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⭐️⭐️ Meet Our 2026 Loyola Campus Student Leaders ⭐️⭐️ We’re excited to introduce the amazing students who will be representing and leading our CathWest community. 👏👏 Their passion, ideas, and commitment will inspire and guide their peers as they step into these important roles. Join us in congratulating our new leaders as they begin their journey of making a difference! 🌟 #SchoolDoneDifferently #StudentLeaders #CathWest @catholicschoolsparra

⭐️⭐️ Say hello to our 2026 McCarthy Campus Student Leaders ⭐️⭐️ These legends are ready to bring energy, ideas, and school spirit to CathWest. 💡💪 We can’t wait to see all the awesome things they’ll achieve as Student Leaders. Drop a 👏👏 in the comments to show your support! #SchoolDoneDifferently #StudentLeaders @cathwestinnovation @catholicschoolsparra

Class of 2025 formal!

✨💃 The night of nights! 🕺✨ Our Year 12 students lit up the dance floor at their Formal – celebrating in style, laughter, and plenty of moves to remember! 🎉💖 What a perfect way to wrap up their CathWest journey. 🌟 Congratulations, Class of 2025 – you looked amazing! 🙌 #CathWest #Year12Formal #schooldonedifferently @catholicschoolsparra

🎓✨ A huge congratulations to our Year 12 students who have officially graduated! We are so proud of each and every one of you for your hard work, resilience, and achievements throughout your journey at CathWest. 💙 We would also like to recognise our award recipients who have been acknowledged for their outstanding effort, leadership, and commitment — what an incredible way to finish your time with us! 👏👏 Wishing the Class of 2025 every success as you step into the next chapter. 🌟

Congratulations to our graduation class of 2025! Catholic Schools Parramatta Diocese

How do you and your mates check in? 1. Ask R U OK? 2. Listen 3. Encourage action 4. Check in Today we are reminded to start the conversation any day. Ask the question, listen, encourage action, and most importantly check in as a conversation can make a world of difference.🌞🌞 Check in with your mates. Check in with your colleagues.😀😀 #friendbetterwithruok #ruokay2025 @friendbetterwithruok @ru.okay_ @ruokanyday

⭐On Thursday 4th September, the Bishop of Parramatta Awards for Student Excellence was held at St Patrick's Cathedral. This prestigious award is presented to one Year 12 student from each Catholic school in the Parramatta Diocese. 🎓 Congratulations to Meghan our worthy recipient of this award, always demonstrating excellence! 🤩🥳 Meghan is a proud Nyemba woman, who is a dedicated and passionate leader. Meghan exemplifies servant leadership through her commitment to community, culture, and faith. As a valued member of the CathWest Student Leadership Team, she actively fosters a positive and inclusive school culture. A founding member of the FIAT team, Meghan has led fundraising and outreach initiatives, including attending the 2025 Project Compassion launch. As a Murama Ranger with Jarara, Meghan represents and uplifts First Nations students and allies, sharing cultural knowledge with the CSPD and CathWest communities and Elders from many Nations. She also has responsibility for leading workshops at the Murama Youth Summit and initiated the College Healing Project’s First Nations mural. Meghan’s leadership and involvement is a testament to her faith in action. 🪃🪃 Thank you also to Year 11 student David who was our citation reader. #JARARA #cspd2025 #projectcompassion #firstnations @Catholic Schools Parramatta Diocese Catholic Schools Parramatta Diocese @catholicschoolsparra

⭐️⭐️Introducing our College Captains for 2026.👏👏 Round of Applause to: Christian in our Vocational pathway; Christian is studying Certificate III in Events and Live Production. 🎬 Hamish in our Trade pathway; Hamish is studying Carpentry. 👷‍♂️ Lizzie in our Trade pathway; Lizzie is studying Hairdressing. 💇🏼‍♀️ A big congratulations to all who nominated for College Captain - each candidate showed great strength and leadership to deliver a well thought out speech. We’re proud to have a strong leadership team in place for 2026. These students will continue to demonstrate the CathWest values, bring fresh ideas, and work together to make a positive impact on our college community.👭👬 @catholicschoolsparra

Today our staff and students came together to support Jersey Day. It was a chance to raise awareness about the importance of organ and tissue donation. One conversation could save a life! @jerseydayau @DonateLife #jerseydayau2025 #donatelifeweek2025 #OrganDonation

