Carinity Education Shalom is celebrating the school’s first graduating class, after a cohort of eight Year 12 students completed their studies at the school today.
Students, family members and school staff celebrated the milestone at an all-of-school event held at Northreach Baptist Church.
It is the first graduating class since the school was acquired by Carinity and saved from closure in 2018.
Four of the eight graduating students attended the school since Prep grade, when the school was known as Shalom Christian College and was under different ownership.
Carinity Education Shalom Head of School, Sharyn Ive, said she was proud to ensure the students had the opportunity to continue their education at the school.
She added that seeing the first cohort of senior students graduate was “a bittersweet moment for me”.
“I have had the privilege of being with these students since their first days at school, many of them starting in Prep,” Sharyn said.
“Watching them grow has been an overwhelming blessing, and I find myself filled with joy, excitement, and a few tears as they are now graduating as part of the Shalom family.
“I feel immense pride and excitement, knowing that we planted the seed together, and I was part of nurturing their journey.”
