PRINCIPAL’S ADDRESS Mr Chris Gabbett | Principal
2020 will be remembered as one of the most significant years in our College’s history, as it is the year we became, without reservation, a P-12 College. It gives me a special pleasure to write that. We are still experiencing the birth pangs and pains, and we have a few curves left on the full journey, but this year, we farewelled our first ever year 12 cohort. At the time of writing, I am very excited to see the number who either already have employment, have secured outstanding university offers or are on track for them. They engaged with the new ATAR system with real confidence and I am sure their results will reflect that. Why does this matter so much?
Because
the decision made almost a decade ago for Highfields to have a senior Catholic pathway has been rewarded. The results in December and the eventual destinations of our students will finish that story – and then we will start telling it again with new characters. This year has encouraged us at times to reconsider what it is a school does. I say that because so many of the activities we have become used to in schools have not been able to occur. Carnivals, Eisteddfods, sport afternoons, Father’s and Mother’s Day celebrations, parents at assemblies and masses, school camps; all were either curtailed or cancelled altogether.
