- Source: Mount Aspiring College
Mount Aspiring College is a state coeducational secondary school in Wānaka, New Zealand. It was founded in 1986 after the division of Wānaka Area School into separate primary and secondary schools. The college, though normally a day school, operates a hostel beside the school grounds for 30 Year 13 students.
Enrolment
Mount Aspiring College is naturally zoned by the school's isolation (the nearest alternative secondary school is Cromwell College, 55 kilometres away in Cromwell), therefore does not need to operate an enrolment scheme. The school's effective service area extends north to Makarora, east to Tarras and Queensberry, south to Cardrona, and west to the Southern Alps.
At the August 2015 Education Review Office (ERO) review of the school, the school had 789 students enrolled. The school roll's gender composition was 51% male and 49% female. The ethnic composition was 88% European (Pākehā), 7% Māori, 3% Asian, and 2% Other.
At the September 2019 Education Review Office (ERO) review of the school, the school had 1078 students enrolled, including 32 international students. The ERO report found
Mt Aspiring College’s performance in achieving valued outcomes for its students is: Developing.
Principals
1989–1998: Michael (Mike) Allison
1998–2008: Maurice (Maurie) Jackways
2008–2020: Wayne Bosley
2020–2021: Dean Sheppard (acting)
2021–present: Nicola Jacobsen
Hostel Program
The College operates a year 13 boarding programme and intakes 30 students each year, the programme is notable for its intensive outdoor pursuits program, which runs alongside daily time-tabled classes.
The Mount Aspiring College Village consists of five custom-built flats, constructed in 1996. Each flat is named after notable landmarks in the local area; Arawhata- named after Arawhata River, Avalanche- named after Avalanche Peak (New Zealand), Cascade- named after Cascade Saddle (Located in Mount Aspiring National Park), Liverpool- named after Liverpool Hut, and Rob Roy- named after Rob Roy Glacier
Notable alumni
Ellesse Andrews (born 1999), Olympic track cyclist
Zoi Sadowski-Synnott (born 2001), Olympic snowboarder
See also
List of schools in New Zealand
References
External links
School website
Education Review Office (ERO) reports for Mount Aspiring College
ERO report
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Ellesse Andrews
- Mount Aspiring College
- Mou Waho
- Ellesse Andrews
- Zoi Sadowski-Synnott
- Wānaka
- Haast, New Zealand
- Campbell Wright
- Gustav Legnavsky
- Ben Harrington
- Peter Dahl (rugby union)