Principal's Comment

Kia Ora Kevinians and Supporters of the College,

I would like to start this post by congratulating all of the students who passed their NCEA and Cambridge examinations.  Overall we were pleased with the results but exceptionally pleased with our Cambridge results as we were attempting Cambridge for the first time across an entire Year 11 cohort.  Our English Department returned a 90% pass rate for the language paper and a 100% pass rate for the literature paper which was exceptionally good.  Overall, we were very pleased with the pass rates and very pleased with the number of students who achieved excellence awards through gaining A's, A*'s and B's.   Our focus for this year is around embedding the AS qualification for years 12 and 13 and in supporting St Josephs to introduce its Cambridge courses.  NCEA L2 will be available to students as part of our duel assessment strategy. 

We are also hoping once again to have several international students in the College.  This is an incredibly valuable experience not only for our international students but also for our kiwi students to have contact with young people from the other side of the world.  Our role as educators is not just to enable our young people to appreciate and care about New Zealand but to also see themselves as capable of competing, contributing and connecting on the world stage.  As always, we need kind, caring homestay families who would like to offer an international student the chance to become a member of their family.  If you are interested in hosting an international student, please contact June Campbell at jcampbell@stkevins.school.nz

Enjoy the last few days of the holidays.

See you all next week.

God Bless

Jo