Principal's Message

Dear Parent/Carer

‘Then Abraham said, ‘If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if someone should rise from the dead.'”

Luke 16: 19-31

I welcome you to the end of Term and hope that you are all looking forward to the holidays sharing time with family and friends. The adjustments around lesson delivery due to the demolition work at the College required flexibility from students and families and this has been very much appreciated. The movement of heavy machinery, closing of sections of the College and the hazardous materials that needed to be removed required a reduction of student movement. We are at this stage on track for the refurbishment of BLOCK J (our old hall) and the new hall (BLOCK P) to be completed early 2023. The weather has certainly done us no favours.

The work that was prepared for Year 7-9 during Week 10 was quite detailed and I am looking forward to hearing how well this work was completed and what was learnt and understood across the week. This will be looked over early in Term 4.

During Week 10 Year 10 students were engaged in presentations on Aboriginal Spirituality, Literacy Activities and Career/Employment sessions. Year 11 continued their Preliminary Higher School Certificate examinations and Year 12 continued their Graduation journey.

Year 12 students were invited to a Breakfast BBQ this week, run by College staff, where Year 12 were presented with ‘mock' awards nominated by their peers. They also took part in the final round of the Warwick Clarke Shield (Staff v Students). The students were then joined by their families for a magnificent Graduation Mass and Awards Ceremony which recognised the many achievements of the year group across 2022. I thank Fr James for his involvement across the day and Mr Guy Campbell, Principal of St Joseph’s who provided the venue for the Awards Ceremony as we await the completion of our new hall. I also acknowledge the presence of our Assistant Director from the Catholic Schools Office, Mrs Jenny Allen, who attended this special occasion.

The Year 12, 2023 leadership team has now been finalised and the group were handed responsibilities of leading our College during our Graduation Mass. We are excited about this leadership team and anticipate that much will achieved across next year. The College leadership team and their specific roles were announced on Friday in front of their peers and I congratulate the following:

College Captains

Isaac Gorline-Singleman
Olivia Dunbar

I thank these students for expressing an interest in contributing to Student College Leadership and wish them every success. We are fortunate to have such impressive students leading our school.  A Commissioning Ceremony will be held in early Term 4, with Fr James in attendance to bless the Student Leaders.  Families of the Student Leaders will be sent invitations to this event as soon as arrangements have been confirmed.

Wishing you all a wonderful break.

Kind regards

Mr David JOHNS   B.Ed., Cert. Gifted Ed., Grad. Cert. Adol. Health and Welfare, M.Ed. (Ed Lead), M.Ed. (Theol) 

Principal

kmps@lism.catholic.edu.au