Senior School

CSA Victorian Youth Prayer Breakfast

On Friday 13 May, 7 of our Senior Students, Caleb, David, Christina, Emma, Leon, Tupou and Raaya joined Mr Crotty, Mrs Gaschk and our new Senior School Chaplain Alyssa Mercer at the CSA Victorian Youth Prayer Breakfast. Together, we ate a delicious meal and enjoyed an inspiring talk from author, teacher and story teller Sharon Witt about how God has designed each of us for a particular purpose and given us the appropriate gifts to fulfil that purpose. She reminded us not to try and be someone else but to believe that even what we perceive as flaws can be used by God for good. She also challenged us to trust God and to step out and serve him in leadership.

As well as the breakfast and talk, this year, we were given the opportunity to mix with other schools and have a time of prayer – praying specifically for the various programs going on within different schools and praising God for how He is working in each school. This year’s Youth Prayer Breakfast was very enjoyable and insightful and I look forward to attending next year.

Greg Crotty

Head of Senior School

Careers News

The issue starts with an invitation for Year 10, 11 and 12 students to spend a day at a university during the upcoming school holidays and get a taste of what it is like to be a university student for a day.

Next item of the newsletter provides information about the Winter School, Revision Programs and the Visual Communication Seminar for VCE students.

The issue concludes with a list of Exercise Science & Sport Degrees in Victoria and a snapshot of La Trobe University.

La Trobe offers an Early Entry program called Aspire. This program is designed to acknowledge secondary students who have made . positive changes in their schools and communities through volunteering. The Aspire Early Admissions Program acknowledges the volunteering efforts of students when they apply. Successful applicants receive an offer into their course in September, before they receive their ATAR.

Australian Catholic University has a similar program, Early Achievers' Program (EAP).  The program operates at each of the University's six campuses nationally.  Applications will open in August and close in October, with offers being made by the end of November 2016. Students are encouraged to start gathering their required documentation now to submit with along their application. 

If you have a question about a topic featured in the Careers Newsletter, please contact Careers Coordinator Mrs Irena Yevlahova iyevlahova@standrews.vic.edu.au

Irena Yevlahova

Careers Coordinator