St Joseph's School, Dargaville
Enrolments
The Special Character of St. Joseph's School and Preferential Enrolment
The special character of St. Joseph's School requires that the Gospel of Christ be both lived and taught. It is very important that this Catholic character of our school is kept alive, and your Parish Priest has an obligation to see that this happens. Those parents who seek preferential enrolment for their children must obtain, from the Parish Priest, a card, which states that a least one parent has "an established connection with the Parish community".
For you as parents, this means:
1. That there is an involvement in the parish community and some personal and financial contribution to it.
2. That the child has been baptised as a Catholic and that you accept your responsibility to guide and influence your child in the knowledge and practice of the Catholic faith.
3. That as a family, by word and example, you encourage and support your child in prayer and the celebration of Eucharist and Penance.
4. That you are willing to involve yourself in the Parish and school Religious Education programme.
The following information is important:
Integrated Schools have a maximum roll. Ours is 130. This role is made up of Preference (Baptised Catholic) pupils, and Non-preference (non-Catholic) pupils. The Integration Agreement allows 5% of our maximum roll to be non-preference pupils. These children are not in any way singled out and take part in the Christian programme as a condition of enrolment. Further non-preference enrolments must form a "waiting list" until such time as a place is available. Having an older brother or sister already enrolled as a non-preference pupil guarantees other siblings right of place on their fifth birthday. At times, there may be more than six non-preference, because of this reason.