The Catholic Education Office of Western Australia (CEO) plans to open at least five new primary and secondary schools in Perth over the next three years.

After more than 50 years in charge, the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth have relinquished ownership of Our Lady of Grace Primary School to the Catholic Education Office of WA.

More than 200 Year 8 students from Kolbe Catholic College went on retreat on June 13. The retreat was themed around the Quality Catholic Schooling framework and was designed to further strengthen the Catholic life and culture with the students’ parishes.

Six academics from the School of Nursing and Midwifery at the University of Notre Dame’s Fremantle Campus were recently recognised for their outstanding commitment to the nursing profession in WA.

Sharon Davis, a nationally recognised Education student from the University of Notre Dame, Australia’s Broome Campus, has been accepted to study at Oxford University in the UK. Ms Davis, a Bardi Kija woman, aims to retain Aboriginal culture and identity with the help of her studies.

A program which takes students from the University of Notre Dame Australia to different parts of the world to experience how other people live led students to launch a book based on their 2012 visit to Peru last week.

The outstanding dedication to community and sport by students from The University of Notre Dame Australia has been recognised through the Queen’s Birthday honours and at the Western Australian of the Year Awards for 2013.

To recognise the special people who volunteer their time and effort to the community, both Notre Dame and St Patrick’s Community Support Centre in Fremantle threw a special breakfast for volunteers.

Two West Australians who have devoted their lives to serving Indigenous communities were among those to be recognised in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours list.

St Norbert College participated in a pilot program developed by the University of Notre Dame on June 12 that focused on the improvement of study skills.