Columba College Newsletter - Thursday 6 April 2023
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Mrs L Piebenga
Achieving an Academic Blue is a distinguished achievement. It was a pleasure to celebrate both our past and present students who achieved this accolade based on their 2022 academic results.
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Ms I Bercinskas
Save the dates: 2-5 August at the refurbished Mosgiel Coronation Hall.
Miss D Turnbull
New Zealand Secondary School Nationals in Gym Sport Aerobics were over the weekend with four Columba College Students competing.
Ms M Milne and Ms N Hall
Hello! We wanted to introduce ourselves. We are your Columba Counselling team.
Mrs E Harris
In these articles, we talk to our student leaders about what it is they actually do and how they are growing through their role(s)
Dr A George
His last play may be about 410 years old but William Shakespeare is quite popular at Columba College.
Ms J Riethmaier
Thank you to everyone in our community who donated chocolate and other treats!
Miss B Sutton
On Friday the 24th of April, a squad of 21 girls flew to Auckland Airport, before driving to Cambridge for the prestigious Maadi Cup.
Miss G Darling
Throughout the month of March the senior students ran lunchtime activities to raise money for One Human Race.
On Thursday the 30th of March, Year 13 students Kayla, Faith and Emma (Columba Doves), and Year 11 student Melanie, competed in the New Zealand Secondary Schools Triathlon at Glendhu Bay.
Mrs K Lodge
On Tuesday, two fantastic Junior School teams took part in the Year 5 and 6 Otago EPro 8 heats.
Mr S Rhodes
A team of 11 Columba College athletes set off to Invercargill to brave the elements and take on the best of the best in the South Island.
Administration
Much beloved English teacher, Mr Tagg, is leaving Columba College to take an Assistant Principal role at KVC
To raise money for 'So They Can', our Prefect team organised and run a Dunk-the-Teacher event
Ms L Stirling
The International Department was delighted to see a number of international students receive Academic Blues on Monday.
Mrs G Beardmore
Thank you to all our amazing student coaches, parent managers and volleyball supporters from the Columba Community who have made the start of volleyball for 2023 such a positive one! Some encouraging results were achieved across the board, highlighting the progress seen within this sport at Columba College over the past few years. The future of Volleyball is most definitely looking bright!
Term One Water Polo and Flippa Ball for Columba College has been a great success, with our teams showing impressive progress in and out of the water with their team unity, skill development and general knowledge of the game.
Last week the Columba College Senior A Volleyball Team traveled to Palmerston North to compete in the National Secondary School Championships.
Rev C Nicol
Today's Communion Service was a wonderful way for the school community to celebrate the message of hope and love this Easter. We were thrilled to have our chaplain, Dr Macleod, and Board of Governors Chairperson, Dr Hill, assisting.
Our wonderful gardener and caretaker's assistant is moving on
Mrs M Hogg
The Junior School children were treated to a wonderful, surprise Easter Egg hunt today, initiated and organised by Samuel Riley and supported by the wonderful Year 6 team of FBI's.
Miss Z McElrea
This past weekend Columba College was lucky enough to have six teams compete at the Otago Regionals for Debating, and had a very successful time, with both Columba 1 and Columba 2 making it into the semi-finals.
A massive congratulations to our SGCNZ Shakespeare (Shelia Winn) kaiwhakahaere o nga whakaari and their kaiwhakaari.
Mrs S O'Malley
Miss C Gardiner
On the 23rd of March, four students from the senior German class headed to Otago University to take part in a language and music workshop, run by German rap artist An Jay.
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