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During International Languages Week we welcomed a small group of 19 senior high students and two staff from Nagasaki Junshin Catholic Girls’ High School to Sancta Maria College for afternoon class exchanges with Year 8, 9 and10 Japanese language students.

Never ending studying of notes, sleepless nights and endless practice exams have been the daily routine for the seniors for the past few weeks.

Kelly Mascarenhas has gained second place at the Eastern Zone Speech Finals in the Year 11 category.

Students from Sancta Maria College, including gold medal winner Roxanne Apalisok, had the opportunity to compete at the Auckland Badminton Championships. They played with heart and did their absolute best, receiving medals and certificates for their superb results.

The Under 15 Boys Hockey Team have had a strong finish to their exceptional season.

Rainbows End, New Zealand’s largest theme park, famous for the Fear Fall which towers up 18 stories and has a speed of 80km per hour, welcomed some very lucky Year 7 students from the English Language Learners class.

Sancta Maria College took on the massive but rewarding challenge of hosting the annual East Auckland Young Enterprise Night Market.

Ange Pierquin of 10LIS has smashed the Speech Competition with his humorous speech about how ‘Too much homework is a pain.’ Ange will now represent the Year 10 group at the Eastern Zone Finals.

A strong forward effort supported by some sparkling passing and running by the back line saw Sancta Maria College 1st XV overcome a powerful Mount Albert Grammar side 24-10 to reach the 1C final.

Elijah Ratu (9DNN) has taken out the Y9 speech competition with a compelling talk on ‘Childhood Myths are Dangerous’. Elijah will now represent his year group at the Eastern Zone Speech Finals.