The announcement last week of the appointment of the new Principal, Mr Steven Davies, was a positive one for the School, and one that was well-received by the staff, students and the wider community.

St Mark's students have once again been in the news for all the right reasons!

We have a few important notices for the whole School.

A reminder that the Year 2 to 5 Interhouse Cross Country Carnival will take place at Mawson Park on Wednesday 6 June.

The Junior School disco is set for Friday 15 June, and this term, the dress up theme is pajamas!

A quick update from the Head of Junior School

On Thursday 31 May, Year 5 students will be competing against Padbury Catholic Primary School- check the home/away games in this article.

The English afterschool study clubs will continue to run throughout Term 2.

Reconciliation Week runs from Sunday May 27th which is the Anniversary of the 1967 Referendum to June 3rd which is Mabo Day. As part of their Civics and Citizenship course in HaSS students were asked to consider redesigning the Australian flag to incorporate traditional, indigenous and multicultural influences

ECU will be hosting LabRats Schools Out days during the September school holidays. This is a FREE event open to students in years 9/10 and 11 who would like to participate in a typical day of an ECU science student.

Following on from the success of the Careers Morning Tea last year, the Old Scholars' Association will once again host a ‘career speed dating’ type event on Saturday 23 June.

The Careers Update for Week 8 includes valuable resources for both students and parents.

The Arts team cordially invites friends and family to join them at two upcoming musical events: The Big Gig on Sunday 17 June and the Year 9 and 10 Class Music Performance Night on 19 June. No tickets required.

Feedback from parents has indicated that cost is one of the main barriers to participating in Music Tours, and the more notice they have, the longer they have to save up and budget for tours that their children want to participate in. With this in mind, the Music Department has...

The deadline for withdrawing from instrumental music lessons is Friday 15 June.

The St Mark's P&F invites families to an exclusive evening at Scitech on 2 July! Explore Scitech’s hands-on exhibits and be amazed by spectacular live science shows. Tickets are $8 each and children under three are free. Tickets are limited - book early!

The P&F cordially invites the St Mark's community to join them for the annual P&F Dance. This year, the event has a Mexican flavour, and we look forward to seeing on on Saturday 18 August!

The Year 11 Science class is looking for old vinyl records - can you help?

News in brief from the St Mark's Old Scholars' Association, including an invitation to all School parents to participate in the Careers Day, as well as an invitation to Kindy parents to join the OSA playgroup for a playdate.

As part of our ongoing efforts to strengthen communications between the School and parents, we are pleased to announce that the new parent portal - known as Igloo - is on its way. Igloo is a new, cohesive gateway that gives parents access to crucial information in one place, requiring...