Jersey day is inspired by 13-year-old Nathan Gremmo, who gave the gift of life in 2015 when be became an organ donor. This Jersey Day have a conversation with your family and friends about Organ and Tissue Donation. Up to 7 lives can be saved by a single organ donor. #jerseydayau #donatelife @jerseydayau @catholicschoolsparra

Today both our campuses came together for our annual "CathWest Celebration Day" . Our students came together to celebrate as a community Trade and Vocation education at CathWest Innovation College. Our Year 12 students were tasked with planning and marketing a stall to support a charity that helps others including #beanieforbraincancer #jesuitrefugeeservice #stvinnieswinterappeal #youthoffthestreets #sirdavidmartinfoundation . Today’s celebration was about recognising the importance of compassion, mercy, and action. Through supporting a variety of organisations who work to make the world a better place, we are reminded of our call to love our neighbour. May we always see the world through the eyes of the Good Samaritan and be filled with your deep compassion. Thank you to the Year 12 students and mission team, especially Veronica for organising a successful day! 🧁⚽🥳 #cspd2024 #catholicschoolsparramatta

✨ Junior Skills Quest – Explore Your Future ✨ As part of National Skills Week, CathWest Innovation College proudly hosted our neighbouring primary school, St. Aidan's Primary School, Rooty Hill, for our very first Junior Skills Quest! 59, Year 6 students and 6 teachers attended our college to experience a unique opportunity to explore hands-on skills in; 🔨 Carpentry ⚽Fitness 👱🏻‍♀️Hairdressing 🧁Hospitality 🎬 Screen & Media The day was filled with curiosity, creativity, and excitement for future Vocational Education courses. The Junior Skills Quest was more than a showcase – it was a celebration of learning, partnership, and community. Watching young students engage so enthusiastically reinforced the importance of connecting education with real-world skills. We look forward to continuing this collaboration with our local primary schools, building strong foundations for the next generation to dream, explore, and achieve their future pathways. For more information on CathWest and studying a VET courses head over to our website https://cathwest.parra.catholic.edu.au/ #NationalSkillsWeek #ExploreAllTheOptions @catholicschoolsparra @vocational_education_vet @nationalskillsweek National Skills Week @careersweekau @vocationalpathways

Our annual CathWest College Celebration Day is almost here... only 3 more sleeps ! This special day, hosted by Year 12 Mission is a compulsory school day for all our students and the celebrations will take place at our McCarthy Campus this Friday. 🥳🎓🥧 Catholic Schools Parramatta Diocese

Week 6B reminders

Reminders for week 6B

Students learn best when they are connected to the ‘real world’. At CathWest we offer VET courses which give students the freedom to explore roles and industries they may wish to pursue. #DayInTheLife

🥳🥳Congratulations to the following Year 11 students who were successful in securing a place for the Step Up Into Teaching Scholarship program to support their journey into early childhood/ primary teaching.🎓🎓 Kaitlin: School Based Traineeship as a School Based Support Officer Jessica: School Based Traineeship in Early Childhood Education and Care Shailea: School Based Traineeship in Early Childhood Education and Care These students will commence this program shortly at ACU Strathfield. We are looking forward to seeing where this journey takes you! 👩‍🏫👨‍🏫 @acustrathfield @catholicschoolsparra Catholic Schools Parramatta Diocese

We are still accepting enrolments for next year. If you have not had a chance to visit our campus, we look forward to welcoming you next week. 👷👷👩‍🍳🧑‍🍳👩‍⚕️🧑‍⚕️ Please head over to our website to register now; https://info.parra.catholic.edu.au/open-day/cathwest-innovation-college @Catholic Schools Parramatta Diocese @schools

This week at our Loyola campus we welcomed 14 international students from China. These students, aged between 14 and 15 from Zhongshan Huachen Experimental Secondary School, Zhongshan City in Guangdong province in China have never travelled to Australia before. Excitement was in the air from day one, with 8 CathWest students buddying up with our visitors. Students participated in classroom activities including creating a simple circuit, adding water and sound into the mix where they learnt how to use a Makey Makey gadget. In our Maker Space our students have access to a 3D printer, this creative workshop allowed for our visiting students to add a personalised print design to a t-shirt. As if the week was not busy enough CathWest was hosting STEM (MAD) a project that encourages students to apply Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) learnings to make a difference (MAD) in the world by acting for justice and the common good. It was with great excitement our visitors explored, participated and encouraged all the projects. Overall, it was a wonderful experience and life long friendships were made. We look forward to hosting another group next week.