Christchurch East School, initially referred to as East Christchurch School, is located in the
central city
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of
Christchurch
Christchurch ( ; mi, Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. Christchurch lies on the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula on Pegasus Bay. The Avon River / ...
, New Zealand.
History
The
Canterbury Provincial Council
The Canterbury Province was a province of New Zealand from 1853 until the abolition of provincial government in 1876. Its capital was Christchurch.
History
Canterbury was founded in December 1850 by the Canterbury Association of influential Eng ...
passed The Education Ordinance 1873 in June of that year to consolidate law relating to public education. As a consequence, the Christchurch East School district was formed with the purpose of forming several new schools, and the committee held its first meeting on 13 August 1873. The committee approved plans for a school to be built in
Gloucester Street on 15 December 1873; this school was named East Christchurch School.
From 1875 to 1878,
Henry Hill
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was its headmaster,
and his wife
Emily Hill was head of the infants' department.
The school had its centennial celebrations from 5 to 7 October 1973. Avonside School became part of this school at some point.
In March 2009, education minister
Anne Tolley
Anne Merrilyn Tolley (née Hicks, born 1 March 1953) is a New Zealand politician and former member of the New Zealand House of Representatives representing the National Party. She was New Zealand's first female Minister of Education from 200 ...
announced $41 million for school buildings, distributed to 81 schools around the country through the first allocation of property funding under the government's recently announced infrastructure package to address lack of space or need for new school buildings. Christchurch East School is one of the recipients.
The school was considered likely to be damaged in the February
2011 Christchurch earthquake
A major earthquake occurred in Christchurch on Tuesday 22 February 2011 at 12:51 p.m. local time (23:51 UTC, 21 February). The () earthquake struck the entire of the Canterbury region in the South Island, centred south-east ...
, but it escaped major damage.
Notable alumni
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Elizabeth Herriott
Elizabeth Maude Herriott (1882 – 13 March 1936) was a New Zealand scientist and academic. She was the first woman appointed to the permanent teaching staff at Canterbury College, now the University of Canterbury.
Education
Herriott was born i ...
, botanist and first woman lecturer at
Canterbury College Canterbury College may refer to:
* Canterbury College (Indiana), U.S.
* Canterbury College (Waterford), Queensland, Australia
* Canterbury College (Windsor, Ontario), Canada
* Canterbury College, Kent, England
* Canterbury College, Oxford, England ...
*
Henry James Nicholas
Henry James Nicholas, (11 June 1891 – 23 October 1918) was a New Zealand recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for valour "in the face of the enemy" that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Born in Lincoln, Nichol ...
, recipient of the
Victoria Cross
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*
Ada Wells
Ada Wells (née Pike, 29 April 1863 – 22 March 1933) was a feminist and social worker in New Zealand.
Biography
Ada Pike was born near Henley-on-Thames, South Oxfordshire, England. Her parents emigrated to New Zealand with their four girls ...
, suffragette (attended Avonside School)
See also
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List of schools in Canterbury, New Zealand
Canterbury is a region in the South Island of New Zealand. It contains numerous rural primary schools, several small town primary and secondary schools, and big-city schools in Christchurch.
Due to the large number of schools in Christchurch, th ...
References
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Primary schools in Christchurch
Christchurch Central City