New appointment for Partnership School

&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;" alignright size-full wp-image-1102" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;schoolnewsnz&period;fastrackdev&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;10&sol;SND08-wk3-News-Partnership&lowbar;School-Filipo&lowbar;Levi&lowbar;300x225&period;jpg" alt&equals;"SND08-wk3-News-Partnership School-Filipo Levi 300x225" style&equals;"margin&colon; 5px&semi; float&colon; right&semi;" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"225" &sol;>The Villa Education Trust has appointed Filipo Levi to the role of community liaison manager for the new Middle School West Auckland Partnership School&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p> <&excl;--more--> <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Levi has an MA and BA from Otago University and is currently working in the tertiary education sector in South Auckland&period; He also spent time as a researcher in the Pacific Studies Department at Auckland University in 2013&period; He speaks four languages&comma; has wide interests and holds high ideals for children and young people&comma; a trust spokesperson says&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Up until 2012 his career was in professional rugby – the peak of which was captaining Manu Samoa and playing for his national team from 2008 – 2011 &lpar;including the 2011 World Cup in New Zealand&rpar;&period; His playing career also saw stints with – the Highlanders&comma; Otago and Tasman Makos in New Zealand as well as clubs in Japan and Britain&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Levi takes up his new role in early November&comma; for which he will oversee the school&&num;8217&semi;s relationships with the children and their families and various community organisations&period; This will include working with all parties to knock down any perceived barriers to academic success&comma; the spokesperson says&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Middle School West Auckland is one of four new <a class&equals;"wpil&lowbar;keyword&lowbar;link" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;schoolnews&period;co&period;nz&sol;2015&sol;11&sol;high-level-of-interest-in-partnership-schools-applications-welcomed&sol;" title&equals;"Partnership Schools" data-wpil-keyword-link&equals;"linked" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Partnership Schools<&sol;a> authorised to begin in 2015&period; It will be a sister school to South Auckland Middle School that opened in February this year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;