Boarding Facilities
As one of the College’s 160 boarding students, you will make your home in one of our three comfortable, warm, light and airy boarding houses. Rutherford House accommodates our senior boy boarders, MacGibbon House our younger boys, and Thomson House our girls. Each house comprises quad and twin share bedrooms, bathroom facilities, a common room, a TV lounge, a kitchen for preparation of hot drinks and snacks and a private lounge for meetings with family.
Our boarding houses are located right in the heart of the College campus, which means you have direct after-hours access to sports facilities, the library, computer suites, music practice facilities and art rooms. Our location close to Northlands Mall and central Christchurch also provides plenty of options for organised social outings to the movies, restaurants and the like.
Boarding Road Shows
We are pleased to be on the road again around the South Island for our boarding road shows. Please contact Registrar Julie Watson for more information on 03 940 2016 or at jwa@stac.school.nz
Location: Queenstown
Date: Thursday 3 May 2012
Venue: The Rees, 377 Frankton Road
Time: 5.00 - 7.00pm
Location: Ashburton
Date: Monday 2 April
Venue: Lushingtons, 5 Archibald Street, Tinwald
Time: 5.00 - 7.00pm
Location: Blenheim
Date: Tuesday 3 April
Venue: Chateau Marlborough, Cnr High and Henry Street
Time: 5.00 - 7.00pm
Location: Cheviot
Date: Wednesday 4 April
Venue: Two Rivers Cafe, 11 Hall Street, Cheviot
Time: 5.00 - 7.00pm
Update on Boarding Houses, January 2012
Out of adversity comes opportunity. The demolition in 2011 of two of the three boarding houses at St Andrew’s College has seen the College embark on building a brand new state-of-the-art boarding complex, which will see the return of 150 boarders to the College campus in 2012. This is an exciting, if unexpected, opportunity for the College.
Junior boys boarders are back onsite for Term 1 2012 in the refurbished and strengthened Rutherford House. The two new boarding wings that are to be built will separately house boys and girls and will complement Rutherford House.
“The building will be designed to a high quality with robust materials and finishes, and all the modern features expected of a contemporary boarding facility. The structural design will be developed to a standard 30% greater than required by the new post-earthquake seismic design codes and will be piled to mitigate the risk of liquefaction damage” says Tony Hoare, Director of Wilkie and Bruce Registered Architects Limited.
Dianne MacDonald Director of Boarding, says, “It is testimony to the strong boarding spirit, family atmosphere, and proactive care that boarding students have remained connected to the College and continue to enjoy the boarding spirit while they are accommodated offsite”. Students still have meals onsite and supervised prep in the evenings.
Click here to read an update on our other facilities.
