Volume 6
Issue 2
July 2012
“A Place to Grow” ST ANDREWS LUTHERAN COLLEGE A 175 Tallebudgera Creek Road, Tallebudgera PO Box 2142, Burleigh BC QLD 4220 P (07) 5534 8522 F (07) 5534 8459 E office@salc.qld.edu.au W www.standrewslutheran.qld.edu.au
A co-educational P-12 College owned and operated by The Lutheran Church of Australia
An Authorised IB World School Implementing PYP Program
STAR features Devotion
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Principal’s Pen
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Year 3 Sleepover
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Koori Kids
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Year 4 Adventures & Junior School Chess 6 St Andrews Commemorates Anzac Day 7 Japanese Mentoring Program
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Opening of COLA
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Cross Country & Sporting Achievements 10 - 11 Arts Week 2012
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Infinity and Beyond
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Exploring Numinbah Valley
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Year 10 Work Experience
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Business Expo 2012
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P&F Cocktail Party
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Study Skills & Health/Wellbeing in HPE 21
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Rise up and Join hands
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Growing Good Leaders
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Past Students
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Devotion I have had the privilege of observing a number of students grow all the way through St Andrews – from their first day in Prep, through to the completion of their formal education at the end of Year 12. My own children are 11 years, 9 years and 1 year respectively into their journey at St Andrews. So, of course I am biased about the goodness that nurtures students within our community. In an effort to gain another perspective on St Andrews being ‘a place to grow’ I interviewed a current Year 12 who joined us inYear 1. This young lady was very happy to reflect on how St Andrews is a nurturing, family orientated, loving place – and these were the exact words she used! She appreciates how the students get along and that her peers are all pretty much on the same page. Everyone may not hold exactly the same values but there is a healthy respect for the values the College conveys and this contributes to the positive tone within St Andrews. The fact that most people are prepared to help others was celebrated as a hallmark of our community – and this was observed as being particularly true of the staff – she pointed out an example over my shoulder as we chatted. A staff member sat with a laptop assisting a student
during the lunch break directly behind us. This type of behaviour turned our attention to the concept of ‘service learning’ which prompted the comment that St Andrews “does not just want good students, they want good people”. To hear such reflections from one of our students is so encouraging. St Andrews truly is a place to grow. I believe it is this type of place because we have such a sure foundation upon which we attempt to build all we do. I say attempt, because we don’t get everything right – but having Christ and his love as the starting point from which we endeavor to build all our programs, relationships and activities ensures that we are heading in the right direction. Christ’s love and forgiveness then goes a long way for those of us who live in it, when things go pear shape. We are empowered to say sorry, to ask for forgiveness and to offer it when we have been wronged. Christ and his love is ever active at St Andrews making it a beautiful place and a wonderful place to grow. I pray each of us may have the eyes of faith to see this and celebrate it. Graeme Schache Chaplain
Principal’s Pen Each year during Term 1 I have lunch with the Year 12 students in small groups. It is an opportunity for me to get to know them a little bit better. We talk about a whole range of things. One of the questions that I ask them is when did they start at St Andrews. I’m amazed at the large number that started in Prep, because Prep wasn’t compulsory 13 years ago.
was once their Junior School classroom; or how walking up the hill to Chapel seemed to take forever when they were ‘little people’. They recall tales about friends and teachers- ‘remember when you…..’ or ‘remember when Mrs x did ……’. I really enjoy listening to their stories, their stories of growth.
It is quite remarkable how much the children and young This inevitably leads to a discussion about how the College people of St Andrews grow as they journey through the College. To help our students grow academically, socially has changed and grown during their time here. They invariably recall stories like how the current uniform shop and emotionally; to grow in character; to grow in faith;
and to grow their gifts and talents is a privilege that the College takes seriously. We endeavour to provide an environment where each can grow so that they can become ‘good’ young men and women who make a difference in their families and in their community. It is my hope that St Andrews will be ‘place to grow’ for everyone. This edition of STAR is full examples of our students growing as they journey through different stages of their College life. Enjoy! Tim Kotzur Principal
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The Year 3 Sleepover
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Koori Kids At the beginning of Term Two Prep had a visit from The Koori Kids to help us explore our Unit of Inquiry: How We Express Ourselves. The Central Idea of the unit was ‘Inquiring into the Indigenous way of life gives us an appreciation of cultural differences’.
