WHY A GIRLS SCHOOL | Principal Tony Fitzgerald | Following the recent Federal election, the Sydney Morning Herald published an opinion piece on 13 June entitled Why girls’ schools succeed at producing women who lead. The article captures the essence of the unique capacity of girls’ schools to enable young women to be and achieve their best. "Research shows unequivocally that girls thrive in all girls environment; they do better academically, socially and emotionally. Regardless of socio-economic factors, data from a plethora of unique studies from all over the world – indicates that girls’ simply do better in girls’ schools." You can read the version from Alliance Girls Schools Australasian https://www.agsa.org.au/news or The Age https://www.theage.com.au/education/why-girls-schools-succeed-at-producing-women-who-lead-20220612-p5at3t.html

Here's a blast from the past...St Mary Star of the Sea College in the early 1970s when the main entrance and admin section was on Market Street. Next Year is St Mary's 150th year and the College and Jeff McGill (author) is compiling the history going back to 1873 which is almost finished. The author is issuing this LAST CALL for any former students or teachers who think they have an interesting, funny, controversial or inspiring memory of school life, particularly from the 1960s and 1970s period, to please contact him this week. Just get in touch by sending Jeff a note via Facebook Messenger.

St Mary's Class of 2012..... recognise everyone? It's 10 years since you graduated and we would love to see you again and hear stories of where you've been and what you are up to. Join the Ex student online community, The Marians, so that we can remain connected: https://alumni.stmarys.nsw.edu.au/ We look forward to welcoming you back! Book your ticket for the reunion here: https://events.humanitix.com/st-mary-s-decade-reunion-2022