Southland Girls' High School is a state girls' Year 7–13 secondary school in

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, New Zealand. The school was established in 1879. It is a single-sex state school for years 7 to 13 with a roll of students as of From the 1880s to 1907 it shared a site with

Southland Boys' High School Southland Boys' High School (SBHS) is an all-boys school in Invercargill, New Zealand, and has been the only one in the city since Marist Brothers was merged with St Catherines to form Verdon College in 1982. History SBHS was founded in 1881 and ...

and senior girls attended some classes at the boys' school. It moved to the current site in 1947. It consists of two main school blocks, one the former Tweedsmuir Junior High School. Students of all ages are mixed around the classrooms to involve all students thoroughly in school life, and one uniform is worn by all year levels. The students also wear red shoes with their uniforms. Two-yearly musical dramas are produced in conjunction with

. The 2005 NZQA report commended the school and staff for the very good practices and consistently high standards. A new school gymnasium was officially opened in 2007 by Sport and Recreation Minister

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. Enwood House is the Southland Girls' High School hostel for boarders between years 7 and 13. Enwood House provides 24 hour care for boarders with night staff on duty at all times. Girls can stay Monday to Friday or full-time, and short term stays are available.

Principals

Since its establishment in 1879, Southland Girls' High School has had 20 principals, with early head teachers being known as lady principals. Until 1905, the school was under the control of the rector of Southland Boys' High School. The following is an incomplete list of school principals:

Notable alumnae

Genevieve Behrent Genevieve "Gen" Behrent (now Macky; born 25 September 1990) is a New Zealand rower. Schooling Behrent was born in Oamaru in 1990. She received her schooling at Southland Girls' High School in Invercargill. Behrent had planned to start her ter ...

(born 1990), rower *

Ann Chapman Margaret Ann Chapman (14 January 1937 – 23 May 2009) was a limnologist, one of the first New Zealand women scientists to visit Antarctica, and the first woman to lead a scientific expedition to Antarctica. Lake Chapman, in Antarctica's R ...

(1935–2009), limnologist and first woman to lead an Antarctic expedition *

Jean Herbison Dame Jean Marjory Herbison (29 April 1923 – 20 May 2007) was a New Zealand academic, educator, researcher and Chancellor of the University of Canterbury. She was the first woman to hold the post of chancellor at a New Zealand university. Biog ...

(1923–2007), academic and educator * Rose Hinchey (1910–1981), military nurse * Molly Macalister (1920–1979), artist *

Clare Mallory Clare Mallory is the pen name under which Winifred Constance McQuilkan Hall (25 September 1913 – 20 April 1991) wrote ten children's books published between 1947 and 1951. Clare Mallory is primarily remembered as a superior exponent of the gir ...

(1913–1991), children's writer * Alena Saili (born 1998), rugby sevens player

References

External links

School website

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