Principal's Comment

 Kia Ora Kevinians and Supporters of the College,

Today we have been fortunate to have struck a beautiful day for Athletics. Athletics day is an opportunity for all of our students to have fun, compete and support each other. It is the first opportunity in the year for students to compete in their house teams and for younger students to get the feel of what being in the secondary house competition is like. It is also their chance to show us what they can do. I saw some very speedy year 9 participants today and am feeling that there are some champions among them!

Speaking of which, we are very proud of our rowers this weekend who are competing at the NZ Rowing Champs . I wish everyone the best of luck for their events.

Over the holidays I sent out two forms, one asking for feedback regarding the strategic plan and another looking at the phone policy. I have sent the results of the phone policy survey back to families to let you know how that shaped up for us and what the policy is that we have set with regards to phone use at SKC. These should be in you e mail in boxes this weekend.

With regards to the 'not so exciting' idea of strategic planning, thank you to those of you who did give feedback. On Tuesday night, we also took the opportunity of holding our 'meet - the teachers' evening to gauge new families' ideas around our strategic direction. I would like to thank all of our new families for their input into the discussion around this. We are collating the information and will feed that back to families once it is through.

Our year 9's are due to have an election for student council this term. The Student Council provides vital student voice for our strategic thinking so if you have a young person whom you think would contribute to this, please encourage them to stand.

Wishing everyone a great weekend, especially the hostel who are away on their annual lakes trip.

God Bless

Jo

Principal's Comment

Kia Ora Kevinians and Supporters of the College,

Although it has been a very short week, a lot has happened since Wednesday. We began the week by welcoming all of our new students into the College, both new year 9's and students who have joined us from other secondary schools. Our day began with a mihi whakatau in our school auditorium which was well attended by families. I would like to thank those of you who were able to make it to this event. It is always great to see parents and caregivers at our College celebrations. Pictured on the school steps below are our year 9 cohort for 2024 and Mr James Devereaux, their Dean.

After the day spent in administrative matters on Wednesday, it was straight into classes on Thursday and aside from a few computer glitches, it was a good start. Cue today and we finished our week with the investiture liturgy for our prefect school leaders. Our focus for the liturgy was the idea of leadership as working for the common good.

Next week, we have our Dominican Excellence awards on Tuesday the 13th and that night our 'Meet the Teacher' event for year 9 parents. This year we are hoping to use this opportunity to gather family input on our strategic direction as well as provide the opportunity for families to let us know what is important for you as you begin your journey with us. We look forward to seeing you there.

Have a great weekend

God Bless

Jo