2021 is the 75th anniversary of the St Peters Old Scholar's Association!  We are excited to have already welcomed Old Scholars back to the College and the year ahead looks promising.  The annual Scholars Assembly, Founders Day, Year 2 Tours, The David Brown Cup, and Old Girls vs Opens Basketball match have all taken place and it has been wonderful to interact with our Old Scholars in person again this year.  

Farewell and thank you, Sasha

Sasha McCarthy, our SPOSA Alumni & Archives Officer for the last 2 years resigned from SPOSA earlier this Term.  Sasha achieved great things for the SPOSA Office during her time with us, and we will all miss her energy and enthusiasm. We wish Sasha all the very best going forward.

Thank you, James

Since Sasha left the SPOSA Office, SPOSA Committee Member James Armstrong (2016) has kindly been working in the SPOSA Office to ensure a smooth transition, while a replacement was found. We are very grateful to James for being able to step in so quickly and support the SPOSA Office.  

Welcome Virginia Cordingley!

The SPOSA Office is pleased to welcome Virginia Cordingley to the Alumni & Archives Officer role. Virginia will commence with SPOSA in Term 2 and we are looking forward to Virginia joining the team.

The SPOSA Office is excited to announce the establishment of the ‘Lois Dron Literary Grant,’ an annual monetary gift of $250 to the Woodrow Library to fund the purchase of resources that will improve the learning experiences of Upper Primary (previously Middle School) students. This is to recognise Lois’ significant contribution to the education of Middle School students as a teacher and ensure her name remains associated with excellent education of young students long after her passing. 

The SPOSA Office is pleased to advise the annual $250 bursaries given to Grade 12 students from the Indooroopilly and Springfield campuses will now be named 'The Neville Stallman SPOSA Bursary’, perpetually honouring St Peters' Founding Scholar, and recognising his immense service to the College.

The St Peters Lutheran College Old Scholars Association is mourning the passing of significant past teacher, Doris Prenzler.

After boarding at St Peters in 1946 and 1948, Doris returned to St Peters as a Grade 3 and 4 teacher in 1951. While teaching, she also assisted with coaching the girls’ basketball and softball teams and often accompanied the girls to concerts. With only a few leaves of absence to teach in Papua New Guinea and Germany, Doris continued to teach a variety of subjects and year levels at St Peters until leaving in 1973. After St Peters, she fulfilled her dream of returning to live in Germany and married Hans Georg Weigel in 1985.
Students who were taught by Doris will remember her great heart, love of learning and sense of fun. She will be sadly missed by many and SPOSA would like to extend sincere condolences to Doris’ friends, family and, in particular, her husband Hans.

Before passing, Doris had asked that her life be remembered as one of praise and thanksgiving to her Heavenly Father. She felt very fortunate to have lived such a full and rewarding life and we, as a community, also give thanks to God for her contributions to the College.

SPOSA is very pleased to announce we are working towards holding the following events in 2021:

Reunion Weekend

Saturday 18 September - Sunday 19 September

Please note, as there will be current Boarding students staying in the Dormitories over the September holidays, it will not be possible for Old Scholars to stay in the Boarding Houses this year over Reunion Weekend.  Please contact the SPOSA Office if you require accommodation for Reunion Weekend and we will help to organise alternative accommodation.

SPOSA 75th Anniversary Cocktail Party

Saturday 18 September

Chapel Forecourt

St Peters Celebration Ball

Saturday 23 October

Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre

P&F SPOSA Trivia Night

A new initiative developed by the P&F Committee in conjunction with SPOSA.  Date to be confirmed, most likely in early October.  Further details will follow soon.

Back to Ironbark Weekends

SPOSA is investigating the possibility of holding Back to Ironbark Weekends for Old Scholars this year.  Naturally, this will be dependent on Covid regulations and requirements surrounding the current Year 9 cohort.  Once we have more information, we will pass this on.

The program for Reunion Weekend is listed below.  Bookings can be made to these events on Eventbrite here.

Please note, as there will be current Boarding students staying in the Dormitories over the September holidays, it will not be possible for Old Scholars to stay in the Boarding Houses this year over Reunion Weekend.  Please contact the SPOSA Office if you require accommodation for Reunion Weekend and we will help to organise alternative accommodation.

