St Mark's Church School

{{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox school | name = St Mark's School and Preschool | seal_image = [[File:St Mark's Church School logo.png|300px]] | image = St Mark's Church School Wellington street entrance 2015.JPG | motto = {{langx|la|[[Nulla Dies Sine Linea]]}} | motto_translation = Make your mark every day | denomination = [[Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia]] | type = [[Private school|Private]], [[Independent school|Independent]] [[Christian school]] | established = {{Start date|1917|09|11|df=y}} | staff = 46 | address = 13 Dufferin Street | region = [[Basin Reserve]] | city = [[Wellington, New Zealand|Wellington]] | zipcode = 6021 | country = NZ | coordinates = {{coord|-41.3014|174.7820|type:edu_region:NZ|display=inline,title}} | principal = Betty Brown | gender = [[Coeducation]]al | grades = [[Preschool]] - [[Year Eight|Year 8]] | enrollment = {{NZ school roll data|4134|y||y}} <small>({{NZ school roll data|||y}})</small> | decile = 10 | MOE = 4134 | website = [http://www.st-marks.school.nz www.st-marks.school.nz] }}

'''St Mark's School''' is an independent [[Anglican]] co-educational [[school]] in [[Wellington]], [[New Zealand]] for children aged from two (Early Childhood) to Year 8. The school is often seen on [[cricket]] match broadcasts from [[Basin Reserve]]. To its front is the modern, 1970s-era [[church (building)|church]] building, the parish church to which the school is attached. A wooden church stood in its place prior to the 1970s redevelopment.

Its first principal was Miss Annie Holm, who served the school until the 1940s, aided by her sister. The school's library is named after her. The Rev Ronald Kirby was another long-serving and influential principal, from 1971 to his death in 1982; the school's main block is named in his honour. The vicar of St. Mark's Church, Rev. Matthew Calder, taught Religious Education for all that time, and presided over Rev. Kirby's funeral; another block is named the Calder Block for him.

==Notable alumni== *[[Raybon Kan]] — comedian *[[Karl Urban]] — actor *[[Ray Wallace (mayor)|Ray Wallace]] — Mayor of Lower Hutt<ref>{{cite web|title=Ray Wallace|url=http://www.huttcity.govt.nz/en/Your-Council/About-the-council/Mayor-and-councillors/Mayor-Ray-Wallace|publisher=[[Hutt City Council]]|accessdate=13 October 2013}}</ref>

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==External links== *[http://www.ero.govt.nz/Early-Childhood-School-Reports/School-Reports/St-Mark-s-Church-School-Mt-Victoria-07-05-2010 2010 Education Review Office report]

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