A mass to officially open the 150th jubilee of the Missionary Sisters of the Society of Mary (SMSM) in Samoa was held at the newly opened Mulivai Cathedral on Sunday Bishop Peter Brown from American Samoa was the principal celebrant. Head of State, His Highness Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Efi addressed the crowd. “On Tuesday Read more
The Catholic Maori boys college, Hato Paora College, Feilding, was highlighted in a recently-released auditor-general’s report for not having completed their 2012 audits by the due date of February 28 this year. It said the school had been extra vigilant after problems in its audit last year, which may have caused delays. Board chairman Peter Read more
Police and security staff had to separate the Francis Douglas Memorial College and New Plymouth Boy’s High School supporters following their annual match at Yarrow Stadium this afternoon. The schoolboy teams were playing in a curtain-raiser before the Super 15 Chiefs v Waratahs game. Trouble broke out on the terraces after the final whistle when Francis Read more
McAuley High School is one of seven schools that draw their students from relatively poor areas that have been visited by the Education Review Office (ERO), in an effort to find out what they are doing well. McAuley High School, an integrated Catholic decile one school for girls in Otahuhu, has seen huge change over Read more
A year 13 RE teacher and deputy principal at Aquinas College has received a National Excellence in Training and Leadership Award. Terry Consedine was one of 23 New Zealand teachers to receive his award from Minister of Education, Hekia Parata at Parliament last week. Awards are given to teachers after being nominated for outstanding work in Read more
In Samoa telecommunications company Digicel and Don Bosco Technical College are celebrating 7 years of partnership with the renewal of the sponsorship for the highly successful fautasi Digicel Segavao. Digicel has given Don Bosco $ST35,000 to help with their youth development efforts. The fautasi is a long boat used for racing in Samoa and American Read more
The Samoan Government this week allocated $6 million Tala for its annual commitment to support and improve the education sector in pre-schools, the private and church operated school system. “This is a continuing commitment on the part of Government in recognition of the contribution by the churches and private schools to the education of the Read more
Recent publicity about bullying does not reflect what she sees at the school, says Prue Kelly, Bishop Viard College’s interim principal. “It’s easy to sit outside the school and say there’s bullying going on, or one incident is an indicator of general malaise in the place, of things going badly. “That’s not what I’ve found Read more
Hato Paora College, in Feilding, New Zealand, had a 100 per cent pass rate in NCEA levels 1, 2 and 3 last year – a first for the school. Principal Debra Marshall-Lobb said. “We take considerable pride in these results, but I’m not saying it happens all the time, it was an accumulation of five Read more
Ratu Emeri, a Catholic primary school at Kubulau in Bua is the first primary school in Bua to engage its Year 1 to Year 3 students in the cadet program. Last week barefooted and with disposable medical gloves on their hands, the cadets were not phased by the lack of military garb as they put Read more