Careers

2021 proved to be another year of surprises, adaptability and flexibility for the Careers team and our students!

We would like to acknowledge the resilience of our 2021 Year 12 students, who, despite two disrupted senior school years, managed to achieve excellent results, with many of our students being accepted to the university of their choice prior to sitting their HSC.

Loreto Normanhurst Careers was contacted for some amazing opportunities for our students this year. We were chosen to be a ‘Next Generation School’ by Charles Sturt University and our students were offered two amazing sponsorship opportunities. Careers were also delighted to be contacted by Australian Catholic University, who asked one of our students to represent Loreto Normanhurst and meet virtually with his Holy Father Pope Francis. Congratulations to Clare Stevenson in Year 11, who represented Loreto beautifully, speaking about her aspirations for the future and community service activities. Our ‘LN Careers Week’ was held in April. As part of this week, we invited the University of Tasmania’s student ambulance. A large group of students gathered for a demonstration of an ambulance, the equipment needed and to experience a ‘day in the life’ of a trainee paramedic. We also held a ‘Becoming a Doctor’ Careers market, where we invited all universities offering medical programs to speak with our LN students. A new program for 2021 included our ‘Year 11 Career exploration morning.’ Students had the opportunity to meet with panellists from different career paths such as lawyers, nurses, a TV producer, Australian Defence Force, Traineeships, marketing professionals, scientists, representatives from the finance & business sectors, psychologists, social workers and many more. Students felt the morning opened their eyes to opportunities they may not have considered.

Ms Alexi Kayes & Ms Katrina Smith Careers Advisors

Congratulations to...

Victoria Elliot, Class of 2021, who received a $10,000 scholarship from Charles Sturt to study Physiotherapy. Upon receiving this scholarship, Victoria wrote to Careers: “I just wanted to say a massive thank you for providing me with this scholarship. You have no idea how much it means to myself and my family. Thank you so much for all your continuous support over the past two years; you both have encouraged me to chase my dream of being a physio and I’m so grateful for that.”

Alice Kevans received a $1,000 cash prize from CSU for The Next Generation Excellence Scholarship. This merit-based award goes to one high achieving Year 11 student who has demonstrated a contribution to creating a world worth living in.