2013 graduate Gabrielle Shina has been awarded 2nd Prize in the 2013 History Teachers’ Association History Extension Essay competition. Her submission was an extraordinary essay exploring the ethics of trauma history. She explored the Armenian Genocide as a Case Study. Gabrielle will be presented with her award at a presentation ceremony on Tuesday 25th
16 January 2014
OUTSTANDING STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT In 2013 four Santa Sabina students featured on the HSC Top All-rounders List. This list acknowledges students who achieved in the highest performance band in 10 or more units in the HSC. 2013 TOP ALL ROUNDERS Emilia Anderson Olivia Fehon Kathryn Garsia
18 December 2013
The teams capped the year off with the annual trip down to Melbourne to compete in the Australian Volleyball School Cup. It was the biggest group we have taken away to the championship. It was a great effort by all the teams, which resulted in Santa Sabina moving up 4
18 December 2013
On Monday 9 December the Year 6-12 Santa Sabina Community gathered at Sydney Town Hall for a celebration of excellence and outstanding academic achievement. Guest speaker Dr Cathy Foley from the Class of 1975 (Chief of the CSIRO’s Materials, Science and Engineering Division) presented the Academic & House Awards for
17 December 2013
Congratulations to Lauren Ha whose Year 12 HSC ceramic piece Battle for Recognition has won Best in Exhibition at the annual Strathfield Council Art Exhibition. Congratulations Lauren.
9 December 2013
The Del Monte community gathered together in the Santa Sabina Hall on Thursday 5 December for the Inaugral Speech Day ceremony. Guest of Honour, Jocelyn Garsia, Paediatric Nurse and Young Endeavour Medallion 2012 from the class of 2006 addressed the audience and spoke of the influence her Santa Sabina education has had on her life
6 December 2013
The College community gathered in the Chapel on the evening of 26 November to join with the Choir and Orchestra singing Christmas carols. A selection of traditional and newer carols were rendered in fine fashion as we enter into Advent and begin our preparation for Christmas. The Senior Choir, Intermediate
28 November 2013
Congratulations to our Years 3, 4 and 5 children on their wonderful, energetic and vibrant performances at last week’s Musical Extravaganza. Our hope was to develop an experience that gave EVERY child an opportunity to, in the words of the finale, be “a shining star.” Every performance, dance and act
28 November 2013
Five outstanding Australians including Mrs Patricia Burke from our own community have been conferred with Papal Honours. Mrs Burke is an ex-student of Santa Sabina, a former College Board member, a key supporter in shaping the existence of Mary Bailey House and a strong advocate of education for justice for students and the
18 November 2013
Congratulations to Doey Choi Year 8 who had great success at the Singha Thailand Junior World Golf Championships. Doey began her campaign slowly and took a few rounds to adjust to the conditions but finished very strongly to place fifth in the teams event with partner Chloe Thornton and a
18 November 2013
Del Monte’s new outdoor learning space Warami, was officially opened last week in a joyful ceremony that brought together our Dominican and Indigenous stories. Uncle Greg, a Dharug elder welcomed us to country before 6 representatives from our community placed their handprints around the space. Thank you to the 2010-2013
18 November 2013
Year 6 students participated energetically in our Maker Day on Monday. The focus of the day was to provide the students with the opportunity to make, tinker and engineer with digital technologies. Students worked with soft circuits electronic textiles, “MaKey MaKey” hardware invention kits or software programming with Scratch or
18 November 2013