Deputy Principal - Director of Studies

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call therefore a complete and generous education that which fits a man (woman) to perform justly, skillfully, and magnanimously all the offices both private and public of peace and war.'"

(John Milton - Of education 1644.)

The staff, students and parents of the Ave Maria College community spent much time during the year rewriting the College's Mission and Vision Statement. Milton's thoughts very much link in with the learning commitments which have been included in our new statement...

"In our expression of Learning we are committed to: * Assisting our students develop positive attitudes towards life and learning and helping them discover self knowledge, inner strength and confidence that will sustain them throughout their lives..."

The College's commitment to its students is unquestioned. 2001 saw the implementation of many of innovations which the College had been developing during the past two years. Some of these include:

a The implementations of a 3 period (100 minute period) day structure a The introduction and implementation of

Interdisciplinary Studies at Year 7 a The implementation of reduced class sizes at Year 7 (maximum 26) a The consolidation of a number of different studies into one eg. Health & Physical Education a The rewriting of all courses of study for all subjects,

Year 7 -12 both in teaching and non-teaching roles. I would especially like to thank to all the Heads of Faculty Mrs Cheryl Kerin (Arts), Ms Madeleine Laming (English), Mr Nat Coull (Health & PE), Mrs Carla Godoy, (LOTE), Mr Patrick Platt (Religious Education),Mrs Lydia Roper-Willis (Science), Mr Lanny De Almeida ( and while on leave acting in his place Mrs Jenny Caligari), (SOSE), Mrs Lyndal McCall (Mathematics) and Mr Robert Martini (Technology). Without the hard work and cooperation of these staff little could be accomplished.

I would also like to thank Mrs Janet Jensen (Careers Education Coordinator) Mrs Jennifer Lawrence (Numeracy Coordinator) and Mrs Pam Pearce (Literacy Coordinator) for all their efforts in assisting both the students and staff in their respective role.

Finally and most sincerely I would like to all the members of the College Leadership team: Mrs Olwen Bell (Principal), Ms Cathy Livingston (Deputy Principal: Director of Staff and Student Welfare), Mr Louis Papadimitriou (College Organiser), Ms Antonia Caridi (Faith Development and Learning Technologies Coordinator) and Mr Alan Thompson (Business Manager). Without the support, loyalty, vision, diligence and care that these people put into the school and their roles, not only would my task as Director of Studies be impossible, but the College would not be able to function.

I would like to take this opportunity to wish the entire College community a holy, safe, joy filled and restful Christmas break and I hope to see everyone re-energised and ready to face new challenges at the start of 2002.

MR CRIS SCARLATA

Deputy Principal - Director of Studies

a The introduction and formalization of computerized reporting for all students at all year levels a Continued development of the College's

Learning Technology strategies a Increased focus on Literacy by the appointment of a Literacy Coordinator and the inclusion of literacy components in all

KLAs

a Increased focus on Numeracy by the appointment of a Numeracy Coordinator and the inclusion of numeracy components in all KU\s

a The review and development of reporting and assessment policies.

As can be seen, this has truly been a year of innovation and along with it, hard work. None of the above could have been accomplished without the diligence and support all of the College personnel. Special thanks to all the College staff,

HEADS OF FACULTY

Row 2 Mrs Lyndal McLean, Mrs Cheryl Kerin, Mr Lanny De Almeida, Mr Nathanael Coull, Mr Patrick Platt. Mrs Madeleine Laming, Mrs Lydia Roper-Willis Row 1 Ms Terry Callery, Mr Cris Scarlata, Mrs Carla Godoy. Absent Mr Robert Martini