Principal's Comment

Kia ora Kevinians and Supporters of the College

Last evening it was a pleasure for staff to be able to engage with the caregivers of students new to the College. A packed library was alive with conversation, questions, updates and explanations. Effective caregiver communication is always a challenge in a secondary school environment and I was pleased to see people putting faces to names and getting to know each other as we commence the partnership that is the key to effective education. Thank you to Mr Ryan and our staff for organising this event.

Congratulations also to the Prefects for their contributions to assemblies and House activities this week. The "Three Legged Race" held at lunchtime was a great way to start the House competition and build relationships across the College.

Today the Houses line up to continue the challenge in the Swimming Sports. The weather has held and the pool is a tremendous venue for the competition. We are looking forward to high participation, as well as some records being broken.

Finally, we celebrated mass with Bishop Colin Campbell this morning and kept Sister Madeleine in our prayers as she recovers in Dunedin from her car accident. Sr Madeleine is one of the local Dominicans and was a past teacher and Board of Trustees member. Please keep her in your thoughts and prayers.

May God bless you all
Paul Olsen, Principal