Roncalli College
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| Motto | To seek truth and peace |
| Type | Co-educational, Secondary (Year 9-13) |
| Year established | 1981 |
| Address | Wellington Street, Timaru, New Zealand |
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| Principal | John Hogue |
| School roll | 459 |
| Socio-economic decile (10 is highest) | 6[1] |
| Ministry of Education Institution no. | 358 |
| Website | www.roncalli.school.nz |
Roncalli College is a Catholic college in Timaru, New Zealand. It is named after Pope John XXIII, whose birth name was Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli. It is a co-educational college, has 450 students from Year 9 to Year 13, and is situated on Craigie Avenue, next to the Sacred Heart Basilica. It is set in 3.12 hectares of land, with 13 free standing buildings.
It practices NCEA examinations for its senior students with a high rate of success. In 2005 87.7% of Roncalli students achieved NCEA Level 1, 70.3% of students achieved Level 2, 71.2% achieved Level 3, and 66.7% achieved University Entrance. All these figures were well above the national average.
It has a high participation and success rate in sport, with netball, rugby and basketball among the most popular sports played, but many other sports are available, such as badminton, volleyball, soccer, tennis, rowing, cricket, and hockey among others.
It also has a strong culture of foreign students, with students coming from South America, Asia, Scandinavia and the Pacific Islands.
It has also won an award for the best Outdoor Education program in New Zealand.
[edit] History
Roncalli College was created by the merger of St. Patricks High School and Mercy College in 1981. Roncalli is now on the site, and most of the buildings are remnants from the days of the single sex schools. St. Patricks was the local high school for Catholic boys, run by the Marist order, and Mercy College was the local Catholic school for girls, run by the Mercy sisters, from their convent, which was situated on what is now the rugby field. The schools were separated by the "Iron Curtain" which kept the boys and girls separated.
