By TBHS | Posted: Thursday May 18, 2017
Established as one school in 1880, Timaru High School was originally a co-educational school that opened with 35 girls and 29 boys on the site of Timaru Girls’ High School on the corner of Cain and Hassall Streets.
In 1897 most of the school was destroyed by fire
and the rebuild scheme divided the boys and girls, with careful fencing and
separate entrances ensuring there was minimal contact. 1905 saw a further decision taken to separate
the schools although they were still to be run by the one Board of Governors
until 1989
As rolls increased, property was bought in North Street in 1906 for the purpose of establishing a new school and boarding facilities for boys – this was opened in 1913 with the new Rector, Mr William Thomas.
Since that time, both Timaru Boys’ and Timaru Girls’ have sought to retain a close working partnership and maintain special traditions and celebrations. This unique relationship has recently been cemented with a signed Memorandum of Understanding, a formal acknowledgement of the relationship between the brother-sister schools for the fifth year in a row.