Aunty Di and Aunty Tash taught us Aboriginal words, stories, dances and how to play the didgeridoo and clap sticks. We sampled some bush tucker and had our faces painted. We were also given some boomerangs of our own to paint. It was a great day!
We learnt many interesting things and had opportunities to reflect upon our perceptions about Indigenous Australian culture.
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Year 4 Adventures On Wednesday May 30th, Year 4 ventured off to David Fleay’s Wildlife Park as part of our Sharing the Planet unit of inquiry. The purpose of our trip was to investigate the interconnections between various living things within a native ecosystem and to learn about the different ways people can share the earth’s natural resources responsibly. In class, we had been researching the roles of all living things within a food web, identifying them as producers, consumers and decomposers. The excursion provided us with the perfect environment to further our knowledge and understanding. Everyone was eager to ask questions, collect data and share their prior learning. We all learnt a great deal about the roles and responsibilities of each member in the food web. We would like to thank all the teachers, park rangers, parents and our bus driver for an amazing day. In the same way that ecosystems’ depend on each other to survive, we couldn’t have had such an amazing day without you.
Junior Chess Club The St Andrews Chess Club has been running in the Junior School for over 10 years and has grown to around 25 students. Each term, the Chess Club starts a new ‘in house’ tournament, which allows the participants to hone their skills and strategies before taking part in a series of interschool tournaments. The chess year then culminates with the St Andrews Junior School Chess Championships, which has attracted over 60 participants in previous years.
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During Term two, eighteen of our members were engaged in a teams based tournament in Burleigh Waters. It was extremely pleasing to see our students representing St Andrews with pride and being rewarded for their determination and persistence. As a result, our A grade team captain, Khai Bowie, finished 2nd overall with six wins out of seven. Furthermore, five other students were awarded ribbons of merit for winning 4 or more matches.
St Andrews Commemorates ANZAC Day On the 97th anniversary of the landing of Australian and New Zealand troops at Gallipoli during World War One, St Andrews acknowledged ANZAC Day at the beginning of the term, with special sub-school services. A contingent of student leaders, students from Prep to Year 12 and staff then joined in the annual ANZAC Day March through the streets of Burleigh Heads, followed by the commemorative service at the cenotaph. The significance of this longstanding tradition, and the growing interest being shown by our younger generations, are reflected in the following poem by Clyde Hamilton. Not a Hero The ANZAC Day march was over - the old Digger had done his best. His body ached from marching - it was time to sit and rest. He made his way to a park bench and sat with
lowered head. A young boy passing saw him - approached and politely said, “Please sir do you mind if I ask you what the medals you wear are for? Did you get them for being a hero, when fighting in a war?”
feet and asked the boy to stand. Carefully he removed the medals and placed them in his hand. He told him he could keep them - to treasure throughout his life, a legacy of a kind - left behind - paid for in sacrifice.
Startled, the old Digger moved over and beckoned the boy to sit. Eagerly the lad accepted - he had not expected this! “First of all I was not a hero,” said the old Digger in solemn tone, “But I served with many heroes, the ones that never came home. So when you talk of heroes, it’s important to understand, the greatest of all heroes gave their lives defending this land.
Overwhelmed the young boy was speechless - he couldn’t find words to say. It was there the old Digger left him going quietly on his way. In the distance the young boy glimpsed him - saw him turn and wave goodbye. Saddened he sat alone on the bench - tears welled in his eyes. He never again saw him ever - but still remembers with pride, when the old Digger told him of Heroes and a young boy sat and cried.
