Petone Convent

New Zealand Tablet, 19 January 1922, Page 37

Petone Convent

The convent school, Petone, conducted by the Sisters of the Missions, “broke up” for the Christmas holidays after a very successful year’s work. All the pupils presented for the Trinity College musical examination passed: Associate A.T.C.L. 1, higher local 1, senior 1, intermediate honors 1, pass 1, violin pass 1, junior honors 4, pass ?, violin 1, preparatory honors 2, first steps 1. At the recent Standard VI. examination the convent presented 10 candidates, and the 10 secured proficiency certificates as follow: Maizie Gaynor, Maggie Keating, Irene Maloney, Emma McGill, Claude Collett, Tom Parsons, Ray Anderson, Willie Ropei, Kenneth Collett, and John Hill. Tom Parsons and Ray Anderson were also successful in winning two scholarships for St. Patrick’s College, Wellington, tenable for two years. The gold medal for the dux of the school, presented by Rev. Father Quealy, was won by Claude Collett, who also cai ried off a first prize in an essay competition.