Kaikorai Valley College
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Kaikorai Valley College is a large co-educational secondary school in Dunedin
, New Zealand
. Initially starting as Kaikorai Valley High School in 1958, the school combined with Kenmure Intermediate School in 1996 to become Kaikorai Valley College, and in 2008 celebrated its 50th jubilee
The college has approximately 65 international students, and has a sister school relationship with Sakuragaoka High School in Japan. Facilities include its own theatre and dance studio. Night classes are run at the school for adult education. The college has recently had a major upgrade to the gymnasium finishing in 2008 and new boys changing rooms. The school also has a disabled and special needs unit.
Dunedin
Dunedin is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the principal city of the Otago Region. It is considered to be one of the four main urban centres of New Zealand for historic, cultural, and geographic reasons. Dunedin was the largest city by territorial land area until...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
. Initially starting as Kaikorai Valley High School in 1958, the school combined with Kenmure Intermediate School in 1996 to become Kaikorai Valley College, and in 2008 celebrated its 50th jubilee
Golden Jubilee
A Golden Jubilee is a celebration held to mark a 50th anniversary.- In Thailand :King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world's longest-reigning monarch, celebrated his Golden Jubilee on 9 June 1996.- In the Commonwealth Realms :...
The college has approximately 65 international students, and has a sister school relationship with Sakuragaoka High School in Japan. Facilities include its own theatre and dance studio. Night classes are run at the school for adult education. The college has recently had a major upgrade to the gymnasium finishing in 2008 and new boys changing rooms. The school also has a disabled and special needs unit.
Alumni
- Shayne CarterShayne CarterShayne Carter is best-known for being the Straitjacket Fits' principal singer/songwriting/guitarist in the late 80s/early 90s, and later on a founding member of Dimmer.Carter comes from a musical family...
, singer and songwriter for Straitjacket FitsStraitjacket FitsStraitjacket Fits formed in Dunedin, New Zealand in 1986 and were a prominent band in the Flying Nun label's second wave of the Dunedin Sound.-Biography:...
and DimmerDimmer (band)Dimmer is a musical group from New Zealand. The driving force behind the band is Shayne Carter, a prominent New Zealand musician and member of such bands as Straitjacket Fits and Double Happys. The band have released four full length albums, "I Believe You Are A Star" , "You've Got To Hear The... - Robert SarkiesRobert SarkiesRobert Sarkies is a New Zealand film director and scriptwriter.Sarkies grew up in the South Island city of Dunedin, and his two feature films released to date have been set in Dunedin, or close by. He began making short films as a teenager with fellow filmmaker Simon Perkins...
film director - Clayton Weatherston, dux in 1993, former University of Otago economics tutor and convicted murderer.