From the Principal

This week we enjoyed a number of offsite community events and welcomed external visitors into the School after a long COVID-imposed moratorium on such gatherings. How lovely it has been to mix with parents and members of the School community in person! We are certainly making up for lost time with this week’s activities including:

  • Welcoming parents and students from across Sydney to the Grand Finals of the ISDA debating (in which our Year 8 team won their competition after being undefeated all year and our Year 9 girls were runners up after being narrowly defeated by Sydney Grammar)
  • Listening to marvellous performances at Friday night’s Piano Festival
  • The 135th Year Celebration Dinner at the Hilton Hotel
  • Being absolutely awed by an exceptional night of Jazz at the Camelot Lounge (photos are on the MLC School Facebook page)
  • Being treated to a fabulous Junior School assembly hosted by Year 3

Of course, this was on top of the usual array of sporting and co-curricular activities offered every week. Such events and activities take an enormous amount of time and energy, often on top of already demanding teaching roles. On behalf of the whole School community I would like to thank everyone involved in organising and hosting these events.

 

135th Year Celebration Dinner

Thank you to everyone who attended this marvellous event. Despite it being a cool winter evening, we all thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to ‘glam up’ and dance the night away to the John Field Band.

We are so fortunate to have the support of a strong, connected School community, all of whom share our commitment to ensuring that our girls have access to the best possible education. It was lovely to gather and celebrate our School in such a way. Thank you to Jillian Avramis and all members of the Marketing and Community Relations team for envisioning and hosting this event.

Photos from the evening are on the MLC School Facebook page.

 

CEO Sleepout Countdown and Live Stream Link

 It is now less than one week until I attend the CEO Sleepout at White Bay Cruise Terminal. The latest information that I’ve received is that ‘starting at 5pm, you’ll arrive and be joined by many special people – people who’ve lived through the harsh realities of homelessness and poverty, as well as volunteers and support staff. Every conversation is another opportunity to learn more about poverty and homelessness in Australia’.

I am in equal parts excited and worried but I am sure that it will be an eye opening and educational experience.

The Senior School Looming with Love group have made me a beanie in MLC School colours and I am incredibly grateful for the warm wishes and donations received from across the School community.

I will do my best to keep the community updated on the evening of the event via the School’s social media pages and there is a live stream of the event, starting at 6pm.

If you would like to support my participation in the sleepout, please donate at https://www.ceosleepout.org.au/fundraisers/lisamoloney/new-south-wales

The link to the livestream is: http://live.createengage.com.au/vinniesceosleepout2021/index.html

– Lisa Moloney
Principal