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Electrical Apprenticeships
If you are interested in a career in the electrical industry ETCO (The Electrical Training Company) are accepting applications through their website: http://www.etco.co.nz/about-apprenticeships.
Alternatively, you are welcome to call them on 0800 ASK ETCO (08002753826) and speak to one of their recruitment team.
Board Of Trustess Parent Eelections
Reminder that nominations are required by Thursday 16th May. You can nominate yourself; you must be on the parent electoral roll at John Paul College to nominate yourself or another. A copy of this roll is available at the main reception.
Please deliver or post your nomination form along with a profile about yourself to The Returning Officer, John Paul College P.O. Box 5040, Rotorua West.
Confirmed NCEA Results
We are delighted to confirm our outstanding NCEA results for 2012, which are our best ever. John Paul College now compares very favourably with decile 9 and 10 schools in Auckland and Wellington.
| John Paul College | National (Decile 7) | |||||
| Qualification | Year 11 | Year 12 | Year 13 | Year 11 | Year 12 | Year 13 |
| NCEA (Level 1) | 96.2 (89.8) | 83.9 (80.6) | ||||
| NCEA (Level 2) | 95.5 (89.8) | 86.8 (84.8) | ||||
| NCEA (Level 3) | 91.9 (90.5) | 70.3 (75.8) | ||||
| University Entrance | 78 (70.5) | 70.4 (66.9) | ||||
Rotorua Energy Charitable Trust Tertiary Study Awards
Congratulations of seventeen of last year’s Year 13 students were recently presented with Tertiary Study Awards by the Rotorua Energy Charitable Trust. Only forty awards were available for high school students in the Rotorua district. John Paul College was awarded seventeen, while the highest number awarded to any other school was eight.
Samantha Bradley, Shaun Deo, Louise Fisher, Todd Foster, Grace Gollan, Kelsey Horne, Emma Kelly, Nicole Lovegrove, Rebecca McMenamin, Morgan Osborne, Katie Rigter, Giuliana Sewell, Claire Threadgill, Thacia van Arendonk, Emma Weir, Matthew Wells, Anna Wong-Toi
Ten NCEA Scholarships
We congratulate and salute the following students who achieved NCEA scholarships, placing them in the top 3% of academic students nationally who sat theses exams. We also acknowledge the dedication and support of their teachers.
Mario Thorne – History Thacia Van Arendonk – Dance Jennifer Van Rouveroy – Biology
Joshua Mack – History Matthew Wells – English Rebecca McMenamin – English; Biology
Katie Rigter – Mathematics with Statistics
Samantha Bradley – Mathematics with Statistics; Mathematics with Calculus
Canteen Menu
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Uniform Shop
The uniform shop is open 8am - 4pm Monday – Thursday. Closed 11.30am - 12.30pm
Increase In General Activity Contribution 2013
Please click here to read a letter from the Chairperson of the Board of Trustess explaining the need to increase the General Activity Contribution for 2013.
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