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REUNION 2020 Social events postponed due to COVID-19
LAGOON DASH Runners needed on Friday 24 July. Please contact Tom Porter.
DAWN 2018 & 2019 Dawn magazines are for sale at the main office. 2019 - $25 2018 - $10
Class of 2019 at their ‘Back to School BBQ’
PRESIDENT’S REPORT Welcome to the new and improved Connection magazine. We have changed the format to a two-page newsletter that will come out each term. It will also be tied in with our Facebook page and website. I hope you
DONATIONS
enjoy the new improved version.
We are on the lookout for
The year 2020 will go down in the history books as a year to remember. I never thought that we would be
items for our archive collection. If you have any
living in a time where a global pandemic would change the way we live and go about our everyday life. The school staff have been amazing throughout this period with additional cleaning and sanitation of the school,
items to donate, please drop them to the school reception.
and teachers delivering both face-to-face and online learning for the first five weeks of Term 2. The sad thing is that we have had to postpone our 2020 reunion plans since restrictions on travel and social
VALE OWEN ELLIS We are deeply saddened by the passing of Owen Ellis (Class of 2000). He was an outstanding
distancing make it impossible to hold our annual events. The School’s Foundation Day Service and Lagoon Dash will be recorded and posted to the PSA Facebook page. I hope that we can hold a social function around the lagoon by the end of the year. Our first event for 2020 saw 25 past students come to their ‘Back to School BBQ’ for the Class of 2019. It’s always a great event and we hear from our most recent graduates on where they’re headed post school.
student and a beautiful person who will be sadly missed by all who knew him. His name is on
This year’s PSA scholarship holder was announced on the final assembly last year and we must congratulate Ella Keough on receiving this year’s scholarship.
the School Honour Board as
The school’s Archive Centre is really coming along. We have acquired a room in St Mary’s where we will
Dux of 2000, and the paper
house all our historic records and have a workspace. The PSA has allocated funds to set up the facility. If you
butterflies he made in 1996 are
have any school publications, uniforms or other items you would like to donate, please drop them in.
framed and still on display in the
It was great to see so many comments and photos on our Facebook page over the old boarding house
Junior School. Owen became a
pictures we put up for National Boarding Week in May. Boarding memories obviously remain strong!
maxillofacial surgeon; a wonderful career ended all too soon. Rest in Peace, Owen.
PSA President Mr Tom Porter Telephone (07) 4722 2000 thomas.porter@cathedral.qld.edu.au
I hope that all our past students are staying safe during this time and my thoughts are with you all.
Tom Porter| PSA President
cathedral.qld.edu.au/past-students-association Facebook @theCathedralSchoolPastStudentsAssociation 154 Ross River Road, Mundingburra PO Box 944, Aitkenvale, QLD 4814 Australia t