Education

Students in Room 9 managed to beat the competition for Cleanest Classroom at Rangikura School in Porirua and got to chow down on pizzas as their reward. Wellington Crest Franchisee Jiten Narayan and his team clean the Rangikura School and awarded the prize pizzas to the students. “The kids are really interested in it,” he

The New Zealand Catholic Principals’ Association Conference on 26-27th June was a great success for CrestClean, says Steve O’Connell, Regional Manager for Kapiti Coast and Palmerston North. “We’ve established several good connections for areas throughout New Zealand, especially in Christchurch, Hawkes Bay, and Wellington regions,” says Steve. Regional Director for Hutt Valley and Wairarapa Clare

CrestClean congratulates three students from Mission Heights Junior College who have won top honors at the International Future Problem Solving Competition, held at Iowa State University, 12-15th June. Project Alert, a team comprised of Year 10 students Courtney Powell, Cailey Dayu, and Dylan Townsend, brought home 1st Place in the Human Services Category, Middle Division,

CrestClean was honoured by an invitation to sponsor the Engaging Maori Learners Conference 2014 held at Waitangi in the Bay of Islands in January. The Conference was run by the The Tai Tokerau Principals’ Association (TTPA), the collective voice for primary and intermediate school principals in the Northland region. Principals and staff from Whangarei to

CrestClean has increased its annual sponsorship of the New Zealand Principals’ Federation from Bronze to Gold Partner. Crest has been supporting the Principals’ Federation since 2008. The move to Gold level sponsorship was based on the importance of our relationship with schools, something that is ingrained in the culture of our organisation. The number of

Crest is delighted to be helping a team of high achieving students from Mission Heights Junior College to attend the Future Problem Solving International Competition in the USA this month with a sponsorship of $1000. The Year 9 students, Courtney Powell, Cailey Dayu, and Dylan Townsend, worked throughout 2013 to develop a “Silent Alarm”, which

North Shore Regional Manager Caroline Wedding believes in getting involved with customers as she says, “It adds value for them and allows the CrestClean franchise teams to become more a part of the team rather than just being seen as the cleaners.” A great example of this is Sharon Singh and her involvement with the

This years Wellington Regional Primary Principals Association (WRPPA) conference was held at Te Papa in Wellington and provided CrestClean Regional Managers a chance to network with local principals. Regional Managers from Wellington, Hutt Valley/Wairarapa and Palmerston North/Kapiti Coast attended the conference and have all said it was a great event and a good opportunity to

Two eager CrestClean teams are working together to keep Matipo Primary School looking it’s best and have even shouted the staff an end of year morning tea as a thanks for being so good to them. Shalvin and Edran Raj, and Kamal Kishore manage half the school each and according to the school’s Principal, Wayne

Regional Manager, Steve O’Connell is happy to have a foot in the door of the school community in the Kapiti Coast region. CrestClean franchisees, Nancy and Maiuea Bauro are currently looking after Waikanae School along with Lucy Viliamu and Mel Tausi. They haven’t been with CrestClean for long, yet they are already receiving great feedback

Regional Manager for Northern Christchurch, Yasa Panagoda, reports that positive progress is happening with earthquake damaged schools and facilities – in one case – Banks Avenue School. After being damaged in the 2011 earthquake, Banks Avenue School is back in shape and CrestClean is planning to help them stay that way. “I had to find

CrestClean’s always keen to get involved with local schools and encourage young people to keep their schools and classrooms clean – and what better way to do that than award the ‘Cleanest Classroom’ of the term with delicious pizza? This term, the mouth-watering prize was awarded to Room Two of Newstead School in Hamilton. The