- Marcellin College, Auckland
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Marcellin College Location 617 Mt Albert Road,
Royal Oak,
Auckland,
New ZealandCoordinates 36°54′39″S 174°45′59″E / 36.9108°S 174.7665°ECoordinates: 36°54′39″S 174°45′59″E / 36.9108°S 174.7665°E Information Type Integrated secondary (year 7-13) Co-Ed Motto Seek The Best Established 1958 Ministry of Education Institution no. 63 Principal Dennis Fahey School roll 706 (2011) Socio-economic decile 3 Website www.marcellin.school.nz Marcellin College is an integrated, co-educational college in Royal Oak, Auckland, New Zealand for students in Year 7 to Year 13. Marcellin College was founded by the Marist Brothers in 1958 as a secondary school for boys only. The school is located on spacious grounds which were formerly part of the Pah estate. Most of the former Pah estate contiguous with Marcellin College is now owned by the Auckland City Council and is maintained as a park known as "Monte Cecilia Park" (largely located in the suburb of Hillsborough).
In 1982 the proprietor of Marcellin College signed an integration Agreement with the Minister of Education and the college entered the State education system. However, it entered the state system as a co-educational secondary school because in 1980 the school had incorporated the secondary department of a school for girls, St Benedict's College, Newton, which closed in that year. St Benedict's College had its origins in 1884 when the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart, at the behest of their founder, Mary MacKillop (St Mary of the Cross), arrived in Auckland from Adelaide and opened their first school in a converted shop in Karangahape Road. They founded St Benedict's College near St Benedict's Church, Newton in 1886, and in 1898 a large new school was built on the opposite corner from the church. From the early 1970s, population drift coinciding with, and to some extent due to, the construction of the nearby Auckland motorway system, led to a dramatic fall off in pupils. The secondary department merged with Marcellin College, and the primary department closed.
Notable alumni
- Mark Hotchin (1958-), Businessman, director of Hanover Finance[1]
- Chris Lewis (1957-), Tennis professional, Mens finalist at the 1983 Wimbledon Championships.[2]
Notes
- ^ Bennett, Adam (2008-08-09). "Exhilarating ride may finally be over". New Zealand Herald. ISSN 1170-0777. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10526049. Retrieved 2010-12-21.
- ^ Joseph Romanos, Chris Lewis: All the Way to Wimbledon, Rugby Press Limites, Auckland, 1984, p. 43.
Sources
- Pat Gallager, The Marist Brothers in New Zealand Fiji & Samoa 1876-1976, New Zealand Marist Brothers' Trust Board, Tuakau, 1976.
- E.R. Simmons, A Brief History of the Catholic Church in New Zealand, Catholic Publication Centre, Auckland, 1978 and In Cruce Salus, A History of the Diocese of Auckland 1848 - 1980, Catholic Publication Centre, Auckland 1982.
- St. Benedict’s College : corner East St. & St. Benedicts St., Newton, Auckland, New Zealand or Souvenir magazine St. Benedict’s College, 1980, The College, Auckland, 1980.
- Michael King, God's farthest outpost : a history of Catholics in New Zealand, Viking, Auckland 1997.
- Nicholas Reid, James Michael Liston: A Life, Victoria University Press, Wellington, 2006.
- Diane Strevens, MacKillop Women: The Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart Aotearoa New Zealand 1883-2006, David Ling, Auckland, 2008.
Categories:- Educational institutions established in 1958
- Marist Brothers schools
- Secondary schools in Auckland
- Roman Catholic secondary schools in Auckland
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