“The medals are worn in their honour, as a symbol of respect. All diggers wear them on ANZAC Day - it shows they don’t forget.” The old digger then climbed to his
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Japanese Mentoring Program Students studying Japanese in Years 6 and 9 this year are taking part in a Japanese Mentoring Program. The program has been funded by the NALSSP Becoming Asia Literate Grant and provides us with an opportunity to establish a community of learners of Japanese language and culture within our P-12 College. The program has been created to provide opportunities for Middle School students of Japanese to take an active
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interest in the learning experiences of one or more Junior School students. Junior School students will reciprocate by sharing their knowledge, expertise and understanding of Japanese language and culture. The Middle School students have taken the responsibility to produce an inquiry-based learning performance to share with the Year 6 students. Together students are creating a digital Storykit on the iPads. These will be presented in Term Three.
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We are delighted to see this collaboration across the College of inquiry-based learning. The Year 6 students are highly motivated to work closely with their mentors while having their thinking challenged. We are excited about the relationships and connections students are making through the program and look forward to the group presentations of their Storykit. Michelle Pratt Japanese Teacher
Opening of COLA During Term 1 students in the Senior School were able to see each day an amazing engineering project unfold as piece by piece the C.O.L.A (Covered Outdoor Learning Area) came together before their very eyes. With the final touches put on the project over the term break this magnificent new facility was ready for use. The students have embraced the space for both PE and Sport, as well as lunchtime and after school use. It has been used for nonsporting activities as well, with the Year 12s organizing
a lunchtime picnic in the COLA (which they nicknamed ‘Picnic in the Dome’) to build community and as a charity fundraising event. The COLA was officially opened on the 23rd May by State Member for Burleigh, Michael Hart representing the Minister for National Parks, Sport, Recreation and Racing, with the President of the P&F Catherine Dolan assisting with the unveiling of the Plaque. The College is most
grateful to the P&F (both current and past committees) for their funding of this project, as well as the Department of National Parks, Sport, Recreation and Racing for their infrastructure grant as part of this project. Together they have helped to make this magnificent new facility a reality. As a College Community we look forward excitedly to many years of use of this facility and the learning and other activities that will take place in it.
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Cross Country The St Andrews Lutheran College Inter House Cross Country was held at Schuster’s Park on Wednesday 28th March. We had the Years 4-7 Carnival in the morning and Years 8-12 Carnival in the afternoon. The senior sports leaders did a fantastic job of officiating at the Years 4-7 Carnival as usual. Jubi were the victors on the day in both carnivals. The Gold Coast South District Primary Schools Cross Country was held on 8th May at Pizzey Park. We had some excellent results from the District Carnival with many of our runners finishing in the top 20 out of up to 150 runners. Our best performers were Remi Hevey who came 12th and Kieran Croker who came 14th. Congratulations to our whole St Andrews team who did so Faulkner came 2nd in the 16 years girls, Lachlan Irvine finished 3rd in the 15 years, Will Atkinson 5th and Kye well. Wylde 6th. All of these athletes were selected for the South Coast team. Connor Dougherty finished 9th and is a The Southern Lutheran Associated Primary Schools Cross reserve for the South Coast team. Jessica Palfreyman, Blair Country was held at Stoltz Oval, Rochedale on Monday Sutton and Sam Jarrett all recorded excellent results in May 28th. On a sunny day in fantastic surroundings, their events also. A fantastic performance from the strong our students performed extremely well to finish 2nd in St Andrews contingent. Division 1 on both aggregate and percentage points. All of our age group teams finished either 2nd or 3rd The Independant District Schools Cross Country was held in Division 1, an outstanding team performance led by at Rivermount College on Friday 11th May. St Andrews our team captains Jessica Palfreyman and Will Atkinson. had an outstanding carnival with four individual and Will’s individual run was particularly impressive, winning one team first places from 10 events, and 9 athletes the 12/13 boys race by over 200 metres. Congratulations finishing in the top ten places to qualify for the Regional to all of our Inter Lutheran representatives on not only your running but also the positive approach and excellent Championships on June 5th at Runaway Bay. These athletes are: behaviour exhibited at all times. Thank you also to our Running Club coach, JK Faulkner, and student teacher, Casey West, who came along to assist on the day. Both are former students of St Andrews who have achieved great results in Athletics and Cross Country over many years.
