Glendowie College is a co-ed secondary school

Secondary school

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 based along Crossfield Road, Mt Taylor Drive and Riddell Road in Auckland

Auckland

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, New Zealand

New Zealand

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Education

Glendowie College currently offers NCEA

National Certificate of Educational Achievement

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 as its national qualification standard. An Advanced Learning Program is available in year 9 and 10 for highly intelligent students. Also, exceptionally gifted student are given the opportunity to accelerate into classes a year or two years ahead of their peers in order to progress their learning.

Notable alumni

• Marina Erakovic
  Marina Erakovic
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   - professional tennis
  Tennis
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   player
• Noah Hickey
  Noah Hickey
  Noah Hickey is a association football player from New Zealand who plays for Gisborne City in the Central Premier League and last played professionally for the New Zealand Knights in the Hyundai A-League...
  
   - Gisborne City
  Gisborne City
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   soccer player
• Kevin Iro
  Kevin Iro
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   - New Zealand national rugby league representative
• Tony Iro
  Tony Iro
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   - New Zealand national rugby league representative
• Dane Sorensen
  Dane Sorensen
  Dane Hans Ivan Peter Sorensen is a New Zealand former rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 80s. Sorensen represented New Zealand and his usual position was prop. He's the brother of fellow Kiwi international, Kurt Sorensen, and the nephew of another pair of Kiwi brothers, Bill and Dave Sorensen...
  
   - New Zealand national rugby league representative
• Kurt Sorensen
  Kurt Sorensen
  Kurt John Sorensen is a New Zealand former rugby league footballer of the 1970s, 80s and 90s. He is the brother of fellow Kiwi international, Dane Sorensen, and the nephew of another pair of Kiwi brothers, Bill and Dave Sorensen...
  
   - New Zealand national rugby league representative
• Sarah Thomson - actor
• Judith Tizard
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  - politician

Buildings

The main buildings on the school grounds were originally named using letters from the alphabet, but in 2006 they re-named the buildings after past principals.
The buildings are:

• B Block - Hammer Building
• C Block - Eddy Building
• Tech Block - Adams Building
• Library Block - Sommerville Building
• Multi Purpose Sports Facility

The Adams Building was the only building established when the college opened in 1961. Before the library was relocated to the Sommerville building it was located in the Hammer building.

Houses

The houses of Glendowie College are named after continents. All students and staff members are placed into houses, which they represent by wearing house colours at sports events.

The houses are:

• Asia - Yellow
• Europe - Green
• America - Red
• Pacific - Blue

The houses are randomly assigned, however younger siblings are assigned to the same houses as their older sibling.

Student Groups

Glendowie is currently home to

• The Glendowie Grapevine - The college newspaper
• SADD - Students against drink driving
• The Environmental Group
• Student Council

Events

The school offers a wide range of opportunities for students to be involved outside of school hours, including:

• Swimming Sports
• Athletics Day
• Cross Country
• Summerfest
• Tournament Week
• International Week

50th Jubilee

On April 1st , 2nd and 3rd of 2011, Glendowie College held many events to celebrate 50 years since the school's founding.

Mister Pip Film Setting

On July 29th and 30th of 2011, Glendowie College played host to the major movie production dubbed 'Mister Pip'. The film is set to be released in 2012 and is based on the book by Lloyd Jones. Students were invited to participate as extras and work along side famous director , Andrew Adamson. Adamson is notable for works such as Shrek and The Chronicles of Narnia films. The college portrayed a school in Mount Isa - A mining town in Australia.