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The Caritas Challenge Night Event took place on Friday, 3 June 2022 – a group of very eager Year 12 and 13’s willingly spent the evening in the school auditorium to take part in various activities to help them understand what it would be like to live in poverty or injustice. The evening began with […]

The annual song-writing competition, organized by Caritas New Zealand, showcased the enormous musical talent that exists amidst our students. Yena Wang’s and Audrey Basilio’s song “It’s About Faith” won the Year 7 – 10s category of the competition. These Year 8 students wrote a beautiful and thoughtful piece of music, using the ukulele as the

In this Meet the Head Prefects series of articles, we find out about our student leaders, their backgrounds, roles, and ambitions. Today we feature our Hokianga Prefects, Harini Pushpakumar and Flynn Cook. Harini Pushpakumar As a Prefect, Harini believes her role is to lead and guide the school’s Hokianga House through various events by promoting

Two of our young musicians offered their services in the community for the Otara Waterways Trust. Symphonia violinist Yena Wang and Concert Band clarinettist Patrick Malden both played some solo pieces for the volunteers who were planting new trees in our Flat Bush locale. It is said that plants respond to music, so let us

Youth Week took place across several schools within East Auckland area from 7 – 15 May, thanks in support to the Howick Youth Council, and was comprised of the following events: 1. Free Hot Chocolate Mornings 2. Positive Message Mural Hot Chocolate Mornings HYC members, from SMC and other volunteering students, arrived at school around

On May 12th, Junior and Senior students involved in our school’s music scene had the fantastic opportunity to attend the annual Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra’s Discovery Concert. It was held in the Town Hall, located right in the heart of Auckland City. This year’s theme was ‘Music and Journeys’, featuring a range of different classical pieces

A Chess competition for Auckland (South and East) was held Monday, 9 May where we had 12 eager and practiced players representing SMC. Competitors were: Aaron Santoso, Andrew Botting, Phuong Do, Kingston Smith, Luke Do, Jeremy Dreyer, Lorenzo Flores, Jiahao Weng, Rocky Liu, Cesar Garcia Soto, Jacob Fischer, Wan Yao On the day – there

7th May 2022 marked the day that all senior students had been waiting for. After patiently waiting for the latest COVID-19 ‘traffic light’ changes on the news, the annual Sancta Maria College Ball was given the ‘green light’ and was held at Ellerslie Events Centre. It was to be a highlight of the year for

Moth Plants are a green, fast-growing vine with plump pods and are detrimental to our environment. They chock and kill any plants in and around them, particularly our native trees. Inside every pod, there are thousands of small black seeds that nestle on a bed of white fluff. When the pods open, the black seeds

In lieu of the Year 11’s missing out on their camp last year due to COVID-19, the school organised a Wellbeing Day for their cohort on Friday, 8 April – a trip to Rainbows End! The focus for this day was about positive relationships and leadership. The students pushed away their fears and tried thrilling