Timaru Girls' High School | |
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Address | |
Cain Street, Timaru, New Zealand | |
Coordinates | 44°24′19″S 171°14′40″E / 44.4054°S 171.2445°E |
Information | |
Type | State, Girls, Secondary (Year 9–15), with boarding facilities |
Motto | Latin: Scientia Potestas Est "Knowledge is Power" |
Established | 1880 |
Ministry of Education Institution no. | 361 |
Principal | Deb Hales |
School roll | 451[1] (August 2024) |
Socio-economic decile | 6N[2] |
Website | timarugirls.school.nz |
Timaru Girls' High School is a secondary school in Timaru, New Zealand, founded in 1880. Timaru Girls' High provides education for girls aged between 13–18 years of age (class levels – years 9 to 13). It also has a boarding facility within the school grounds for pupils not living in Timaru itself and also caters for international students. The school motto is Scientia Potestas Est – Knowledge is Power. The school is a stone's throw away from the Catholic Roncalli College.