Forest View High School, Tokoroa
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{{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox school
| name = Forest View High School
| motto = {{langx|mi|Kia Kaha! Kia Toa! Kia Manawanui!}}
Courage Knows No Defeat!
| established = 1974;{{cite web|url=http://www.forestviewhigh.school.nz/newsletters/pdf/2008/fvhscharter08.pdf|title=Charter|format=PDF|page=2|year=2008|publisher=Forest View High School|accessdate=2008-06-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081014104516/http://forestviewhigh.school.nz/newsletters/pdf/2008/fvhscharter08.pdf|archive-date=14 October 2008|url-status=dead}} {{years ago|1974}} years ago
| principal = Jocelyn Hale
| address = Baird Road, Tokoroa
| coordinates = {{coord|-38.2198|175.8427|region:NZ-WKO_type:edu|display=inline,title}}
| type = State co-ed secondary, years 9–13
| roll = {{NZ school roll data|159|y||y}} ({{NZ school roll data|||y}})
| MOE = 159
| homepage = [http://www.forestviewhigh.school.nz/ forestviewhigh.school.nz]
}}
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.{{cite web |url= http://www.minedu.govt.nz/NZEducation/EducationPolicies/Schools/PropertyToolBox/StateSchools/Design/EarthquakeResilience/~/media/MinEdu/Files/EducationSectors/PrimarySecondary/PropertyToolbox/StateSchools/Design/General/MOEstandardbuildingcatalogue_ReV1.2.pdf |title= Catalogue of Standard School Building Types |publisher= Ministry of Education |location= Christchurch |date= August 2013 |accessdate= 10 July 2014 |archive-date= 28 January 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150128051636/http://www.minedu.govt.nz/NZEducation/EducationPolicies/Schools/PropertyToolBox/StateSchools/Design/EarthquakeResilience/~/media/MinEdu/Files/EducationSectors/PrimarySecondary/PropertyToolbox/StateSchools/Design/General/MOEstandardbuildingcatalogue_ReV1.2.pdf |url-status= dead }}
Enrolment
As of {{NZ school roll data|3=y}}, Forest View High School has a roll of {{NZ school roll data|159|y}} students, of which {{NZ school roll data|159m|y}} ({{Decimals|{{formatnum:{{NZ school roll data|159m|y}}|R}}/{{formatnum:{{NZ school roll data|159|y}}|R}}*100|1}}%) identify as Māori.{{NZ school roll data|4=y}}
As of {{NZ school equity index data|203||y|||}}, the school has an Equity Index of {{NZ school equity index data|159|y||||}},{{NZ school equity index data|28|||y||}} placing it amongst schools whose students have {{NZ school equity index data|159b|y||||}} socioeconomic barriers to achievement (roughly equivalent to deciles 2 and 3 under the former socio-economic decile system).{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=School Equity Index Bands and Groups |url=https://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/data-services/guidelines/school-equity-index-bands-and-groups |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=www.educationcounts.govt.nz |language=en-NZ}}
Notable alumni
{{Alumni|date=October 2023}}{{maincat|People educated at Forest View High School, Tokoroa}}
- 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{{cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11179023|title=All Blacks: Gone too soon|first=Paul|last=Lewis|work=The New Zealand Herald|date=29 December 2013}}
- 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
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External links
- [http://www.forestviewhigh.school.nz/ School website]
{{Schools in Waikato}}
{{South Waikato District}}
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Category:Secondary schools in Waikato
Category:Educational institutions established in 1974
Category:New Zealand secondary schools of S68 plan construction
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