Carefirst - Francis Douglas Memorial College
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La Salle House exists to<br />
enable young men from<br />
Catholic families and other<br />
families, who live in Taranaki<br />
and beyond, to board and<br />
access a secondary<br />
education at <strong>Francis</strong> <strong>Douglas</strong><br />
<strong>Memorial</strong> <strong>College</strong>.
Students at the<br />
<strong>College</strong> and its<br />
hostel are exposed<br />
to the Gospel<br />
values of Jesus<br />
Christ as modelled<br />
through the moral<br />
heroes of<br />
Father <strong>Francis</strong><br />
Vernon <strong>Douglas</strong><br />
and<br />
St John Baptist de<br />
la Salle
Boarders 2008
Where from?<br />
2009
Our 29 Year 9 boarders -2009<br />
Blake Barrett<br />
Samuel Bradley<br />
Liam Buckland<br />
Samuel Bunn-Powell<br />
Blake Cameron<br />
Ben Chadwick<br />
Logan Crowley<br />
Liam Doherty<br />
James Gibbon<br />
Brent Harrison<br />
Cameron Keech<br />
Chad Knowles<br />
Benjamin Lehrke<br />
Charles Matthews<br />
Robert Mead<br />
Pungarehu<br />
Manaia<br />
Hawera<br />
Stratford<br />
Hawera<br />
Urenui<br />
Pungarehu<br />
Hawera<br />
Hawera<br />
Hawera<br />
Hawera<br />
Pungarehu<br />
Eltham<br />
Kaponga<br />
Manaia<br />
Corbin Mills<br />
Joshua Murdoch<br />
Jamie Noakes<br />
Liam Parker<br />
Samuel Patten<br />
Ethen Perrett<br />
Matthew Poole<br />
Ben Rothwell<br />
Jamie Rothwell<br />
Fulvio Ruckli<br />
Dylan Schuler<br />
Luke Taplin<br />
Kallum Whitehead<br />
Cameron Wooldrage<br />
Warea<br />
Manaia<br />
Hawera<br />
Okato<br />
Okato<br />
Hawera<br />
Manaia<br />
Rahotu<br />
Rahotu<br />
Stratford<br />
Pungarehu<br />
Patea<br />
Opunake<br />
Rahotu
Hostel Staff 2008:
Special skills acquired and needed as a boarder:<br />
• Being able to make a bed<br />
• Caring for personal belongings<br />
• Looking after personal hygiene<br />
• Keeping a room tidy<br />
• Ability to sit quietly during study<br />
• Ability to be tolerant of living with others<br />
• Being more aware of the need to budget<br />
• Knowing the necessity of respecting staff and obeying rules<br />
• Being more responsible for personal participation
Hostel, school and their facilities are all together
Prep:<br />
Supervised study time in library<br />
1.5 hours per night
2008 NCEA academic results of the school<br />
100<br />
90<br />
88.4<br />
90.9 90.9<br />
80<br />
70<br />
60<br />
81.4<br />
73.9<br />
75.8<br />
66.5<br />
77.1<br />
78.9<br />
70.6<br />
69.5<br />
72.9<br />
63.8<br />
67<br />
68.5<br />
60.7<br />
50<br />
40<br />
30<br />
20<br />
10<br />
0<br />
Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 U.E.<br />
FDMC All Decile 8 boys' schools All Decile 8 boys and girls All boys in NZ
...and what about our boarders?<br />
100<br />
90<br />
95% 95% 100% 87.5%<br />
88.4<br />
90.9 90.9<br />
81.4<br />
78.9<br />
80<br />
75.8<br />
77.1<br />
73.9<br />
72.9<br />
70.6<br />
69.5<br />
67<br />
68.5<br />
70<br />
66.5<br />
63.8<br />
60.7<br />
60<br />
50<br />
40<br />
30<br />
20<br />
10<br />
0<br />
Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 U.E.<br />
FDMC All Decile 8 boys' schools All Decile 8 boys and girls All boys in NZ FDMC Boarders
The food:<br />
• Two chefs prepare and cook all food on site<br />
• Students are supplied daily with three sit down<br />
meals, morning and afternoon teas and<br />
supper
Menu for Term 2:<br />
Continental<br />
breakfast<br />
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday<br />
Weetbix, cornflakes, rice bubbles, full cream and low fat milk with fruit preserves, porridge, white and mixed grain<br />
toast with butter and spreads<br />
Cooked breakfast Continental Hash browns<br />
Poached eggs<br />
Bacon<br />
spaghetti<br />
Scrambled eggs<br />
Baked beans<br />
sausages<br />
Morning tea Chocolate cake Yoyos Blue berry muffin Choc fudge Apple cinnamon<br />
muffin<br />
Lunch<br />
Dinner<br />
meat item<br />
Dinner<br />
vegetables<br />
All lunches are accompanied by fresh white and mixed grain breads with spreads, fresh fruit, juice and iced water.<br />
Chicken fried rice Beef hot pot Filled rolls Bacon & egg pie Macaroni cheese<br />
