St John the Evangelist Catholic High School Nowra eNewsletter

PRINCIPAL'S REPORT

Dear Parents/Guardians and Students,

I warmly welcome all back to the 2023 academic school year. I trust that all had a pleasant holiday break and spent it with friends and family. I am extremely proud to be taking over the Principalship of this wonderful school.
I would like to introduce myself to all a little further. I grew up in Western Sydney and started teaching at Marist Brothers Auburn. I was Assistant Principal in three secondary Colleges in Sydney over 14 years and Principal for one year at Patrician Brothers College, Fairfield before moving to the Principal’s role at Mount Carmel Catholic College and then John Therry Catholic College. I look forward very much to getting to know you and your children.

NEW STAFF
There are a number of new staff commencing at St John’s this year and we warmly welcome them into our community.

2022 HSC RESULTS

I would like to congratulate the HSC group of 2022 for their achievements and for
completing their studies after several dramatic and disruptive years with the pandemic and its impact on all.

Our Class of 2022 HSC received amazing final results and we couldn't be prouder of all 111 students! This week a special asssembly was conducted to recognise the extraordinary results obtained by our students.

P & F COMMITTEE

I would warmly invite parents to consider attending the P & F meetings. This group is advisory and not fund raising and aids me in understanding the needs of the school and to be better able to implement initiatives and make changes. Over the years I have valued this group greatly for their opinions and advice and keeping me firmly accountable for improving the quality of their children's education.

Here are several things to consider :-

1. This is not a fundraising committee.

2. You will have face to face access to the Principal and the Assistant Principal.

3. This is an advisory group that discusses initiatives and allocates funding.

4. A place where ideas for school improvement are raised and discussed.

5. Most meetings will have a Staff presentation.

Meetings commence at : 6.00pm

And normally conclude by: 7.00pm

Venue: Staff Lunchroom

Dates

Term 1 - Monday 13 March (AGM) 6pm

Term 2 - 1 May 6pm

Term 3 - Monday 24 July 6pm

Term 4 - Monday 16 Oct 6pm

I look forward to seeing you there.

I thank the Staff and students for being so welcoming and look forward to 2023.

The first few weeks have flown by and officially we have completed three. The first week was the Staff day only and the second only three or four days for the students. So this week has been a full one and most exciting.

I have attended the SRC leadership day, the Year 7 Camp, visited St Mary’s and St Michael’s and had separate meetings with Fr Joseph and Fr Michael. I have also met with the P&F committee and look forward to meeting more parents.

As we move through the next week and a half we prepare ourselves for Ash Wednesday 22 February and the season of Lent. Ash Wednesday focusses our mind and heart on repentance, prayer and alms giving and is symbolised by the ‘ashing’ of a cross on our foreheads. The Priest will say ‘turn away from sin and stay faithful to the Gospels’ or ‘ from dust we come and from dust we will return’.

God bless,
Wayne Marshall