St Mary's Ponsonby - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 22 Sep 2014 10:48:42 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg St Mary's Ponsonby - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 St Mary's is a family tradition https://cathnews.co.nz/2014/09/23/st-marys-family-tradition/ Mon, 22 Sep 2014 18:54:32 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=63463 Sarah Poulter is only 13 years old but her education is already steeped in history. Seven generations of women from her family have attended St Mary's College in Ponsonby which is now celebrating its 150th anniversary. So there was never any doubt about where Sarah would go. Her ancestor John Fair arrived in New Zealand Read more

St Mary's is a family tradition... Read more]]> Sarah Poulter is only 13 years old but her education is already steeped in history.

Seven generations of women from her family have attended St Mary's College in Ponsonby which is now celebrating its 150th anniversary.

So there was never any doubt about where Sarah would go.

Her ancestor John Fair arrived in New Zealand in 1840 with his daughter, Mary Fair, from his first marriage and his second wife, Mary Fogarty Fair. Continue reading

St Mary's is a family tradition]]> 63463 St Mary's Ponsonby allowed to its increase roll by 200 https://cathnews.co.nz/2011/04/12/st-marys-ponsonby-allowed-to-its-increase-roll-by-200/ Mon, 11 Apr 2011 18:00:27 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=2339

St Mary's Ponsonby has received funding from the Ministry of Education to increase its roll by 200. The maximum roll will now be 1000 pupils. Principal Sandy Pasley said it was good news for the community and some of the 100 kids on their usual annual waiting list. She said the Catholic school for girls, which accommodates Read more

St Mary's Ponsonby allowed to its increase roll by 200... Read more]]> St Mary's Ponsonby has received funding from the Ministry of Education to increase its roll by 200. The maximum roll will now be 1000 pupils.

Principal Sandy Pasley said it was good news for the community and some of the 100 kids on their usual annual waiting list. She said the Catholic school for girls, which accommodates year 7-13 students and charges compulsory attendance fees of $726 a year, has soared in popularity over recent years. The area used to be once full of the elderly but had become so popular with young families that the student population was skyrocketing.

An extra 30,000 children are predicted to turn up in Auckland primary, intermediate and high school classrooms over the coming decade. A new Education Ministry report, on the Western Bays area in Auckland, foreshadows the issue and the Government is working on how to accommodate the kids.

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New Zealand Herald

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