Calrossy Anglican School

is one of the things at the forefront of maintaining this relevance. Calrossy students have been virtually connecting with the local Mayor and even with museums in Europe to gain an interactive and wider worldview. “We’re changing practice away from the norm of the teacher at the front sprouting information to the uninterested. We’re helping children to access a whole, exiting world of information,” states Mr Smith. But there’s also the challenges that come through dealing with real people and navigating real interactions. As such, the school endeavors that its boys and girls know how to interact maturely, to make levelheaded decisions, and to act with integrity and caring. “These children need to be wise as well as smart,” opines Mr Smith. “Our goal is to have happy, resilient, rounded adults at the end of it all. Thoughtful caring people, who are responsible towards the world at large, and towards each other.” Calrossy’s staff realise that the world they grew up in is disappearing rapidly. Research says that the children of today are going to have three or four different careers. This is in addition to the national if not global crisis of depression amongst younger people. With these boys and girls facing the usual life challenges, as well as the challenges of an incessantly changing future, Calrossy upholds the weight of equipping pupils for the outside world, and certainly, to become active members of it. “Together with academic excellence, the key point of difference is the school’s personable and caring nature. As a Christian school, this is something we hold dear,” says the Principal. “That personal care and connection is deeply important. Our affordability and the flexibility of our boarding are simple added benefits.” And as for how Mr Smith expects the school to keep growing and attracting talent, which for a rural school, it has already done remarkably well: