Head of Department and Homeroom teacher Elise Whiley is giving back to Santa Sabina in spades thanks to the education she received here which she values so highly. An alumna of the class of 2001, the always upbeat Ms Whiley in fact owes her career as a teacher to her
Introducing Elise Whiley
Head of PDHPE
Mrs Ana Nebauer is our new specialist art teacher always seen wearing her distinctive art apron. All Primary Years students have the joy of learning art under her guidance, either every week (in Kindergarten and Prep) or in six-week blocks (in Years 1 to 5). Born in Portugal yet raised
Introducing Ana Nebauer
Art Teacher
Emeritus Professor Jenny Edwards PhD, MSc, BSc (Hons) is a first generation IT educator, champion of women in computing and was dux of Santa Sabina College in 1964. Entering the University of Sydney in 1965 from Santa Sabina as an undergraduate studying science, Jenny went on to hold university teaching
Santa Stories
Emeritus Professor Jenny Edwards PhD
As our Remote Learning Program started up again after the Easter break, students in Years 8, 9, 10 and 11 noticed an unfamiliar face pop up on their screens at PDHPE time. It couldn’t have been a hacker – she was wearing a Santa Sabina sports shirt…It was Tia O’Carroll,
Meet Tia O’Carroll
PDHPE teacher
Alana Moore BA BEd is a specialist infants teacher whose catchwords are literacy and technology. For the last four years she has taught Kindergarten and Year 1 in Del Monte. In 2020 she is responsible for 24 boys and girls, mostly six years old, who are blossoming in her classroom.
Year 1 Teacher
Introducing Alana Moore
Kendal Hann, our new Manager of the Tallong Campus, has a broad range of experience in schools, TAFE and the corporate sector. He says education is at the heart of all he does. He teaches and he learns, holding a Bachelor of Sports Science degree and a Master’s in Organisational
Tallong Campus Manager
Introducing Kendal Hann
Our much-loved music teacher takes on an important pastoral role in 2020. In the entrance hall of our spectacular music department, Holyrood, the students have erected and decorated a Christmas tree with photos of their teachers instead of baubles. In prime position on the top of the tree is
Introducing Andrea Biddle
Music Teacher and Head of House for Kurrawa
We have a teacher in our midst who has lived and worked in the UK, Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and New Zealand, who speaks a mix of three languages at home and whose first career was as an elite, government-sponsored international athlete representing two countries, including at the Commonwealth Games. With
Introducing Stella Azizian
Co-curricular Coordinator
Alana Goodchild of Year 10 is the super Santa Sabina student who shows that sport and music – at high standard – can create an interesting case of symbiosis. Alana has recently been selected to play basketball for Australia in the FIBA Under-16 Asia Championships. Although the timing and venue
Shooting for Australia
Alana Goodchild
Santa Sabina College HSC student Megan Miranda has just been selected to play Water Polo for Australia in Japan this month. In the ‘Born 2002’ Australian Water Polo squad, Megan will head to Japan for training and the tournament as soon as she finishes her HSC exams this month. After
Playing Water Polo or Australia
Megan Miranda
Year 10 Santa Sabina College student Rachel Frecker placed First in the Year 10 division of the nationwide 2019 Australian Geography Competition. Competing against over 16 000 students, Rachel scored a remarkable 39/40 in this challenging competition that tests not only geographic skills and knowledge but also requires an understanding
First in Australia for Geography
Rachel Frecker
Real and relevant learning Ms Rachele Rugiero, our Gifted Education Coordinator, believes that catering for the needs of individual learners is not just a job, but a vocation. ‘I have a passion for what I do; I really believe in it’, she says. Ms Rugiero has taught Science at Santa
Introducing Rachele Rugiero
Gifted Education Coordinator