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New Zealand - Auckland
- Mount Albert Grammar School
- 1950
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Mount Albert Grammar School
- Mount Albert Grammar School, commonly known as MAGS, is a co-educational state secondary school in Mount Albert in Auckland
- As of August 2019, Mount Albert Grammar School is the second largest school in New Zealand, behind Rangitoto College
- Mount Albert Grammar was founded in 1922 as a subsidiary of Auckland Grammar School, but now the two schools are governed separately
- Mount Albert Grammar School was originally boys only, but became co-educational in 2000
- After the opening of the school, a need for boarding accommodation for students became apparent. In 1927, the Mount Albert Grammar School Hostel opened for boarders at 807 New North Road
- This hostel closed in 1970 and a new one was opened in 1971, built on one of the school's playing fields. This is a boys' boarding hostel called School House
- The School's Latin motto is Per Angusta Ad Augusta, which means "Through Hardship to Glory"
- The school purchased what was meant to be a girls' hostel, but due to the Auckland housing crisis turned into accommodation for teachers
- Since 1933 Mount Albert Grammar School has a 10.8-hectare (27-acre) farm adjacent to its school site in the middle of Auckland city. It is a fully working model farm, home to sheep, pigs, rabbits, cattle and poultry, cared for by a farm manager who lives on site
- The school is one of a few schools in New Zealand with an active observatory and possesses a telescope open to students and the public occasionally
(Reference: Wikipedia)
The famous New Zealander is.... Les Mills
He can be found in the second row fourth from the right