St Dominic's College

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St Dominic’s Catholic College is a Year 7-13 girls’ school situated in West Auckland

Our vision is to challenge students to achieve excellence by delivering a holistic education based on the living values of the Catholic Dominican tradition.

Enrolment application packs for 2019 are available on our website or from the school office.

Information for new students 2020

If you have a daughter you wish to enrol next year, please be aware of the information below. You may wish to let friends and family know of the enrolment process and closing date.

College Open Evening

We are holding our Open Evening on Tuesday March 19th at 6.30pm.

This is a great time for students looking to enrol at the College in 2020, to come and look around, ask questions and fill in an enrolment application form. We have made some changes to our enrolment process.

Enrolments are open now and will close on Friday 28th June followed by interviews in Term 3.

If you have another daughter or know of someone wishing to enrol for 2020, we look forward to seeing you there.

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Our Special Character

St Dominic’s is committed to creating a caring and supportive environment where each student can feel special, loved, understood and appreciated and which emphasizes excellence in academic learning, personal development and involvement in the community.

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Academic Programmes

Our restricted maximum roll number means that we are small enough to care but large enough to challenge and provide a well-rounded education which ensures that our girls are equipped with the learning skills and knowledge that will prepare them for the future.

A full, stimulating and relevant curriculum is offered for all students.

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Co-curricular

A wide range of sporting, arts and cultural opportunities are provided for all our students from netball, soccer and hockey to dance and drama clubs and cultural performance groups.

Parents/caregivers volunteering to help out on any school activity please click here.

News

FIRST ACADEMIC COACHING CONFERENCE

Monday 11 March (appointments available from 9:00am to 7:00pm.)

By now, you should have received the full letter via your daughter last week - this is a reminder about whole school conferences which are held during the school day, so there will be no lessons on this day. Students only come in for their 15-minute conference appointment. This is a non-uniform day, so they may wear mufti. Buses will run as normal. Students who are 14 and over should attend even if parent’s/caregivers cannot make it - they are expected to make an appointment directly with their academic coach. Your daughter will already have set her academic goals on her Google Goals page. The student-led conference should be about her progress facilitated by the academic coach. To make a booking, you have received an interview (or reminder) notification by email. Please click on that link and follow the instructions. For any further queries, please email Mr Shiu mshiu@stdoms.ac.nz

ASH WEDNESDAY

This week, we held our Ash Wednesday liturgy - another beautiful occasion for the school. We even recorded two of our songs, one of which, "Perfect Grace" was requested by the Diocese to share with local schools within the Diocese. Click here to view https://www.facebook.com/stdominicscatholiccollege/videos/547946842358735/

DEBATING

Year 12 girls, Zeenat Ali, Viviene Bunquin and Caitlyn Kilpatrick participated in the ‘Auckland Schools Debating Seasonal Championship’ on Sunday the 3rd of March at Lynfield College and we had some amazing results. Our team won the novice division in the hotly contested 4 rounds of debating from 12 different schools across Auckland. Our girls were the only team to have won all four of their debates. Zeenat was declared the third best speaker and Viviene, the best speaker in their division Congratulations to our girls. We are very proud of them!

Photo from left: Zeenat Ali, Caitlin Kilpatrick and Viviene Bunquin

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Rich Tradition of Learning and Achievement

Our students enjoy a high rate of success in national examinations and, later, at tertiary institutions.
St Dominic’s offers a rich curriculum which ensures that there is opportunity for students to develop their academic, spiritual, cultural and physical potential.

We believe (and research confirms) that girls can more easily reach their full potential in a single sex school. A Gifted and Talented programme is offered for those girls identified as likely to benefit from additional extension and challenge.

HISTORY OF ST DOMINIC'S

Students Receive Individualised Assistance in Their Studies

All our students have their own academic coach from Year 7 through to Year 13 to advise on goal setting, review progress and to assist in determining the next steps required to continue the student’s academic achievement.

Learning support is available for any students needing a helping hand to build the capacities needed to achieve in the future.

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Confidence Building Leadership Opportunities

At St Dominic’s we recognise the value of developing each student’s confidence to be a part of a team and to play their part as a leader.

Many leadership opportunities exist with each form class having a class captain, environmental captain, arts captain and sports captain while roles are also available as Peer Mediators, Ambassadors, Body Image Leaders and Eucharistic Ministers to name but a few.

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“What’s great about St Dom’s is the people. We have the warmest, most considerate teachers I have ever met. Their passion for education and teaching reflects off them and causes a chain reaction of positivity within the classroom – Grace, Year 10 student

"As parents we have always endorsed and encouraged certain values and standards in the upbringing of our daughters. Sending all four of our girls to St Dominic's College made it possible for our shared standards and values to be upheld and supported.With the College’s strong focus on academic achievement, personal growth and cultural diversity, we have no regrets in choosing St Dominic's. We greatly appreciate the positive impact the College has had on each one of our four daughters personal and educational journeys!" - Wendy, parent

“I really like the international friendships I can make here. Through my school years I have made friends from a variety of different cultural backgrounds. We also have the opportunity to study a range of subjects in all four areas, academic, sports, the arts and cultural – Alicia, Year 10 student

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