Mount Roskill Grammar School
Overview
Secondary school
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in the suburb of Mount Roskill, Auckland
Auckland
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, officially opened in 1954. The school has students of over 70 different nationalities including approximately 200 International students. The school has been noted by media for its rising academic success and proving that wealth doesn't always influence grades.
The school has had several structural improvements, such as the construction of new buildings such as the Science Block, the Maclean Centre, T-Block, renovation of H-Block (including the Year 13 Common Room - a room with lockers, kitchen appliances, and recreation features dedicated to final year students), and most recently the new gym
Gym
The word γυμνάσιον was used in Ancient Greece, that mean a locality for both physical and intellectual education of young men...
nasium and classrooms. At the end of 2009, the new Pastoral Care Centre has been built and will open 2010.