ST PAUL’S GRAMMAR SCHOOL PENRITH
CELEBRATING
25 YEARS 1983 - 2008
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St Paul’s Grammar School Penrith
1998 The prefect body with the Principal (centre), 1998
At a glance
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Major musical, ‘The Revenge of Sherlock Holmes’ First school-based cadet rural fire brigade in NSW formed with 20 cadets
Chairman of School Council: Mr Adrian Fox Principal: Mr John Collier Assistant Principal: Mr Stephen Kinsella Head of Junior School: Rev. John Campbell School Captains, 1998-1999: Brooke Graham, Neil Shaddick Junior School Head Prefects: Joshua Little, Sally Gibson Dux: Surabhi Liyanage (IB), Georgia Boyce (HSC) SPEXS President: Anthony Perez Fundraising Association President: Brian Jones
THE FOUNDING OF THE SCHOOL RURAL FIRE CADET UNIT This report on the founding of the rural fire brigade cadets was written by Mr Anthony Head, Officer-in-charge, in THE EPISTLE of 1998: In May 1998, the first school-based cadet rural fire brigade in NSW was established at St Paul’s in Years 7 to 11. The cadets meet for two hours after school each Friday and two Saturdays each school term. Training activities have included basic firefighter modules, inspecting fire tankers, fire stations and the communication centre, hose rolling, demonstrations of fire fighting by other brigades, hand tool exercises and championship training. In August the cadets took part in a two day mapping and communications exercise ‘Operation Sunny Corner’, between Lithgow and Bathurst, led by members of the RFS communications brigade. During September the cadets were involved in clearing a fire break along the northern boundary of the school property using hand tools – a very tiring task, but essential as part of the lead-up to the bushfire danger season. There are currently 20 members of the brigade and this will expand to 30 in 1999. The cadet captain is Year 10 student Brent Webster. Thanks must go to Penrith Rural Fire Service who have issued the brigade with a range of basic equipment and also provided firefighting equipment for all the cadets. Castlereagh, Glenbrook-Lapstone, Llandilo, Mulgoa, Penrith Communications and Regentville brigades have given their time voluntarily to help train the cadets.
RETIREMENT OF MRS JENNY BOUNDS Mrs Jenny Bounds retired after 13 years as High School Librarian and Head of Library and Information Services. The Principal Mr John Collier offered this tribute to her in THE EPISTLE of 1998: Mrs Bounds has been a great stalwart and personality of the school as the foundation incumbent of our beautiful mudbrick High School Library. She has seen its stock and its clientele grow rapidly as she