Will Atkinson 1st, Lachlan Irvine 1st, Brady Bastin 1st, Tia Faulkner 1st, Kye Wylde 2nd, Connor Dougherty 3rd, Jessica Palfreyman 4th, Blair Sutton 6th, Sam Jarrett 9th. Our 15 years boys team of Lachlan Irvine, Kye Wylde, Connor Dougherty and Django Waddington won their Age Group Team Event.
At the Regional Cross Country Championships, St Andrews had outstanding success with all athletes achieving excellent results and five runners qualifying for the State Championships to be held later in the year. In an amazing run in the 16 years , Brady Bastin won this event. Tia
The Queensland All Schools Cross Country was held on Saturday 5th May with the following students representing St Andrews Lutheran College.
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Will Atkinson(13 yrs) – 3k – 14th Lachie Irvine(15 yrs) – 4k – 9th Kye Wylde(15 yrs) – 4k – 11th Connor Dougherty(15 yrs) – 4k – 21st Brady Bastin(16 yrs) – 6k – 4th Tia Faulkner(16 yrs) – 6k – 20th The 15yr boys (Lachie, Kye, Connor) received the 1st place medal for the Team event. This was another outstanding achievement from this group of very talented athletes on a day which saw over 2,000 competitors taking part.
Student Sporting Achievements Apart from cross country, we have been informed that the following students have been selected in school based sports representative teams in Term 2; Abbie Hawkins – District Tennis Team for Regional Trials Cody Funnell – District Soccer Fraser Eller – District Soccer Lachlan Richards – District Soccer Bailey Scott – South Coast AFL for State Championships Daniel Hane – South Coast Baseball Morgan Atkins and Annika Schache - South Coast 15 years Soccer team to compete at the State Championships
Jamie Stanton - Queensland Open Schoolgirls’ Soccer Team to contest the National Championships. Luke Hynd achieved ninth place representing the Australian Junior Surfing team at the World Championships in Panama in April. These students have qualified for the State Interschool Equestrian Championships at Maryborough. Primary School - Mikayla Van Kampen and Bianca Van Kampen Secondary School - Amy-lee Holborn and Monique Holborn
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Arts Week 2012 Week 3 of Term 2 was Arts Week 2012, where we celebrated the Cultural Life of the College. Throughout the week a range of activities were offered, including JS Workshops, JS Music Fun Day with The Leapin’ Lizards, SS Visual Arts Excursion to GOMA, Jazz Band Intensive and SS Choral Workshop. The highlight of the week was our SCOPE Photography exhibition which enjoyed over 150 entries and our Jazz and Shiraz Evening, where audiences enjoyed an evening of performances featuring present and past students, staff and invited guests. Priscilla Scott Head of Arts
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Infinity and Beyond In the Middle School all of our learning experiences are designed to extend students in their educational pursuits by providing excellent teaching and learning experiences. Our classrooms focus on differentiated tasks that include “must”, “should” and “could also” levels of challenge and opportunities for all students to extend themselves and to grow in knowledge and the skills of learning.
Sports Excellence classes, Extension Music, Advanced Arts and Technology subjects through to Infinity and Beyond which is showcased below; our aim is to promote success for every student, with an emphasis on ‘personal best’ performances that see our learners competing against themselves, not others, to achieve individual learning goals.
Our gifted and talented students are well catered for in CORE classes and also through our extensive elective program which inspires students, from Years 7 to 9, to grow and share their gifts and talents in all areas; academic, sporting, musical, and cultural through taking advanced classes in these and other learning areas. From
Infinity and Beyond is a Middle School elective that extends academically bright students. Students choose a piece of individual academic endeavour and with guidance and through a process of inquiry they develop a project and present their work to the class. Each student also writes a detailed report regarding their learning
journey and submits a reflective journal. From Rocket Science, to original Jazz compositions; the projects are as unique and gifted as the students. The reflection on the previous page is from current Year 8 student Alexandra Murray who completed her project in the area of Community Service. Alexandra implemented the “The Best Friend Project” and started the Animal Welfare Committee at St Andrews. Virginia Warner Deputy Principal Head of Secondary School
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Exploring Numinbah Valley Year 9 SOSE students viewing and exploring the Numinbah Valley, which is the catchment area for our drinking water. While there, students saw how water quality could be affected by actions within the area as well as learnt how to test the quality through marine and chemical tests. We also had the opportunity to view all the changes made to the Hinze Dam to ensure greater security of water supply.
