Families who have applied for a place for their child in the College say they were influenced very much by one or more other families they knew who had made a similar decision a year or two earlier.
We hope that you will follow their example. Different features appeal to different families. Some families are attracted by the P – 12 continuum: the same values for 13 or 14 years and a known cohort of students and parents for the duration of their child’s schooling.
Others are attracted by:
- the explicit emphasis on value
- the smart, functional and distinctive uniform
- the care and professionalism of the staff
- the academic performance of students on internal assessments as well as on national and state-wide tests
- the positive attitude of most students towards learning
- the range of extra-curricular activities
- the opportunities for students to learn from the Bible
- the opportunities for students to express their gratitude
- the nurturing of students’ talents and interests
Express your satisfaction by commending the College to other parents.
Some are impressed by the care and professionalism displayed to students by the College staff: whether it be the office, the grounds staff, a teacher, a co-ordinator or members of the senior leadership team.
The College is also judged by the results achieved by its students in external exams such as the Higher School Certificate, but equal store will be placed on the attitudes which students acquire towards learning, the development of their individual talents, the attitude they adopt towards other people and the character that is formed bit by bit over their years of learning in the College.
This is a happy and safe College. Its reputation now and in the future is very much dependent on each of its students, their parents and siblings, the staff and our many friends in the wider community.
Use these ideas and what follows in this Handbook to tell others for next year!