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To take and share Christ’s love wherever you go is the message our graduating Year 13 students were given by Fr Kevin at Wednesday morning’s Thanksgiving Mass. Our head boy and girl, Maurice De Jesus and Tahlisa Stevens, returned the school candle to our youngest students for them to keep safe until it is given to our 2020 head students, Francesca Adams and Tristan Tualagi, at next year’s opening Mass.

Maurice de Jesus and Emma Sim-Smith (pictured with our principal, Ms Moore) were the winners of our two most prestigious awards at Wednesday evening’s senior prize giving. The full list of major award winners is:

The Caritas Challenge Night Event took place this weekend as a group of Year 12s and 13s willingly spent the night in the school gymnasium. The concept of this event is to simulate life as someone who faces adversities, such as war in South Sudan.

Bryan Shi went to the 2019 New Zealand Open Dance Championship (NZ Nationals) at Wellington last weekend. He and his partner brought back nine National Championship trophies and they won a $2500 travel grant for the WDO World Junior (U14) Championship in Lithuania in May 2020.

We did it again! Last week, some 7LIS and 12 LIS students and their friends spent their lunch times packing Christmas parcels for 100 volunteers working at the Totara Hospice, Manurewa.

Sculpture, painting, printmaking… To express our love and appreciation for art, the academic council held a fun-filled lunch solely dedicated to art.

Last week the Year 7 & 8 Boys (Spartans) and Girls (Pumas) took part in the Interzone Basketball Championships at Eventfinda Stadium representing the South-Eastern Zone (SEZ) after both teams won their respective SEZ Basketball Tournaments.

Last Friday marked the beginning of the College’s prestigious prize giving season with the Merit and Service Assembly. Students, teachers and family happily gathered to acknowledge the service, work ethic and contribution of the Year 12 and 13 awardees for 2019.

Sancta Maria College held its largest school Sports Awards this week. Over 180 student recipients, volunteers, coaches and teams were celebrated for their achievements and dedication to our 2019 sports programme.

Watching in admiration as the All Blacks played on TV, a young Zephaniah Lototau looked on and dreamt that one day, he too would be able to pull on the prestigious black jersey. Now, people marvel at the staggering records the Year 8 student has broken on the track and his dedication and thrilling play on the rugby field. From the age of eight, he began playing rugby union after switching from rugby league with the Otara Scorpions.