Armadale Parish Priest Fr Mark Baumgarten, St Helena’s College Ellenbrook Principal and Salvado College Foundation Principal, Santino Giancono, CEWA Executive Director Dr Debra Sayce, Member for Darling Range, Mr Hugh Jones MLA, Federal Labor Senator Louise Pratt, current Salvado College Principal Ian Hagen, New Norcia Benedictine Priest Fr Robert Nixon OSB and Salvado College students, at the opening of the new spaces, Thursday 16 March. Photo: Amanda Murthy/CEWA.
The Salvado Catholic College community will benefit from new art and science learning spaces, thanks to the latest upgrade in Salvado’s ongoing expansion project.
The college community, Catholic Education Western Australia (CEWA) representatives, and guests gathered for the blessing and opening of stages 3, 3a and 3b of the college’s construction project on Thursday, 16 March.
In her official opening address, CEWA Executive Director Dr Debra Sayce acknowledged the important partnership between CEWA and Federal and State Governments in ensuring families in WA continue to benefit from school choice.
St Helena’s College Ellenbrook Principal and Salvado College Foundation Principal, Santino Giancono, CEWA Executive Director Dr Debra Sayce, Member for Darling Range, Mr Hugh Jones MLA, Federal Labor Senator Louise Pratt, current Salvado College Principal Ian Hagen and New Norcia Benedictine Priest Fr Robert Nixon OSB. Photo: Amanda Murthy/CEWA.
“Funding was made possible with the support of a $12.4 million State Low Interest Loan and a $2.1 million Commonwealth Capital Grant,” Dr Sayce said.
“Salvado has been able to upgrade ground floor facilities, with students benefiting from new science laboratories, a science, technology, engineering and mathematics laboratory, project and equipment storerooms, and a laboratory preparation space,” she said.
Salvado College Principal Ian Hagen and CEWA Executive Director, Dr Debra Sayce, accompanied by two students, unveil the plaque for the opening of the new spaces, Thursday 16 March. Photo: Amanda Murthy/CEWA.
Future upgrades will include a visual and fashion art studio, a food science laboratory, a design, technology and materials workshop, a new toilet block, storage area, outdoor covered student work areas and two hard courts.
The college will be equipped with an e-learning resource centre which has two student workrooms, a media pod, an audio-visual pod, an information communications and technology pod, two performing arts spaces with storage areas and, six general learning areas. There will also be two staff collaboration areas.
Students perform the Welcome to Country during the opening of the new spaces at Salvado College, Thursday 16 March. Photo: Amanda Murthy/CEWA.
“Together these spaces will mean students and teachers at Salvado are teaching and learning in a modern school environment which gives them the opportunity to explore their God-given gifts and develop the skills needed to contribute to their communities when their time here is done,” Dr Sayce said.
Crosses are laid out ready to be hung in the new spaces of Salvado College, Thursday 16 March. Photo: Amanda Murthy/CEWA.
Salvado College Principal Ian Hagen carries a cross at the opening of the new spaces, Thursday 16 March. Photo: Amanda Murthy/CEWA.