On Wednesday 24th September 154 pupils and 40 staff left St Bede’s College in Christchurch New Zealand on the start of the “Run For A Life” CanTeen fundraiser. When they crossed the finishing line last week each of them had run the equivalent of a half marathon each day for the past five days. Their Read more
A group of friends from South Auckland’s McAuley High School are using poetry to make sure their voices are heard loud and clear. “When you put yourself on stage, you’re putting yourself in a very vulnerable state,” says Annonica Mavaega, 16. “Anyone can just stand up and say: ‘Be quiet!’ They can mock you. “But Read more
An impressive student from Aquinas College in Tauranga with a record of service to school and community has been recognised through the Trustpower Youth Community Spirit Award. Adam van Leeuwen was named the winner of the award which was run in conjunction with the Trustpower Tauranga Community Awards and was jointly run by Trustpower and 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
The 2013 Challenge-Marist gap-year students graduated on Sunday 1 December in a ceremony held at St Joseph’s Church in Wellington, New Zealand. Parents, friends and former gap-year students listen as each of the 8 “Gappies” described the challenges they had faced and related the lessons learned in the course of the year. They spoke enthusiastically Read more
On Monday eight gap year students began their course with a powhiri at Challenge 2000 in Johnsonville, Wellington. Challenge 2000 says the Gap Year programme helps prepare people for future employment, or tertiary study. All the participants will have an opportunity to develop all the elements that are required for a positive, successful and balanced Read more