Gisborne Intermediate
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{{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2020}}
{{Infobox school
| name = Gisborne Intermediate School
| seal_image =
| motto = Hold your head high and walk with pride
| type = State Coeducational Intermediate
| principal = Mr Glen Udall
| roll = {{NZ school roll data|2566|y||y}} ({{NZ school roll data|||y}})
| address = Roebuck Road, Gisborne
| coordinates = {{coord|-38.6628|178.0116|region:NZ_type:edu|display=inline,title}}
| website = [http://www.gisint.co.nz/ gisint.co.nz]
| decile = 4
| MOE = 2566
}}
Gisborne Intermediate School is a co-education public intermediate school in Gisborne, New Zealand for students in Year 7 to 8.{{cite web|title=Gisborne Intermediate|url=http://www.ero.govt.nz/review-reports/gisborne-intermediate-22-10-2013/|website=Education Review Office|access-date=28 May 2016|date=22 October 2013}} As of 2016, the school had a roll of 590 students.{{cite news|last1=Dalrymple|first1=Kayla|title=Zoning shuts 17 out of Gisborne Intermediate|url=http://gisborneherald.co.nz/localnews/2124699-135/zoning-shuts-17-out-of-gisborne|access-date=28 May 2016|work=The Gisborne Herald|date=19 January 2016}}
History
Gisborne Intermediate School opened on 20 May 1940 with a school roll of 440 pupils and F. R. Slevin as headmaster. Slevin resigned in 1945 and was succeeded by R. McGlashen.{{cite book|last1=Mackay|first1=Joseph Angus|title=Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., N.Z.|page=362|url=http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-MacHist-t1-body-d38-d8-d3.html}}
In 2014, the school underwent a $2.3 million upgrade as part of the New Zealand Ministry of Education's Building Improvement Programme which included the construction of a new music suite with an outdoor performance area.{{cite web|title=Gisborne Intermediate undergoes $2.3m upgrade|url=http://nikkikaye.co.nz/2014/08/08/gisborne-intermediate-undergoes-2-3m-upgrade/|website=Nikki Kaye MP|access-date=28 May 2016}}
School organisation
Gisborne Intermediate is divided into four education teams. They each have their own individual colour and are named after local Gisborne rivers. The teams are: Taruheru (Green), Waipoa (Red), Waimata (Yellow) and Turanganui (Blue). These teams each have their own team leader. Gisborne Intermediate also use these teams at school events such as their athletics, swimming sports, cross country etc. Each team gets rewarded a certain number of points for participating, place getting and good behaviour.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}
Notable alumni
{{main cat|People educated at Gisborne Intermediate}}
- Alan Thompson – New Zealand Surf Lifesaving representative{{cite web|title=Alan Thompson – Tairawhiti Legend of Sport|url=http://www.sportgisborne.org.nz/links/COMMUNITY_SPORT/Legends_of_Sport/Alan_Thompson|website=Sport Gisborne|access-date=28 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160810190931/http://sportgisborne.org.nz/links/COMMUNITY_SPORT/Legends_of_Sport/Alan_Thompson|archive-date=10 August 2016|url-status=dead}}
- Graeme Hansen – Olympic Equestrian showjumper{{cite web |title=Graeme Hansen – Tairawhiti Legend of Sport|url=https://www.sportgisborne.org.nz/legend-of-sport/graeme-hansen/ |website=Sport Gisborne|access-date=24 April 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160810223924/http://sportgisborne.org.nz/links/COMMUNITY_SPORT/Legends_of_Sport/Graeme_Hansen |archive-date=10 August 2016|url-status=live}}
- Maz Quinn – Professional surfer{{cite web|title=Maz Quinn – Tairawhiti Legend of Sport|url=http://www.sportgisborne.org.nz/links/COMMUNITY_SPORT/Legends_of_Sport/Maz_Quinn|website=Sport Gisborne|access-date=28 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160810155548/http://sportgisborne.org.nz/links/COMMUNITY_SPORT/Legends_of_Sport/Maz_Quinn|archive-date=10 August 2016|url-status=dead}}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.gisint.co.nz/ Gisborne Intermediate School official website]
{{Gisborne District}}