Farewell Year 12 parents
The Quay/Miller Family Over our amazing 14-year journey, being a part of the Carey community has become a part of our family identity. The lifelong friendships and the wealth of shared Carey experiences have made each of us who we are today. We are a Carey family. We have loved living the Carey value of making the most of your opportunities. It has given us all so many special times – musicals, rowing, plays, debating, soccer, overseas trips – it is overwhelming to even think about trying to list them all. In addition, my involvement with the parent
associations has really enhanced my time at the School, I have been able to make so many more friends and connections, and it has given me a greater understanding of the School and my children’s exerience. It has all been so much fun! As we celebrate Leah finishing Year 12 this year, I know with confidence that we will always feel fortunate to be a part of the Carey community and be grateful for the way in which it has helped to shape our lives. Loren Miller, John, Patrick (2016) and Leah (2020) Quay
The Adetunji Family We first came to Carey in 2011. I remember walking into the Mellor Library, a two-storey building filled with books. Our son David loves to read, but our primary school only had a tiny library. When I looked at his face, I knew there was no going back on our decision to send him to Carey. We started our adventure with Carey by attending the orientation events. I was intimidated by the number of people present in the Ian Wolff Auditorium at our first meeting. I remember thinking to myself, ‘There are so many people here, how will I ever get to meet anyone?’ But the then-president of the MSPA, Rosie Kelly, came up and talked about the parent associations and how they support parents and the community. In our nine years at Carey, I can confirm that Rosie was right, the parent associations have supported us and provided opportunities to serve. At Carey, David and Daniel had the privilege of a world-class education, in and out of the classroom. They had opportunities to go sailing, camping, international trips, music festivals 22 | Torch
and ample opportunities to represent the School. They learnt to play brass instruments from accomplished educators and world-class musicians in their own rights. A huge thanks to Roger Schmidli and Daniel Neal for their patience and professionalism and for shaping my boys into the accomplished trombone and trumpet players they are. I had the privilege of working with the most generous and talented group of parents that Carey has ever had. We organised Middle School Walk-athons, Carey Staff Christmas Lunches, Mother’s Day Luncheons and the
inaugural Whole School Ball in 2017. My thanks go to Julie Raftopoulos and every member of the Community Engagement department for their support of our many initiatives. A huge thanks goes to my friends, Johann Wilson, Maggie Bassily, Sofie Carfi, Karen Synon and Angela Valentine for being co-conspirators with me on most of these events. Ladies, I am going to miss Carey, and especially our ‘afterwork’ planning meetings. Titilayo, Phillip, David (2017) and Daniel (2020) Adetunji
