Cullinane College
Wanganui Sacred Heart College in the 1970s
Cullinane College is an integrated, Co-Educational Secondary school in Wanganui, New Zealand for students in Year 9 to Year 13. Cullinane College was founded in 2003, through the combining of Sacred Heart College (founded in 1880 and operated by the Sisters of St Joseph of Nazareth) and St Augustines College (founded in 1944 and operated by the priests and brothers of the Society of Mary). The college is named after: Sister Vincent Cullinane RSJ and Sister Cuthbert Cullinane RSJ (both important teachers at Sacred Heart College); Father John Cullinane SM (an important teacher at St Augustine's College); and Bishop Peter James Cullinane, first Bishop of Palmerston North (1980-2012). The Bishop of Palmerston North is the proprietor of the college.
Sports Exchange
The college has an annual junior (Year 9, 10 and occasionally Year 11) sports exchange with Awatapu College in Palmerston North generally competing in Netball and Basketball. On Wednesday 16th September 2015 Cullinane College travelled to Awatapu College and came out overall winners. Junior A Netball, Year 10 Netball, Junior Girls Basketball, Junior Boys Basketball and Year 9 Boys Basketball were competed in 2015. The exchange has been running as long as Cullinane's existence. Awatapu travel to Cullinane in 2016's exchange.
Notes
- ↑ "Directory of Schools - as at 01 December 2015". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
- ↑ "Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools". Ministry of Education. Retrieved 12 February 2015.