Roast lamb with<br />
gravy & mint sauce<br />
Roast potato,<br />
cauliflower, cheese,<br />
beans<br />
Home made lasagne Butter chicken Beef casserole Chicken burger<br />
New potato, carrots,<br />
corn<br />
Basmati rice,<br />
broccoli, mixed<br />
vegetables<br />
Mashed potato,<br />
carrots, beans<br />
Wedges<br />
Dessert<br />
Self saucing<br />
chocolate pudding<br />
Apple shortcake &<br />
whipped cream<br />
Jelly, icecream & fruit Ambrosia Fruit & ice cream
• Each year level has its own dedicated House Master. We do<br />
not appoint or use prefects to supervise junior students.<br />
• Double cubicles – individual wardrobe – 29 beds at Year 9<br />
• Silence from 9:30pm till 7:10am for Year 9 students
Fees:<br />
• The boarding fee for 2009 is $7,900<br />
• It is an annual charge and no component of it is refundable<br />
unless suitable notice of departure is given<br />
• It covers accommodation:<br />
• from Sunday evenings until Friday afternoons in terms 1 and 4<br />
• from Sunday evenings until Saturday mornings in terms 2 and 3 if<br />
involved in a <strong>College</strong> activity on the following day<br />
• It equates to $41.58 per school day.
For $41.58 per school day the student gets:<br />
• Three sit down meals, morning and afternoon tea and supper<br />
• Comprehensive adult supervision<br />
• Full laundry provision and daily building cleaning services<br />
• 1.5 hours of supervised study with adult assistance and library<br />
and computer access<br />
• At-your-doorstep access to many activities and transport<br />
(generally free of charge) to others<br />
• A hostel report sent home at the end of terms 2 and 4<br />
• The companionship of 28 Lasallian brothers
Transport<br />
• Chartered buses transport students to and from the hostel<br />
• One bus travels to Manaia at 3:40pm on Friday and departs<br />
for school at 7:00pm on Sunday evening<br />
• Another bus travels to Hawera at 3:40pm on Friday and<br />
departs for school at 7:00am on Monday morning<br />
• Buses cost $10 per trip ($20 return)<br />
• There is no bus service for students who stay over on Friday<br />
nights to engage in a school activity. Parents frequently<br />
come to spectate then take their son home.
Medical<br />
• Sandra Kelson is our Matron<br />
• She is the mother of five sons and two<br />
daughters and has worked as<br />
Matron in two other schools also<br />
• She attends to students’ medical<br />
needs including transportation<br />
to <strong>Carefirst</strong>, physio, dentist...<br />
• Sandra holds and dispenses all<br />
prescription medications
Activities available<br />
• Rugby<br />
• Football<br />
• Jazz band<br />
• Basketball<br />
• Cricket<br />
• Speech lessons<br />
• Waka Ama<br />
• Golf<br />
• Karate<br />
• Hockey<br />
• Swimming<br />
• Golf<br />
• Tennis<br />
• Music lessons<br />
• Attending Mass<br />
• Law mooting<br />
• Cross country<br />
• Skateboarding<br />
• Socials with girls<br />
• Chatting...
Communication<br />
• All House Masters and the Dean of Boarding are accessible by<br />
cell phone and their numbers are given to parents<br />
• Students are allowed cell phones. For Year 9 students they<br />
are collected before lights-out and reissued next<br />
morning once cubicles are acceptably tidy. They may not<br />
be used during supervised study or mealtimes<br />
• Landline phones are available<br />
• Parents are able to share in their children’s lives every<br />
weekend, so our students get the best of both worlds<br />
• Newsletters are sent home each month and reports twice a<br />
year
How to take this further:<br />
• The school cannot enrol a student unless ‘preference’ is<br />
obtained or the student is given one of a limited number<br />
of ‘non-preference’ places<br />
• Prospective enrolees for the hostel are interviewed by the<br />
Principal and Dean of Boarding in April. A tour of the<br />
hostel is given at this time.<br />
• Before the end of May the 29 Year 9 beds are offered to<br />
families who then have to pay a deposit if wishing to<br />
secure their place<br />
• Wait-listed families are normally informed of the outcome in<br />
early June.
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