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School History |
The History of Saint Theresa's Saint Theresa's School was opened 1st February 1931 by the bishop of Dunedin, Bishop James Whyte. The school contained two rooms seperated by a folding door, which meant that it could be used as the church on Sundays. Forty-three children began class on 4 February 1931, Sister Mary Petronill teaching Standards 1 to 4 and Sister Mary Rinaldo the infants. Due to roll growth, extra classrooms were added in 1947 and 1961. In 1995 modern buildings have replaced all of the original school. In 1998 a final classroom was added to bring the total to 12 rooms. In 2005 the school became part of the review of Invercargill schools and was decapitated from being a year 1-8 school to a year 1-6 school. Saint Theresa's now has 12 teachers and a roll of 300 pupils from New Entrants to Year 6 |