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Year 10 Work Experience In the last week of the semester, our Year 10 students made their annual foray into the workplace as part of their Year 10 DESTINATIONS career development program. Work Experience provides a unique opportunity for our senior students to gain a better understanding and knowledge of what goes on in a business and what individual employees do in their jobs. It allows them to interact with adults in a professional capacity and to operate independently in a grown-up environment.
During the course of the week, students kept a Work Experience Journal which provides an excellent reflective tool. Wherever possible, our subject teachers made workplace visits to liaise with employers and our students. Employers are given a certificate of appreciation, as each year the College is always extremely grateful for the help local employers give us in the Work Experience program. Without their continued support, we simply could not stage this program.
situations, how they apply themselves to set tasks, how they respond to working as part of a team and also on their own, and how effectively they communicate their needs and feelings to work colleagues. Work Experience can play a vital role in assisting our students consider their own career goals and aspirations as we move ahead to formulate their CAREER PLAN during Semester Two.
A big thank you to our Senior School teachers for making the site visits, often in their own time. Finally, a really mammoth thank you goes to Mrs Julie La Porta who This year over 80 students went out into a diverse range of Of special importance to our students, Work Experience provides valuable insights into work practices and cultures, each year cheerfully scales the Himalayan Mountain of work settings including lawyers’ offices, vet clinics, radio paperwork that accompanies the protocol of high school station, accountants, education, IT engineering, health, and helps St Andrews students develop some of the work experience! hair and beauty, to name but a few. Most experiences knowledge, skills, behaviours and capabilities that will took place in the local area but some students ventured help them progress into further learning, training and further afield to destinations such as Byron Bay, Brisbane, employment. We also find that our students often find Ingham and Melbourne. out more about themselves - how they react in different
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Authentic learning at its best! The Business and Technology department would like to congratulate all the students who participated in the inaugural Business and Technology Expo 2012. You were all brilliant and very creative in your ideas and promotions for your business and technology ideas. We have received many positive comments from parents, teachers, students, invited guests and judges on the success of the Expo and how it show-cased the work of the students. Awards were given out as determined by the judges based on the criteria set for each year level and group.
of business and technology as well as develop their public relations and communication skills. Georgia McNamara in Year 12 said, “It was a good experience, fun to be involved in. The judges were professional, supportive and interested in what we had to say. It was good to show other people all the work we had done. I would like to do it again.� It was a wonderful day, authentic learning at its absolute best. Thank you everyone for attending, supporting our students and sharing in their learning.
The displays involved 134 students currently studying Business, Legal Studies and Technology in Middle and Senior School. The Year 12 BCT students offered assistance Mrs Galway as ushers and attendants. It was a wonderful experience Head of Business and IPT for students to share their knowledge and understanding
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P&F Cocktail Party On Saturday 19th May, parents of St Andrews celebrated into the night with a Cocktail Party held at the Miami Surf Club function room. The Club was transformed into a magical place with the theme of blue, purple and silver. The room was decorated by Simon Ters and his colourful balloons turned the room into a beautiful magical place for us all to enjoy.
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The night began and ended with a few drinks and all raved about the scrumptious canapÊ food from Trent and his team. The duo, Velcro, had the party dancing and moving to the beat of the sounds of the 80’s. It was wonderful to see our parents dressed up and having a fabulous time.
