St John's College is a state-integrated

Catholic The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwid ...

boys'

secondary school A secondary school, high school, or senior school, is an institution that provides secondary education. Some secondary schools provide both ''lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper secondary education'' (ages 14 to 18), i.e., b ...

Hamilton Hamilton may refer to: * Alexander Hamilton (1755/1757–1804), first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States * ''Hamilton'' (musical), a 2015 Broadway musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda ** ''Hamilton'' (al ...

, New Zealand, with a school roll of as of . The school crest features the eagle of

St. John the Apostle John the Apostle (; ; ), also known as Saint John the Beloved and, in Eastern Orthodox Christianity, Saint John the Theologian, was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus according to the New Testament. Generally listed as the youngest apostle, he ...

, with the motto "Caritas Christi Urget Nos" strewn across the bottom, a

Latin Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins (Italic tribe), Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area aroun ...

motto translating loosely into "Christ's love urges us on". The mission statement for the school is "Preparing Young Men For Life".

History

A primary school was established by the

Marist Brothers The Marist Brothers of the Schools, commonly known as simply the Marist Brothers, is an international community of Catholic Church, Catholic religious institute of Religious brother, brothers. In 1817, Marcellin Champagnat, a Marist priest from Fr ...

in 1922 on the site which is now Marian Catholic School. It became Marist High School. In 1961 it was renamed to St John's College, and it moved to its current Hillcrest Road location in February 1962.

Enrolment

As of , St John's College has a roll of students, of which (%) identify as Māori. As of , the school has an

Equity Index In finance, a stock index, or stock market index, is an index that measures the performance of a stock market, or of a subset of a stock market. It helps investors compare current stock price levels with past prices to calculate market perform ...

of , placing it amongst schools whose students have socioeconomic barriers to achievement (roughly equivalent to deciles 8 and 9 under the former

socio-economic decile In the education in New Zealand, New Zealand education system, decile was a key measure of socioeconomic status used to target funding and support schools. In academic contexts the full term "socioeconomic decile" or "socioeconomic decile band" wa ...

system).

Facilities

A Pompallier technology centre was opened at St John's College in May 2002, which contains facilities for

art Art is a diverse range of cultural activity centered around ''works'' utilizing creative or imaginative talents, which are expected to evoke a worthwhile experience, generally through an expression of emotional power, conceptual ideas, tec ...

food technology Food technology is a branch of food science that addresses the production, preservation, quality control and research and development of food products. It may also be understood as the science of ensuring that a society is food secure and ha ...

graphic design Graphic design is a profession, academic discipline and applied art that involves creating visual communications intended to transmit specific messages to social groups, with specific objectives. Graphic design is an interdisciplinary branch of ...

and

materials technology Materials science is an interdisciplinary field of researching and discovering materials. Materials engineering is an engineering field of finding uses for materials in other fields and industries. The intellectual origins of materials scien ...

classes. St John's College has an

Astroturf AstroTurf is an American subsidiary of SportGroup that produces artificial turf for pitch (sports field), playing surfaces in sports. The original AstroTurf product was a pile (textile), short-pile synthetic turf invented in 1965 by Monsanto. Si ...

centre, named the Paul Honiss Tennis and Hockey Centre. It was completed in May 2003 on a budget of

NZ$ The New Zealand dollar (; currency sign, sign: $; ISO 4217, code: NZD) is the official currency and legal tender of New Zealand, the Cook Islands, Niue, the Ross Dependency, Tokelau, and a British territory, the Pitcairn Islands. Within New Zeal ...

250,000. A new Sports Centre at the school was opened in early 2020, with New Zealand Prime Minister,

Jacinda Ardern Dame Jacinda Kate Laurell Ardern ( ; born 26 July 1980) is a New Zealand politician and activist who was the 40th prime minister of New Zealand and Leader of the New Zealand Labour Party, leader of the Labour Party from 2017 to 2023. She was ...

attending to visit the opening. The gym is estimated to be worth NZ $ 8 million, with the same building also supporting three new classrooms. This newly established area began construction in 2018 as a response to the roll increase of students at St John's College. An updated facility was required for all students to sufficiently participate in sports activities at the school. Sports that can be played at the new gymnasium include basketball, volleyball, badminton and futsal.

Houses

St John's College has four houses. The houses are named after four prominent figures in the Catholic Faith. *

Chanel Chanel ( , ) is a French luxury fashion house founded in 1910 by Coco Chanel in Paris. It is privately owned by French brothers, Alain and Gérard Wertheimer, through the holding company Chanel Limited, established in 2018 and headquarte ...

– Red * Marcellin – Blue * Pompallier – Green * Roncalli – Gold

Notable alumni

* Sosene Anesi – rugby union player * David Bennett – politician * Jayden Bezzant – basketball player *

Greg Foran Gregory Stephen Foran (born 22 July 1961) is a New Zealand businessman. He was previously CEO of the American division of Walmart, and is currently chief executive of Air New Zealand. He will leave Air New Zealand on 20 October 2025. Early li ...

— businessman *

Marty Holah Martin Rowan Holah (born 10 September 1976 in Hamilton, New Zealand) is a New Zealand former rugby union player, who has played for Welsh regional side Ospreys, the Waikato provincial team and the Chiefs Super Rugby franchise. Holah was cap ...

– rugby union player * Mike Homik – basketball player * Paul Honiss – rugby union referee *

Pita Limjaroenrat Pita Limjaroenrat (, ; born 5 September 1980), nicknamed Tim (, ), is a Thai businessman and former politician. A former member of the House of Representatives (Thailand), House of Representatives, he previously served as leader of the Move For ...

, Thai politician. * Benjamin Mitchell – actor * Michael Redman – local-body politician and administrator *

Bob Simcock Robert Malcolm Simcock (born 1947) is a New Zealand politician. He was a Member of Parliament for the National Party from 1996 to 2002 and Mayor of Hamilton from 2007 to 2010. Early career Simcock attended St John's College before graduating ...

– poliitican *

Mark van Gisbergen Mark van Gisbergen (born 30 June 1977 in Hamilton, New Zealand) is a rugby union footballer who plays at Fullback (rugby union), fullback for Lyon OU, Lyon and England national rugby union team, England. He is nicknamed 'Giz' or 'Gizzy'. Van ...

– rugby union player

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Saint John's College, Hamilton Boys' schools in New Zealand Educational institutions established in 1923 Secondary schools in Hamilton, New Zealand Catholic secondary schools in Hamilton, New Zealand Marist Brothers schools 1923 establishments in New Zealand