HOLY Family School at Kelso wants past students, parents and staff to come together next week to mark a milestone.
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It will be 40 years next Tuesday since Holy Family opened its doors on the site of the former Marsden Anglican Girls School.
Marsden closed in 1977 and within 12 months the site was redeveloped so that Holy Family School could be opened to support Kelso parents who wanted to bring up their children in the Catholic faith, according to Holy Family’s current principal Kevin Arrow.
“The Cathedral Parish opened the school with the Sisters of Mercy in charge as the Kelso residential area developed in the 1970s,” Mr Arrow said.
“Sister Rosemary Mulvihill was the founding principal at the school.
“The school opened in 1979 with 158 students and in 2019, almost 400 students attend the school.”
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A special anniversary mass, to mark 40 years of Catholic education at Kelso, will be held in the school hall next Tuesday, February 5 at 10am and past students, parents and staff are invited to celebrate with the school community.
“A morning tea in the library will follow for all visitors,” Mr Arrow said.
“An invitation is extended to all on this special day which remembers the initial opening of the school.”
