New Year Greetings to you all!

I trust that you have had a rewarding time with your respective families and ready to take on the challenges of the new academic year. Once again may I take this opportunity to acknowledge all your hard-works and support for the school last year.

The new academic year kicked off well despite the bad weather that caused havoc in many parts of the country. A good number of our students turned up on the first day accompanied by their parents and guardians. I'd like to thank you all for the efforts in ensuring that our students are here on the first day.

A few of our teachers from last year have been transferred to other schools throughout the country. Our Vice Principal Mr.Takala has been appointed to be the Principal of Napuka Secondary. Mr.Jale Ratunaulu is taking up the post of Assistant Principal in Vunisea, Kadavu. May I congratulate them on their promotions and new postings and all the best for this academic year.

This week Mr.Iosefo Volau, the Director AMU, accompanied by the Director for National Heritage came to inspect the renovation work in the Church. They also informed me that the Minister has approved the funding for the second phase of the renovation. Hence, I have asked Skaffworks to do the scope of works and then we will present it to the MoE. The second phase will be focused inside the Church, a new floor and the painting of the walls and the ceilings.

The renovations for the classrooms will continue this year using the normal school grant. The next in line is the Form 4 block plus the Forms 3/10 & 3/14. All the repairs are mapped out in a Five Year Plan which we hope that all the facilities, including the two Hostels are renovated within that time frame.

Last year as you know we renovated all the teachers' quarters with a grant from the Commissioner Eastern's Office of about $100,000. Some of these repair works naturally lift the morale of the school. I'm pleased therefore to inform you that St.John's College topped the Eastern Zone in the external exams' pass rates last year. Our Form 7 students recorded about 65% pass and Form 6 about 60%. This is an improvement from last year and thus this is a solid platform to build on this year.

Once again, thank you very much for the support last year. As the saying goes, the reward for hard-work is more hard-work!!! So looking forward to journeying with you in this new academic year 2012.

Long live Cawaci!