John McGlashan College is a state integrated

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and

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for boys, located in the suburb of

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, New Zealand. The school currently caters for students from years 7 to 13, including 120 boarders and up to 30 international students.John McGlashan College-Introduction
(accessed:10 August 2016) The school is named after John McGlashan, a significant Presbyterian lawyer, politician, public servant and educationalist, and was founded after his daughters' gift of the family home and estate in 1918 on the provision that a Presbyterian school was established for boys.Dictionary of New Zealand Biography- John McGlashan
(accessed:12-06-2007) Originally established as a

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private school Private or privates may refer to: Music * " In Private", by Dusty Springfield from the 1990 album ''Reputation'' * Private (band), a Denmark-based band * "Private" (Ryōko Hirosue song), from the 1999 album ''Private'', written and also recorde ...

, John McGlashan College integrated into the state system in 1989.Education Media- John McGlashan College
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Boarding

John McGlashan College has two halls for boarding. Junior Hall (Ross House) is where the common room and bedrooms for year nine and ten boarders. Some housemasters also stay in Junior Hall. The newer Senior Hall (Balmacewen House) is where common rooms and bedrooms are for year 11, 12 and 13 boarders.

International Baccalaureate

John McGlashan College has been an IB World School since December 1999. It is the only school in

that offers the IB Diploma Programme. In 2011, 4 female students studied at the college full-time. Their original school,

private Private or privates may refer to: Music * " In Private", by Dusty Springfield from the 1990 album ''Reputation'' * Private (band), a Denmark-based band * "Private" (Ryōko Hirosue song), from the 1999 album ''Private'', written and also recorde ...

Anglican Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of th ...

girls' school, St Margaret's College, had been damaged in the

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. While being officially enrolled at nearby state integrated Anglican girls' school

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, the girls took classes at McGlashan as it was the only other IB school in the South Island.

International Exchanges

John McGlashan College has a relationship with

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, a large private school near

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. There is also an annual exchange with the

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and Lycée Regional Valbonne Sophia-Antipolis in France for those who take part in the French program at the college. The German Exchange is a nationwide exchange and is also supported by the college through its German program.

Sports

There is a wide range of sports available at the College, including

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soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

hockey Hockey is a term used to denote a family of various types of both summer and winter team sports which originated on either an outdoor field, sheet of ice, or dry floor such as in a gymnasium. While these sports vary in specific rules, numbers o ...

softball Softball is a game similar to baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Softball is played competitively at club levels, the college level, and the professional level. The game was first created in 1887 in Chicago by George Hanc ...

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

trap shooting Trap shooting, or trapshooting in North America, is one of the three major disciplines of competitive clay pigeon shooting, which is shooting shotguns at clay targets. The other disciplines are skeet shooting and sporting clays. They are disting ...

yachting Yachting is the use of recreational boats and ships called ''yachts'' for racing or cruising. Yachts are distinguished from working ships mainly by their leisure purpose. "Yacht" derives from the Dutch word '' jacht'' ("hunt"). With sailboats, t ...

skiing Skiing is the use of skis to glide on snow. Variations of purpose include basic transport, a recreational activity, or a competitive winter sport. Many types of competitive skiing events are recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IO ...

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players pe ...

, and

golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...

. The College is located next to the Balmacewen

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, and the college encourages their students to join the golf club. In recent years the College's 1st XV has been aided by an annual exchange with

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Houses

Every student upon arrival at the John McGlashan College is assigned to one of the four school houses. The houses compete in annually for the Elvidge Cup and the Minors Cup. The four Elvidge cup competitions are in the college

athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking ** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport * Athletics (physical culture), competiti ...

in term one, cross country in term two, the

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competition in term three, and the college swimming sports in term four; all are compulsory for students to participate in. The interhouse Minors competition consists of

, rugby sevens,

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, and

. The houses are: *Balmacewen (Red) - Named for Isabella MacEwen, John McGlashan's wife. *Burns (Gold) - Named for Thomas Burns, an early settler and

presbyterian Presbyterianism is a part of the Reformed tradition within Protestantism that broke from the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland by John Knox, who was a priest at St. Giles Cathedral (Church of Scotland). Presbyterian churches derive their nam ...

minister *Ross (Blue) - Named for Lady Ross, an early benefactor to the college *Gilray (White) - Named for Colin Gilray, the longest serving principal of the college. The only non-original house of John McGlashan College.

