This year will see the retirement of two of SCEA’s longest serving Business Managers – Swan’s Frank Bowyer and Ellenbrook/Beechboro’s David White. They support SCEA’s largest schools and rarely get the chance to reflect on their long and distinguished careers. The opportunity to sit down with them this week was too good to miss! In […]
Coffee time for two long-serving Business Managers Read More »
Some might wonder what it was that drew Jeff Grundy to his new role as Head of Secondary School for Northshore : the opportunity to work in a school that has grown by 180 students in the last twelve months, the chance to work with Principal Stuart Chisholm as he darts from classroom to classroom
Talking Sock of the Week: Jeff Grundy Read More »
Dave Pleysier is not one to draw attention to himself. Despite his rugged good looks (many Southern Hills students mistake him for George Clooney on their Bedfordale campus) and disarming smile, Mr Pleysier shuns the limelight and defers all accolades of praise that come his way. However, there is much to applaud about Dave apart
Dave Pleysier: The Forgotten Man of SCEA Read More »
When Groundsman extraordinaire Marcel Haughey began his SCEA career two years ago at Beechboro Christian School, he had travelled 15,000 kilometres from his hometown of Lurgan in Northern Ireland. On his first day, he met teacher Caroline LeCount in the staffroom. Her accent sounded familiar, and sure enough, she was from the tiny town of
Lifeguard of the Week: Marcel Haughey Read More »
It’s not every day that meet someone who hails from the small New Zealand town of Napier. His life seems to be what every Christian teacher would wish for – leadership positions, scholarly research, elderships in Christian churches. Dr Gregg Weaver is one very accomplished individual. But it wasn’t always like this for the young
Sock of the Week: New KCS Principal Dr Gregg Weaver Read More »
“Finance and Accounting are pretty much the same everywhere. The people in SCEA are the reason that I have stayed for so long here!” Moving from Tasmania to Perth to pursue an unseen job on the back of an interstate phone call was just the beginning of the miraculous events that led to Southern Hill’s
Superwoman of the Week: Kylie Smith Read More »
He’s the smiling face you come to when you need to book a camp venue, buy some textas for your Year 3 class or score a new TV for your classroom. He is Ellenbrook and Beechboro’s Business Manager – David White. In his 16th year at SCEA, David has seen a lot of action. Students,
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Its 7am in Parkerville and only one man on campus is capable of managing one hundred acres of bushland, manage the Stage 3 building contractors and fix a fence in a paddock of kangraoos : Ainsley Brough. In a scene reminiscent of a Frederick McCubbin landscape painting, Ainsley Brough takes stock of the beauty around
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“I remember being a teenager and sneaking out of my parent’s place to go and listen outside of the local church. I had this undeniable feeling that God was in that building. I didn’t think I could go in though – I didn’t have an invitation.” There are not many financiers around who moonlight as
Assistant Financier of the Week: Renae Matich Read More »
Its not every day that you find three sisters who all pursue teaching in Christian education – and then find them all in SCEA schools achieving great things in their own classrooms. For sisters Holly, Natalie and Melinda their journey have been completely different – yet they are all together now in SCEA serving in
Banksia Dress of the Week – 3 Sisters in SCEA ! Read More »
