Posts Tagged ‘St Peter’s College Auckland’

Catholic college board defies Ombudsman over dope deal

Thursday, August 8th, 2024
St Peter's

A Catholic college principal is standing by his board’s refusal to apologise to the family of a student he excluded for marijuana use despite the Ombudsman ordering him to do so. “Marijuana buying and using is an illegal activity – we hold the view, as many schools do, that this has no place in our Read more

Catholic student tops world in Religious Education exam

Monday, February 19th, 2024
Religious Education

Coming first in the world for his religious education examination wasn’t a result Auckland St Peter’s College student Christian Domilies expected. Domilies’s Cambridge examination results were the highest among the 1.5 million students from 150 countries and over 6000 schools. He has been given a badge and certificate to commemorate his achievement. “It feels great Read more

Ex-charter school principal deregistered for fabricating exam at St Peter’s College

Monday, July 24th, 2017

The founding principal of a charter school has been struck off the teachers register for fabricating an examination at his former school, St Peter’s College in Auckland. James Haggett, who now lives in Britain, resigned as founding principal of the charter school Middle School West Auckland on the students’ first day at the new school in February Read more

St Peter’s student gives kind messages to strangers on train

Monday, May 22nd, 2017

A St Peter’s College, Auckland, student has been handing out positive messages to commuters because he wants to change the culture of isolation on Auckland’s trains and get people talking to each other. Tainui Singh-Clark, 16, has been giving the handwritten messages to strangers since earlier this year, leaving smiles in his wake. Read more

St Peter’s College mourns sudden death of counsellor Jason Hotere

Monday, May 15th, 2017

A man who grew up with an abusive father and used to beat others before turning his life around, has died from a heart attack. Jason Hotere, a father of two girls, went on to help others and worked as a counsellor at St Peter’s College in Auckland. His death at age 50 has left Read more

St Peters College Head Boy is Youth MP for Mangere

Tuesday, November 17th, 2015

Su’a William Sio, MP for Māngere, has chosen Christopher Oleva-Tanuvasa, Head Boy of St Peter’s College to represent Māngere in next year’s Youth Parliament. He has been selected by a panel of judges as Youth MP for Māngere for Youth Parliament 2016 from a strong pool of 7 students who competed for the role.  Youth Read more

Leaving St Peter’s to serve St Paul’s

Tuesday, September 29th, 2015

St Peter’s College,  principal Kieran Fouhy resigned this year after a 27-year tenure, during which the Epsom Catholic school’s roll doubled and its reputation soared. At 68, the life-long schoolteacher was contemplating retirement and the prospect of spending more time with his grandchildren. But after becoming convinced  St Paul’s College in Ponsonby would benefit from Read more

How do you say “holy moly” in te reo?

Tuesday, August 4th, 2015

In Maori language week St Peter’s College in Auckland made it “cool” to korero with boys learning some of today’s most common teenage expressions in te reo. They turned to some of the most common – and possibly annoying – teen sayings and replaced them with their Maori equivalent. It includes words and phrases such Read more