A teacher who mentored Jerry Collins at St Patrick’s College in Wellington said he used to be called “chicken legs”. “Jerry used to get called chicken legs in his early days and once he got called that, and named that, he used to spend most of Friday afternoons in the gym instead of in the Read more
Melanie Hendriks who initiated sexual relationships with the St John’s College pupils when she was a drama teacher at the Hamilton schoolhas lost her teacher’s license. The disciplinary tribunal said her actions amounted to serious misconduct, and referred her to the police. The council’s decision said Hendriks “accepts the particulars” of the charge and that Read more
Four Catholic educators have been recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for their contribution to education. Maretta Tuasivi Solomon and Pulotu Arthur Solomon have been made Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit. Elizabeth Horgan has been made a Member of the New Zealand Order of merit. Anne Miles has been made a Member Read more
With a few exceptions, Archdiocese of Agana schools and parishes appeared to have escaped major damage from the recent typhoon that struck Guam. Typhoon Dolphin struck the island May 15 with recorded winds of up to 105 miles per hour. The only damage so far reported is Saint Francis Catholic School. The elementary through middle Read more
More than 500 former students of St Thomas Primary and St Thomas High schools marched through Lautoka, in Fiji, on Saturday to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the primary and 40th anniversary of the high school. The celebration began with a mass at 7am before the march through town at 9.30am, which was led by Read more
In Apia, Samoa, a government and a church school have come together to find a solution to end school fighting in public places. The principals of Avele and St. Joseph’s Colleges met last Friday in an effort to find a solution. Last Thursday fighting broke out after a school rugby match at the Saint Joseph’s Read more
Aquinas College and John Paul College are among 222 schools that will be part of the Investing in Educational Success [IES] scheme that aims to spread the best teaching and leadership. The Government announced the scheme in 2014. It was a major announcement ahead of last year’s election. Schools in IES will get more time to focus specifically on working Read more
Six graders in a Rome Catholic School in Rome, New York are making Kiwi cakes, which they say, are a tradition in New Zealand. A recent Social Studies project assigned to sixth-grade students at Rome Catholic School afforded them an opportunity to not only learn about a foreign country of their choice, but enabled them Read more
Five former students of St. Joseph’s College in Samoa are facing assault charges after a video clip of them assaulting another student was circulated on social media. Police Superintendent Lemalu Su’a Muliaga Tiumalu confirmed the charges last Thursday. The five students have all been expelled from school after the video clip was circulated on social Read more
The Bishop of Auckland, Patrick Dunn, has called for a full scale review of Maori education. When approached by the New Zealand Herald about the future of Hato Petera College, he said the church had serious concerns about the falling roll at the college – which is now below 100 – and wanted to do Read more