Acting Principal's Message
Thank you St Andrew's Community!
Dear Families,
Last week marked another busy week in the school calendar.
We had our Year 3-6 Athletics- thank you to Kayla Puetz, the teachers from 3-6 and the amazing parent volunteers who made the day run so smoothly. It was a wonderful day and Kayla Puetz will keep us updated with there successful athletes moving on to the District Athletics.
A huge thank you to the Parents and Friends committee for the wonderful Family Movie Night they held on Friday- it was a huge success! Families enjoyed watching Despicable Me and eating freshly cooked popcorn! A special thanks to Helena Thompson for her organisation.
On Monday the Preps celebrated 100 days of school! What a wonderful occasion to mark. They enjoyed a visit from farm animals and a shared lunch with families, as well as some delicious cake. Congratulations to our Prep children, and their families, for getting through the first 100 days of school! Well done to our remarkable Prep teachers, Holly Capomolla and Rose Restaino for all their hard work, not only on the 100 days, but every day they work with out beautiful little preppies!
5/6 Swimming
Today marks the last day of swimming for 5/6 students. Well done to all those who participated in the program at Aquastar! Thank you teachers, LSOs and Kayla Puetz for all your hard work around the swimming.
PRINCIPAL APPOINTMENT PROGRESS
Dear Parents,
The Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools (MACS) advertising for a new Principal has begun this week. The Principal Selection Process panel will work through a MACS specially designed selection process to provide advice for the MACS Regional General Manager as to who is the best applicant to lead your school into the future.
The panel consists of:
- Parish Priest – Father Joseph Shibu
- MACS Executive Director's Nominee (EDN)
- Senior Manager School Leadership - Jennifer Hawkins
- an experienced, current Primary Principal – Christina Ferguson, St. Elizabeth’s school Dandenong North
- School Advisory Council parent - Alan O’Brien
- School Parent - Carice D’Rozario
Our school staff and School Advisory members met with the EDN to provide their insights into the knowledge, skills and expertise of a new principal. It's a highly confidential and thorough process that will see a new principal being appointed to our school for 2025. The position will be advertised widely. It is not uncommon that the position is re-advertised eg. not enough applicants applied or applicants didn’t meet the specific requirements as per the process guidelines. The Principal Selection Panel will work its way through the various steps of the process.
We pray for the panel in all their deliberations and may the Holy Spirit guide their discernment and enrich their discussions. We do ask that you and your family pray for the panel and for the right applicants to apply.
St Andrew, pray for us.
School Closure Day
Staff will be participating in Professional Learning day on Friday 16th August.
There will be no school for students on this day.
Youth Leadership will be open on this day. Please book online at https://ylv.com.au/
St. Andrew's Facebook Page
Please click on the link and join St. Andrew's official Facebook page. This page will be regularly updated with information and photos of events taking place at St. Andrew's.
2025 PREP ENROLMENTS
HAVE YOU ENROLLED YOUR CHILD FOR PREP 2025?
If you have a child ready for Prep 2025, we encourage you to please put in an enrolment form as soon as possible. This will help us with organisation purposes. To access an enrolment form:
- Visit the enrolment section of our school website and download an enrolment form
- Drop into the school office to collect an enrolment pack
- Email office@saclaytonsth.catholic.edu.au
2024 School Calendar
The 2024 School Calendar is available on the School Website. It can be found mid-way down on the front page under the heading ‘WHAT’S ON’. We will endeavour, where possible, to remain true to the dates on the 2024 calendar. We would recommend that parents make a regular visit to the school website to see updates on all school events.
Mrs Nicole Black
(Acting Principal)