Avonside Girls' High School
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Avonside Girls' High School is a large urban high school in the Christchurch
, New Zealand suburb of Avonside. It has more than 1200 girls from Year 9 to Year 13.
The school originally opened in January 1919 on its current site as a satellite campus of Christchurch Girls' High School
. It became a separate school in its own right in 1928.
Following the 22 February 2011 Christchurch earthquake, the school site has been closed, with classes operating out of Burnside High School
in the afternoons. Two school blocks, including the Main Block, were condemned following the earthquake and have been demolished. Students are expected to return to the Avonside site at the beginning of 2012, with relocatable and prefabricated classrooms filling gaps left by the condemned buildings. Due to significant land damage adjacient to the school site, Avonside Girls' High may close or relocate after 2013.
Christchurch
Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...
, New Zealand suburb of Avonside. It has more than 1200 girls from Year 9 to Year 13.
The school originally opened in January 1919 on its current site as a satellite campus of Christchurch Girls' High School
Christchurch Girls' High School
Christchurch Girls' High School in Christchurch, New Zealand, was established in 1877 and is the second oldest girls' secondary school in the country . Christchurch Girls' High School was established before Christchurch Boys' High School . The first headmistress was Mrs...
. It became a separate school in its own right in 1928.
Following the 22 February 2011 Christchurch earthquake, the school site has been closed, with classes operating out of Burnside High School
Burnside High School
Burnside High School is the second largest high school in New Zealand with over 2600 students, and is located in the suburb of Burnside in Christchurch, New Zealand.-History:...
in the afternoons. Two school blocks, including the Main Block, were condemned following the earthquake and have been demolished. Students are expected to return to the Avonside site at the beginning of 2012, with relocatable and prefabricated classrooms filling gaps left by the condemned buildings. Due to significant land damage adjacient to the school site, Avonside Girls' High may close or relocate after 2013.