Ross Intermediate School

Ross Intermediate is a state co-educational intermediate school located in the Palmerston North, New Zealand suburb of Roslyn. It is the first school in New Zealand to have its own television station and laptop programme. The school television station has since been discontinued.

Ross Intermediate School
Te Kura Waenga o Ross
Address
25 Freyberg Street, 4414, Palmerston North, Manawatu, New Zealand
Coordinates40.3380°S 175.6255°E / -40.3380; 175.6255
Information
TypeState co-educational intermediate (Years 7–8)
Established1958
Ministry of Education Institution no.2440
PrincipalWayne Jenkins
Age11 to 13
School roll496[1] (April 2023)
HousesSheppard, Hillary, Cooper and Ngata
Socio-economic decile6
Websitewww.rossint.school.nz

Opening in 1958, Ross Intermediate has a school roll of 496 students as of April 2023.[1] Students are placed into a composite class on the first day of Year 7. Students usually stay with the same teacher for their two years attending the school. As of 2015, class sizes are no more than 24 students. However, the school tries to keep numbers at 23 students per class.[2]

History

Ross Intermediate School was officially opened by the Minister of Education and local MP Philip Skoglund, on 14 February 1958.

School houses

In 2006, under the guidance of principal Wayne Jenkins, the school houses were established as a way of creating competition among the school. These are useful for organising competitive teams in sports and cultural events. On creation, the houses were Ngata, Hillary, Cooper and Batten. In 2014, a new house was added, named Cooper; this house contained the school's media classes. In 2015, Batten was removed, resulting in the current house system. The current house names, with the exception of Cooper, are the same house names used for Awatapu College, also in Palmerston North.

Houses
HillaryNamed after Sir Edmund Hillary.
NgataNamed after Sir Āpirana Ngata.
SheppardNamed after Kate Sheppard.
CooperNamed after Dame Whina Cooper.

References
  1. "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  2. "Ross Intermediate | School Info".
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