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| An Introduction to Macleans College |
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| The school was opened in 1980 by the Governor General, Sir David Beattie, with a roll of 199 students. The school is co-educational and was the first S80 or whanau house school built in New Zealand. It now has a roll of over 2500 students. |
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| Each whanau house comprises a large building with a variety of teaching spaces and a commons area which acts as a social space. The whanau is an extended family of approximately 300 students |
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| which operates as a mini school within the larger school. On arrival at Macleans College a student is placed in a form class. That form class is assigned to one of the whanau houses. The students remain in that form class and, therefore, in that house for the duration of their time at the college. |
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| The Vision for the School |
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| To deliver quality education and development opportunities to the young people of our community, ensuring that they receive excellent preparation for ongoing education, acceptance of social responsibilities and work in an international environment. |
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| To achieve this, Macleans College will: |
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| Deliver education and development opportunities of the highest quality |
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| Be at the forefront in the personal development of young people |
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| Care for our staff and ensure that they reach the highest levels of professional competence |
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| Continually enhance our unique values, standards and traditions |
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| Continually assess the changing needs of our community and reflect these in the operations of the school |
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| Guiding Principles and Values |
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| Macleans College has three guiding principles and values: |
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| Delivery of Quality Education |
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| A Belief in the importance of Co-curricular Activity |
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| The Whanau House System |
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| School Name |
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| The school is named after the Maclean family who immigrated to New Zealand in 1850 and farmed the area on which the school is built. |
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| The Maclean Family Motto |
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| The official emblem of the school, worn on the students' jerseys, incorporates as a centrepiece a castle from the Maclean family crest and is set against six waves. The waves symbolise the physical setting of the school. The emblem represents the Macleans' philosophy of basing school values on the best of the old and the new. |
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| Mission Statement |
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| The mission of Macleans College is, within the resources available to us, to work with the local community to create a school where every student is educated to achieve his or her full potential as a whole person; to create opportunities, expand horizons, reward effort and encourage excellence in the efficient, disciplined, caring and supportive environment of the whanau house system; to foster equity, respect, self worth, interpersonal skills and a worthwhile value system, so enabling each student to make a lifelong positive contribution to society. |
