Established 1928; 89 years ago Years 7-13 Phone +64 9-846 8311 Principal Monica Johnson | Ministry of Education Institution no. 70 Gender Girls Total enrollment 760 (2011) | |
Motto Ad Jesum per Mariam; "To Jesus through Mary" (Latin) Similar Marist School Mount Al, Mount Albert Grammar, St Cuthbert's College, St Peter’s College, Avondale College | ||
Marist College is a Catholic girls high-school located in Mount Albert, Auckland, New Zealand. It teaches from year 7 through to year 13 with a broad curriculum and an ethos based on Roman Catholicism. It has a maximum student roll of 800 girls.
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History
The Marist Sisters congregation or order of Roman Catholic women was started in France during the early 19th century by Jeanne-Marie Chavoin and Jean-Claude Colin. The Marist Sisters founded the school known as Marist Sisters College in Mt Albert in 1928. The school officially changed its name to Marist College in 2000.
The whole school community, through the general school programme and its instruction and observances, exercises the right to live and teach the values of Jesus Christ. Marist College has daily prayers, regular celebrations of the sacrament of the Eucharist and formal study of a religious education programme.
Each year, Marist College celebrates Marist Day, starting with Mass in the morning and a themed fun time after that. It is always on 15 August, the Feast of the Assumption of Mary. In 2008, it celebrated Marist Day's 30th Anniversary, which started in 1978.
Marist College's school colours are gold and blue.
Ethnic composition
The New Zealand Education Review Office provided the following statistics for the year 2003:- European 53%, Māori 5%, Indian 13%, Samoan 10%, Tongan 6%, Chinese 6%, Filipino 2%, Japanese 1% Korean 1%, Other Pacific 1%, Other Asian 1%, Other 1%.