Dear Kevinian's and Friends of the College
This week staff have been hard at work delivering the final lessons, making preparations for the external examinations and signing off the internal assessment grades. My thanks to our dedicated staff for the extra tutorials and out of class revision opportunities offered to students at a time that is so stressful.
On Wednesday evening we held the Hostel High Tea, Senior Prizegiving and Year 13 Graduation. It was a pleasure to be able to celebrate the academic, sporting and cultural achievements of the year in these ceremonies and gather as a Senior College at our final Mass for the year. Thank you to all those who helped organise these events and to our chaplain, Fr Wayne Healey who con-celebrated the Mass with Monsignor Paul Mahoney. It was an honour to be able to host our graduates and their families for supper at the Redcastle.
Congratulations to the Dux of the College for 2013, Jibi Kunethedam. Jibi has made an outstanding contribution to the academic, sporting, cultural and leadership dimensions of the College.
One of the innovations introduced this year was the announcement of the Head Boy and Girl for 2014 at the prizegiving ceremony. My congratulations to Isobel Ryan (Head Girl) and Chris Kearney (Head Boy) on their appointment to their 2014 leadership roles. It is fitting that they were announced by the current Head Students, Brianna Fogarty and Jibi Kunnethedam who have been such able and respected leaders. The newly blessed Pounamu Toki (green stone adze) symbols of leadership were passed on to the new leaders in a short ceremony during the evening. The announcement of the leaders at this stage will allow them to take part in leadership training before school starts in the new year. The training is being organised in Melbourne by our sister organisation, Edmund Rice Education Australia.
On Thursday evening the newly elected Board of Trustees meet to produce the latest version of our strategic plan. This is an exciting development and allows for the feedback from the latest ERO visit together with current educational best practice to chart the College's direction for the next three years. My thanks to the Trustees and Mr Kerry Ryan for their help and support in this development.
God bless you all
Paul Olsen, Principal
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