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Volume 11 - 22 April, 2014 Dear Parents & Students
Easter Prayer
Tomb, thou shalt not hold Him longer;
Death is strong, but Life is stronger;
Stronger than the dark, the light;
Stronger than the wrong, the right.
Amen.
I wish you all a Happy and Holy Easter blessed and bathed in the light and hope of new life and new beginnings. Welcome back to Term Two. Today’s edi on of the Newsle er is an abridged version due to the three day week. This term we welcome the following staff to Loreto – Mr Paul Franco (Maths & IT), Ms Anne Foster (Art) and Ms Kristy‐leigh Quinlan (Geography). We also welcome back Mrs Dowling (Religion) and Mrs Heathcote (English) who once again are ac ng as replacement staff for us.
We extend our very best wishes and thanks to Mrs Lorraine Stone on her re rement from Loreto a er 30 years given in service. During her early years Mrs Stone worked as both teacher’s aide and an audio visual technician in the library. More recently Mrs Stone has worked in the service area providing prin ng services for staff and first‐aid care to students. In this capacity she has provided comfort and support to many students and families, par cularly in mes of need. For this we offer her our sincere thanks. In re rement we wish Mrs Stone every enjoyment, blessings and good health. INTERHOUSE CROSS COUNTRY
I wish to thank Mrs Stevens; the PE department; our running coaches: Claire and Andrew; our student House Leaders and all the Staff for their efforts and coordina on of last term’s Interhouse Cross Country event. We had a most enjoyable and successful event. I congratulate all compe tors and in par cular the winning House – Barry and the following Age Champions: 13 Years – Emily Galpin 14 Years – Helena Beiers 15 Years – Taylor Chinn 16 Years – Kate O’Sullivan 17 Years – Rebecca Marshall
JusƟce
Freedom
SINCERITY
Verity
Felicity