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Marist Brothers High School
Location
Map
Carew Street, off Bau Street Flagstaff, Suva

Fiji
Information
TypeSecondary School
Motto"In Hoc Signo Vinces"
DenominationCatholicism
Established1936
FounderPetits Frères de Marie (Order of Marist Brothers, Fiji)
PrincipalBeniamino Salacakau (Current Principal)
GenderAll boys school
Enrolment500+
Colour(s)Navy Blue, White and Red    

Uniform: Standard shirt and Pocket sulu

 
SloganRed Fire

Marist Brothers High School is a Roman Catholic all-boys high school situated in Suva, the capital of Fiji. It is a school in the Marist tradition, founded in 1946 by the order of Marist Brothers, which has had a presence in Fiji since 1844. The counterpart school for girls is St Joseph's Secondary School, Fiji .[1] The school motto is In Hoc Signo Vinces.

History

Marist Brothers High School was founded and has been run by members of the Marist Brothers order since it opened to students in 1949. Founded by Saint Marcellin Champagnat, a Marist priest in France in 1816, the order went by the names of the Petits Frères de Marie (Little Brothers of Mary) and Fratres Maristae a Scolis (FMS or the Marist Brothers of the Schools, the post-nominal letters of the Marist Brothers). Marcellin's desire to have brothers to teach the rural children grew after his visit to the bedside of a sixteen-year-old, Jean Baptiste Montagne whom St. Marcellin discovered knew nothing of his faith.[2]

Marist Brothers schools began in Australia in 1872 and in New Zealand in 1876. On 27 August 1888, three Marist brothers, Harvey, Vincent and Alphonsus, arrived in Suva to begin a school for the children of Catholic Europeans. This was in response to Bishop Vidal’s request to Brother Theophane, the Brother Superior General in France. On 7 September 1888, they began their school in a house, just above the Lilac Theatre in Waimanu Road. In 1889 they moved to Suva Street. At first only European boys were admitted but by 1897 Brothers Columba and Claudius had begun a school for Indian boys and other races, known as the Indian School or the Cosmopolitan School, on the corner of Suva Street and Toorak Road. By 1936 this had developed into St Columba’s School.[2]

In 1912, Brothers Augustine, Alphonsus and Loyola began secondary classes in St Felix College, also on the Suva Street property. In 1936, after a considerable struggle with the civil authorities, who opposed secondary education for locally born children, the Brothers were allowed to reopen their secondary classes to all races. Thus the Marist Brothers High School had its beginnings in Suva Street. The High School was built at Bau Street during 1948, ready to begin the year there in 1949.[2][3]

DUX The list of students who have excelled in the academic field while attending Marist Brothers High School are as follows:

1946 CHARLES WALKER 1947 R.C SHARMA 1948 S.C RAMRAKHA 1949 K.C RAMRAKHA

1950 R.P SINGH 1951 S.K PILLAI 1952 T. LEE 1953 K.C HARRISON 1954 B. BHAI 1955 B. NAND 1956 CHAMPAK LAL 1957 R. CHANDRA 1958 L. YEE 1959 P. REIHER

1960 NORMAN YEE 1961 YADU NAND 1962 S. PRAKASH 1963 RYAN BUCKNER 1964 VIJAY PATEL 1965 NIZAM UD-DEAN 1966 MANILAL JOGIA 1967 C.Y WONG CHOW 1968 SUMANT KEVAT 1969 DHIRENDRA PRASAD

1970 DHANESH BABU 1971 NIEL SHARMA 1971 SOSEFO SIKURI 1972 MADHU KANT 1973 ANIL KUMAR 1974 H. KUMAR LAL 1975 UPENDRA SINGH 1976 JAMES LIN 1977 ANTHONY HO 1978 SUBHASH CHANDRA 1979 D HARRISON

