Campion College, Gisborne

Campion College, Gisborne is an integrated, co-educational college located in Gisborne, New Zealand including students from Year 7 to Year 13 . The college received its name from its patron saint, St Edmund Campion whose feast day is 1 December. Students have the opportunity to study Religious Education as part of NCEA levels 1-3. The origins of the school lie in two former single sex colleges which operated in Gisborne; Saint Edmund Campion College founded by the Marist Brothers for males St Marys College founded by the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart for females. In 1960 the Marist Brothers transferred the boys' school to the site presently occupied by Campion College. In 1974 the boys' and girls' schools were merged into...