September 2022

Swan Christian College has a secret that many of us in SCEA schools have not realised yet – they hold an annual Art Exhibition with student work that wins awards in state and national competitions! This year was no different – just have a look at the photos below and think about what you and […]

After months of due diligence and many meetings with suppliers and school enrolment officers, SCEA has now signed on the dotted line with EnrolHQ to deliver an online enrolments solution for all SCEA schools. Thanks to some detailed analysis and extensive consultation, Ms Lize Janse Van Rensburg (SCEA’s TASS Application Support Officer) has navigated the

For those of us not familiar with these two motley football fans dressed in their club’s regalia, they are actually Principals at two of our SCEA schools! Dr Gregg Weaver (Kalamunda Christian School – KCS) hails from New Zealand, but he discovered a love for the Geelong Cats while studying for his Doctorate at the

Avid SCEA News readers will be aware that a number of our staff have been undertaking postgraduate studies through Christian Heritage College (CHC). Graduation time for these hard-working philomaths (the name given to a group of people who love learning and studying) has garnered a ‘Dean’s Commendation’ for Beechboro’s Mr Mike Bolan! Mr Bolan, who is

In Term 4 of this year, Mr Rhys Vallance will join the SCEA Office in the newly-created Risk & Compliance Manager position. He holds a Master’s degree from the University of Western Australia in Law, Policy, and Government, yet he looks young enough to be in a Year 10 Humanities class at any of our

Association of Independent Schools of WA (AISWA) Executive Director, Ms Valerie Gould, celebrated her tenure at the regulatory body last week with a selection of independent school Principals and colleagues. Ms Gould, who has been at the helm since 2008 and was Deputy Director for five years before that, is retiring from full-time employment later

Selected students from Kalamunda Christian School (KCS) played to large crowds across two nights (15 and 16 September 2022) at the Kalamunda Performing Arts Centre (KPAC) in a remake of the ‘The Velveteen Rabbit’. The students danced and sang their way through a classic story of a stuffed rabbit’s desire to become real through the

SCEA’s partnership with Christian Schools Australia (CSA) and their postgraduate study initiative through Christian Heritage College (CHC) has been a resounding success, with the first cohort of students receiving their award certificates this week. We will be highlighting the achievements of this group of SCEA staffers in our next edition of SCEA News on 23

Over the past week, formal negotiations have commenced to formulate the new Enterprise Agreements for our teachers and support staff members.  Our hope is that the meetings will be conducted in a spirit of cooperation and collaboration and allow some great outcomes to be achieved through the process. The initial round of meetings was held this

A recent audit in our TASS software revealed that approximately 20% of families across SCEA attend church on a regular basis. Using that metric, we could surmise that 80% of students that populate our SCEA classrooms, sporting halls and canteens each day are from homes that do not attend church or hold to Christian religious