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Suzanne Aubert Catholic School, Papamoa East The Establishment Board of the school has recently advertised for a foundation principal and over the course of this year will be advertising for a Deputy Principal, a Director of Religious Studies and five other teachers. Background Information Suzanne Aubert Catholic School is a new, Years 1 – 6 Catholic Primary School that will open in February 2021. The maximum roll will be 250 students by the end of 2024. The school is situated in Papamoa East and serves a large, emerging suburban population. It is part of the All Saints by the Sea Catholic Parish. The All Saints by the Sea Parish, Papamoa Coast was created in 2018 from the amalgamation of St Thomas More Parish, Mount Maunganui and St Patrick’s Parish Te Puke (which included
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St Peter’s Church Maketu). The parish is vibrant and community-focused, with a great mix of young families, empty nesters and a large retirement community. Suzanne Aubert School and the existing St Thomas More School in Mount Maunganui will be key parts of the ministry of the parish. We see both schools developing a very close relationship and building on the existing family relationships within the parish. The catchment area for the school is deemed to be, but not exclusive to, Parton Rd Papamoa, south, through Te Puke and as far as Pukehina beach. Suzanne Aubert, after whom the school is named, is the founder of the religious order, the Sisters of Compassion, the only home grown order in Aotearoa New Zealand. The characteristics of
the order that will be the charism focus of the school are: Divine providence, simplicity, action with the poor, social justice and partnership.
