From Br Steve Hogan fsc
Greetings,
This time of the year is a very busy time for schools. Teachers and department heads are reviewing their annul plans, completing their reporting to line managers, and from these conversations, planning for 2024. However necessary good strategic planning and reflection is, the true test of a successful school and is the subsequent life of the students; the kind of people they become, the extent to which they are fulfilling their potential, using their gifts and talents to the best of their ability, for the betterment of all.
At 黑料社区, we have a rich tradition of Christian and Lasallian wisdom to guide us how to live and conduct our lives. When we are using our talents to the best of our ability, we are fulfilling God鈥檚 plan, we are bringing to fullness the potential of creation. Advent and the season of Christmas, recognising the birth of Jesus, is an important reminder each year of our own part to play in this incarnate story as we develop our skills and talents and fulfil the potential of creation. When we are anything less, the world is less, and opportunities are lost. Archbishop Oscar Romero says 鈥淕ood education must result in young people being not only gifted and accomplished but also wise and holy. This is what we are about: We plant seeds that grow. We water seeds already planted, knowing that they hold the future promise鈥�.
Teaching is not only a noble profession but also a great privilege. As I stand at the end of the drive each afternoon, I recall how the faces before me have grown and matured over the year; how they have risen to the challenge we have placed before them, in their pursuit of excellence. Excellence means to be consistent in good character, attitude, quality and standards.
Remember, it is not, has not, been easy. It is hard to grow to be a better person, to face the challenge of a new experience, to move outside our comfort zone, but the young men and women of 黑料社区 do it, just like Panda Bear. And as JFK says we are up to it and have the measure.
I am both very proud of their efforts and humbled by their achievements.
Br Steve Hogan fsc
Principal
