Dear Parents, Caregivers and Friends of St Clare’s

Welcome to the final newsletter for Term 3 2022. 

As is the case at this time each year, the school community’s focus has been on celebrating the many contributions, through their leadership and creativity our Year 12 students have made to St Clare’s High School culture.  It has been exciting to receive notifications that the Year 12 Drama class (Cassidy Donovan, Lucas Drury, Georgia Rourke, Taj Simpson, Cooper Twemlow & Medinah Wells) group performance has been, along with three individual performances, short listed for possible inclusion in the OnSTAGE production that showcases the 10 best HSC drama performances from across New South Wales.

 

Georgia Rourke, Cooper Twemlow, Medinah Wells, Cassidy Donovan & Taj Simpson
Front:  Lucas Drury

Congratulations also to Year 12 student Lucy Green who has been short listed for possible inclusion for InTech, a showcase of the best wood and metal works form across the state.  My thanks and congratulations to TAS teacher Brad Hart and Drama teacher Callam Howard for the many extra hours they have invested in their students over the course of the year.

Last week St Clare’s Leader of Mission Jason Koenig and I had the pleasure of taking four senior leaders to the Bishop’s mass and dinner in Newcastle.  The students, Leanne Curtis, Lucy Green, Lachlan Monks & Charles Pitt, enjoyed the opportunity to share time and a meal with like-minded people from across eight secondary schools.  A feature of the evening was a speech by Mason Black who spoke about the importance of reporting and supporting victims of physical and sexual violence.

This week we have celebrated the final Year 12 assembly where the year level shared their favourite memories of their time at St Clare’s and the many laughs and learnings they have enjoyed together.

On Friday the year level celebrated their last Mass together and witnessed the Badging of the 2023 school leaders by the outgoing leadership group.  It was wonderful to be able to welcome Year 12 parents and family friends to the ceremony, which marks the end to formal classes for the student cohort that commenced classes at St Clare’s in 2017.  Thanks to Year 12 Leader of Wellbeing and Engagement Todd Curtis, St Clare’s Leader of Mission Jason Koenig, Assistant Principal of Learning and Teaching Theresa Avery and the students of our HSC cohort for their excellent planning, leadership, collaboration, and teamwork across the week.  My thanks also to Father Kevin, Taree Parish, Father Terry, Krambach and Deacon John, Gloucester for their service to the St Clare’s community, Amanda Brooks for her work with the St Clare’s choir, who added such depth to our celebration and Jeremy Hobbes for his ongoing work with student leaders.

God Bless

Peter Nicholls
Principal