Forest View High School, Tokoroa
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Forest View High School is a state co-educational secondary school located on the western outskirts of Tokoroa, New Zealand. It opened in 1974 and serves students in years 9 to 13. It is one of two secondary schools at Tokoroa, the other being Tokoroa High School. Like many New Zealand state secondary schools of 1970s construction, the school was built to the S68 design, characterised by single-storey classroom blocks with concrete block walls, low-pitched roofs and internal open courtyards.[4]
| Forest View High School | |
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| Address | |
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Baird Road, Tokoroa | |
| Coordinates | 38°13′11″S 175°50′34″E / 38.2198°S 175.8427°E |
| Information | |
| Type | State co-ed secondary, years 9–13 |
| Motto | Māori: Kia Kaha! Kia Toa! Kia Manawanui! Courage Knows No Defeat! |
| Established | 1974;[1] 50 years ago |
| Ministry of Education Institution no. | 159 |
| Principal | Jocelyn Hale |
| School roll | 428[2] (August 2024) |
| Socio-economic decile | 2F[3] |
| Website | forestviewhigh.school.nz |
Notable alumni
editThis article's list of alumni may not follow Wikipedia's verifiability policy. (October 2023) |
- Tim Armstrong – notable New Zealand musician The Politicians was a founding pupil in 1974
- Willie Bishop – Australian Sevens squad 2009
- Isaac Boss – Ireland national rugby union team; Waikato N.P.C Cap #964: 1999, 2001–05, 52 games; Waikato Chiefs Super Rugby
- Quade Cooper – Wallabies, Queensland Reds, Australian Schoolboys Rugby Team 2002
- Ian Foster – current All Blacks coach, Waikato Rugby team
- Michael Gielen (born 2 June 1971) – Auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Auckland was Deputy Head Boy in 1989.
- Jasin Goldsmith – All Blacks #893 (1988); Waikato N.P.C Cap #847: 1987–88, 24 games[5]
- Isaac John – New Zealand and Cook Islands representative rugby league player
- Richard Kahui – All Blacks #1076 2008–11; Waikato Chiefs Super Rugby 2007–11; Waikato N.P.C Cap #1018: 2004–06, 2008–11, 36 games
- James Kamana – New Zealand Sevens Squad 2008, Waikato Chiefs Super Rugby 2007–08; Waikato N.P.C Cap #1050: 2007–08, 13 games
- Monique Williams – New Zealand's fastest female sprinter, Australian 100 and 200m National champion (2007)
References
edit- ^ "Charter" (PDF). Forest View High School. 2008. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 October 2008. Retrieved 26 June 2008.
- ^ "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
- ^ "Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools". Ministry of Education. Archived from the original on 24 January 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ^ "Catalogue of Standard School Building Types" (PDF). Christchurch: Ministry of Education. August 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 January 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
- ^ Lewis, Paul (29 December 2013). "All Blacks: Gone too soon". The New Zealand Herald.
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