Week 10

VICE PRINCIPAL

I am pleased to inform you that Mr Peter Collins has been appointed Vice Principal K - 12 from the commencement of 2014. He brings a depth of experience in K - 12 education from his current position as the Vice Principal of Ursula Frayne Catholic College.  Prior to this Mr Collins was a Consultant in the Resources Team at the Catholic Education Office and Head of Mathematics at Aranmore Catholic College.

HEAD OF JUNIOR SCHOOL

As you know, Ms Melissa Croswell has been appointed as the foundation Head of Junior School.  Ms Croswell will  commence at Holy Cross College at the beginning of Spring Term, 2013 and will play a key role in the establishment of our new Early Learning Centre.  The Early Learning Centre will open with students in Kindergarten - Year 2 at the commencement of 2014.

SENIOR SCHOOL

Students in Years 10 and 11 commence their end of academic year exams on Wednesday.            They have exams both before and after the holiday period and will need to be very focused on their studies during this time period.  Parents of students in Years 9 - 11 should have received a letter containing important information including booklists for the start of the academic year in Spring Term.

ASSEMBLY AND LEARNING JOURNEY

A College assembly and Learning Journey for Winter Term will be held on Friday, 27 September commencing at 1.45am in the Learning Resource Centre.  The Learning Journey will include some of the work completed as part of Curriculum Enrichment Week projects. I look forward to seeing you on Friday.

CAMINO 2014

Last Wednesday students who will be participating in the Europe 2014 trip and their parents gathered for an information session.  It was exciting to be at the point where we are talking about the practical details for this trip which will take place in April 2014.  We will be visiting Rome before flying to Spain to walk a section of the Camino de Santiago from Tui to Santiago de Compostella.  Tui is the town in which Rosendo Salvado was born, 200 years ago next year.  Following the Camino pilgrimage which will cover over 100 kilometres we will spend a couple of days in Santiago de Compostella before flying to Barcelona.  This should be a very special trip for participating students and staff.

Ms Connor