Assistant Principal - Mission and Wellbeing

St Paul’s College Feast Day activities
The history of any Catholic school in Australia can be traced back to the formative steps where the local community, Catholic parish and often an associated religious order works together towards the establishment of the school. St Paul’s College Kempsey has a rich history dating back to 1947 when the Parish Priest of Kempsey reached out to the Christian Brothers of Australia making enquiries of establishing a Catholic Boy’s school in Kempsey. In 1950 the Kempsey parish purchased a 12 acre block on the corner of Sea Street and North Street at a very reasonable price from a local parishioner and in 1965 St Paul’s College opened on 8 February with 87 students, Brother Cryan was School Principal. The school colours were red and black stripe tie, blue shirts and grey shorts.

On Monday this week, we celebrated the life and message of St Paul with a wonderful Mass celebrated by Father James including representatives from the Macleay Valley Catholic parish, Vincent Court and the Diocese of Lismore Catholic Schools Office. St Paul is studied by our Year 12 students in the Studies of Religion course, and he is most notable by representing the mission of evangelisation that was entrusted to the Church by Jesus Himself. He was also the Church’s first theologian, which is seen in his numerous letters that expound on the Gospels.

The College celebrated a range of activities on Tuesday in the PC challenge, ranging from Tarp Volleyball, Spelling Bee, Trivia, Spaghetti Towers, Sponge Relay, Newspaper Hockey, Giant Chess, European Handball, Gumboot Toss and Vortex. These activities were great fun with so much participation from staff and students, with PC groups E1 and M1 gaining the most house points for their house. We invited a number of local food vans for lunch purchases, and great thanks to the Fuller Food Co. Coffee van, Dunghutti Catering, Cha-Cha Sushi, Sweet Choices Ice Cream, Bellingen Pasta, Kekik Turkish Cuisine, Bubble Tea, Munchie Madness and Flamin' Pizzas.

The Year 12 students conducted a wonderful Talent Show at the conclusion of the day where a range of fantastic performances took place. The standard of performance was first class, and great congratulations to the following students:
1st place: Luana Silk
2nd place: Orla Kennedy
3rd place: Sienna Dawson
Highly commended: Kurt Nemme, the Barbie Girls, Kyan Gibson-Alvandi and the notable Year 12 pizza eaters.

On Wednesday a number of wonderful students were acknowledged for their outstanding efforts in Attendance (attending each day in Term 1), Platinum and Gold Academic achievers and PBRS winners throughout Semester 1. Congratulations to these students for their outstanding efforts in the first Semester of 2024.

Attendance Awards
Lily Vickers, Charlie Cook, Janay Lewis, Kye Males, Levi Calhoun, Levi Williams, Emilia Pankhurst, Annabelle Pankhurst, Shayla Fox, Leah Quinn, Skyann Davis, Jorja Barnett.

PBRS Points Awards
Year 7: Stella Hudson, Harry Hupalo, Levi Calhoun.
Year 8: Rilien Smith, Isabella Fuller, Madeleine Kurilowich.
Year 9: Bella Williams, Maggie Brenton, William Czisz.
Year 10: Flynn Welsh, Madelyn Lipscombe, Abby Breitkreuz.
Year 11: Erin van Kal, Charlotte McAlister, Aden Mills, Ruby Robbins.
Year 12: Aiden Smith, Reigan Beljaars, Jorja Barnett.

PBRS Consistency Awards
Year 7: Alastar O’Donnell, Charlie Fuller, Clover Smith, Harry Hupalo, Stella Hudson, Darcy Phillips, Esther Evenden, Seerat Kaur, Thomas Kerrison, Zoe Lee.
Edmund: Chelsea Workman, Madeleine Kurilowich, Matilda Clarke, Sharni Crossley, William Czisz, Jessica Preston, Tommie Parkinson-Davis, Indy Allen, Cleo Schubert, Lincoln McCarthy, Mia Metcalf, Samuel Farrell.
Farrelly: Scarlett Bull, Emily Brack, Jeddah Bean, Emily Walton-Potts, Sophie Preston, Poppy Askew, Layla Thorman.
McAuley: Bonnie Frewen, , Sarah Woods, Annika Williams, Sophie Smailes, Emily Woods, Ethan Fisher, Lily Rose Tester, Greta Johnson, Holly Bulloch.
MacKillop: Tahla Kennard, Finn Cutler, Amelia Wilson, Dylan Latta, Levi Williams, Marcos Scott, Rilien Smith, Sophie Robbins, Tess O’Sullivan, Tylah Rixon, Annabelle Connor, Flynn Edwards, Fonzie Fafie, Hannah Stone, Harry Slapp, Molly Betts, Abby Breitkreuz, Flynn Welsh, Kaitlyn Chadwick, Madelyn Lipscombe, Nicola Brenton.