Study Skill Sessions Over Semester One we have held four after-school study sessions for the Year 11 and 12 students. In these sessions senior teachers from a range of departments are available to assist the students with their revision and homework or assessment tasks. An added benefit is the peer tutoring that occurs at these sessions. It is so heartening to watch our students working collaboratively, supporting each other and providing excellent feedback to their peers on homework and assessment tasks. In Term Two we took these study sessions one step further and added a sleepover. Nearly half of the Year 11’s slept over at the College, enjoying a post study session Zumba class, gym workout, BBQ dinner and movie. After lots of positive feedback from the students, the Year 11 Sleepover may become a yearly tradition with the aim of promoting team building. A big thank you to Mrs Bartel and Mr Hibbs who gave up a comfortable bed to help out, we couldn’t have done it without you. Thanks also to all our teachers who have given up their time to support our students at the Senior School study sessions.
Health & Wellbeing in HPE The benefits of a targeted HPE program that focuses on games and sports that are specific to student needs and interests are well documented. However, with the extra time in our HPE program for Years 7-10, the HPE teachers saw an opportunity to incorporate specific units on health and wellbeing into the program. Units from nutrition, fitness, first aid and safety to sexual health and stress management and resilience have been added. Particularly exciting has been the SPIY unit that has been covered in Year 9 which is part of a study by the Queensland University of Technology Research Ethics Unit. Teachers were trained to deliver the unit and students surveyed before and after the delivery of the program to ascertain their recall and understanding of first aid, safety issues and preventative behaviours in adolescents.
Further review of the HPE program will focus on incorporating positive psychology including such concepts as: signature strengths, building a state of PERMA (positive emotion, engagement, relationships, meaning and achievement). Enhancing an individual’s ability to achieve these things through finding what they are passionate about and creating opportunities for connectedness are keys to developing the skills to cope with life in general and enhance the education process. Tania Stewart Head of HPE
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Rise up and Join Hands On May 21st St Andrews hosted a Leadership Development Breakfast for Year 11 students from AGCC schools. The students who attended were identified by their schools as having strong leadership potential. The morning was facilitated by Emma Graetz (Lutheran Youth of Queensland) and the theme for this year was “Rise Up and Join Hands”. The focus of the morning was on Servant Leadership and students engaged in a wide variety of activities that explored what it means to lead. The feedback from students who attended was very positive.
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Growing Good Leaders Our Year 12 Student Leadership team has been incredibly blessed to be working with both Ms Tania Stewart (Head of Senior School) and Ms Emma Graetz (Leadership Trainer – Lutheran Youth of Queensland) throughout 2012. The students have flourished under the guidance from these exemplary role models. Regular after school sessions have
given students the opportunity to both explore leadership and to develop in themselves as young leaders. The coordination of Youth Day as a major College event and the setting up of new initiatives and traditions including various Inter-House competitions and a regular “Captains
Chat” as part of the student assembly have been much welcomed new initiatives that have come out of the work done in these leadership sessions. Our senior leaders personify servant leadership and they continue to gain much insight into the importance of leading through serving and supporting others.
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St Andrews is 20 years old next year. It’s hard to believe that a school that began with a little over 50 students and a few teachers, is now a thriving, flourishing community of some 1100 students and 130 staff. From humble beginnings St Andrews now enjoys an enviable reputation in the community for the quality of learning outcomes, pastoral care and cocurricular programs. In many respects St Andrews is what it is today because of what each member of our community, both past and present has brought to it.
Past Students Riley Scott – Class of 2011 Studying a Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietics at Griffith University. Mathew Hibbs – Class of 2010 Studying Forensics at QUT, playing soccer for Palm Beach. Madison Van Bennekom – Class of 2005 & Emmanita Valttila - Class of 2004 Madison and Emmanita have become engaged and hope to be married in 2013. Congratualtions! 24
Lauren Berry – Class of 2004 Congratulations! Lauren had a little boy Brooklyn (pictured above) and is engaged and is to be married in March 2013.
Our 20th Anniversary will mark a coming of age for the College. As part of this coming of age the time is now right to establish a Past Students Association. The aim of a Past Students Association is to help former students stay connected to their school and to their fellow classmates and St Andrews graduates. Information will be sent out shortly to all past students so please ensure that the College has your current contact details. Please send your amended details to: enrol@salc.qld.edu.au