Peachgrove Intermediate

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Peachgrove Intermediate
Motto	First Learn to Serve
Type	State Co-educational Intermediate
Year established	1957
Address	Peachgrove Road, Hamilton
Coordinates
Principal	Louisa Barham
School roll	564
Socio-economic decile (10 is highest)	5^[1]
Ministry of Education Institution no.	1892
Website	www.peachgrove.school.nz

Peachgrove Intermediate School is a school in Hamilton, New Zealand, which caters for a diverse range of students, mostly from the Hamilton East/Fairfield community. The roll fluctuates between 500-700 students from year to year. Peachgrove provides a diverse programme, including bi-lingual, Gifted and Talented and standard classrooms. Peachgrove provides specialist technology, music and arts programmes. Peachgrove prides itself in having a very strong sporting programme. Students enjoy annual opportunities for international travel to such destinations as Fiji, Rarotonga, New Caledonia and Japan.

The school was opened to pupils in February 1957. Initially the school was incomplete, with the main hall to be completed and all of the playing fields to be laid. In addition to the usual academic subjects, (English, Maths, Social Studies etc) the school had fully equipped workshops for home economics (cooking) and woodwork (boys only). The early school quickly earned a reputation for sporting excellence, with teams winning in local competition at Rugby, Soccer, Hockey and Basketball. 2007 saw Peachgrove celebrate its 50th jubilee, which was well attended by many of the early pupils.

Louisa Barham is the principal, supported by Colin Stevens, deputy principal, and Helen Te Kiri, assistant principal. The school is divided into four mountain group syndicates: Kakepuku, Maungatautari, Pirongia and Karioi, all of which are local maunga [Te Reo/Maori language for 'mountain'].

The year seven GATE class, Room 5, uses Blogger as a means to extend and enrich their learning. Their blog is located at http://peachgroveroom5.blogspot.com/.