From the Principal

Staffing News

I am excited to share with you the news that Mrs Marlise Janetzki and husband Jack are expecting a child early in the new year, a sibling for Grace. Congratulations to Marlise and family! Marlise will likely begin the year with us for a short time, and Mr Josh Huxtable will work additional hours in 2024 to support our Performing Arts Program.

In addition, Miss Carly Lethborg will be taking a year of leave in 2024 to travel, visit family, and work internationally. Carly will be returning to St Paul in 2025, and we look forward to benefiting from her experience overseas.

Sports Day Thank You

Thank you to all members of the school community who were able to join us for Sports Day, or assisted us by preparing your children for the day. We were blessed with fabulous weather, and a wonderful community feel. Board Chair Merryn Ruwoldt and inaugural St Paul Principal, Robert Hoff, presented trophies to very excited children on our 50th Anniversary Sports Day. 

Thank you to Karly Bartlett for her organisation of the day, I would also like particularly thank our class carers and other parent and family volunteers for hosting the very popular sausage sizzle. This support not only serves our community with a lunch option and a little fundraising, but is an important part of developing and growing community. 

I appreciate the efforts of all staff in setting up and packing up on the day and to those parents who stayed to support this pack-up. Your help makes the load much lighter at the end of the day – thank you!

Congratulations to the overall winners on the day – Yaltu! The final results of our sports day were:

5th Place: Kardi

4th Place: Kadli

3rd Place: Nantu

2nd Place: Kurraka

1st Place: Yaltu

Congratulations to the following trophy winners for the highest points scored for all sports day events, including the pre-sports day events.

Junior Boy: Alonzo Nhim

Junior Girl: Estella Sumner-Graefe

Intermediate Boy: Harry Karvelis

Intermediate Girl: Tora Kowald

Senior Boy: Liam Kowald

Senior Girl: Hasianna Burfitt

Board Nominations

From 2024, we will have a casual vacancy for a two-year term on the Board. We are specifically interested in nominations from parents of the school with any of the following skills backgrounds: marketing, community engagement, finance, law, governance, or project management. If you are interested, please don’t hesitate to contact me: lmattner@stpaulba.sa.edu.au. Alternatively, you can contact our Board Chair, Merryn Ruwoldt: mruwoldt@stpaulba.sa.edu.au. St Paul owes its past, present and future success to our generous Board Members and we would love you to consider being part of the team.