Gabriel Nito, Martina Kleis, Angelika Bilbao, Manvis Wong and Niamh Walsh have been an integral part of the News Centre team since they joined as young Year 10 students. Now, at the end of Year 13 they are preparing for their final examinations before leaving us to head off to tertiary education.
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Peter Brzozowski and Lisa Greenhead were personally chosen by music director Paul Norman to represent our school and perform as part of the Auckland Secondary School Big Band in their concert at the Point Chev RSA last night.
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The Sancta Maria College prefects for 2019 were announced at assembly on Tuesday. Maurice de Jesus and Tahlisa Stevens will be our head boy and head girl next year. Read on to find out who else has been selected.
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The first two weeks of Term 4 saw Sancta Maria College being given the privilege of looking after eleven baby chickens. The school was gifted these baby chickens by the Living Eggs Ready Hatch programme which provides schools with “all you need to successfully hatch chickens in your classroom.”
Our Cultural Festival on Friday was full of delicious food and magnificent music and dance. For those of you who could not be there, here are some of the highlights.
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Thursday morning was our final Makerspace for the year, and so we made Christmas cards. This was very popular with lots of students joining us to create some beautiful Christmas cards.
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The culmination of the year’s work was set out for all to see as the Level 1 and 2 boards were displayed in the art rooms. The parents, students and teachers who took the opportunity to view could certainly see what a talented group of students we have in Years 11 and 12.
During the Spanish period, Western European ways of life spread throughout the Islands. Along with them came European dances such as the waltz, fandango, mazurka, polka, and the jota. The Filipinos welcomed these dances and, by adding native flare and style, made them their own. Named in the honor of the heroine in Dr. Jose Rizal’s novel, Noli me Tangere, the Maria Clara Suite captures the elegance and charm of the mestiza Filipina as well as the gallantry and boldness of the mestizo Filipino. Courtship, love, and flirtation are all evident in this suite of romantic dances.
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The WAP team from Auckland University visited our College today, meeting with 11 of our students who may be thinking of a career in health and ideally interested in taking Applied Sciences (Biology, Chemistry, Physics), Maths and English. The presentation focused on academic pathways to a career in health.
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19 primary school students from both the Sancta Maria and Our Lady Star of the Sea primary schools were welcomed at the College yesterday by representatives from the 2018 Kids Lit Quiz teams. The goal of the afternoon was to introduce the primary students to Kids Lit Quiz to prepare them for next year, when they will have the chance to represent Sancta Maria College at the regional competition.
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