St Bernard's College, Lower Hutt

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St Bernard's College
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St Bernard’s College from Waterloo Road
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St Bernard's College, Lower Hutt
183 Waterloo Road,
Lower Hutt,
New Zealand
Coordinates 41°12′37″S174°55′01″E / 41.2104°S 174.9169°E / -41.2104; 174.9169
Information
TypeState integrated boys Secondary (Year 7–13)
MottoRespice Stellam Voca Mariam
"Look To The Star, Call Upon Mary"
Established1946; 79 years ago
Sister school Sacred Heart College, Lower Hutt
Ministry of Education Institution no. 260
PrincipalSimon Stack
School roll678 [1] (March 2025)
Color(s)   Blue and gold
Nickname The 183
Socio-economic decile6N [2]
Website www.sbc.school.nz

St Bernard's College (SBC or SBC183) is a Catholic year 7 to 13 (form 1 to 7) secondary school for boys located at 183 Waterloo Rd, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand. The school was opened by the Marist Brothers in 1946. Years 7 and 8 were previously part of St Bernard's Intermediate.

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The maximum roll is 680 pupils.

School crest

The school crest was designed by Brother Gerard Mullin who served as principal of the school from 1959 to 1964. The crest of St. Bernard's consists of a shield divided into three panels:

  1. St. Bernard was Abbot of Clairvaux in France and a great figure in the religious and political life of twelfth century Europe;
  2. Marcellin Champagnat founded the Marist Brothers of the Schools in France; and
  3. Bishop Pompallier, a Frenchman, was instrumental in bringing the Catholic faith to New Zealand.

Surmounting the shield is a combination of stars resting on a bar divided into three parts. The Latin inscription at the foot of the shield translates to "Look to the star, call upon Mary."

Sports

St. Bernard's College has offered many sports as extra-curricular activities. It currently offers athletics, badminton, basketball, cricket, cross country, football, golf, hockey, mountain biking, rowing, rugby, rugby league, rugby 7s, softball, swimming, tennis, touch rugby, volleyball and waterpolo. The first XV rugby team has three traditional games each year; one with Hato Paora College, one with Francis Douglas Memorial College and another one with Hutt Valley High School.

List of principals

With Simon Stack's appointment at the start of 2016, fifteen principals have served St. Bernard's College since its formation in 1946.

Saint Bernard's College's main field in 2013 SBC Field.JPG
Saint Bernard's College's main field in 2013

Notable alumni

See also

References

  1. ↑ "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
  2. ↑ "Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools". Ministry of Education. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  3. ↑ Andre Chumko, "Mladen Ivančiċ, six-time acting boss of the Film Commission", The Post, 19 August 2023, p. B4.
  4. ↑ Yakas-Dance, Kaitlyn (June 22, 2023). "Having it all: how barrister Roderick Mulgan manages to practise law and medicine at the same time".
  5. ↑ Shilpy Arora, "'Not a total workaholic': Meet the Auckland doctor who is also a practising lawyer" Stuff News, 23 July 2023 (Retrieved 23 May 2023)

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