Assistant Principal's Comment

Kia ora Kevinians and Friends of the College

As both Mr Olsen and Mr Ryan are away today, I would like to take this opportunity to let you know about all the great things that have happened around the College this week.  Where are Mr Olsen and Mr Ryan you might ask?  Mr Ryan, ever the scientist, is away on our Year 13 Biology trip to Portabello this week, where he will no doubt be ‘knee deep’ in seawater. Mr Olsen, on the other hand, will be ‘knees out’ in his kilt as he competes with North Otago’s young pipers in the National Pipe Band Championships.  We wish them both all the best in their endeavours.

I attended my first Home and School meeting on Monday night as the new staff representative for the College.  I was struck by the professionalism and dedication this tireless group of women display and the passion they have for our College.  I would like to encourage everyone to get behind them over the course of 2014 as they continue their efforts to make our school a better place.  Advertised below you will see a call for interest from local artists for the Art Auction and an advertisement for the Preen fashion parade.  Both of these events directly benefit our students so your support would be greatly appreciated.  The Home and School are always looking for new members, so if you feel you would like to dedicate some time to this worthy organisation, please get in touch.

Our school celebrated the beginning of Lent this week with our Ash Wednesday liturgy.  This was a lovely event which brought our school together for a period of reflection as we move towards the Easter season.  We ask God’s blessing on our school over this time and thank Mr Mullally and Father Wayne for the effort they put into the service.

Finally this week, eleven students and their families met yesterday to hear from Professor Hong Hu of the Confucius Institute ( University of Canterbury ) as she outlined what to expect on their upcoming trip to China.  This is the first opportunity our Mandarin students have had to go on this trip and they are very excited, if not a little nervous, about what to expect.  No doubt we will have some amazing photos for the blog on their return.

Have a safe weekend.

God Bless.

Jo Walshe

Assistant Principal