Friday 17 September 2021

7:00pm - SPOSA 75th Anniversary Cocktail Party (Chapel Forecourt)

Saturday 18 September 2021

10:00am - Morning Tea (Ross Roy)

11:00am - Songs of Praise (Chapel)

12:00pm - Diamond, Golden and Platinum Graduates Lunch (Cafe 45) All old scholars welcome to this event

3.00pm   - Optional Tour of College Grounds

Sunday 19 September 2021

9:00am - Sunday Service (Chapel)

10:00am - Annual Photo of Old Scholars (Outside Chapel)

10:10am - Congregation Morning Tea (Chapel Forecourt)

10:40am - SPOSA Annual General Meeting (P&F Centre - Top Level)

SPOSA – ST PETERS BOARDING NEEDS YOUR HELP!

On Thursday 29 April, St Peters will be hosting their first Virtual Boarding Open Evening. The College has a proud Boarding history, and during the Boarding Open Evening, Boarding Coordinators Mr Stuart Delaney and Mrs Kim Holman, and the 2021 Head Boarder Boy and Girl will be providing insider knowledge about their home-away-from-home.
If you know of anyone looking for a Boarding school, or even if you’d just like to help us share the St Peters story, please spread the word. Anyone can register to attend this event—simply click the following link: 

https://bit.ly/St-Peters-Online-Boarding-Open-Evening

St Peters Boarding has been providing excellence in Christian co-education for 76 years. Help us to continue that trend well into the future!

EVENT DETAILS

-Thursday 29 April, 2021
-7:00PM – 8:00PM
-Online: Livestream link provided on registration

The 2021 David Brown Cup took place on Saturday 20 March on the Harts Road Oval, and was once again a huge success. After a very even first half, Old Scholars took a lead 1-0 into the break thanks to a goal from Paddy Cunningham (2019). Soon after Charlie Cunningham (2017) and Nathan Teale (2018) added to the Old Scholars lead and 3-0 looked like they would run away with the match. Fatigue started to set in for the ‘older’ bodies and with 8 minutes left, Conall C (Year 10) became the third in his family to score on the day. At one point all four brothers were on the field at the same time, a first for the family! A goal from Josiah R (Year 12) with 3 minutes left ensured a grandstand finish. In the end, the Old Scholars, captained by Tom Lynch (2017) held on for a narrow 3-2 win and have now won 2 of the 3 David Brown Cup matches.  Congratulations to all involved this year.  We look forward to another great afternoon in 2022!

Attached is a photo of all the siblings that played in the match. From left to right;

Josiah R (Year 12), Sam R (Year 11), Jackson T (Year 12), Nathan Teale (2018), Marcus Jacobson (2020), Alex Jacobson (2017), Conall C (Year 10), Hamish C (Year 12), Charlie Cunningham (2017) and Paddy Cunningham (2019).

On Friday 12 March, St Peters Open Basketball girls faced off against a team of St Peters Old Scholars in the ultimate pre-season test.  From singlet presentations and starting line-up introductions, to layups, three pointers and half-time shooting contests, the Opens vs Old Scholars Basketball game had it all! The Opens started the game off well, leading by five points, just minutes into the game, but, with some sharp shooting from the Old Scholars, they were able to secure the lead going into the second quarter.  The Opens displayed some fantastic full court pressure in the second half, but the Old Scholars’ experience and shooting touch did not quaver. While the Opens didn’t back down and showed a tremendous effort on both ends of the court, the Old Scholars took out the game, 59 points to 50.

Thank you to our awesome Old Scholars Grace Champion (2018), Georgia Champion (2015), Holly Johansen (2018), Talitha Cox (2018), Hannah Beede (2012), Anneliese Dean (2020), and Zoe Perkovic (2020) who participated.  Congratulations on a great game!

Founders Day 2021 looked a lot different to previous years, however, it was still a lovely celebration and well supported.  The Assembly was held in the Dron Auditorium and only the Year 7 cohort attended in person.  The Assembly was live streamed for other Year Levels to watch.  We were very fortunate to have Old Scholars Anne Fulton (1988) sing, and Oriel Morrison (1991) and Josh McIntosh (1989) speak to the students during the Assembly, as well as Old Scholar and current Head of Primary Years, Pam Carden (1976) read the SPOSA Prayer.  All of these Old Scholars did a wonderful job and were so inspirational to the current student body.  We were so proud of our Old Scholars who helped us on the day, and very grateful for their time.

