Boarders BUZZ

A Happy New Year to all members of our boarding family. We hope the New Year has begun well for you and your loved ones. We pray for the families and communities affected by the the catastrophic bush fires throughout Australia and keep them in in our thoughts as they begin the long road to recovery. 

I would like to take this opportunity to thank our  boarding staff for their work in making the start to the new year for our continuing boarders and especially for making the start to Mr Erin boarding a good one for new boarders.  Thank you also to the also to the Principals of Kildare and Mater Dei. Ms Christie Scoble and Mrs val Thomas respectively and their staff, for their support of Mt Erin Boarding. 

SPECIAL THANKS

A special thank you to Mr. Judy Baron whose support and expertise during the transition period  was invaluable. 

BOARDING BEGINS

The term has begun relatively smoothly with the orientation of new boarders, the return of continuuing boarders and the development of a new Activities Programme for Years 7 to 9 managed by our Activities Officer, Mr. Jody Siegwalt . 

There has been some difficulties with the use of our Boarding Management system, REACH which is being dealt with. We thank parents and students for their patience. If there are ant concerns or ongoing difficulties we would ask you to email your son's/ daughters' Boarding Supervisor:

CONGRATULATIONS

The following boarding students are to be congratulated:

Chloe Keeley has made the selection for Moomba Master International Water ski Tournament in Melbourne to be held in March 2020. We wish her well

Nick Madden represented KCC in a Byrne Shield cricket semi final against MDCC

CATERING

Mt Erin is very fortunate to have Mr. Dave Lugton as our Catering  Manager. The menu provided is excellent in terms of variety , choices and nutrition.  Meals include breakfast, morning tea, lunch (Kildare ), afternoon tea, dinner and supper. Fresh fruit is available and meals can be tailored to cater for particular dietary needs.  It is not often that you beautifully presented pavlovas for dessert. Birthdays are usually celebrated with ice cream cakes to die for. To offset these foods are of course vegetables, salads, pasta, meat, and non meat foods.  The menu is published each day on the display screen in boarding and a sample menu will soon be available on the Mt Erin and College websites.

I know the students are very appreciative of the effort Dave and his crew put in to ensure they are well fed each day.

FRONT OF HOUSE

School, Colleges and Boarding often have staff who are known as "front of house". Mt Erin is very lucky to have Ms Amanda Hilton as our front of house person, dealing queries in person, phone and by email.She always has a smile on her face and handles issues effortlessly. I would like to acknowledge Amanda's important role on behalf of the Mt Erin Boarding community.

John Bussenschutt | Leader of Boarding

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