On the chilly morning of Friday 3 May 2024, the Pompallier Candle was set ablaze, symbolising the start of the annual Pompallier Shield competition. This year, select students from Sancta Maria College and fifteen other Catholic schools in Auckland gathered to compete in various categories revolving around our Catholic faith. With the hosting school rotating […]
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Our Year 10 Social Science students impressed Howick Rotary Club with their display, in fact they were impressed with the overall standard of all displays that were presented over the course of this inaugural ANZAC Schools Display event. Event organiser, Andy Revans conveyed ‘We would like to thank you all for the hard work of
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We start with a quote from our 2024 Head Boy and Head Girl, Avram Taguinod and Jemma McGregor, “It costs nothing to love, so choose love, pursue your passions, and spend time with the people you cherish.” Avram and Jemma are our Head Boy and Head Girl for 2024. They are quite excited to be
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If you like to challenge yourself and you like reading books, the Readers Cup should come to your mind. It is an intense and close competition of a quiz for Year 9 students which began in the library at Sancta Maria College late in term 1. Five teams of avid readers fought for the winning place,
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‘You do you’, was the theme of our Year 8 retreat. On Friday of week 7, term 1, our Year 8 cohort came together for our retreat. The leaders were part of the NET team (national evagination team) and came to spend the day with us. Their goal was to give us confidence to choose
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Sancta Maria College’s Youth Ministry Group participated in the “Praise and Pizza” event during term 1 of 2024 hosted at St. Peter’s College, alongside 15 other Catholic schools from the Auckland Diocese. The event started with a special Mass led by St. Peter’s chaplain, involving different students from different colleges. After that, it was time
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Lorraine O’Carroll Recently, Lorraine O’Carroll has been welcomed into the school as the new Head of the Mathematics and Statistics Department. This year, she hopes to contribute to the school community and help students achieve their utmost best in Mathematics and Statistics. Furthermore, she is eager to help students excel in their learning, ensuring that
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Nearing the end of the term the Year 9 retreat also known as the Encounter Day was run by the National Evangelisation Team. This event has been a yearly tradition for all year levels, allowing every student to reflect on their current progress and what they want to achieve in the coming year. This day
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Sancta Maria College students came together to support the Caring foundation and raised over $1000 by donating a dollar and wearing mufti on the 21 March 2024! The Caring foundation is a Catholic organisation who help the poor and spread the gospel – our generous donation will go a long way in supporting their cause.
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Our Special Character Prefects for 2024 are Ethan Karl and Abigail Martis. Ethan was particularly proud to be chosen as a special character prefect. He states his job, this year, includes “managing events and activities such as masses and retreats as well as helping the Service prefects in their duties.” In addition to helping ensure
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