Educational Institutions
Cashmere High School
Cashmere High School is a co-educational state secondary school with a roll of 1700 local students and 50-70 international students. It is situated in beautiful Christchurch, the heart of New Zealand's South Island. The school is well known throughout New Zealand for academic excellence and its arts and music programmes.
Christchurch - Canterbury
Christchurch is the main centre of the Canterbury region, an elegant old city close to the Southern Alps.
Cashmere High School offers its students a very wide variety of subjects and activities in a caring, supportive, secondary school learning environment. It is proud of the sense of community among staff and students, and this is reflected in its record of academic, sporting and cultural successes. Cashmere High School has a broad subject base available. An intensive English language programme is available for students without the English ability to manage in mainstream subjects.
Facilities
There are a number of playing fields and tennis/netball courts available for sports. A brand new gymnasium with an international size basketball court will be completed in January 2011. There is a well resourced library and several very up to date computer suites.
Courses Offered
English, English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), Communication Skills, Media Studies, Maths, Statistics and Modelling, Calculus, Art Design, Art Photography, Art Printmaking, Art Painting, Art History, Drama, Music, Contemporary Music, Performance Music, Alternative Music, Japanese, Spanish, Maori, French, Health, Physical Education, Outdoor Education, Science, Biology, Chemistry, Electronics, Physics, Accounting, Business Studies, Economics, Classical Studies, Geography, History, Tourism, Computing, Programming, Food Technology, Textiles Technology, Home Economics, Practical Food, Hospitality, Fashion Design, Childcare, Graphics and Design, Multimaterials
Music
Includes but is not limited to concert band, sax ensemble, flute choir, percussion ensemble, irish band, stage band, brass quintet, jazz ensemble, orchestra, concestra, string quartet, girls barbershop, choir, music tour (Australia). Music groups are dependent on student numbers and student interest.
Sports
Summer: Athletics, Archery, Bowls, Cricket, Golf, Futsal/Indoor Football, Mountain Bikes & MBX, Multi-Sport (Triathalon etc), Sailing, Softball, Surfing, Rowing, Tennis, Trampoline, Volleyball, Water Polo, Rock Climbing Winter: Basketball, Hockey , Indoor Netball, Karate, Netball, Rugby, Shooting, Skiing Club, Soccer, Swimming, Touch Rugby, Badminton.
