The word “Advent” is derived from the Latin word adventus, meaning “coming”. Advent, which begins the Church’s liturgical year, began on Sunday 3 December and encompasses the four Sundays and weekdays leading up to the celebration of Christmas
A dedicated team has worked very closely with our Architects EIW in a comprehensive process over the past year to develop the College Master Plan 2019-2029 and we are delighted to share with you the outcome.
“To work together to ensure that all Santa Maria College students have the skillset to manage their wellbeing*, tackle challenges and thrive in school and life.” *Wellbeing = emotional, mental, physical, spiritual and social wellbeing
Today marks the end of an incredible era as we farewelled Helen Chaffer. Helen retires after 40 years of service at Santa Maria College and Mel Maria.
“At Santa Maria College, we are not only given the opportunity, but we are encouraged by our teachers and each other to voice our opinions, concerns and ideas—to continue moving forward as a school and as a community. Student voice is integral for growth, and allows for us, as students to have an active role in shaping our education.”
Can you believe that it is the end of Week 5 and we only have three more weeks of school left for 2019? Another jam-packed week…enjoy!
Santa4Santa day is a day of Christmas celebrations to fundraise for those less fortunate. The money raised is combined with the donations and items collected for the Christmas Appeal and is donated to St Vincent de Paul, the Shopfront and St Patrick’s in Fremantle.
Santa Maria College is one of 40 schools nation-wide to receive an Innovative School’s award and one of only 5 Western Australian schools to be recognised.
Our graduating class of 2019 were honoured at our recent Valedictory events. Many girls have worked exceptionally hard, shown great courage, demonstrated excellent leadership and graduate as fine Mercy women.
