Twelve outstanding South Australian educators, including a botanist with a passion for orchids, a wizard mathematician, and a champion of the Arts in regional SA were recognised at the annual Catholic Education Awards ceremony on Thursday May 16. In addition, the teams of two innovative school programs and a dedicated school volunteer were presented with awards for their contributions to Catholic education.
Catholic Education South Australia (CESA) is pleased to announce the recipients of its first Regional Teacher Scholarship Program.
Initiated by the Diocese of Port Pirie, the program will provide 14 recipients with a total benefit of up to $20,000 each, paid as $5,000 for each full-time (or pro rata part-time equivalent) year successfully completed in an undergraduate teaching degree.
It was a sky-high finish for our STEM Girls Academy participants as they completed their Girls in Engineering Program with UniSA. The students were presented with a creative challenge designed around a real-world problem and were asked to design a solution for it. Their innovate solutions were presented to a panel of experts in the space industry.
Catholic Education South Australia proudly recognises the exceptional achievements of the "Class of 2023" in their SACE results. These outcomes stand as a testament to the unwavering determination, resilience, and commitment showcased by our students, complemented by the invaluable guidance and support provided by our dedicated educators.
A number of Catholic schools have been recognised by the Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) for the encouraging outcomes achieved by students in the latest NAPLAN results.
Almost 500 scholarships have been offered to primary and secondary school-aged children and young people in care, thanks to an ongoing collaboration between Catholic Education South Australia and the Department for Child Protection.
Five students from Catholic schools have been named among the winners in the prestigious 2023 Premier’s Anzac Spirit School Prize competition which is run annually by the South Australian state government to encourage young South Australians to understand, connect with and maintain the Anzac Spirit.
An educator from a South Australian Catholic school is helping raise the status of the teaching profession across the country as part of the national ‘Be that teacher' advertising campaign.
As part of World Teachers’ Day celebrations, Educators SA has presented a range of awards at a gala evening where the achievements of outstanding educators and all they contribute to children and young people were recognised and celebrated.
The Catholic Schools Music Festival has wrapped for another year.
Now in its 35th year, the Catholic Education SA festival brought together more than 2000 students from 71 regional and metropolitan Catholic schools from across South Australia to showcase their vast musical gifts across four nights from September 26 to 29.