Last month Garin band Peasants of Eden won the regional Rockquest – and now they have been selected to contest the final. Smokefreerockquest is the biggest and most influential nation-wide youth event held in New Zealand, reaching audience numbers in excess of 100,000 every year. Founded in 1989 by music teachers Glenn Common and Pete [...]
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Mahi Toi concert another highlight
As usual, term 2 finished with a sensational display of the artistic talent of young people. The earlier two day festival had shown students at their very best, and the concert allowed parents to see a selection of the best items – but there were plenty more that could not be fitted in.
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Top Sporting results from July
Term 2 finished with the highlight of the Garin Arts year; Te Wairua o nga Mahi Toi, but already the College’s top sports people were hard at work making July our top sporting month. Tom Nicholson and Tom Ashley missed Mahi Toi because they were in Australia in the New Zealand cycling team – both [...]
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Garin: the school for academic excellence
Last year we were very pleased with our teachers and students for really good results-placing us at the very top of academic achievement in the top-of-the-south. One of the things we were not so happy with was the fact that although the pass-rates were high, we did not have enough students gaining Merit and Excellence [...]
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Garin: the Triathlon school
Congratulations to the triathlon team who performed superbly at the recent regional event at Rabbit Island on Monday. Of the six race categories for individual competitors, Garin athletes won three-(Joel MacManus-U16, Liam Mintrom-U14 and Phoebe Harris-U14), and placed second in two-(Maria Schryvers-U16 and Cameron Eggers-U19). On top of this, the seniors boys’ team of Jonathan [...]
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Garin: First in the world stock market!
Congratulations to three of our Stock Market teams who, we have just learned, achieved stunning results. During the 2009 school year, the Year 9 and Year 10 gifted and talented students competed in the International Stock Market Game and WON! The game has been in existence since 1977 and is used by thousands of schools [...]
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Opening Mass and Investiture 2010
Our Opening Mass is always the first gathering for the year ofthe school and the Garin community as we gather to ask fro a good year and to appoint and bless our school leavers. Father Maurice Carmody was joined by Fr Raymond Soriano to lead our celebration. We were also joined by our local primary [...]
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Garin: the academic school
Although the Ministry of Education has caught up with us and decided to recognise students who gain the top academic results, we have decided to continue with a higher level of achievement by limiting our Colours awards to the students who gain all 80 credits in their NCEA with Merit and Excellence passes. Those who [...]
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Garin: the girls’ volleyball school
Over the last three weeks the Year 10 Volleyball girls have given people something to talk about. Playing in the A Grade Junior Volleyball competition the team has beaten Nayland A, Nelson Girls A and Waimea 10A. The team is capably coached by Year 12 students Lulu Shanaher and Lydia Wadsworth. “They are a dedicated [...]
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Garin Student receives top award
Gabes Callaghan has won New Zealand’s highest award for hearing-impaired children who are receiving their education in mainstream schools rather than special schools. Deaf and hearing-impaired children who are able to keep up with their hearing peers are, according to research in their field, like gifted hearing children. The Makere Mason Memorial Trophy recognises New [...]
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