LORETO COLLEGE COORPAROO P O Box 1726, COORPAROO DC QLD 4151 Telephone: 07 3394 9999
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Email: email@loreto.qld.edu.au Website: www.loreto.qld.edu.au
29 March 2011
Dear Parents and Students In the midst of exams, which continue for the senior students until week’s end, we offer the students our prayers and best wishes. May their months of application and effort be reflected in pleasing academic outcomes and achievements. May they experience feelings of success and satisfaction, knowing that they have done their best for themselves and their families. In the late 19th Century, Mother Gonzaga Barry IBVM, the founding sister of Loreto Schools in Australia, offered the following sage advice to her students: “Go through the different studies diligently and cheerfully and under the eye of your Heavenly Father, with a pure and upright intention making every act a prayer . . . . . The motive of giving satisfaction to your parents is one that ought to be very powerful with you, if you will only reflect on the many sacrifices they have made for your advancement. In one respect it is a matter of strict justice that you should do your very best and avail yourselves of every opportunity to improve”. This advice seems both timeless and timely. Let us pray that each and every Loreto student lives out the call to be both ‘diligent and cheerful’ in doing her very best. Amen. AN IMPORTANT TWO WEEKS AHEAD: Term Two Work Commences Even though exams will be over this Friday, it is important for all parents and students to be aware that all classes will commence Term Two work from next Monday, April 4th. Due to the shortness of Term Two it is critical that during the upcoming fortnight, students remain focussed and diligent. Understandably, they will be ‘ready for a holiday’ but we ask for your support in encouraging their sustained efforts and application until April 15th, when they will at last be able to rest and revive. WHOLE SCHOOL SURVEY Yesterday, all staff, parents and students should have received an email inviting participation in an on‐line survey. This survey will be open for ten working days with reminders being sent periodically. In anticipation, I thank you for your support in taking part. The higher the level of participation, the more meaningful is the data, so again, thank you. CONGRATULATIONS To Emily Rendon (Year 8) who recently won an award from the Queensland Quilters’ Guild Craft Expo. Her delightful hanging quilt will travel around Australia. I’m sure you’ll agree, Emily has great talent indeed. To Bridget Sankey (Year 11) and Kelley O’Leary (Year 12) on their selection to the Metropolitan East Team for Soccer.