OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL SCHOOL RECOGNITION CEREMONY

 The ceremony was held last Thursday as Maria Vamvakinou MP, Federal Member for Calwell, officially opened the new buildings to which the Federal Government gave a grant of $2.125 mil. as part of the Building the Education Revolution and the National School Pride Grant.  In her speech, Maria recalled her most recent visit to a school was in Jordan at the U.N. Refugee Camp for Palestinians who have been in the camp since 1948 when they fled Palestine when the State of Israel was established.  The school children there are third generation refugees and are so eager to learn to be teachers and doctors, etc.  Maria was part of a parliamentary delegation to several countries in the Middle East.
The whole project took nearly two years and like a home renovation or extension, there was considerable dislocation for students and teachers for five terms.  The new facilities are delightful—no wonder applications for enrolment are above capacity
.……Fr Kevin