EDUCATION: KRISTIN SCHOOL
Foundation Day 2021 On Friday 19th March, Kristin celebrated our Foundation Day, honouring the stories of our beginnings; recognising the vision, leadership and commitment of Kristin’s founders to create and build the school we love and appreciate today. Kristin’s founding story is unique – a school created by families for families in 1973, by a group of pioneering North Shore parents, guided by the Christian values that are still at the heart of our school today: progress, vision, integrity and love. At the Foundation Day assembly, two of our youngest kindergarten students, Savannah Teitge and Sutton Pollard, together with Head Prefects Evy Hwangbo and Tim Gunn, lit a candle symbolising the light of those values, with us from the very beginning. As a relatively young school (48 years old), Kristin’s founders and key historical figures are still very much a part of our present-day community and many attended our Foundation Day assembly as special guests.
Kristin’s Summer Carnival As part of our Foundation Day celebrations, Kristin also held its annual Summer Carnival on Friday 19th March. This event provides a lovely relaxed and fun atmosphere for students to enjoy some time with their friends, and for parents to mix and mingle and get to know each other at the beginning of the new school year. It was lovely to see families from Little Doves right through to Senior School at the Carnival.
Kristin Alumni Success: America's Cup Congratulations to Elise Beavis, Kristin Alumnus from the Class of 2012 and Emirates Team New Zealand on their outstanding America's Cup win! Elise is the Performance Engineer for Emirates Team New Zealand, playing a pivotal role in getting Te Rehutai to literally fly around the course! After graduating from Kristin in 2012, Elise completed a Bachelor of Engineering (Hons.) from University of Auckland, specialising in Engineering Science. Elise has worked with Emirates Team New Zealand since 2016 – this is her second successful America's Cup campaign.
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