TAUHEI COMBINED
SCHOOL AND DISTRICT
CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS
20th - 22nd March 2009
Click here Tauhei Combined School and District Centenary Registration to download form.
All past and current students, staff, school committee members, PTA, Board of Trustees, members of the wider communities (incl. Hoe-O-Tainui) are hereby invited to our upcoming celebration.
The History of the School is now well underway. Please assist us with your contributions to enable a complete history of the school’s first 100 years.
Photos, Films, Videos and Memorabilia
The committee is making significant progress and digging out the archives of the school and district. We also plan to have major displays at the centenary. If you have photographs, films or video records that you would be willing to allow copied or memorabilia to lend for the event, please let us know.
Accommodation
Please arrange for own accommodation. Motor homes are welcome and a site will be allocated in close proximity with access to toilet and water however we are unable to provide individual power access. For more info re accommodation try
http://www.morrinsville-info.co.nz/information.htm
Look forward to a fun filled and social event
HISTORY
The Tauhei School opened its doors to the children of the early settlers of the district in 1909. The original school was converted from a workman’s hut and was better known then as “the shanty on the hill”.
The present Tauhei School was built in 1914. A new block consisting of a classroom, working bay and staffroom was built in 1955.
In 1968 the old original block was remodeled and an additional prefab classroom transported to the school. This was later purchased by the Board of Trustees and fully refurbished by the PTA.
In 1969 the senior pupils began attending Morrinsville Intermediate School.
The whole school was remodeled in 1992/93.
In 2002 Hoe-O-Tainui School and Tauhei School merged. The playground from Hoe-O-Tainui was re-sited at Tauhei.