Principal's Report

Year 12 Farewell

I congratulate the class of 2017 for the way they finished their school year, culminating in their final assembly and celebration day on Tuesday. They have behaved and acted in a manner which allowed all members of the community to participate in the celebrations with them. This underlines the respect and pride our students have for their school, something which our parents and staff are very proud of.

I also want to acknowledge the role Deputy Principal - Students Mr Stephen Bourbon, our House Leaders, Homeroom Teachers and Wellbeing staff have played not only in the final few weeks but also in the journey of these young men and women through the college.  The House System which these students have been in for the last six  years  is a wonderfully supportive and nurturing environment for our students and I thank all staff for their contribution in this regard.

We wish all of our Year 12 students the best as they prepare for their final exams and look forward to the Graduation Mass and Dinner in a  month's time. I include a wonderful tribute to our Year 12 students by senior staff member Mr Michael Toomey.

Walk tall, touch the breeze and stretch the blue

Walk tall, feel the breeze in your fingers and stretch for the blue.

Walk out on to Caroline Street with a feeling of ease

Be content that you created treasured memories here

Feel the breeze and follow invitations and opportunities.

Grasp gratefully, blessings offered

Use your voice for justice and fellowship

Remembering all those sermons about eagles and stewardship

And when darkness or greyness calls, as it will

Remember the bonds formed at SJRC.

Touch those treasured memories,

Regain old connections.

Walk tall, feel the breeze

Rediscover the blue that freedom offers each one of you.

                                                                                            Mike Toomey, October 2015.

2017 Awards Night

I thank all those families, students and staff members who attended our 2017 Awards Night. It was pleasing to be able to share the story of excellence that has been achieved throughout the year by so many of our students.

I thank and acknowledge the work of  Mr Tim Lee, Mr Quentin Smith and Ms Mary Cerdor for the many  hours they have put into this night along with the large number of  staff  who assisted in bringing to life this major event in the school calendar.

Congratulations to all students who were acknowledged with awards or performed on the night.

2018 Captains

Many activities that our students are involved in give me great pride,  but none more so than listening to our students complete their nomination speeches and interviews for Student Leadership positions. It is wonderful to hear of their pride and love for their school and their commitment to serve as an act of gratitude for the wonderful opportunities that this school has provided for them.

It affirms three important things; great mentoring in leadership as service  provided by our teaching staff, the manner in which our school focuses on educating the whole child and the wonderful job our parents are doing in raising fine young men and women who want to give back to their community. We received many nominations from our Year 11 students and I thank them all for their willingness to serve.

 I congratulate the following students who were presented to our College Community at the Awards Evening as our College Captains for 2018. I  look forward to working with them and supporting their development as servant leaders in our College

St John's Regional College Student Leaders 2018    

College Captains                       Nathan Granado and Rahwa Masho

College Vice Captains             Fope Tokun and Katy He

Ministry Captains                      Eden Krol and Jasna Toa                    

Communication  Captains    Dinuththara Gamage and    Talya Schumacher  

Creativity  Captains                  Rochelle Peters and Oswald D'Silva                 

Environment Captains            Genesis Finau and Victoria Olasoji

Innovation Captains                 Keif Evalle and Jazmin Hebron

Sport Captains                             Laura Thomas and  Bunchai Chi

House Captains

Aquila :                                          Minh Phan and  Berlinda Tumulak

Columba :                                    Daniel Kaygusuz  and Elijah Meyer

Delphinus :                                 Jocelyn Hebron  and Ruth Noronha

Leonis :                                        Brianna Nheu and Kuang Noi

Monoceros :                               Atishay Jain and  Paris Owen

Phoenix :                                    Sophie Farrell  and Alessandra San Giorgio

SIS Arts and Technology 2017

From 10 to 23 November, the Southern Independent Schools (SIS) Association will be staging their annual Arts and Technology exhibition at the Cube Theatre, Frankston.

The exhibition will feature student works from the Visual Arts and Technology domains from all of the 12 member schools of the SIS including the works of St John’s students.

All parents are invited to attend the exhibition which  includes a Studio Exhibition from the 10 to 16 November and a Gallery exhibition from the 10 to 23 November. The Opening hours of  the Cube Theatre are Mon-Fri 9am-5pm and 10am-2pm on Saturday and its address is found below:

Cube 37 , Frankston Arts Centre, Cnr Davey and Young Street , Frankston

Congratulations

We congratulate staff member Leana Bailey and partner Aimee  on the arrival of baby boy Oliver James weighing in at 3.8 kgs.  All are doing well.

Tim Hogan, Principal