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St. Teresa's is a Catholic, full-primary school located in the heart of Riccarton providing a well balanced curriculum meeting the spiritual, social, emotional, academic, and physical needs of our children. Situated beside the Parish church, the school has a close relationship with our Parish Priest, Fr. Ramiel Alvarez. The Special Character of our school ensures that the teachings of Jesus are valued and respected. Our staff, students and parent community are expected to reflect these beliefs in their interactions with others. We follow our St. Teresa's Virtues Programme to support the development of our Special Character. These Virtues are explicitly taught over a two-year cycle, success is acknowledged regularly in a variety of ways.
Special CharacterThe Proprietors of Catholic Integrated schools and Christian parents who entrust their children to the school have the responsibility to ensure that the Special Character of the school is maintained and preserved. The Special Character of the school is defined in the Integration Act as "a Roman Catholic School in which the whole school community, through the general school programme and in its' Religious instructions and observances, exercises the right to live and teach the values of Jesus Christ. These values are as expressed in the Scriptures and in the practices, worship and doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church, as determined from time to time by the Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Christchurch." |