St Catherine's College, Wellington

St Catherine's College
Address
14 Upper Bourke Street,
Kilbirnie,
Wellington,
New Zealand
Coordinates 41°19′04″S 174°47′34″E / 41.3178°S 174.7928°ECoordinates: 41°19′04″S 174°47′34″E / 41.3178°S 174.7928°E
Information
Type Integrated secondary (year 9-13) single sex, girls
Motto Mercy and Wisdom
Established 1950
Ministry of Education Institution no. 284
Principal Mary Curran
School roll 255[1] (March 2015)
Socio-economic decile 6N[2]
Website stcatherinescollege.school.nz

St Catherine's College, a Catholic secondary school for girls, operates in the Wellington suburb Kilbirnie in New Zealand. It was founded in 1950 by the Sisters of Mercy. There was formerly a primary school on the site opened by the Sisters of Mercy in 1918. On 30 March 1983, St Catherine's College became an integrated school under the Private Schools Conditional Integration Act of 1975. The Board of Trustees was first elected in 1989 and is responsible for the governance of the College. In recent years a new multi-functional hall, called "Mercy Hall", has been opened as well as a Food Technology Centre, a Music Suite, and a new Design Arts Centre. The college also has plans for a new administration area, a chapel, and specialist teaching-areas

References

  1. ↑ "Directory of Schools - as at 7 April 2015". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 2015-04-08.
  2. ↑ "Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools". Ministry of Education. Retrieved 12 February 2015.

Sources

  • Ernest Richard Simmons, Brief history of the Catholic Church in New Zealand, Catholic Publications Centre, Auckland, 1978.
  • Michael King, God's farthest outpost : a history of Catholics in New Zealand, Viking, Auckland 1997.
  • Mary de Porres Flannigan R.S.M., Mercy comes to Wellington : a history of St. Mary’s College, St. Mary’s College Board of Trustees, Wellington, 2000.
  • Michael O'Meeghan S.M., Steadfast in hope : the story of the Catholic Archdiocese of Wellington 1850-2000, Dunmore press, Palmerston North, 2003.