St Cuthbert's College, Auckland

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St Cuthbert's College

Motto	By Love Serve
Type	Private Single sex girls (NE, Year 1-13) with boarding facilities
Year established	1915
Address	Market Road, Epsom
Principal	Lynda Reid
School roll	1409
Socio-economic decile (10 is high)	10
Ministry of Education Institution no.
Website	http://www.stcuthberts.school.nz

St Cuthbert's College is an independent girl's school situated in Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand. The school covers New Entrants (four-year olds) and Year One to Year Thirteen (five- to eighteen-year olds (approximately).

The school is named after Scottish monk St Cuthbert and the 'houses' are named after British monasteries and other notable religious places: Dunblane (Yellow), Elgin (Green), Iona (Purple), Kelso (Blue), Lindisfarne (White) and Melrose (Red). In another tie with Scotland, the uniform is a version of Black Watch tartan.

St Cuthbert's is regarded as one of the best schools in New Zealand. It has regularly topped the academic ranking table based on Year Eleven (NCEA Level 1/School Certificate) and Year Thirteen (NCEA Level 3/Bursary) examinations and performs strongly in sporting and cultural encounters.

1 History
2 School Motto
3 Boarding
4 Curriculum
- 4.1 Academic
- 4.2 Physical Education
5 Notable Alumni
6 References

[edit] History

The College opened in 1915 when a group of Presbyterian fathers bought Mt Eden Collegiate, a private school for girls, and appointed Miss Isobel Macdonald as the first Principal. Miss Macdonald renamed the school St Cuthbert's College and chose the motto, "By Love Serve". Since 1918 the College has celebrated St Cuthbert's Day annually in March.

The College moved to the present site in Market Road, Epsom, Auckland, in 1925 and the development of superb facilities began.

In 1932 three school houses were established - Dunblane, Elgin and Melrose - named after places of significance in the life of St Cuthbert.

In 1935, the College's signature Black Watch tartan was introduced.

The College has proud traditions of encouraging students to strive for excellence in all they do, of innovative programmes and of encouraging young women to contribute to their community.

The College continues to develop superb facilities in attractive grounds. It is an environment which enables all students to achieve their full potential.

[edit] School Motto

The meaning and example of St Cuthbert’s life is encapsulated in the College motto “By Love Serve”. Students are encouraged to share, respect the needs of others, accept different viewpoints and negotiate peacefully. They are encouraged to work hard and also take time for spiritual reflection.

The Christian lives lived by students, parents, Old Girls and staff in the tradition of commitment to the needs of the greater community through the Values Programme, philanthropy and time given to helping others is consistent with the messages of St Cuthbert.

The school verse comes from 1 Corinthians 13 chapters 1 -13 and is consistent with 'By Love Serve"

[edit] Boarding

St Cuthbert's College accepts both Day students and Boarding students. The Boarding Community at St Cuthbert's College is very diverse. Boarders come from Asia, the Pacific Islands and a range of other overseas locations, as well as from both urban and rural New Zealand.

[edit] Curriculum

[edit] Academic

The senior curriculum is based on mainstream academic subjects. At Year Nine and Year Ten, core subjects such as English, Mathematics, Social Studies and Science are compulsory and are complemented by optional language and business subjects. At Year Eleven a student may drop social studies and science and can choose from three optional subjects. By Year Twelve, only English is compulsory and at Year Thirteen a student may take five subjects of her choosing.

Optional languages include Maori, Japanese, Latin, French and Spanish. In the social sciences, Social Studies is compulsory at years nine and ten, and is split into the optional subjects of History and Geography at year eleven. Classical studies, Art History and media studies are also available from year twelve. Similarly, Business Studies is optional at years nine and ten and is split into Economics and Accounting at year eleven. Science subjects available are Chemistry, Physics and Biology and Behaviour Science at Year 12 only.