03 NOV 2023 From the Principal

Dear Members of the Kolbe Catholic College Community

As we approach the final weeks of school for 2023, I pray our young people find the courage to dedicate themselves to their assignments and study for exams. We especially keep our Year 12s in our prayers at this time

Presentation Evening

143 Kolbe Catholic College Year 12 young women and men celebrated their conclusion of secondary schooling on Friday 13 October, taking part in a Graduation Mass and Ceremony. The students reflected on their time at Kolbe before they step onto various paths to lead them to different careers and opportunities for the future.

With many planning to study at university and follow professional careers, there are also many with apprenticeships and trades, and the Kolbe College academic offering reflects these divergent futures. For those currently sitting exams, we wish you well.

We hope our students leave our college with fond memories and will call on the belonging of our college in future years. We also wish them well in their future and hope their education and life skills learnt at school will support them as they move into the world as proud Kolbe Catholic College women and men. On behalf of the entire school community, we thank you for the outstanding sense of pride and dignity you displayed as you departed Kolbe Catholic College. Good luck Year 12s!

World Teachers Day

World Teachers Day was celebrated on October 27. I sent the following message to our teachers. Should you find a spare moment, I encourage you to also send a message of support to one of your daughter or son’s teachers.

Dear Teachers

I sat in the middle of Building B for a little while on Wednesday. I listened to the murmurs of activity occurring in the different classrooms. What was happening wasn’t miraculous, but it is extraordinary to contemplate what might be happening for each individual student.

Much of what teachers do is mundane, the engagement with students is typical but there are moments, and sometimes you recognise them, when you have a profound impact on a young person. You may be the only person paying attention to them at a particular time. You might spark a love for the material being taught. Whatever it is, however, it is delivered, you are to be admired for what you do. I admire you for what you do.

So today I say Happy World Teachers Day

Remembrance Day

Next week, our school will recognise Remembrance Day. As we are well aware, Remembrance Day is the day Australians remember those who have died in war. In 1918 the armistice that ended World War I came into force, bringing to an end four years of hostilities that saw 61919 Australians die at sea, in the air and on foreign soil. Few Australian families were left untouched by the events of World War I – ‘the war to end all wars’. Most had lost a father, son, daughter, brother, sister or friend. At 11am on 11 November we pause to remember the sacrifice of those men and women who have died or suffered in wars and conflicts and all those who have served during the past 106 years.

Lest we forget.

Nick Scully
Principal