BOARD REPORT FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
As I report to the Board at the AGM in March 2021, it is time to reflect on the year that has past at Holy Rosary Catholic School. It has completed another very busy and rewarding year. With many highlights once again, Holy Rosary Catholic School continues to go from strength to strength.
Throughout the year, we have continued to see Holy Rosary School strive to be a school that bases its teaching and pedagogy on student-based learning and giving all students every possible opportunity to thrive. The measure of success we can see from this is not only in the academic results but also through the social and emotional learning which we know is so important to a child’s development regardless of their age and ability. It has been even more evident in the way our students returned from at home learning into the school-based learning with minimal disruption.
Many thanks must go to all staff – teachers and support staff for their willingness to give so much to make a difference in all our children’s lives. I can only imagine how awesome Zoom was with 30 kids.
What a year it has been!!
Covid – What can we say but hopefully never again.
The School did a great job with supporting the children and parents. I’d like to take this time to acknowledge all the parents of the school. With many changes to the school year, I believe our parents handled this well for the most part and the school was very supportive of parental frustrations.
Home schooling was a challenge for many but having the resources available to attempt to continue educating our children was great. This year was difficult especially for the new parents to the school as the normal avenues to get to know each other were not available but we got through it as a community.
Thank you to all the staff for helping us through this time
The building project continued without much disruption to the school community. As parents we were kept up to date with the progress and I really felt well informed of the changes.
As a school we have been leading the way with taking part in successful pilot programs. We continue to go from strength to strength in our programs and this shows what fantastic staff we have and their commitment to the advancement of Holy Rosary.
Special thanks to everyone on the school board, your time is invaluable to the school community. Thank you to Elyn, Alison, Emily and Kate who have completed their time on the board and the many contributions they have made to assist our school community.
I would also like to acknowledge Bernie, Lauren and Sue for their continued hard work to enrich the lives of our children. We have had a tough 2 years at the school and you as our leadership team, you have helped the children and parents ride the wave. Thank you so much. I look forward to another rewarding year for Holy Rosary and 60th birthday celebrations.
Peter Montalvan
Board Chair