{{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2024}} {{Infobox school | name = Thames High School | seal_image = <!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:ThamesHSlogo.png]] --> | motto = ''Ut prosim patriae''<br>"That I may be worthy of my country" | type = State, Co-educational, Secondary | established = 1880 | address = 300 Sealey Street,<br>Thames,<br>New Zealand | coordinates = {{coord|37|8|23|S|175|32|43|E |type:edu_scale:1000_region:NZ |display=inline,title}} | principal = Michael Hart | enrollment = {{NZ school roll data|111|y||y}} | decile = 5M<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.minedu.govt.nz/~/media/MinEdu/Files/EducationSectors/PrimarySecondary/SchoolOpsResourcing/OperationalFundingDeciles/DecileChanges_20142015.xls |title= Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools |publisher= Ministry of Education |accessdate= 12 February 2015 |archive-date= 24 January 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150124000031/http://www.minedu.govt.nz/~/media/MinEdu/Files/EducationSectors/PrimarySecondary/SchoolOpsResourcing/OperationalFundingDeciles/DecileChanges_20142015.xls |url-status= dead }}</ref> | MOE = 111 | website = [http://www.thameshigh.school.nz/ www.thameshigh.school.nz] }}
'''Thames High School''' is a [[public high school]] in [[Thames, New Zealand|Thames]], [[Waikato]], [[New Zealand]]. Established in 1880, it is the second-oldest [[High school|secondary school]] in the former [[Auckland Province]].
==Academics== At all [[Educational stages|grade level]]s, [[Māori language]] courses are offered, with emphasis on developing confidence in speaking Māori and on an appreciation of [[Māori culture]] and values.<ref>[https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/te-ao-hou/1968/09/00/44 Te Ao Hou, September 1968]</ref>
Thames seniors have access to Gateway, a student work program designed to educate students about real-life work.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allteams.co.nz/thames-high-school/gateway/ |title=Gateway at Thames}}</ref>
Thames High School's [[Distance education|Distance Learning]] programs include collaborations with [[the Correspondence School]], the Open Polytechnic, [[Otago Polytechnic]] and Travel Careers and Training Ltd.<ref>[http://www.thecoromandel.com/educationcoromandel/thames_high_school.html Coromandel Education - Thames High School] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070625041522/http://www.thecoromandel.com/educationcoromandel/thames_high_school.html |date=June 25, 2007 }}</ref>{{update inline|date=September 2024}}
==See also== * [[:Category:People educated at Thames High School]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.thameshigh.school.nz School website] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20030706054728/http://www.tki.org.nz/e/schools/display_school_info.php?school_id=111 Enrollment number] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070808023411/http://www.thamesinfo.co.nz/community.html Thames Information Centre]
{{Schools in Waikato}}
{{Thames-Coromandel District}} {{Authority control}}
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1880]] [[Category:Secondary schools in Waikato]] [[Category:Thames-Coromandel District]] [[Category:1880 establishments in New Zealand]]