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Veteran teacher says goodbye By Khalid Ahmed Whitireia Journalism Student
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A veteran Mount Cook School teacher is leaving her profession after three decades. Jackie McAuliffe has been teaching for 30 years, 20 of which she has spent at Mount Cook School. Jackie, who was also deputy principal at the school, received a fitting send off as part of their school assembly last Thursday. Jackie who started teaching in Porirua says she chose to work at Mount Cook School because of its diverse background. “I choose to work at a multicultural school because the thing that delights me is the diversity of ethnicity. “It was about relationship for me and it was about being another adult that cares about the children.”
Jackie says seeing her former students all grown now up is fantastic, and says she takes “delight” in seeing where they are now. She says what she will miss most is the magic of being with the children she teaches. Mount Cook School principal Sandra McCallum says Jackie was more than just a teacher. "Jackie is the most extraordinary teacher and person, she nurtures, encourages, challenges and loves our children, their whanau and our staff. “She has left an incredible legacy and will be hugely missed". Jackie says after 30 years she felt it was time to move on to something different. “I just felt that it was time to stop, I love teaching and I worked very hard in the last 30 years and I want to do something different now.”
Call for help after fire By Nikki Papatsoumas A local group is just one of the many that was affected by a fire at the Kiwi Self Storage Facility in Kilbirnie earlier this month. The unit the Strathmore Community Church and Eastern Southern Youth Trust (ESYT) shared was totally destroyed in the fire, which
now looks likely to have been started intentionally. Maurice Roberts from the Eastern Southern Youth Trust says they were hit the hardest. ESYT supports and enable syouth workers to work with young people and their whanau in the eastern and southern suburbs of Wellington. He says they are just a week out from their Easter camp,
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and lost all the gear needed in the fire. “Insurance was not worth it as most items were donated and the premium plus the cost of the excess meant it wasn’t economical,” he says. “The gear didn’t have a value in that sense, but it does in terms of usability.” Now Maurice says they are struggling to provide bed rolls,
sleeping bags and folding chairs for the 20-25 youth who they will take on camp. They are asking members of the community to come forward and offer donations. Anyone who can help is asked to contact Maurice on 021 1906002 or email mauriceroberts@clear.net.nz
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