1980 PREM ADHAR 1981 ABDUL MUTLIB 1982 USMAN ALI 1983 GURD MAR 1984 VINESH NATALI 1985 NEERAJ PAL 1986 SURESH CHANDRA 1987 NILESH KEVAT 1988 JIAN ZHOU 1989 RAHUL MAHAJAN

1990 RAVINAY BHINDI 1991 DONOVAN MAKUND 1992 SHALEND PRASAD 1993 KETAN SOLANKI 1994 JASVIR NAGRA 1995 WAITON FONG 1996 S BHASKARAN 1997 AFRAZ ADAM 1998 SONAL NAGRA 1999 JAVIN KAPADIA

2000 SAM FULLMAN 2001 PRATEEK NARSEY 2002 ERIC AH CHANG 2003 BYRON FATIAKI 2004 LORENZO SAMUELA 2005 GEORGE FONG 2006 MIN SUNG KIM 2007 PHILLIP LEVANASIGA 2008 JOSUA BAUTANI 2009 SUNG HWAN KIM

2010 RONEEL LAL 2011 ROBERT CHANG 2012 ISRAEL DONUMAINASAVA 2013 GWEON DONGWOOK 2014 SUNGEON CHO 2015 MINSEONG KIM 2016 EUGENE KADO


Extra-curricular activities

Marist sports

The school encourages its students to strike a balance in both sports and academics, and athletics is where for the past four decades Marist Brothers High School has dominated in Fiji. Athletics is a unifying force for the Marist community who come together every year to assist athletes for the annual Coca-Cola Games and later on in international meets. For the last eighteen Coca-Cola Games since the medal system was introduced,[when?] Marist Brothers High School has won on 13 occasions.

Every year the school puts out sides for all age grades to compete in the Fiji Secondary School Rugby competition. Even though success has not mirrored that of the school's dominance in athletics, Marist is placed 4th behind QVS, RKS, and LMS on winning the Deans Trophy which is the oldest rugby competition in Fiji. The Marist 1st XV have won the Deans Trophy on four occasions and drawn twice. The school have over the years produced players who have gone on to represent Fiji in both 7s and 15s. Former Australian Wallabies flanker Ilivasi Tabua, current and former Flying Fijians Marika Vunibaka, Aisake Nadolo, Samu Domoni, Aliposo Waqaliti, Daniel Baleinadogo, Isaac Mow, Netani Talei, Gabriel Lovobalavu, Sunia Koto, Dominiko Waqaniburuto,Isake Katonibauc,Benidito Masilevu have gone on to represent Fiji at international level.


Marist Brothers High School regained victory in the 2016 Coca-Cola Games boys division. But lost to Natabua High school by a mere 12 to 10 gold medals count in 2017.

The boys from Kaunikuila, as they used to be called, won the title for 9 consecutive year in a row from 1989 to 1997.

Notable alumni

Main category: People educated at Marist Brothers High School (Fiji)

Architecture

Law

Literature & Music

  • Pranesh Prasad - Author of "The Ultimate Laugh" - novel launched by the world famous UBUD Writers Festival in 2011.
  • Daniel Rae Costello - Distinguished and accomplished Pacific musician, songwriter, composer, arranger, audio engineer, vocalist and producer.

Military and police

Politics

Sports

References

  1. ^ Fiji Education Commission Report 1909,p.53.cited in Robert Nicole, Disturbing History: resistance in early colonial Fiji, University of Hawaii Press, 2011, p. 181.
  2. ^ a b c Pat Gallagher, The Marist Brothers in New Zealand Fiji & Samoa, New Zealand Marist Brother's Trust Board, Tuakau, 1976, pp. 29-30, 77-81, 122-127.
  3. ^ "Marist brothers high school celebrates 75 years", Cath News New Zealand, 19 October 2012. (Retrieved 12 February 2013)
  4. ^ Carroll du Chateau, "It is all about the pictures", NZ Herald, 22 November 2008 (Retrieved 22 January 2014)

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