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Alyssa Faith
Alyssa Faith was the Communications Manager for the Catholic Schools Office, Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle from 2016 - 2017 and a regular contributor to Aurora and mnnews.today.
On November 5, 2014, the Yula-Punaal Aboriginal Education and Healing Centre, a purpose-built facility to support the Aboriginal community through cultural education, was opened in Mandalong, NSW. On the same day, the Yula-Punaal Trades Training Centre was also opened to offer pre-trade courses to local secondary students in hospitality, horticulture and land management.
The talented students of St Joseph’s High School, Aberdeen, kept their heads in the game and bopped to the top as they wowed audiences last week with their production of High School Musical.
From 2018, St Dominic’s Centre, Mayfield (formerly St Dominic’s Centre for Hearing Impaired Children), will begin to offer a schooling option for students diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. This decision is a direct response to local community need.