Kaipara College


Kaipara College is a secondary school in Helensville, New Zealand. The current principal is, as of Term 4 2017, Steve McCracken.

History

The school began as Helensville District High School in 1924, and changed its name to Kaipara College in 1959. A fire destroyed two classrooms and many resources in December 2006.
Since 2010, construction has begun on the school up until today. New buildings include new science, English and social studies blocks as well as a new canteen. The old buildings were knocked down and replaced with said buildings. There are more plans for the college to be reconstructed further.

Style of Education

Kaipara College employs a mid-range teacher to student ratio, with classes hovering around the 20-30 student per class mark. The school uses a 'card' system to either discipline or commend behavior. There are four types of cards. Green cards, which are used to commend good work and can be entered into a draw to receive prizes at an end-of-term draw. There are orange cards which warn the students, red cards which send the student to the Dean's office and finally a white card which will place the student at the head of faculty's classroom for that period.
The school also has its own tuck shop which is run by Helensville District Health Trust and the food is prepared at Te Whare Oranga ō Parakai.

Demographics

According to the 2017 Education Review Office report the school had 179 pupils out of which 18 were international. Out of those, 54% were male and 46% were female. The racial markup was 66% Pākehā, 28% Māori, 2% Asian, 3% Pacific and 1% of other races.

Notable alumni

Notable alumni include All Black Tony Woodcock, Manawatu Standard Editor Michael Cummings, veteran broadcaster Dave Grove, Charles Philip Littlejohn and New Zealand Champion Motocross rider Chris Birch.