School and Meitoku-Gijuku High School and China's Xi'an High School.

House system

The school has operated a house system since 1996, similar to that used in English public schools. Each house is named after an iconic New Zealander: Freyberg (named after Bernard Freyberg), Halberg (named after Murray Halberg), Rutherford (named after Ernest Rutherford), and Hillary (named after Edmund Hillary). These houses compete against each other, in friendly competition for the house cup in a number of events throughout the year. These events include: Octathalon, Relay For Life, Swimming, Touch, Basketball, Football, Volleyball, Singing, Hill Run, and Academic Progress.

Information technology

The new group SITU (Student Information Technology Unit) allows students to help work with teachers in the IT area. They will help basic issues teachers may face and aid teachers in certain IT tasks. As an incentive, the students learn more in their area of expertise from the HIBS IT technicians, as well as sometimes going to externally run courses in their particular area, paid for by the school.

ports teams

* Hutt International Boys School Stallions - American Gridiron team
* Hutt International Boys School Weightlifting - Weightlifting and Powerlifting team
* Hutt International Boys School 1st XI Cricket Team
* Hutt International Boys School 1st XI Soccer/Football Team
* Hutt International Boys School 2nd XI Soccer/Football Team
* Hutt International Boys School 3rd XI Soccer/Football Team