Westlake Girls High School
| Westlake Girls High School | |
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Virtute Experiamur
Let Courage Be Thy Test
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| Address | |
| 2 Wairau Road Takapuna Auckland 0627 New Zealand |
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| Information | |
| Funding type | State |
| Established | 1958 (co-ed), 1962 (single-sex) |
| Sister school | Westlake Boys High School |
| Ministry of Education Institution no. | 38 |
| Principal | Roz Mexted |
| Years offered | 9–13 |
| Gender | Girls |
| School roll | 2081[1] (March 2016) |
| Socio-economic decile | 9Q[2] |
| Website | www |
Westlake Girls High School is a state girls secondary school, located to the west of Lake Pupuke in Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand. The school was established in 1958 as a coeducational school, changing to girls only in 1962 when its brother school, Westlake Boys High School, opened. Westlake Girls has a roll of approximately 2081 girls from Years 9 to 13 (ages 12 to 18), making one of the largest single-sex schools in New Zealand.[1]
History
The school has its origin in 1958, when it opened as a co-ed institution. In 1962 Westlake Girls' and Westlake Boys High School emerged as separate schools, though they maintain relations.
Westlake Girls and Boys
Physically merely a few hundred metres apart, Westlake Girls and Westlake Boys engage in an annual theatrical production together, several joint musical ensembles (including a joint choir, two orchestras, a concert band and a jazz band), and some social dances, among other things. The joint choir, "Choralation", has won the top award in the nationwide secondary schools choir competition The Big Sing for three years in a row, something never done before in the history of the competition. The two schools share a motto - Virtute Experiamur (Let Courage Be Thy Test).
