STRONG MINDS, 

GENTLE HEARTS

A warm welcome to the 2024 Saints year which has begun in a positive fashion with good order and relative calm. The young men of Saints are exceptionally good at getting into the routine of college life.  

Thank you to families for adhering to our stop-drop-go zone procedures which have run exceptionally smoothly. To ensure student safety as they return from sport on multiple buses, the zone is closed until 2:40pm on a Wednesday.

Some things that will help keep traffic flowing smoothly in the zone after school include the following:  

• Pick up your son a little later as the zone tends to clear by 3:40pm
• Pick up your son at Barlow Park. On Wednesday, the zone is clear by 2:45pm. 
• Keep moving along the zone until you reach the front of the line to pick up your son, this will reduce congestion. 
• If your son is not waiting for you at the front of the line, continue out of the zone and drive around the block. This will reduce congestion and allow traffic to flow. 
• Don't enter via the bus zone as we have four buses to stop and pick up students. 

Student Absence 

A reminder to parents and carers about procedures when your son is absent: Ideally, phone student services on 4052 9157 before 8:30am or email sac.absences@cns.catholic.edu.auto advise of your son’s absence.  

Absences due to illness for more than two consecutive days require a medical certificate to be submitted to the student office.  

Requests for Student Absence 

• Please restrict holidays or other periods of leave to gazetted term holidays.  
• Requests for leave outside normal holiday times must be made in writing to the College Principal before any arrangements are made. 
• Fill in a Request for Student Absence form and email to sac.absences@cns.catholic.edu.au   

Homeroom teachers are the first point of contact for parents and carers about their son’s pastoral and academic development. You have received a letter from your son’s head of year introducing his homeroom teacher and their contact details. Please feel free to contact his homeroom teacher with any concerns or questions.