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Welcome to John Paul College

Te Kura o Hoani Pāora – John Paul College was founded in 1987 with the amalgamation of Edmund Rice College and MacKillop College.

John Paul College led by tumuaki – principal Mr Justin Harper is the top performing Catholic secondary school in New Zealand. We educate and shape the lives of young people from Year 7 to Year 13 in the beautiful tourist city of Rotorua.

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Rest in Peace – Mr Paul Sanders.

Mrs Bryony Edwards wins prestigious National Excellence in Teaching award.

Farewell Matua Wharekahika Clarke

Tēnā Koutou, Tēnā Koutou, Tēnā Koutou Katoa.

Ma te Pono, me te Aroha – Through Faith and Love.

John Paul College Rotorua is a distinctly Catholic Year 7 to 13 school of excellence. Here we strive to send young minds into the world with more than just a terrific academic grounding. We aim to have our graduating students’ conscious of their responsibilities and obligations towards themselves and others in the community.

– Justin Harper

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2024 JPC Rotorua Young Achievers

JPC junior team competes at the 25th Robocup Junior Australia bringing home the ‘Encouragement Award’!

Ariel Muchirahondo and Ashmit Danney success at New Zealand Secondary Schools’ Swimming Championships!

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JPC Newsletter – Term 1 – Week 5
February 27, 2025
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Event Calendar

Term Dates 2025

Term 1

30th January - 11th April

Term 2

28th April - 27th June

Term 3

14th July - 19th September

Term 4

6th October - 10th December

House Points

Rice
180
Kanea
100
MacKillop
80
McKenna
180
La Salle
160
About JPC
John Paul College has become the top performing Catholic secondary school in New Zealand. The Kura educates and shapes the lives of young people from Year 7 to Year 13 in the beautiful tourist city of Rotorua.
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International
John Paul College is well known for providing a top class learning environment preparing international students to become confident and capable global citizens. Students come from 15 different countries making up to 7% of the school’s population.
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John Paul College is the top performing Catholic secondary school in New Zealand. Find out more about being a student at JPC and check on the latest information for our current students.
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Congratulations Alan Antony on being Runner up at Congratulations Alan Antony on being Runner up at the Rotary Club of Rotorua Annual Secondary School Speech Contest. This Rotary Club a pivot in Rotorua since 1927. Title of speech was ‘Are New Zealanders Litter bugs?’ . Congratulations Alan - such a well structured informative humorous speech that was well received!
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Brought to you by Rotorua Museum Youth Group and M Brought to you by Rotorua Museum Youth Group and Multicultural Rotorua, this event will take place on Saturday 24 May from 12pm – 4pm at the Rotorua Library, Te Aka Mauri.
Enjoy a range of cultural and high school performances and taste food from around the world. An expo will showcase many opportunities and groups for youth in our local community.
Come down and hang out!
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Our next inter-house competition, e te whānau: Wh Our next inter-house competition, e te whānau: Whana Poikiri - FOOTBALL! ⚽️

Starts this week, Monday 12th May at lunchtime on the JPC Football Field. We kick off with our first fixture between 🟦McKenna and 🟪La Salle at 1:30pm SHARP! 

Can we halt the powerhouses that are 🟩MacKillop and 🟥Rice houses who’ve been neck and neck from the get go?! Show up and find out!

All year levels required on field, girls and boys, so, kaua e whakamā, don’t be shy! Come and represent your house proudly! 

Check out the draw below 👇 and we’ll see you on the field! 

May the best house win! 🏆
Last Friday, the 2nd of May, we ran our annual JPC Last Friday, the 2nd of May, we ran our annual JPC Cross Country event. 

It was a hugely successful day run by Mr. Whalley, and a bunch of Staff and Student helpers. 

There were competitive finishes in there, with Year 12 student, Hadlee Fowler taking out pole position with a time of 6m 25s, coming in just in front of staff participant, Mr. Billing.
This time was followed closely by Year 9 student, Noah Lomas, clocking in at 6m 26s who set the bar earlier in the day! 

HUGE thanks to New World Westend for fuelling our runners with delicious 🍎 apples after our run! 😋

House Points: Each runner received 1x point for completing the race, with bonus points going to those who placed either 🥇1st 🥈2nd or 🥉3rd.

Congratulations to 🔴 RICE HOUSE 🔴 taking out the Inter-house component by 5️⃣ points! 🥳
Fun fact: There were 29 points between 5th and 1st place, making for a very competitive day! 👏

Congratulations to ALL runners! Check out the results below 👇
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Stations of the Cross Liturgy At the end of Term O Stations of the Cross Liturgy
At the end of Term One our Year 13’s presented the Holy Week Journey to the rest of the school. This ended our term and gave us time together to reflect on what this means for us, especially here as a Catholic Community at John Paul College. Thank you Year 13’s for doing this so respectfully.

As we moved into holidays we had opportunities to live Holy Week with our family. We were able to experience Easter Sunday and the joy of the Risen Lord.
Alleluia, Alleluia.

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