Piopio College

Piopio College

Address
18 Aria Road, Piopio
Coordinates	38°28′22.84″S 175°0′49.51″E / 38.4730111°S 175.0137528°E / -38.4730111; 175.0137528Coordinates: 38°28′22.84″S 175°0′49.51″E / 38.4730111°S 175.0137528°E / -38.4730111; 175.0137528
Information
Type	Co-Ed. Year 7-13.
Established	1975
Ministry of Education Institution no.	162
Principal	Julie Radice
School roll	177^[1] (July 2016)
Socio-economic decile	5M^[2]
Website	piopio.school.nz

Piopio College is a coeducational secondary school in Piopio, a town in the Waitomo District of New Zealand.

History

The College opened in 1975 when Piopio District High School was separated into Piopio Primary School and Piopio College. It won the Goodman Fielder Best School of the Year Award in 1999 jointly with Patearoa School.^[3]

Piopio District High School was formed in 1924. It was the first school in New Zealand to have a school bus service.

A combined schools centenary was held in March 2009.^[4]

Notable alumni

David Fagan - world class shearer
Jenny-May Coffin - formerly Silver Ferns netball player, for which she was the vice-captain in 2001. TVNZ presenter.
Farah Palmer - former captain of the Black Ferns
Rob Waddell - world and Olympic champion rower; grinder for Team New Zealand in the Americas Cup

Principals

Bob Ford - 1975-1979
Brian Tegg - 1980-2001
Tim Davies-Colley - 2002-2007
David Day - 2008–2012
Julie Radice - 2013 - present

References

↑ "Directory of Schools - as at 2 August 2016". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
↑ "Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools". Ministry of Education. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
↑ "Down to earth focus". Education Gazette New Zealand. 79 (13). 24 July 2000.
↑ "Piopio College and Piopio Primary (ex Piopio District High School)". Education Gazette New Zealand. 22 October 2007.

Schools in Waikato, New Zealand

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State-integrated	Lake Taupo Christian School Sacred Heart Girls' College St John's College Waikato Diocesan School For Girls

Private	Hamilton Christian School St Paul's Collegiate School St Peter's School

Future	Rototuna Senior High School (2016)

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