If she’s not the first Aboriginal Catholic school principal in South Australia, then she’s almost certainly the second or third. Regardless, Emma Fowler who has run St Raphael’s School in Parkside for the past 18 months, comes with someone pretty cool in her corner.
Excellence in education was put in the spotlight during the 2024 Unley Rotary Teacher Awards announced on October 22.
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Whether helping a distraught youngster who just lost a tooth, rescuing an escaped chook or noticing the herb garden needs some attention, Mia Harms personifies the values of St Raphael’s Catholic School at Parkside.
Students at St Raphael’s School took home eight awards, including five first places, in the inaugural State gifted and talented awareness competitions held recently.
Catholic schools around the State have been celebrating Catholic Education Week and 200 years of Catholic education in Australia, culminating in a Mass celebrated simultaneously around the country.
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.
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