Deputy Principal | Mr Chris Ryan

Staff News

Best wishes to Ms Niamh McConnell, who finishes with us this week and commences a new contract position with Stuartholme after the break.

Thank you to Mr Derek Cameron, who has facilitated Mr Dwayne Hoy’s classes over the past few weeks. 

Thank you to Mrs Susie Cooper and Mrs Kaylene Campbell as they also complete contracts for Mrs Mary Meadows and Mr Anthony Hayward. They will return for a time after the holidays, as explained last week and we look forward to welcoming back Mrs Meadows and Mr Hayward.

We wish Mrs Loren Serafin-Huey, our Program Leader, Years 11 and 12 the very best for her recovery following a recent operation. She will have some time for rest now leading into next term. We wish Loren well for this time and look forward to her return.

Best wishes to Mrs Suzanne Cook, who commences her long service leave and for the pending dads-to-be on staff: Mr Paul Antenucci and Mr Gavin Clements.

Sincere thanks to all families who have written to me to wish me well in my move to Ambrose Treacy College in 2020. These best wishes are greatly appreciated. Terrace is a wonderful community of staff, students, parents and Old Boys and I am blessed to be a part of a place where I have learned so much and have been supported so well. I look forward to the next six months of all things in the red and black.

The New Mt Sion building

As we come to the end of the term, I am mindful of the historical significance in the Terrace story of the completion of the Mt Sion building project. This magnificent building will provide community and play space, collaborative meeting and working spaces, administration and leadership spaces and teaching and learning spaces for this still new century. It has been a wonderful learning experience to be a part of the planning team with Dr Carroll and the leadership team, our College Board Master Planning sub-committee whose expertise and generosity are extraordinary, and in working with Mr Tony Macksey, our dedicated and talented College Architect and his team, and the Rohrig construction team. Many staff and students will benefit from this project for decades to come and as we move in and get settled, I congratulate Dr Carroll for his vision and commitment to the project and all of the people involved in the realisation of this vision. I acknowledge the patience, tolerance and good will of the entire staff and student community and thank them for their support of each other through some interesting times over the past couple of years!

End of semester 

Along with this significant project, we are now a semester into the implementation of the new senior schooling model in Year 11 and halfway through the final year of the ‘OP system' in Queensland. Again, I acknowledge and celebrate the commitment, dedication and talent of our staff, both teaching and non-teaching for how they work together to give every boy the opportunity to be the best he can be in both academic and co-curricular pursuits. It is a busy and challenging time of change, and our staff are forging the way effectively and successfully. I thank them on your behalf and wish everyone a well-earned rest when it comes and time for self, friends and family.