Meeting the needs of student learning in the 21st century is contributing to a significant increase in building projects in Catholic schools around metropolitan Adelaide and regional centres.
A unique approach to educating young South Australians who have become disengaged with mainstream schooling is being expanded by Catholic entity Edmund Rice Education Australia (EREA).
Hundreds of Playford City families have welcomed an early Christmas present thanks to three Catholic primary schools announcing fee reductions for 2020.
Emilio Mammone’s love of drawing and making things was evident from an early age but his parents say it is the “amazing support” he received at Blackfriars Priory School that has enabled him to make the most of his exceptional artistic talents.
News
Gratitude was the overwhelming feeling at the farewell Mass for St Teresa’s School Brighton as the community reflected on 104 years of Catholic education established by the Sisters of Mercy from Broken Hill.
Schools
Rostrevor College Year 1 students are heading in the right direction after their mapping project won them first prize in the Mathematics and Numeracy Challenge conducted by the Primary Mathematics Association.
Schools
For Rostrevor College student Garang Kuach, his debating career began as a way of avoiding lunch-time detention.
A group of young rock musicians from St Francis School, Lockleys, played their biggest ‘gig’ yet during the Catholic Schools Music Festival where they were the only primary school band to take to the stage at the Adelaide Festival Centre.
An inner city Catholic primary school is doing its bit to put nature back in the picture and is even hoping that the sounds of frogs croaking might one day drown out the traffic noise.
Students and staff participating in St Mark’s College immersion trip to the Philippines experienced “the greatest of hospitality” and were reminded that “happiness comes from within, not from possessions”.
Catholic education in the Warradale area is flourishing, 60 years after the Good Samaritan Sisters first started a school in Dunrobin Avenue.
Get The Southern Cross delivered straight to your inbox twice per month.
Thanks for signing up to the Southern Cross newsletter.
