Saint Kentigern Senior College | Service Opportunities

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In keeping with our Vision that our graduates will ‘Serve and Lead with Distinction,’ the College has a strong service ethic.

Service does not always have to be about big issues; it can be acts of kindness, consideration and compassion in the classroom, on the sports field, or at home. It is these little acts of service that build a foundation for moral reasoning later in life. Service learning allows our students to discover ‘their best selves’ and develop lifelong habits.

As our students progress through the College, service opportunities at both school and community level abound. Students are encouraged to become involved with projects such as World Vision’s 40 Hour Famine, to contribute to food, shoe, clothing and stationery ‘banks’ that provide for those in the wider community who are less fortunate, and to understand the purpose and end result of Chapel offerings.

Our Middle School students have opportunities as a tutor group to visit local primary schools once a term at lunchtime to help out and during our end of year Year 9 Challenge Week, students are actively involved in service. Each year, groups of Year 10 students travel to Cambodia and part of this trip away, includes a service component.

For our oldest students, meaningful service often takes them into a world of which they have no prior experience. Their willingness to offer help in these circumstances sets them apart.

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Each year, a team of senior students has spend their July holidays toiling in Fiji or Vanuatu to build a home for the needy, whilst another team assists at a Primary School.

Closer to home, students are involved in community projects such as helping the reforestation project on Motutapu Island, assisting at low decile schools, assisting with breakfast clubs and spending time with the elderly.

These students enter their service opportunities sometimes not knowing what to expect, but leave empowered by the emotional satisfaction of ‘a job well done’ and a wonderful learning experience.

To stay faithful to our Vision Statement, we will continue to provide opportunities for pupils to put service into action; for service to become an intrinsic part of every Saint Kentigern students’ outlook on life - to live The Saint Kentigern Way.