Student leadership at Saint Sebastian’s gives our senior students a chance to have agency
in things happening in our school as they share their thoughts and ideas for improvement,
and have an active voice in current happenings around our school. Our student leaders
follow the wisdom of Saint Mary of the Cross MacKillop and the Sisters of St Joseph, who
began our school in 1937, as they “See a Need and Do Something About it”. This is just
one of the many pieces of wisdom we follow.
Our student leaders have made a remarkable start as they lead our school in three major
areas of Catholic Identity, the Environment and Community. Leadership skills need to be
taught and fostered. Students participate in weekly sessions, whilst also developing skills
fostered through the general capabilities of the Australian Curriculum. School camps and
involvement in system and community formation days also attribute to skill development.
Already this year our student leaders have:
led Monday morning prayer and assemblies
become buddies to the Prep students
initiated an Easter Raffle for Project Compassion (information coming soon)
led tours for prospective families
Many more opportunities will present themselves over the year as we plan to create
exciting opportunities for our students into the future.
I believe St Sebastian’s offers a wonderful education for all students from Prep to Year 6.
We are planning to continue to offer these opportunities into the future. Whilst
independent and RI schools offer enrolment from Year 5, many families have indicated a
preference to stay at our amazing school. Not only do we provide an excellent education,
we offer value for money. Our fees for Years 5 and 6, at around $7,000 for two years, are
approximately one quarter of the price of some of other RI schools and independent
schools who charge between $24,000 - $35,000 per child for the same period. This is a
significant difference. If this is you, I encourage you to start the conversation with others
in your cohort because many feel the same way.
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