{"id":8513,"date":"2023-11-17T14:19:30","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T03:19:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/?post_type=article&#038;p=8513"},"modified":"2023-11-17T14:19:30","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T03:19:30","slug":"from-the-principal-56","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/article\/from-the-principal-56\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Principal"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><b>Special Thanks<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On Monday I returned to the College following five weeks Long Service Leave. I extend my sincere thanks to Mrs Melinda Alvarez and Mr Justin Hodges who have been in acting roles of Principal and Assistant Principal respectively during my absence. Their committed leadership, good communication and teamwork was welcomed by all staff while I was away. This week I have enjoyed catching up on all the news of the term so far.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><b>World Teachers\u2019 Recognition Awards<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-15-at-1.13.34-pm.png\" data-rel=\"lightcase\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8534\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-15-at-1.13.34-pm.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"786\" height=\"522\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Congratulations to Mrs Rachael Colreavy, Mr Andy d\u2019Archy and Mrs Shedona Pamintuan who were recently awarded the 2023 World Teachers\u2019 Recognition Award from the Teachers\u2019 Guild of NSW. This significant award recognises their excellence, experience and commitment to teaching. We are very fortunate at MSCW to have such an excellent calibre of teachers, all of whom are committed to student learning. Each year, the College sets a high priority for professional learning among all staff. These three teachers bare testimony to our Professional Learning Program as well as their individual skill sets.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><b>Woolwich shines again in Sports Awards!\u00a0<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Congratulations to all the students involved in the various sports that contributed to Woolwich, for another year, winning the SCS Sports Awards in all categories:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">2023 Conference Girls\u2019 Champions\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">2023 Sydney Girls\u2019 Champions\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">2023 Sydney Community Girls\u2019 Champions\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Special thanks to Mr Dan Watts, Sports Coordinator, and the many staff who coached and managed the teams to support our students involvement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-15-at-2.18.44-pm.png\" data-rel=\"lightcase\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8535 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-15-at-2.18.44-pm-e1700018524907.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"294\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><b>Congratulations Year 11: Preliminary Course completed\u2026.the HSC begins!<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We formally acknowledged our Year 11 students for their academic achievements throughout the Preliminary courses as well as significant College Awards which recognised those students who have shown outstanding commitment to co-curricular participation this week. I congratulate those students who accomplished their goals to achieve their personal best. Achievement and disciplined commitment in Preliminary courses sets students up well to optimize their potential and succeed in their chosen HSC courses. I wish students well for their HSC journey.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><b>\u2018GALA DAY\u2019 is in the air.<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On my return from leave this week and with only just over three weeks to go, I can already feel the anticipation and excitement building towards our 2023 GALA Day \u2013 set for Tuesday 12 December. I congratulate our Year 11 students for the energetic and creative ways in which they are preparing our junior students for our traditional College GALA Day. Much of the preparation is completed behind closed doors and under a \u2018cone of silence\u2019 as the competition is always fierce. This significant event builds on our community spirit, strengthens a sense of belonging in each House and will bring the 2023 year to a close in a happy and fun-filled way.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I wish all the Houses well in their preparation and look forward to seeing the preparations and talents of our girls shine on the day!<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><b>Year 12 Formal tonight<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As we \u2018go to print\u2019 our Year 12 students, parents and staff will be busily getting ready for the Formal tonight. The College Staff and I look forward to celebrating with the girls and their parents at this lovely social event.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"highlight\" style=\"text-align: left\"><i style=\"font-size: 1.4rem\"><em>Dr Anne Ireland, Principal<\/em><\/i><\/div>\n<div data-block-enewsletter=\"text\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"row enewsletter-text-block\" data-block-enewsletter=\"text\">This article on College life meets The Archbishop&#8217;s Charter for Catholic Schools &#8211; Charter #1, #2, #8\u00a0<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Special Thanks, World Teachers&#8217; Recognition Award, Sports Awards, The HSC Begins, Gala Day is in the air and the Year 12 Formal&#8230;..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3070,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","article_category":[],"article_tag":[],"class_list":["post-8513","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/8513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8513"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_category?post=8513"},{"taxonomy":"article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_tag?post=8513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}