Saint Kentigern College

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Saint Kentigern College

Motto	Fides servanda est The faith must be kept
Type	Private co-ed (from years 11-13, years 7-10 single-sex, separate girls and boys classes) secondary (Year 7-13) with Boarding Facilities
Year established	1953
Address	130 Pakuranga Road, Pakuranga, Auckland
Principal	Warren Peat
School roll	1679
Socio-economic decile (10 is high)	10
Ministry of Education Institution no.
Website	www.saintkentigern.com

Saint Kentigern College is an independent Presbyterian secondary school in Pakuranga suburb of Manukau City in the Auckland Region of New Zealand, standing on the estuary of the Tamaki River. It is the partner of Saint Kentigern School in Remuera. Established in 1953, the college was a single-sex school catering only to boys until 2003, when female students were first accepted. The college is now divided into a separate single-sex middle school for years 7 and 8, with years 9 and 10 single sex in core subjects and a co-educational senior school for years 11-13.

Kentigern is the patron Saint of Glasgow. 2003, saw the first intake of female students of which there were 140. There are now more than 500 female students attending, with numbers increasing every year. Saint Kentigern has a reputation for educational excellence and sporting prowess, and is consistently ranked amongst the top schools in New Zealand (Metro Magazine).

Saint Kentigern has opened one of the first golfing academies in New Zealand as a part of its overall school curriculum. Saint Kentigern College's information technology programme is considered to be one of New Zealand's top 100 IT environments (MIS Magazine).

Saint Kentigern College plans to introduce International Baccalaureate in 2009.

[edit] School Structure

The school's houses are called:

Wishart (for George Wishart)
Hamilton (for Patrick Hamilton)
Chalmers (for James Chalmers)
Cargill (for Donald Cargill).

The houses symbols are a bell, robin, fish and a tree respectively. The houses compete for "The Martyn Wilson Bowl for Inter-House Competition" during the year, earning points through events such as swimming sports, house choirs, athletic sports, exam results and cross country running. In the previous two years (2005 and 2006) the house competition has been won by Cargill.