HSC 2019

The HSC examinations have progressed well this term. Our Year 12 students have worked diligently over the past six years to get to this significant part in their school life. As the HSC examination comes to the end, I again take the opportunity to wish our students happiness and success for their future. I look forward to catching up with them at their formal, on Friday 22 November and at their special lunch with the staff on Wednesday 18 December.

Professional Leave

I had the privilege to be provided with Professional Leave where I travelled to Scotland and Italy. The focus of the leave was to engage in a renewal program called Living Traditions: Unfolding Futures. This program focussed on transforming the minds and hearts of participants, experienced leaders in Catholic education, to enhance their schools as innovative places of learning that are an authentic expression of our mission within the church.

The program allowed me to engage with academics from the University of Glasgow and experts from various Vatican departments and other church agencies. The highlights were visiting Notre Dame High School, a Catholic givernment run secondary school in Glasgow, meeting the founder of the Sant’Edigio Community in Rome which is dedicated to social service, and celebrating Mass in the Vatican crypt.

Enrolments 2020 & 2021

Some year groups for 2020 are full and others have a few spaces left. If you have yet to enrol your daughter, or know of someone who wants to enrol their daughter for 2020, please stress the urgency of submitting their enrolment application.

Year 7 2021 is filling fast. Please submit your daughter’s application as a matter of priority. Please pass on this message to other families interested in enrolling for 2021.

Parent Advisory Group

A thank you dinner has been arranged for 2019 members of the Parent Advisory Group on Thursday 14 November. If you have attended a meeting this year an invitation has been sent via email. Please RSVP by Monday 11 November to Pina Varano (pina.varano@syd.catholic.edu.au). If you have not received your invitation and have been part of the PAG this year, please contact the College.

Pastoral Home Visits

Please find within this newsletter a special message from Our Lady of the Rosary Parish.