Dear Parents and Friends of St Kevin's College
Technical changes over the Christmas period have forced us to re-work our website. We have been frantically working to restore the calendar functions and news feeds which regrettably have been down over the holiday period. Hopefully our simplified format will be more stable and user friendly. We will continue to update photographs and functionality during the year. If you have suggestions for improvements, please email you ideas to Mrs Rae (drae@stkevins.school.nz).
Despite a less than promising weather forecast, a very successful inter-house Swimming Sports event was held today. House colours and rousing chants added to the spirit of the day. I was thankful that restoration work to fix leaks in the pool caused by the Christmas earthquake aftershocks was successful. My thanks go to Mr Grant, our Caretaker and GAP students Daniel and Stefan, who worked tirelessly during the holidays to get the pool into such fine order. The outdoor venue allows the whole school to get behind their house in a tangible way and adds to the pageant of inter-house rivalry.
It was also my pleasure to welcome students from St Joseph's Primary to the College today for their first technology classes at St Kevin's. The close links we are establishing with our major contributing school, will allow for smoother transitions for local students into the College environment. I would like to thank the staff from both schools who have helped with program development and look forward to viewing the various projects that will result.
As with the Swimming Sports, the programme for the Athletics Sports next Friday will be emailed with this weeks newsletter link. As with all College events, families are most welcome to attend and support students as they participate. A lunch break will be taken at 12.30pm to allow some time to have picnic if the weather allows.
Please continue to keep Mr Ryan and Andrew Easton in your prayers.
Paul Olsen, Principal
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