Over 40 Old Scholars attended the Founders Day Assembly and Morning Tea, as well as former Headmaster, Dr Carson Dron.  Dr Dron kindly spoke at the Morning Tea and all present enjoyed listening to the memories of his time at the College.  Towards the end of the Morning Tea, all Old Scholars joined together (beautifully led by Old Scholar Anne Fulton), to sing the hymn from the Founders Day Assembly, 'Now Thank We All Our God'.  It was a very moving experience for all involved and was another indication of the special bond that is shared between St Peters Old Scholars.  

Thank you to the College for allowing us to invite Old Scholars back for this event.  It really was wonderful to see our Old Scholars back on campus and face to face at this event!

The 2021 Scholars Assembly was held on Friday, 5 February, and was once again a fitting celebration for our newest Old Scholars.  It is always a pleasure to welcome Old Scholars back to the College, and very inspiring to celebrate the Graduates of 2020 who attained an ATAR (Australian Tertiary Admission Rank) of 96, or an overall IB (International Baccalaureate) Score of 40 or more.  Congratulations to the 2020 Graduates who were awarded Academic Excellence Awards: 

International Baccalaureate Academic Awards

IB Schools Australasia Merit Certificate

Ari Canto, Vera Chee, Antonia Chen, Axielle Doddridge, Matthew Farrington, Jojo Fung, Hailey Graham, Lesley Li, Lief Lundmark-Aitcheson, Zara Passenger, Toby Pinker, Olivia Smith, Imogen Taylor, Sinne van Bergen, Sam Wanandi

IB Schools Australasia Distinction Certificate

Vera Chee, Antonia Chen, Matthew Farrington, Lief Lundmark-Aitcheson

IB Schools Australasia CAS Certificate

Vera Chee, Axielle Doddridge

IB Proxime Accessit

Vera Chee

IB Dux (2020)

Lief Lundmark-Aitcheson

Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority Academic Awards

QCAA Proxime Accessit

Jarrod Mann

QCAA Dux (2020)

Benjamin Roberton

2020 Scholars

David Akl, Julia Baird, Laura Barnes, Cassandra Barnett, Lucy Carra Schulz, Vera Chee, Antonia Chen, Lauren Davie, James Davis, Stephanie Deeb, Daniel Dyer, Matthew Farrington, Hailey Graham, Preston Harrison, Olivia Hudson, Alexandra Jordan, Guatam Katta Harinath, Yangyang Li, Lief Lundmark-Aitcheson, Jarrod Mann, Lachlan Mather, Mark Nothdurft, Zara Passenger, Benjamin Roberton, Lauren Seabrook, Olivia Smith, Matthew Steele, Jack Stuart, Oscar Tull, Catherine Vogel, Lara Way

Heather MacBride-Patrick Memorial Bursary Award

Jason Li

Hannah McPhee

The Heather MacBride-Patrick Bursary of $2,000 was awarded in 2021 only.  It is awarded to two 2020 graduating students as a Bursary of $1,000 each.  To be eligible for this award students must have been accepted into either the study of Medicine or the Study of Fine Arts to the level of Bachelor degree.  Year 12 academic results and co-curricular involvement were also considered by SPOSA when selecting the award recipients.  Congratulations to the recipients, Jason Li and Hannah McPhee. SPOSA wishes you all the very best for your studies in these areas.

Congratulations to the following 2020 SPOSA Bursary Recipients.  All the very best for your future endeavors.

Year 10

Indooroopilly 

Matilda Bishop

Year 11

Indooroopilly

Eleena Jackson

Year 12

Indooroopilly

Daniel Dyer and Lara Thompson

Springfield

Khushboo Purswani

Did you know you can access past issues of Plus Ultra and the SPOSA Bulletin from the St Peters website?  The links are provided below for your reference:

Previous issues of Plus Ultra:

https://www.stpeters.qld.edu.a...

Previous issues of SPOSA Bulletin:

https://www.stpeters.qld.edu.a...