From 1945, five catholic secondary schools in the Wellington region accepted teenagers from Poland, (from the Pahiatua Camp), as students: Sacred Heart College. Lower Hutt; Erskine College, (now closed); St. Mary’s College, Wellington; St. Patrick’s College. Wellington and St. Patrick's College, Silverstream.
This year, the Trustees provided a 2025 tertiary fees grant to each of the four surviving secondary schools which welcomed Polish students, and which gave them the opportunity to receive a Catholic secondary school education on which to build new lives in a foreign land.
The students (all nominated by the respective Principals of the schools) were:
- Marianna Boless, (St. Mary’s College, Wellington);
- Laito Fauchelle, (St. Patrick’s College, Silverstream);
- Sam Glynan, (St. Patrick’s College, Wellington); and
- Viktoriya Lyubich, (Sacred Heart College, Lower Hutt).
(Sam Glynan, St. Patrick's College Wellington was one of four students to receive a tertiary fees grant)
(Published: 02/11/24)