St Andrew's College, also known as StAC, in Christchurch, New Zealand, is a private, co-educational school that enrols from pre-school to secondary Year 13. It was founded in 1917 and it is the only independent, co-educational primary and secondary school in New Zealand's South Island. Although now a fully co-educational school, it was formerly an all-boys school. It became fully co-educational in 2001.[3] The current rector of St Andrew's College is Christine Leighton.
St Andrew's College was founded by Rev. Alexander Thomas Thompson in 1917 in the Scottish Presbyterian tradition of the Christian faith.
St Andrew's College gate column
The school began in a humble fashion with 19 boys and four teachers, driven by the determination of the Reverend Thompson, whose driving ambition was to ‘educate the sons of the Presbyterian and Scottish community of Canterbury.’
StAC had three boarding houses for the 165 boarders of years 9 to 13: MacGibbon (years 9 to 11) and Rutherford (years 11 to 13) for boys, and Thompson (years 9 to 13) for girls. Boarding facilities were damaged in the 2011 Christchurch earthquake; as a result, the boarders have lived in local motels until the new boarding houses were opened at the start of 2013. Thompson and Rutherford houses have been demolished and replaced with new facilities while McGibbon House has been refurbished and strengthened. Boarding used to be available for year 7 and 8 students, but is no longer provided. St Andrew's College has four houses: Rutherford, MacGibbon, Thompson and Erwin.
On 31 October 2008, the students and teachers of St Andrew's College set a world record for the largest school mass dance with a recital of the YMCA.
In 2020, students of the school reported that a teacher tore down posters and verbally abused them for promoting the Black Lives Matter movement.[4] The school conducted an investigation but did not publish the outcome.[5]
Plansedit
The 22 February 2011 Christchurch earthquake severely damaged the school chapel and forced the closure of the school arts block and Strowan house, which both sustained some structural damage, however, most of the schools buildings were relatively undamaged, and the arts block has since been repaired and strengthened. Strowan house has now re-opened, and a new chapel has been built which incorporates design features from the original chapel. In late 2014 Erwin house was demolished to make room for a second gymnasium.
Recently[when?] the school has opened three new buildings including a fitness centre and a new library. The school expects to open a new theatre complex by November 2023.[6]
Rectorsedit
The following is a complete list of the rectors of St Andrew's College:
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This article is about the school in New Zealand For other similarly named institutions see St Andrew s College disambiguation This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources St Andrew s College Christchurch news newspapers books scholar JSTOR March 2012 Learn how and when to remove this template message St Andrew s College also known as StAC in Christchurch New Zealand is a private co educational school that enrols from pre school to secondary Year 13 It was founded in 1917 and it is the only independent co educational primary and secondary school in New Zealand s South Island Although now a fully co educational school it was formerly an all boys school It became fully co educational in 2001 3 The current rector of St Andrew s College is Christine Leighton St Andrew s CollegeAddress347 Papanui Road Strowan Christchurch 8052 New ZealandCoordinates43 30 29 S 172 36 50 E 43 5081 S 172 6138 E 43 5081 172 6138InformationTypePrivate fully reg Years 1 13 MottoFides et Patria Faith and Country Established1917Ministry of Education Institution no 318ChairpersonFelicity OdlinRectorChristine Leighton 1 ChaplainPaul MorrowSchool roll1603 2 April 2023 Socio economic decile10Websitestac school nz Contents 1 History 2 Plans 3 Rectors 4 Notable alumni 5 References 6 External linksHistory editThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed January 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message St Andrew s College was founded by Rev Alexander Thomas Thompson in 1917 in the Scottish Presbyterian tradition of the Christian faith nbsp St Andrew s College gate columnThe school began in a humble fashion with 19 boys and four teachers driven by the determination of the Reverend Thompson whose driving ambition was to educate the sons of the Presbyterian and Scottish community of Canterbury StAC had three boarding houses for the 165 boarders of years 9 to 13 MacGibbon years 9 to 11 and Rutherford years 11 to 13 for boys and Thompson years 9 to 13 for girls Boarding facilities were damaged in the 2011 Christchurch earthquake as a result the boarders have lived in local motels until the new boarding houses were opened at the start of 2013 Thompson and Rutherford houses have been demolished and replaced with new facilities while McGibbon House has been refurbished and strengthened Boarding used to be available for year 7 and 8 students but is no longer provided St Andrew s College has four houses Rutherford MacGibbon Thompson and Erwin On 31 October 2008 the students and