Principals

Notable alumni

Charles Begg Charles Begg ( – 21 December 1874) was a New Zealand piano manufacturer, piano tuner and music shop proprietor. He was born in Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, in about 1825. After his death, his sons Alexander (died 1941) and Charles cont ...

– radiologist and historian *

Neil Begg Sir Neil Colquhoun Begg (13 April 1915 – 25 June 1995) was a New Zealand paediatrician, historian and cricketer. He played three first-class matches for the Otago cricket team after the beginning of World War II, but he is most noted as a p ...

– paediatrician, historian, and cricketer * John Davies – businessman and mayor * Tony Dodds – triathlete *

Eion Edgar Sir Eion Sinclair Edgar (30 January 1945 – 14 June 2021) was a New Zealand businessman and philanthropist. He was the chairman of Forsyth Barr Group, a major investment company based in Dunedin, for 20 years until his retirement in 2018, and ...

– businessman and philanthropist *

Ron Elvidge Ronald Rutherford Elvidge (2 March 1923 – 30 March 2019) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A second five-eighth and centre, Elvidge represented Otago at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Black ...

– rugby union player *

Andrew Hore Andrew Keith Hore (born 13 September 1978) is a former New Zealand rugby union player. He played for the All Blacks between 2002 and 2013. His position was hooker. He notably played for the Hurricanes in Super Rugby, but also represented the ...

– rugby union player *

Hugo Inglis Hugo Inglis (born 18 January 1991) is a New Zealand field hockey player who plays as a forward for the New Zealand national team. He played for the Southern Dogs in the New Zealand Hockey League and he played in Europe for SCHC, Braxgata and ...

– field hockey player *

Clarke Johnstone Clarke Johnstone (born 26 April 1987) is a New Zealand equestrian, competing in eventing. Johnstone was born in 1987 in Dunedin and grew up on a farm in Otago. From 2000 to 2004, he attended John McGlashan College in Dunedin. In 2008, he obta ...

– equestrian *

Neil Purvis Neil Alexander Purvis (31 January 1953 – 26 October 2008) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A second five-eighth and wing, Purvis represented Wairarapa Bush and Otago at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national si ...

– rugby union player *

Michael Rae Michael Rae (born 13 June 1995) is a New Zealand first-class cricketer who plays for Canterbury cricket team, Canterbury. He made his List A cricket, List A debut for New Zealand national cricket team, New Zealand XI Pakistani cricket team in Ne ...

– cricketer *

Murray Rose Iain Murray Rose, (6 January 1939 – 15 April 2012) was an Australian swimmer, actor, sports commentator and marketing executive. He was a six-time Olympic medalist (four gold, one silver, one bronze), and at one time held the world records ...

– politician *

Dougal Stevenson John Dougal Stevenson (born 1942) is a former New Zealand television news presenter. Early life Born in Dunedin in 1942 to a young unmarried mother, Stevenson was adopted out while still a young infant to a family living near Wānaka in Central ...

– broadcaster * Edward Stewart – rugby union player *

Hamish Walker Hamish Richard Walker (born 1985) is a New Zealand former politician and former Member of Parliament in the House of Representatives for the National Party. Political career At the 2014 general election, Walker stood in , placing second in th ...

– politician

References

External links

John McGlashan College Website

John McGlashan College Sports Website
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Boarding

International Baccalaureate

International Exchanges

Sports

Houses

Principals

Notable alumni

See also

References

External links