Every day I am reminded of how privileged I am to be working at St Francis Xavier School.

Today the staff put on Morning Tea for me to celebrate the safe arrival of my new granddaughter, Lacey, all dressing in pink to acknowledge how very special she is to me and how important our families are to us all.

Yesterday during our Book Week celebrations, the characters our staff chose to dress up as were a collection of inspiring people including Rosa Park, Amelia Earhart and Dolly Parton, from the series ‘Little People, Big Dreams’. These characters and our teachers are inspirational!

This week in Canberra many members of the schools in our Archdiocese will be recognised through receiving 2023 CECG Faith in Learning Staff Excellence Awards. These awards recognise exceptional contributions to the mission of Catholic Education in the Archdiocese of Canberra Goulburn. We have 3 members of our school community receiving one of these awards this year. Congratulations to Miss Sharon and Miss Karli. We are very excited for you and very proud of all you contribute and continue to achieve within our school.

I am so very grateful for all each and every staff member does to support each and every one of our school community.