| Marcellin College | |
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617 Mt Albert Road, Royal Oak, Auckland, New Zealand | |
| Coordinates | 36°54′39″S 174°45′59″E / 36.9108°S 174.7665°E |
| Information | |
| Type | Integrated secondary (year 7–13) Roman Catholic Co-Ed |
| Motto | Optima Quaere (Seek The Best) |
| Established | 1958; 66 years ago (St Benedict's College founded 1884) |
| Ministry of Education Institution no. | 63 |
| Principal | Ms Maria Prescott |
| School roll | 611[1] (August 2024) |
| Socio-economic decile | 2F[2] |
| Website | www.marcellin.school.nz |
Marcellin College is a Catholic, integrated, co-educational college in Royal Oak, Auckland, New Zealand for students in Year 7 to Year 13. The college was founded by the Marist Brothers in 1958 as a school for boys only. The school follows the values of Marist education, which was formed by the name of the school and patron saint, St Marcellin Champagnat.[3] The school is located on grounds which had been part of the Pah estate. It has an extensive woodland on its southern and western boundaries.[4] Most of the former Pah estate contiguous with Marcellin College is now owned by the Auckland Council and is maintained as a park known as "Monte Cecilia Park." The Auckland Franciscan Friary and Retreat Centre is just across Monte Cecilia Park from the college.[5] A Discalced Carmelite Monastery (under the patronage of the Holy Family and St Thomas, Apostle) is directly opposite the college on Mt Albert Rd.[6] The school became co-educational in 1981 when it amalgamated with St Benedict's College, a girls' school.
- ^ "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
- ^ "Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools". Ministry of Education. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ^ Reidy, Jade (2013). Not Just Passing Through: the Making of Mt Roskill (2nd ed.). Auckland: Puketāpapa Local Board. p. 162. ISBN 978-1-927216-97-2. OCLC 889931177. Wikidata Q116775081.
- ^ Roskill: An illustrated history of New Zealand's largest borough, Mt Roskill Borough Council, 1984, p. 48.
- ^ St Francis Retreat Centre, Auckland (Retrieved 9 June 2016)
- ^ Carmel of St Thomas, Apostle, Auckland (Retrieved 10 June 2016)