Southland Girls' High School

Infobox NZ school
name = Southland Girls' High School
badge =
motto = "Non Scholae Sed Vitae Discimus"
Not for school but for life we are learning
type = State, Girls, Secondary (Year 7-13) with boarding facilities at Enwood House
established = 1879
address = Tweed Street,
Invercargill,
New Zealand
principal = Yvonne Browning
roll = 1,179
decile = 5 [ [http://www.minedu.govt.nz/web/downloadable/dl7698_v1/decile-changes-2007-2008-web-state-s-integ.xls Decile change 2007 to 2008 for state & state integrated schools] ]
MOE = 405
homepage = [http://www.southlandgirls.school.nz/ www.southlandgirls.school.nz]

Southland Girls' High School is a girls' secondary school in Invercargill, New Zealand. The 2005 NZQA report commended the school and staff for the very good practices and consistently high standards. [cite web|title=2005 MNA School Assessment|url=http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/nqfdocs/provider-mna-reports/S0405.pdf|work=New Zealand Qualifications Authority|accessdate=2007-12-12]

The school admits a small number of international students. A musical drama is produced in conjunction with Southland Boys' High School.

In 2006 a pupil of the school was poisoned after being duped into eating a fake lolly. [cite web|title=Schoolgirl poisoned by fake 'lollies'|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10376471|date=April 7, 2006|work=New Zealand Herald|accessdate=2007-12-12]

A new school gymnasium was officially opened in 2007 by Sport and Recreation Minister Trevor Mallard. [cite web|title=Southland Girls High keeping active with new gym|url=http://www.beehive.govt.nz/ViewDocument.aspx?DocumentID=30154|date=2007-07-26|work=New Zealand Government|accessdate=2007-12-12] The same year student teams won two national titles in synchronised swimming, with pupil Caitlin Anderson qualifying to represent New Zealand internationally. [cite web|first=Jerrie|last=Andrews|title=2007 The Year In Southern College Sport
url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/4319042a6439.html|date=11 December 2007|work=The Southland Times|accessdate=2007-12-12]

Alumni

* Clare Mallory, pseudonym of Winifred Constance McQuilkan Hall, children's writer and dux of the school

References

External links

* [http://www.southlandgirls.school.nz/ School website]