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Volume 33- 28 October, 2014 Dear Parents and Students Last Tuesday we welcomed to the College our new Year 8’s for next year and today we welcomed our new Year 7’s. It is lovely to have had this opportunity to introduce them and their parents to Loreto, albeit briefly, ahead of their commencement in January.
As I explained to the Year 11’s recently, 2015 will be a year of significant change for us in so many ways. In 2015, we will have one third of the students new to the College and we will have approximately twelve new staff, including two new Deputies. We also have a number of current staff who have been appointed to new positions. Additionally, we will be introducing a ‘7 Day’ cyclic timetable to allow the students in Year 9 and 10 the opportunity to study a greater number of electives. With all these changes we are mindful of the need to ensure that we remain true to the core values and essence of who and what we are as a Mary Ward School, and what it is that makes this Loreto Community such an extraordinary place of which to be a part. As we prepare for these changes and begin to welcome new members, we also take the time to thank and farewell those who will be leaving us.
RETIREMENTS Apart from our senior students whose time of leaving is fast approaching, this year we have five long-standing members of staff who will be retiring. Between them they have given an amazing 142 years of generous and loyal service. We thank them individually and collectively for their leadership and service and the significant difference for good they have each made to the lives of thousands of students. When speaking with Past Pupils I am frequently asked about these teachers who are remembered by generations of ‘students’ with genuine respect, appreciation and great warmth and affection.
Loreto thanks Mr Bryan Deveson, Mr Patrick Elsworthy, Dr Raimund Irmer, Mr William Kenny and Mrs Kerry Williams. Our hearts are filled with gratitude for the time you have each given in such loving and generous service. Your legacies will live on in the hearts and minds you have transformed and you will be remembered always with admiration and deep affection.
As a community we wish you every blessing for the future. May the future by joyful and gentle.
CONGRATULATIONS
To the SRC and Interact on the wonderful success of PINK DAY. Not only did you raise $880.45 for Breast Cancer research and support but importantly you raised awareness. I was delighted to see that your efforts were “liked” on Face Book by the Cancer Council. Well done girls!
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