Ross Intermediate School

School in Palmerston North, New Zealand

Ross Intermediate School

Te Kura Waenga o Ross

Address

25 Freyberg Street, 4414, Palmerston North, Manawatu, New Zealand

Coordinates| 40°20′17″S 175°37′32″E﻿ / ﻿40.3380°S 175.6255°E﻿ / -40.3380; 175.6255
Information
Type| State co-educational intermediate (Years 7–8)
Established| 1958
Ministry of Education Institution no.| 2440
Principal| Wayne Jenkins
Age| 11 to 13
School roll| 504[1] (February 2024)
Houses| Sheppard, Hillary, Cooper and Ngata
Socio-economic decile| 6
Website| www.rossint.school.nz

Ross Intermediate is a state co-educational intermediate school located in the Palmerston North, New Zealand suburb of Roslyn. It is the first school in New Zealand to have its own television station and laptop programme. The school television station has since been discontinued.

Opening in 1958, Ross Intermediate has a school roll of 504 students as of February 2024.[1] Students are placed in a composite class on the first day of Year 7. Students usually stay with the same teacher for two years after attending the school. As of 2015, class sizes are no more than 24 students. However, the school tries to keep numbers at 23 students per class.[2]

## History[edit]

Ross Intermediate School was officially opened by the Minister of Education and local MP Philip Skoglund, on 14 February 1958.

## School houses[edit]

In 2006, under the guidance of principal Wayne Jenkins, the school houses were established as a way of creating competition among the school. These are useful for organising competitive teams in sports and cultural events. On creation, the houses were Ngata, Hillary, Cooper and Batten. In 2014, a new house was added, named Cooper; this house contained the school's media classes. In 2015, Batten was removed, resulting in the current house system. The current house names, with the exception of Cooper, are the same house names used for Awatapu College, also in Palmerston North.

Houses  | Hillary | Named after Sir Edmund Hillary.

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| Ngata | Named after Sir Āpirana Ngata.
| Sheppard | Named after Kate Sheppard.
| Cooper | Named after Dame Whina Cooper.

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
2. ^ "Ross Intermediate | School Info".

## External links[edit]

* Official website