Dear Parents & Friends,

I am very pleased to announce that St Francis Catholic College is one of only six schools across Australia and New Zealand and the only school in NSW to be endorsed as ‘Middle Years School of Excellence’. 

Adolescent Success is an association for teachers, schools, businesses and other educators who care about young adolescents and education in the middle years. It presented the College with this award earlier this month as a reward for our ongoing commitment to the middle years best practices outlined by the position paper from Adolescent Success.

St Francis was required to complete a rigorous
self-assessment of current practices and visioning which lays out a foundation for ongoing growth and success.

The Adolescent Success Middle Years school of Excellence program aims to:

• Acknowledge and celebrate schools that are committed to implementing the essential attributes and characteristics of successful middle schooling practices
• Provide these acknowledged schools that support young adolescents with the resources to support their continuous improvement journey. 
• Grow a network of schools that can learn from and support each other.

I was very pleased to present the plaque acknowledging St Francis as a Middle School of Excellence to two of our Middle Years Leaders, Chelsea and Vevina at our recent Mother’s Day liturgy. 

Congratulations to our hard working staff and students on receiving this prestigious award!

May God continue to bless you.

College Principal
Simon Abernethy