St Teresa’s School headmistress, Catherine Hamilton said the past year was one of enormous change.
Having taken over in September from Sister Barbara, who had served for almost three decades, she has large shoes to fill but is ready for the challenge.
“St Teresa’s is poised on the brink of such an exciting future. The development of the Rosebank Precinct and the Keyes Art Mile and First Thursdays sees us in the throbbing heart of development. How wonderful it is to be part of the paradox of old and new,” she said.
The headmistress emphasised that the school was grounded on the solid values of mercy in line with the founder’s belief that no work of charity could be more productive than the careful instruction of women. “With these universal values at our core, we have a firm foundation on which to build a great school. We have a history of superb academic results including the IEB NSC, Olympiads, public speaking and the annual National Expo.”
She said the school, which was founded in 1930, was forging ahead with technology, cognitive education and explicit thinking skills to enhance its top-notch education.
“Buildings outside of the school will be mirrored within as we build a music centre, refurbish the high school library, a resource centre, not to mention exciting plans to completely upgrade our intermediate phase in the junior school,” she said.
“The Craighall Foundation phase remains an enchanting, safe place of learning for our Grade 00 to 3.”
The proud headmistress said being surrounded by ‘top-quality clay’ made her work easy to do. “St Teresa’s is poised on a clear and open runway with a strong and favorable tailwind. We have an exciting journey ahead.”
