Sacred Heart College, Auckland

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Sacred Heart College (Auckland)

Motto	Confortare Esto Vir "Take Courage Show Thyself a Man"
Type	Integrated boys-only intermediate-secondary (year 7-13)
Year established	1903
Address	250 West Tamaki Drive, Glendowie, Auckland
Principal	Jim Dale
School roll	1000+
Socio-economic decile (10 is high)	8
Ministry of Education Institution no.	59
Website	http://www.sacredheart.school.nz

Sacred Heart College is a secondary school in Auckland, New Zealand.

Sacred Heart College is a Catholic, Marist College set on 60 acres of land overlooking the Tamaki Estuary in Glen Innes. It is one of the oldest and most prestigious Catholic boys' schools in New Zealand.

On Monday 18th September 2006, Westlake Boys' High School Headmaster Jim Dale announced his resignation publicly to take the Headmaster position at Sacred Heart College.

Notable Old Boys include cultural icons Dave Dobbyn and the Finn Brothers, Sean Fitzpatrick, and the current Governor-General of New Zealand, Anand Satyanand.

1 History
2 Education
3 Sport
4 Head Prefect
5 Houses
6 Old Boys

[edit] History

The college was opened in 1903 in Ponsonby, by the Marist Brothers. It moved to its current Glen Innes site in 1955. The Marist Brothers continue to be a presence in the school community, with both teaching and maintenance of school grounds undertaken in part by by the Brothers. The Headmaster role at the college was served solely by Marist Brothers up until 1993, where Mr. Brendan Schollum took the role; the college's first lay principal in its history. In 2003, the college held its centenary celebrations, which included the opening of a new administration building, technology block and Year 7 & 8 Department, and in 2005 it celebrated 50 years of being at the Glen Innes site.

[edit] Education

Sacred Heart currently offers NCEA as its national qualification standard.

[edit] Sport

Sacred Heart offers a wide range of sporting options to its pupils, though it is traditionally a school with a very strong rugby culture. Sacred Heart won four titles in the 2006 season, with its 3A, 3B, 5A and 5B teams victorious. The Under-15 Open team won the North Island Catholic Boys Under 15 Tournament, held at Francis Douglas Memorial College in that year also. The Sacred Heart 1st XV remains one of the only teams never to have been relegated from the 1A grade.

For 2007, a new Sports Institute has been opened for boys in years 7-10. Currently, the only sports on offer for this academy are Cricket, Rugby and Water Polo, though this is likely to expand to include other sports in subsequent years.

[edit] Head Prefect

The 2007 head boy of Sacred Heart College is Michael Erceg.^{[citation needed]}

2007: Michael Erceg
2006: Max Vermunt
2005: Matthew Thompson
2004: Jacob Vermunt
2003: Hugh McCarroll
2002: Stephen Shapland

[edit] Houses

The houses of Sacred Heart College are named after either famous people in the Catholic and Marist community in New Zealand, or important figures in the school's history. The houses include:

Basil - Yellow
Coolahan - Green (Current House Champions)
Lenihan - Red
Marcellin - Teal
Pompallier - Blue
Stephen - Purple

Basil House is named after a certain Brother Basil, who taught at the College for over 50 years. Coolahan House is named after the landowner who donated the land for the original site of the College in Ponsonby, now the site of St. Paul's College. Lenihan House is named after the Bishop of Auckland in 1903, who saw the need for a Catholic Boy's school in the area and was a driving force in Sacred Heart's foundation. Marcellin house is named after Marcellin Champagnat, founder of the Marist order. Pompallier house is named after Jean Baptiste Pompallier, the first Catholic vicar apostolic and bishop to visit New Zealand.

There is also a seventh 'House', Leonard House, which is home to the Senior Boarding students in the College Hostel.