The Marist Old Boys Association and the Marist Parents, Teachers and Friends Association have provided Marist Brothers High School, Suva, with a new computer lab and 30 new computers. These new facilities are valued at $100,000, half of which has been contributed by the Old Boys Association. Old Boys president Nesbitt Hazelman said the association Read more
Experienced educationalist Brendan Schollum, a former principal at Sacred Heart College in Auckland and the foundation principal at Aquinas College, Tauranga, is to travel to the Solomons in late September to work with and advise the archdiocese of Honiara’s education office. The education secretary for the archdiocese of Honiara, Cypriano Nuake, was in New Zealand Read more
A rugby academy is being set at up at Apifo’ou College in Ma’ufanga, Nuku’alofa, by a former principal at the school, Father Selwyn Akauola. Wame Naivalu, from Fiji, an International Rugby Board-accredited coach, trainer and strength and conditioning coach, has been recruited to assist in the setting up of the academy. According to the Tonga Read more
The 125th anniversary of Marist Education in Samoa was celebrated in Auckland on Saturday with Mass led by Father Talipope Vaifale followed by dinner. The event organised by the Marist St. Josephs Old Pupils Association in Auckland was held at St. Joseph’s Church at Grey Lynn attended by old boys, families and friends. Brother David Read more
A Catholic nun has been ordered to undergo anger management counselling after breaking a girl’s arm when the 9-year-old did not follow instructions at Sunday school. Leva-i-Fangalupe Fono, known as Sister Leva, was also sentenced in Auckland District Court this week to 300 hours of community work, 12 months of supervision and ordered to pay Read more
Only a handful of Marlborough pupils attend secondary boarding schools outside the district, Ministry of Education figures show. The number of Marlborough boys attending St Bede’s College in Christchurch peaked in the late 1960s and early 1970s, when boys slept 60 to a room, but parents now demanded privacy says Rector Justin Boyle. Boyle says Read more
In 1981, 25 year-old Peace Corps volunteer, Carolyn Hessler-Radelet, taught at a girls’ Catholic school in Western Samoa and lived in a thatched hut with her host parents and their eight children. Last month, President Obama nominated Hessler-Radelet to be permanent director of the Peace Corps. Since arriving at the agency three years ago, she has Read more
For the first time the New Zealand Qualifications Authority has collated and publicly released NCEA results for all secondary schools, giving a snapshot of how they performed in exams last year. Of the 14 secondary schools in Taranaki only five were above the national average for the number of students who passed NCEA level 3. Read more
A New Zealand Herald investigation into First XV rugby in Auckland shows that five schools are estimated to be spending more than $400,000 collectively on their respective First XVs while the other seven teams in the 1A competition are spending collectively about $50,000. Auckland’s Sacred Heart estimates total annual expenditure on its First XV to be Read more
The rejection of the PACT (Progress and Consistency Tool) by the Principal’s Federation has drawn the wrath of Education Minister Hekia Parata, who called the boycott “irrational”. The Educational Institute, the Association of Intermediate and Middle Schools and the Catholic Principals’ Association also supported the move. Continue reading