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Alumni NewsThe quarterly newsletter for Alumni of St Paul’s

Alumni News - St Paul’s Alumni Newsletter Issue No. 1 1

Issue No. 1 Term 3, 2018

From the Principal

In This Edition:

Principal's Message .......................1

Building Our Alumni Community ....2

Alumni News .................................4

"Crazy for You" Alumni Night ........5

25 Years in the Junior School .........7

International Students Reunion ......9

Community Announcements ........10

"Praise the Lord, all you nations;

extol him all you peoples. For great is his love toward us,

and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever.

Praise the Lord. ”

Psalm 117

Welcome to the first edition of our new Alumni Newsletter.

Let me begin by introducing myself as the vast majority won’t know me given that my time at St Paul’s has been relatively short. This is my third year at St Paul’s and I am the sixth Principal of this wonderful establishment. Prior to coming to St Paul’s I was the Principal of William Carey Christian School which is a very large Pre K to Year 12 co-educational Christian school in the south west of Sydney. I am married to Bronwyn who works as a psychologist in schools and we have two lovely daughters who have started at St Paul’s this year in Year 5 and Year 7.

One of the purposes of commencing this newsletter is to reconnect with you - our alumni. Each of you have been an important part of this community inthe past and we would like you to continue to be connected with your schoolinto the future. Our hope is that this newsletter will keep you up to date withnew developments at the school and also to highlight some of the ongoingachievements and experiences of our diverse range of alumni.

Last term, during our Secondary School Musical, we invited as many alumni for whom we had accurate contact details, to a pre-show function. This was the first local alumni function that the school has hosted for some years and it was a wonderful opportunity to commence our reconnection. We are currently planning for some other events into the future to continue this process of re-engagement. I do hope that I will get the opportunity to meet with each of you over time. St Paul’s is certainly a wonderful community which will be all the richer with the continued engagement with our alumni.

I pray for God’s blessing on you and your families and look forward to getting to know you more into the future.

Ian WakePrincipal


Building Our Alumni Community

We recognise that our Alumni are an integral part of the St Paul's community. The legacy left by former students has helped to shape and influence St Paul's and also contributed to the school's success over many years.

We will be publishing this Alumni Newsletter once a term. We hope that by reconnecting with you in this way, it provides a way for you to stay informed and be involved in various school activities and alumni events.

Our overall aim is to:

- Strengthen of ties between former students and St Paul's

- Engage the interest and increase the activity of our Alumnicommunity

- Enable our Alumni to participate in further development ofSt Paul's.

Contact DetailsWe have included a Contact Details form on the next page, so that we can build up our contact database and ensure we have the most up-to-date information.

Please forward this Newsletter on to alumni you know, so that we can reconnect with as many former students as possible.

2018-2019 ReunionsIf you are organising a reunion later this year or in 2019, we would be happy to promote the event in this newsletter.

Details can be emailed to [email protected].

Alumni NewsWe are very proud of the achievements and celebrations of the St Paul's Alumni. We look forward to sharing these with the St Paul’s Community.

If you have a good news story - please send these through, for consideration, to [email protected]

Catherine CorryDirector of Enrolments and Public Relations

Do you remember these moments?

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Building Our Alumni Community

CONTACT DETAILSPlease complete this form and return it to us: Locked Bag 8016, Penrith NSW 2751.

Alternatively, you can email your details directly to [email protected].

NAME: ____________________________________________________

FORMER NAME: ____________________________________________________

GRADUATING YEAR: ____________________________________________________

EMAIL: ____________________________________________________

PHONE: ____________________________________________________

ADDRESS: ____________________________________________________

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Please be assured we will not share your details with a third party without your permission.


Alumni News

Emma Johnson and Damian Meduri, 2013 Alumni students, both graduated from the University of NSW on Monday June 18 with a Bachelor of International Studies.Damian was our School Captain and Emma was the House Captain of Castlereagh. Both reflected that the skills they obtained from the International Baccalaureate (IB) helped them to successfully complete their degree, particularly in regards to the language skills they obtained. Emma continued to study French and Damian continued with his Mandarin studies.

We are very proud of the achievements and celebrations of the St Paul's Alumni. We look forward to sharing these with the St Paul’s Community.

If you have a good news story - please send these through, for consideration, to [email protected]

Ben Cullen (graduated 2015) and his wife, Miriam, recently celebrated their wedding. The ceremony took place on Saturday 7th July, 2018 at Christ Church (Anglican Churches Springwood) in NSW.

Above: Ben and Miriam with the Cullen family.Below: Ben with this groomsmen. (Isaac Heath, also a graduate of 2015, was the best man).



"Crazy for You" Alumni Night

Thank you to our Alumni who were able to join us at the pre-show get-together on June 13, 2018. We hope you enjoyed the show.


"Crazy for You" Alumni Night


25 Years in the Junior School

It was a wonderful opportunity to celebrate God’s faithfulness at the Junior School 25th Celebration Chapel on June 22. It was also special to recognise and celebrate the significant achievement of Mrs Rogers, who has worked at St Paul’s continuously since 1993. Congratulations and thank you for your 25 years of service to the St Paul’s Community.

Thank you to our special guests that were able to join us:

- Foundation Head of Junior School:

The Reverend John Campbell

- Former Heads of Junior School:

Mrs Christine Roberts, Mr Nigel Kleinveldt, Mr Nigel Walker and Mrs Julie-Ann Thomas

- Ex-Staff from 1993:

The Reverend John Campbell, Mr Nigel Kleindveldt, Mrs Anne Rogers, Mrs Lynette Karp, Ms Karen Williams, Mrs Rhonda Robson, Mrs Ruby Li and Mrs Kerrie Lamrock

- First Head Prefect of the Junior School:

Mr Michael Taylor


25 Years in the Junior School


International Students Reunion

On Saturday 21 October, 2017 we celebrated the St Paul’s International Student Programme with the 20 Year Reunion. It was a wonderful afternoon celebrating the significance this programme holds at our school. Past and current international students and their families enjoyed reminiscing and building connections, along with past and present St Paul’s staff.


School Community Announcements

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School Community Announcements

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Alumni News - stpauls.nsw.edu.au · International Students Reunion On Saturday 21 October, 2017 we celebrated the St Paul’s International Student Programme with the 20 Year Reunion