From the Principal
As you would be aware, our School motto is “Luceat Lux Vestra” (Let Your Light Shine). This phrase is taken from the Sermon on the Mount in the Gospel of Matthew, “Let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in Heaven”.
Therefore, service to others is at the heart of a Redlands education and I am proud to see our students’ good deeds shining brightly in recent weeks.
Last Monday a group of Year 10 students turned a “pitch” as part of their Year 9 Commerce class last year into a successful fundraising initiative across both campuses for the Raise Foundation – an organisation that provides in-school mentoring for students aged 13-15 who are in need of a trusted adult in their life.
Their “Raise Dough: Bake a Difference” bake sale on Monday 25 March raised over $3,000 for the Raise Foundation, and they hope this initiative might be rolled out in other schools moving forward.
While this is a wonderful example of the whole school coming together for a successful student driven service learning initiative, I am also aware that many of our students’ “good deeds” might go unnoticed. A quote that I often share from legendary American college basketball coach John Wooden is, “The true test of a person’s character is what they do when no one is looking”.
In recent weeks we have had reports of students coming to the aid of members of the public who were in shock after being involved in a traffic accident on Military Road; a Year 12 student escorting a group of Junior School students to school on public buses when their school bus was cancelled; and a student assisting an elderly resident of the Bougainvillea Retirement Village back to the Village when they were struggling.
None of these students did these “good deeds” for acclaim or recognition. Instead, I believe they did these acts because it was just the “right thing to do” and, like many of our students, their good character shines through even when no one is looking.
Mr Sean Corcoran
Photo Caption: The Raise Dough: Bake a Difference was a remarkable demonstration of our student’s entrepreneurial thinking and creative flair.