teachers of St Andrew s College set a world record for the largest school mass dance with a recital of the YMCA In 2020 students of the school reported that a teacher tore down posters and verbally abused them for promoting the Black Lives Matter movement 4 The school conducted an investigation but did not publish the outcome 5 Plans editThe 22 February 2011 Christchurch earthquake severely damaged the school chapel and forced the closure of the school arts block and Strowan house which both sustained some structural damage however most of the schools buildings were relatively undamaged and the arts block has since been repaired and strengthened Strowan house has now re opened and a new chapel has been built which incorporates design features from the original chapel In late 2014 Erwin house was demolished to make room for a second gymnasium Recently when the school has opened three new buildings including a fitness centre and a new library The school expects to open a new theatre complex by November 2023 6 Rectors editThe following is a complete list of the rectors of St Andrew s College Name Term1 Sydney Rushbrook Dickinson 1917 1919 7 2 Alexander Knox Anderson 1920 1934 8 3 John Bibby Mawson 1934 1947 9 4 Leslie Walter Stewart 1948 1962 10 5 Ian Galloway 1962 1982 11 6 John Rentoul 1982 1994 11 12 7 Barry Maister 1994 2001 13 14 8 Nigel Fairbairn 2002 2004 14 15 9 Harvey Rees Thomas 2005 2007 16 10 Christine Leighton 2007 present 17 Notable alumni editThis article s list of alumni may not follow Wikipedia s verifiability policy Please improve this article by removing names that do not have independent reliable sources showing they merit inclusion in this article AND are alumni or by incorporating the relevant publications into the body of the article through appropriate citations September 2023 Main category People educated at St Andrew s College Christchurch Albert Anderson born 1961 rugby union player Mark Abbott born 1991 rugby union player Andrew Bird born 1967 Olympic coxswain Ben Blair born 1979 rugby union player John Britten 1950 1995 inventor Scott Cartwright born 1954 rugby union player Mark Chignell born 1956 human factors researcher Rod Donald 1957 2005 Member of Parliament Joe Earl born 1952 Olympic rower 18 Peter Gordon 1921 1991 Member of Parliament and cabinet minister Eliza Grigg alpine ski racer Chris Harris born 1969 cricketer Hamish Hay 1927 2008 former Mayor of Christchurch Phil Keoghan born 1967 television presenter and host 19 Roy Kerr born 1934 mathematician Chris King born 1981 rugby union player Richie Mo unga born 1994 rugby union player Carl Nixon born 1967 novelist short story writer and playwright Gordon Ogilvie 1934 2017 historian Tim Perry rugby union born 1988 rugby union player Jack Rumbold 1920 2001 cricketer and colonial legal administrator 20 Sir Ieremia Tabai born 1950 first president of Kiribati 1979 1991 politician Philip Woollaston born 1944 politician vintner Hugh Wilson born 1945 botanist 21 Richard Wilson born 1953 rugby union player Rodney Wilson 1945 2013 art historian and museum director Alex Wyllie born 1944 rugby union player Telusa Veainu born 1990 rugby union playerReferences edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to St Andrew s College Christchurch Board of Governors Retrieved 20 June 2023 New Zealand Schools Directory New Zealand Ministry of Education Retrieved 12 December 2022 St Andrew s to go fully co ed The Press 2 November 1996 Retrieved 23 December 2010 dead link Christchurch school investigating after Black Lives Matter posters torn down RNZ 8 June 2020 Retrieved 10 June 2020 School handles Black Lives Matter poster removal internally RNZ 9 June 2020 Retrieved 10 June 2020 Nga Toi Performing Arts Centre St Andrew s College Christchurch www stac school nz Retrieved 10 June 2023 Mr W S MacGibbon leaves 272 000 The Press Vol 101 no 29834 29 May 1962 p 12 Retrieved 12 September 2023 Obituary Mr A K Anderson The Press Vol 91 no 27551 7 January 1955 p 3 Retrieved 12 September 2023 Obituary Mr J B Mawson The Press Vol 87 no 26403 23 April 1951 p 3 Retrieved 12 September 2023 Former rector of St Andrew s dead The Press Vol 111 no 32725 30 September 1971 p 9 Retrieved 12 September 2023 a b St Andrew s rector to retire soon The Press 29 April 1982 p 13 Retrieved 12 September 2023 Rector s comment St Andrew s College 18 March 2022 Retrieved 12 September 2023 Barry Maister The Press 26 February 2001 p 19 a b College names new rector The Press 3 July 2001 p 8 St Andrew s head quits The Press 18 August 2004 p 1 College keeps head The Press 9 November 2005 p 9 School appoints woman The Press 5 May 2007 p 8 Bidwell Peter 2010 Reflections of Gold Auckland HarperCollins p 58 ISBN 978 1 86950 808 1 Gadd David 27 February 2011 Spirits will not be crushed Fairfax New Zealand Retrieved 5 March 2012 Sir Jack Rumbold The Daily Telegraph 24 December 2001 ISSN 0307 1235 Retrieved 12 July 2020 Wilson Hugh D 2002 Hinewai the journal of a New Zealand naturalist Christchurch Shoal Bay Press Ltd p 1 ISBN 1 877251 20 8 External links editSt Andrew s official site Education Review Office report 1 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title St Andrew 27s College Christchurch amp 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