Rotorua Boys' High School

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Rotorua Boys' High School is a state school educating boys from Year 9 to Year 13. It is situated just outside the Rotorua CBD at the intersection of Old Taupo Road and Pukuatua Street in Rotorua, New Zealand.HistoryRotorua Boys' High School had its beginnings as the Rotorua High and Grammar School, founded in 1927 to replace the earlier Rotorua District High School . By 1956 it had a roll in excess of 1200 students. The Intermediate Department was closed when Rotorua Intermediate School was established in 1957. The Rotorua High School was further split to make room for a growing population of the district and its educational needs when, in 1959 Rotorua Girls' High School was opened. Rotorua High School was then established as Rotorua Boys' High School and commenced to function as a state secondary school for boys with a roll of 640 pupils in February 1959.PrincipalsRotorua District High School J M Warn F D Wood W Lewins G Barber Rotorua High and Grammar School A R Ryder W G Harwood Rotorua Boys' High School N H Thornton E F Hamill G R Cramond A C Grinter A book about Rotorua Boys' High School's history was published in 2007 and can be bought in bookstores around Rotorua.HousesRotorua Boys' High School's four houses are named after British heroes: Drake — red Frobisher — yellow Nelson — blue Raleigh — green