COUNCIL UPDATE Earlier this year, the St Hilda’s Council undertook the recruitment and appointment of a new Principal, for 2019 onwards, following the resignation of Mrs Kiepe. We look forward to welcoming Mrs Fiona Johnston as our 13th Principal when she commences in January 2019. Fiona was the outstanding candidate and we are excited about what she will bring to the role. The School Council were very pleased to welcome Professor Deborah Terry AO as a member of the School Council. Professor Terry was appointed Curtin University’s Vice-Chancellor in February 2014 and is the immediate past President of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia (ASSA) and member of the Board of Universities Australia. She is also on the Board of AARNET, Australia’s Academic and Research Network and a past Chair of the Australian Council of Learned Academies and the Australian Research Council’s College of Experts in the Social, Behavioural and Economic Sciences.
Professor Terry completed her PhD in Social Psychology at the Australian National University. She had a distinguished career at the University of Queensland, initially as an internationally recognised scholar in psychology, before progressing through a number of senior leadership roles, including Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor. She is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia and was made an Officer in the General Division (AO) in June 2015 for distinguished service to education in the tertiary sector. I would like to congratulate Joshua Thomson SC on his appointment as Solicitor General WA. Joshua has been a member of the St Hilda’s School Council since 2016 and sits on the Governance Committee.
OSA president, and member of Council, announced at the OSA AGM on 15 October. In December, the Boarding House refurbishment will commence, with a focus on community spaces for our boarding families to enjoy recreational time together as well as increased multi-purpose amenity space for the girls and general upgrade. The first phase will be completed in time for the girls to return in 2019, with the Year 7-8 area to be completed by the end of Term 1, 2019. This is an exciting development and we are sure the Boarders and their families will enjoy the new spaces. I would like to extend my best wishes to the Year 12 cohort as they undertake their final exams and for their future plans next year and beyond.
Congratulations to Anu van Hattem on her service with the Old Scholars Association, she has served as President since 2015, and will have a continued position with School Council. Welcome to Treffina Dowland as the incoming
“We congratulate Mrs Kim Kiepe on her appointment as Principal of Somerville House in Brisbane and look forward to the School community coming together to acknowledge all Mrs Kiepe’s achievements and contributions made while at St Hilda’s at various functions this term.” Ms Nita Peploe Chair of Council
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