Middleton Grange School in Christchurch

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

New Zealand

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, is a Christian

Christian

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 co-educational state integrated school for Year 1 to 13. It is currently New Zealand's largest evangelical

Evangelicalism

Evangelicalism is a Protestant Christian movement which began in Great Britain in the 1730s and gained popularity in the United States during the series of Great Awakenings of the 18th and 19th century.Its key commitments are:...

 Christian school

Christian school

A Christian school is a school run on Christian principles or by a Christian organization.The nature of Christian schools varies enormously from country to country, according to the religious, educational, and political cultures...

 (fee-paying).

History

Established in 1964 by the Christian Schools Trust, as an independent Christian school and became integrated into the state system in 1996. MGS's academic structure consists of four schools, primary school, middle school, senior college and international college.

Middleton Grange School belongs to the Christchurch Christian Schools Network(CSN) and the New Zealand Association for Christian Schools(NZACS).

The school premises used to house the Christchurch headquarters of the Maxim Institute

Maxim Institute

The Maxim Institute is a research and public policy think tank based in Auckland, New Zealand. The Institute's work is oriented toward a conservative perspective on its issues of primary concern, which are now education policy, tax and welfare policy...

, a conservative Christian thinktank. Bruce Logan

Bruce Logan

Bruce Logan is a New Zealand conservative Christian who has been involved in opposition to liberal social policies within his country for over two decades.- Biography :...

, was once Middleton Grange's former curriculum director.

The school was ordered in 2010 to apologise and compensate a former employee for firing him because of his homosexuality

Homosexuality

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.

Houses

Secondary school pupils are divided into specific houses which then compete in (mostly) sporting activities. There are four of these, named after early British explorers of Antarctica, as Robert Falcon Scott stayed at Middleton Grange's original gentry house before embarking on his ill-fated expedition.

Middleton Grange House Names & their Colours

	Scott	Named after Robert Falcon Scott Robert Falcon Scott Captain Robert Falcon Scott, CVO was a Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions: the Discovery Expedition, 1901–04, and the ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition, 1910–13...  CVO (6 June 1868 – 29 March 1912), who was a British Royal Naval officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions: the Discovery Expedition, 1901–04, and the ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition, 1910–13.
	Wilson	Named after Dr Edward Adrian Wilson Edward Adrian Wilson Edward Adrian Wilson was a notable English polar explorer, physician, naturalist, painter and ornithologist.-Early life:...  ("Uncle Bill") (23 July 1872 – 29 March 1912). He was a notable English polar explorer, physician, naturalist, painter and ornithologist.
	Shackleton	Named after Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton CVO OBE, (15 February 1874 – 5 January 1922), an Anglo-Irish explorer who was one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.
	Bowen	Named after Sir Charles Christopher Bowen Charles Christopher Bowen Sir Charles Christopher Bowen KB. KCMG. was a 19th century New Zealand politician.-Life:Bowen was born in County Mayo, Ireland and studied law for two years at Cambridge University...  (1830 - 12 December 1917). He was a prominent mountaineer Mountaineer -Sports:*Mountaineering, the sport, hobby or profession of walking, hiking, trekking and climbing up mountains, also known as alpinism-University athletic teams and mascots:*Appalachian State Mountaineers, the athletic teams of Appalachian State University...  and explorer of the Andes Andes The Andes is the world's longest continental mountain range. It is a continual range of highlands along the western coast of South America. This range is about long, about to wide , and of an average height of about .Along its length, the Andes is split into several ranges, which are separated... , and a Christchurch City Council Christchurch City Council The Christchurch City Council is the local government authority for Christchurch in New Zealand. It is a territorial authority elected to represent the people of Christchurch. Since 2007, the Mayor of Christchurch is Bob Parker, who stood as an independent candidate...  member.

Notable alumni

• Graham Capill
  Graham Capill
  Graham John Capill is a former New Zealand Christian leader and politician. He served as the first leader of the now-defunct Christian Heritage Party, stepping down in 2003. In 2005 he was convicted of multiple sexual offences against girls under 12 years of age and sentenced to nine years...
  
   - former leader, Christian Heritage. Eldest son of Don Capill, first Middleton Grange Vice-Principal.
• Serena Rongonui - television presenter, What Now?.

Notable staff

• Vic Pollard
  Vic Pollard
  Victor Pollard is a former dual cricket and football player who represented New Zealand at international level.-Cricket career:...
  
   (Associate Principal)
• Bruce Logan
  Bruce Logan
  Bruce Logan is a New Zealand conservative Christian who has been involved in opposition to liberal social policies within his country for over two decades.- Biography :...
  
  (former Curriculum Director)