A week of remembering. A short school week with Monday as a Public Holiday to remember the life and times of the Founding Father of PNG, and first Prime Minister, the late Great Grand Chief Rt. Hon. Sir Michael T. Somare.
We also received the National Ranking Report. This ranks the 204 Schools who had students sit the 2021 Year 12 National Examinations. OLSH was ranked 9th Nationally. See excerpts below; The top 20 Schools Nationally and New Ireland Schools. Some very pleasing results and as reported earlier this year a credit to the students, teachers and parents involved. The full report is available on the following site : https://edu.pngfacts.com/png-examination-reports/the-national-ranking-of-schools-in-png-based-on-mri
Rank School MRI
1 PNG Paradise Secondary 100.00
2 Passam National High 98.73
3 Marianville Secondary 97.91
4 Port Moresby National High 97.60
5 Wawin National High 96.97
6 Kerevat National High 96.93
7 Aiyura National High 96.84
8 Sogeri National High 96.64
9 OLSH International 94.79
10 Mt. Hagen Secondary 93.94
11 St Joseph's International Catholic College 93.86
12 St. Charles Lwanga Secondary 93.41
13 Nonu Institue Secondary 93.33
14 Busu Secondary 93.28
15 Lae Christian Academy 91.67
16 Lihir Secondary 91.44
17 Oksapmin Secondary 90.39
18 St Ignatius Secondary 89.80
19 Paglum Secondary 89.54
20 Goroka Grammar 88.82
There were six (6) secondary schools in New Ireland province. Below is the ranking of these schools based on their MRI (from top performing to the least performing schools)
| Rank | School | Population | MRI |
| 1 | OLSH International | 20 | 94.79 |
| 2 | Lihir Secondary | 82 | 91.44 |
| 3 | Madina Secondary | 58 | 69.39 |
| 4 | Namatanai Secondary | 115 | 65.94 |
| 5 | Manggai Secondary | 82 | 65.85 |
| 6 | Utu Secondary | 110 | 55.92 |
Wednesday saw the start of Lent with an Ash Wednesday service held. Let us all take time to reflect and remember the meaning of Easter as we move towards it. See some photos below.
Best regards
God bless
Mr Geoff Jackson
