He was well known for trying out his stand-up routines on his high-school aged students before bringing them to the stage at night.
As a result of the service agreement, Pinkerton educated all high school aged students who lived in Derry.
The school caters for students aged Year 1-13 and is situated on 14ha of rural land near Kerikeri airport.
Post-primary aged students attend one of the secondary schools in nearby Swan Hill.
The majority of secondary school aged students leave the island for boarding schools in mainland New Zealand.
As the Halloween tradition grew, and increasing number of high school aged students converged on the town.
It is an open-enrollment institution which serves traditional and non-traditional aged students.
Though many selective schools are of the high school level, there are also schools which provide to lower aged students.
Lion Cubs is a youth service organization for the elementary aged students.
College enrollments for traditionally aged students have fallen.