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School
Sacred Heart Girls' College
Address
9 Pukaka Street,
Fitzroy,
New Plymouth,
New Zealand
Coordinates39°03′10″S 174°06′10″E / 39.0527°S 174.1027°E / -39.0527; 174.1027
Information
TypeIntegrated secondary (year 7–13) single sex, girls
MottoLatin: Age Quod Agis
(Whatever you do, do to the best of your ability)
Established1884; 140 years ago
Ministry of Education Institution no.174
PrincipalBarbara Costelloe
School roll736 (August 2024)
Socio-economic decile8
Websitecatholicgirlsnp.school.nz

Sacred Heart Girls' College is a single-sex (girls) secondary and intermediate school in New Plymouth, New Zealand.

Sacred Heart started as a school and boarding facility called Sacred Heart College, founded by the Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions in 1884. The school was next to the present St Joseph's Church and catered for primary & secondary students. In 1960 the school moved to its present site and was renamed Sacred Heart Girls’ College. The boarding hostel for up to 78 boarders, now called "Elizabeth House", was added in 1970. The original school hall was demolished and rebuilt into new rooms for Māori, drama, music and general classrooms, opened in January 2012.

The college, which is under the control of the Mission College New Plymouth Trust Board, became an integrated secondary school, with an attached intermediate school in 1982. Buildings erected since then include the library, staff room and administrative facilities known as the Centennial Wing, a Mathematics block, Religious Studies block and Graphics workshops and a new 5-classroom block (including soft materials technology). The college is situated in grounds which include tennis courts, netball courts and sports field.

The current principal is Barbara Costelloe.

Houses

Notable alumni

Main category: People educated at Sacred Heart Girls' College, New Plymouth

References

  1. "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
  2. "Staff". Retrieved 14 September 2022.

Sources

  • Ernest Richard Simmons, Brief history of the Catholic Church in New Zealand, Catholic Publications Centre, Auckland, 1978.
  • For the glory of God in New Plymouth : centenary : Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions, New Plymouth-Taranaki-New Zealand, Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions and Centennial Committee, 1985, New Plymouth, 1985.
  • Michael King, God's farthest outpost : a history of Catholics in New Zealand, Viking, Auckland 1997.
  • Michael O'Meeghan S.M., Steadfast in hope : the story of the Catholic Archdiocese of Wellington 1850–2000, Dunmore press, Palmerston North, 2003.
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New Plymouth District, New Zealand
Seat: New Plymouth Central
Populated places
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Puketapa-Bell Block C.B.
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- locality that was formerly part of the defunct South-West Ward until 2022; - locality that was formerly part of the defunct New Plymouth City Ward until 2022; - area not within a community board


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