Otago Girls' High School
State school in Otago, New Zealand / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Otago Girls' High School (OGHS) is a secondary school in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. It was opened 6 February 1871, after a long campaign by Learmonth Whyte Dalrymple. It is one of the oldest girls state-run secondary school in the Southern Hemisphere and the sixth oldest of its type in the world.[3][4]
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Otago Girls' High School | |
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Address | |
41 Tennyson Street 9016 New Zealand | |
Coordinates | 45.874981°S 170.499946°E / -45.874981; 170.499946 |
Information | |
Type | State |
Motto | Latin: Recti Cultus Pectora Roborant (The Right Education Makes The Heart As Strong As Oak) |
Established | 6 February 1871 (1871-02-06); 148 years ago |
Ministry of Education Institution no. | 378 |
Principal | Linda Miller |
Years | 9–13 |
Gender | Girls-only |
School roll | 702[1] (February 2024) |
Houses | Allan Benjamin Cruikshank Williams |
Song | The Chambered Nautilus |
Socio-economic decile | 8P[2] |
Newspaper | Nautilus |
Website | otagogirls.school.nz |
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The school has its own radio show on Otago Access Radio.[5]