On Saturday evening, we hosted the final show of The Wedding Singer, a collaboration between the staff at Santa Maria College in Northcote and Parade College. It was a wonderful show with many students from both schools showcasing their amazing talents, both on stage and behind the scenes.
A sincere thank you to all the students, along with the amazing staff who worked tirelessly with the students to produce a very entertaining show. We certainly look forward to 2026.
Mother’s Day was celebrated on Sunday 11 May. In recognition of this special day, the College hosted a Mother’s Day breakfast on Tuesday 13 May in the Greening Auditorium. There were greater numbers in attendance this year, and this meant we had to move the breakfast to the larger venue. Three of our amazing students shared heartfelt reflections on the important role their mum’s play in their lives and this was acknowledged by the entire gathering. Our wonderful Parents of Parent (POP) committee members, with the support of our staff, ensured everything ran smoothly. We look forward to a bigger event in 2026.
The Term 2 College Assembly was held on Friday 9 May. Our opening prayer celebrated the Feast of Edmund Rice and the importance of Edmund’s story to the history of Parade College. Our community welcomed and presented a ‘Distinguished Old Paradian’ award to Alessandro Antonello, who completed Year 12 in 2003. Alessandro was the Academic and Debating Prefect, Malouf Trophy winner for General Excellence and subject prize winner for History Revolutions, Legals Studies and Texts and Traditions. Since leaving school Alessandro has had a distinguished academic career. He is currently Senior Lecturer and Associate Professor in Environmental History at the University of Tasmania, which he commenced this year. Prior to this appointment he was a senior research fellow at Flinders University (2020-2024), a Post doctoral Fellow at University of Melbourne (2016-2019), US National Science Foundation funded Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Oregon (2014-2016). Alessandro was awarded his PhD in 2014 from ANU. He was also a Visiting Fellow at the Centre of Environmental Humanities at the University of Bristol in 2023. Alessandro’s main area of Research interest has been the environmental and international histories of Antarctica, the cryosphere, world oceans and other marine environments in the 20th and 21st century. A most worthy distinguished Old Paradian.
New student leaders across Years 7 to 11 were also acknowledged, along with our Lower House Captains and Vice Captains at Year 9. We congratulate these students on their wonderful achievements and look forward to their positive contributions to Parade in 2025.
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