Dear Families,
It is my absolute pleasure to welcome you to St Mary’s School.
At St Mary’s School, we take pride in offering a welcoming, inclusive Catholic education from Foundation to Year Six. Here, every student is known, nurtured and challenged.
Our mission is to build positive, respectful partnerships among students, families, staff and the broader community to enrich learning and challenge our students. Our vibrant school is strengthened through an engaged parent community and supported by our Parish Priest, Father Michael Gallacher. Guided by Gospel values, we share a collective responsibility for the wellbeing of every community member, fostering strong student engagement, achievement and connection.
St Mary’s has a reputation for excellence in teaching and learning. We have an innovative team who strive through professional learning to be committed to contemporary pedagogy and evidence informed practice. This allows our students to achieve excellence and act thoughtfully in a modern world.
In our dynamic, safe and supportive learning environment, we cultivate mutual respect, trust and collaboration. We continually challenge ourselves while maintaining unwavering optimism and faith in our students’ full potential.
I invite you to explore our website to discover the many vibrant qualities that make St Mary’s a happy place for children to learn and grow. Please feel free to reach out to me directly if you would like to learn more about our wonderful school.
Lauren Jones
Principal
St Mary’s is a school which operates with the consent of the Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne and is operated and governed by Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools Ltd (MACS).
MACS governs and operates Catholic schools in the Archdiocese to continue the mission of Catholic education to proclaim the Good News and equip our young people with the knowledge, skills, and hope to live meaningful lives and enrich the world around them.
Because the good work of educating the young is a co-responsible task led by every member of the Catholic school community, School Advisory Councils have been established to provide a crucial point of connection between the wider school community and school leaders. This governance model was designed to ease the administrative burden on our schools and parishes, allow parish priests to focus on the mission of education in the parish, enable greater collaboration between schools and ensure greater consistency in school policies and procedures.
More information about MACS is available at www.macs.vic.edu.au.