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For more than 150 years, St Cyprian’s School has played a significant role as a leading educational institution for girls. It has remained relevant to time and place, while expanding its influence in a global context. The value of girls’ education is generational and has been proven to bring about positive change in community and country. Evidence supports the assertion that an educated woman has an incrementally positive e ect in the arena in which she operates, and our many extraordinary alumnae corroborate that fact.

It is, however, a new world and a new dawn! It is time once again to stand up

WE ASPIRE TO AUGMENT OUR POSITION AS a leading centre of educational excellence while augmenting a definition of excellence to embrace a wider relevance:

RELEVANCE WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF uncertainty, ambiguity and uncontrollable change

INHERENT IN OUR TIME IN HISTORYmutual trust, moral leadership, competence and commitment.

THE 4TH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

THAT STARTS WITH the creation of developmental opportunities in microcosms where respect, mutual understanding, belonging and experience of the incredible potential of the capitalisation of difference to solve problems, invent new solutions and harness humanity, exist.

A NEXUS OF SHARED VALUES, RESPONSIBILITY BEYOND BOUNDARIES OF

The value and influence of humanity in a future world, largely destroyed by mankind, will depend on culture, nationalism and ideology and the cultivation of universal consciousness are required to transcend the status quo.

Our aspiration is to intentionally create that microcosm where diversity and the value of di erence can be experienced and explored – to intensify the development of individual talent through the power of the educational o er and to capitalize on the power of the collective. The wider definition of an excellent educational o er with significance for the future requires an educational experience where mastery of the intellect is the given, the honing of the body, the exploration and mastery of creativity, the development of character through the values of faith, hope and love, respect, integrity, compassion and accountability will need to accompany an appreciation for diversity and transformational thinking and being. Adaptation, mutuality, authenticity, collaboration, equity, social justice are the discriminators between (wo)man and machine, between those who will flourish and those who will struggle without purpose or hope.

It starts with intent. Our intent requires facilities and circumstances to enable individual growth and development to facilitate the change. Our approach is two-pronged: